Project Management Job Trends

Project Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 27 23
Rank change year-on-year -38 -4 +2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,591 3,403 5,783
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.45% 6.82% 6.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 7.63% 8.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 1,806 3,598
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £40,825 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £69,914
90th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £85,475
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77,887 44,584 67,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.57% 89.31% 81.13%
Number of salaries quoted 53,644 25,395 43,808
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Project Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Project Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the UK over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -30 2,324 £55,000 -8.33% 2,049
UK excluding London -36 1,625 £52,500 -4.55% 1,259
Work from Home -17 1,086 £52,500 -8.70% 779
London -32 823 £65,000 -7.80% 969
South East -25 444 £45,000 -19.34% 354
North of England -12 417 £55,000 +4.76% 298
Midlands -46 242 £55,000 - 217
North West -1 206 £55,000 +7.58% 160
East of England -31 190 £55,578 +1.05% 133
South West -48 189 £47,500 -20.17% 152
Yorkshire -34 140 £60,000 +9.09% 96
West Midlands -48 136 £55,000 - 135
East Midlands -21 105 £55,000 +10.00% 82
North East -41 71 £58,000 +41.46% 48
Scotland -50 62 £57,500 -4.17% 61
Northern Ireland -59 43 £47,500 -11.63% 35
Wales -54 40 £55,000 -9.47% 36

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 98 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 66 (2.55%) Confluence
3 38 (1.47%) CMS
4 23 (0.89%) WordPress
5 18 (0.69%) ArcGIS
6 14 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.27%) IIS
9 6 (0.23%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.19%) Apache Pig
10 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.15%) Moodle
12 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.077%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.077%) Totara
Applications
1 238 (9.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 237 (9.15%) Microsoft Project
3 211 (8.14%) Microsoft Office
4 59 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (0.81%) Trello
6 20 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 18 (0.69%) MS Visio
8 11 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
9 10 (0.39%) Photoshop
10 9 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (0.23%) AutoCAD
12 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.12%) Blender
13 3 (0.12%) Maya
13 3 (0.12%) Revit
14 2 (0.077%) Camtasia
14 2 (0.077%) OrCAD
15 1 (0.039%) FrameMaker
15 1 (0.039%) NUKE
15 1 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 47 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (0.81%) Primavera
4 15 (0.58%) NetSuite
5 12 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
5 12 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 11 (0.42%) Shopify
7 8 (0.31%) Fidessa
7 8 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
7 8 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
7 8 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
8 7 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
9 6 (0.23%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.23%) iTrent
9 6 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
9 6 (0.23%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.19%) SAP EHS
10 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 254 (9.80%) Azure
2 198 (7.64%) Power Platform
3 181 (6.99%) AWS
4 141 (5.44%) SaaS
5 130 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (3.01%) Cloud Computing
7 68 (2.62%) Power Automate
8 61 (2.35%) PowerApps
9 50 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
10 43 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
11 38 (1.47%) Smartsheet
12 33 (1.27%) Asana
12 33 (1.27%) GCP
13 30 (1.16%) Entra ID
14 23 (0.89%) OneDrive
14 23 (0.89%) Serverless
15 22 (0.85%) Canva
16 21 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
16 21 (0.81%) IaaS
17 20 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (1.97%) Firewall
2 34 (1.31%) Broadband
3 28 (1.08%) LAN
3 28 (1.08%) WAN
4 25 (0.96%) DNS
5 22 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (0.81%) VPN
7 15 (0.58%) NGN
7 15 (0.58%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.54%) DHCP
9 13 (0.50%) BGP
9 13 (0.50%) Network Security
10 12 (0.46%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.42%) Intranet
12 10 (0.39%) CHAP
12 10 (0.39%) Internet
12 10 (0.39%) Wireless
13 8 (0.31%) Multicast
13 8 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
14 7 (0.27%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (6.60%) Power BI
2 59 (2.28%) Tableau
3 51 (1.97%) SQL Server
4 43 (1.66%) Data Mining
5 26 (1.00%) GIS
6 24 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (0.69%) NoSQL
8 18 (0.69%) QGIS
8 18 (0.69%) Spatial Data
9 17 (0.66%) Big Data
9 17 (0.66%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.58%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.58%) Metadata
10 15 (0.58%) MySQL
11 14 (0.54%) Hadoop
12 12 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (0.42%) Apache Hive
13 11 (0.42%) Power Query
14 9 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 209 (8.07%) JIRA
2 25 (0.96%) Git
3 12 (0.46%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.35%) Claude Code
4 9 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
5 7 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.15%) GitLab
6 4 (0.15%) JUnit
7 3 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.12%) PHPUnit
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
7 3 (0.12%) Taiga
7 3 (0.12%) VersionOne
8 2 (0.077%) Gatling
8 2 (0.077%) Pa11y
8 2 (0.077%) Postman
8 2 (0.077%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.077%) Zephyr
General
1 1,065 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 817 (31.53%) Finance
3 541 (20.88%) Analytical Skills
4 273 (10.54%) Organisational Skills
5 256 (9.88%) Marketing
6 156 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 156 (6.02%) Retail
7 151 (5.83%) Legal
8 139 (5.36%) Manufacturing
9 134 (5.17%) Public Sector
10 123 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
11 110 (4.25%) Law
12 89 (3.43%) Banking
13 84 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
14 72 (2.78%) Aerospace
15 67 (2.59%) Telecoms
16 53 (2.05%) Local Government
17 47 (1.81%) Electronics
18 45 (1.74%) Advertising
19 43 (1.66%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 539 (20.80%) Project Manager
2 371 (14.32%) Senior
3 244 (9.42%) Analyst
4 201 (7.76%) Lead
5 198 (7.64%) Senior Manager
6 183 (7.06%) Consultant
7 180 (6.95%) IT Manager
8 148 (5.71%) Senior Project Manager
9 125 (4.82%) Business Analyst
10 106 (4.09%) IT Project Manager
11 85 (3.28%) Development Manager
12 66 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
12 66 (2.55%) Technical Manager
13 65 (2.51%) Developer
14 63 (2.43%) Product Manager
15 61 (2.35%) Delivery Manager
15 61 (2.35%) IT Support
16 60 (2.32%) Coordinator
17 59 (2.28%) Architect
18 55 (2.12%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (1.97%) HTML
2 49 (1.89%) .NET
3 44 (1.70%) CSS
4 41 (1.58%) PyTorch
5 25 (0.96%) TensorFlow
6 24 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
6 24 (0.93%) JSON
7 23 (0.89%) Hugging Face
8 21 (0.81%) .NET Core
8 21 (0.81%) Flash
9 20 (0.77%) LangChain
9 20 (0.77%) Langfuse
9 20 (0.77%) LlamaIndex
9 20 (0.77%) Model Context Protocol
10 19 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
10 19 (0.73%) SPFx
11 16 (0.62%) Kafka
12 13 (0.50%) Middleware
13 12 (0.46%) Node.js
14 11 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 228 (8.80%) Onboarding
2 159 (6.14%) Data Centre
3 156 (6.02%) Management Information System
4 99 (3.82%) Driving Licence
5 82 (3.16%) Product Ownership
6 74 (2.86%) Virtual Team
7 70 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 60 (2.32%) Social Media
9 52 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
10 45 (1.74%) PMI
11 42 (1.62%) Cloud Native
12 41 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
13 38 (1.47%) FMCG
14 36 (1.39%) Security Posture
15 35 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
16 33 (1.27%) Blog
16 33 (1.27%) Mobile App
17 32 (1.24%) AI Agents
18 31 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
19 29 (1.12%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 121 (4.67%) Windows
2 51 (1.97%) Linux
3 20 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 19 (0.73%) Android
5 17 (0.66%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.19%) Unix
7 5 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.19%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.12%) Debian
9 2 (0.077%) AIX
9 2 (0.077%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.077%) zOS
10 1 (0.039%) CentOS
10 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 728 (28.10%) Agile
2 655 (25.28%) Project Delivery
3 647 (24.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 632 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
5 508 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 474 (18.29%) PRINCE2
7 329 (12.70%) Decision-Making
8 300 (11.58%) Roadmaps
9 292 (11.27%) AI
10 285 (11.00%) Analytics
11 280 (10.81%) Mentoring
12 252 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 245 (9.46%) Risk Management
14 233 (8.99%) Budget Management
15 222 (8.57%) Change Management
16 220 (8.49%) Coaching
17 218 (8.41%) ERP
18 207 (7.99%) Logistics
19 205 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
19 205 (7.91%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 211 (8.14%) SQL
2 204 (7.87%) Python
3 55 (2.12%) JavaScript
4 51 (1.97%) C#
5 36 (1.39%) TypeScript
6 33 (1.27%) PowerShell
7 24 (0.93%) Java
8 16 (0.62%) C
9 14 (0.54%) PHP
10 9 (0.35%) C++
11 8 (0.31%) VBA
12 7 (0.27%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.23%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.23%) Ruby
14 5 (0.19%) Assembly Language
14 5 (0.19%) Bash
15 4 (0.15%) ABAP
15 4 (0.15%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.12%) R
Qualifications
1 640 (24.70%) Degree
2 223 (8.61%) PMI Certification
3 212 (8.18%) PMP
4 179 (6.91%) Security Cleared
5 139 (5.36%) DBS Check
6 104 (4.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 83 (3.20%) SC Cleared
8 67 (2.59%) CISSP
9 60 (2.32%) DV Cleared
10 50 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 47 (1.81%) CISM
11 47 (1.81%) Master's Degree
12 45 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
13 35 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
14 29 (1.12%) HNC
15 24 (0.93%) CRISC
16 21 (0.81%) ACCA
16 21 (0.81%) AWS Certification
16 21 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
17 20 (0.77%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (7.18%) QA
2 169 (6.52%) PMO
3 124 (4.79%) Accessibility
4 105 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 77 (2.97%) GDPR
6 71 (2.74%) NIST
7 59 (2.28%) Data Quality
8 50 (1.93%) SLA
9 40 (1.54%) ISO 9001
10 37 (1.43%) GRC
11 36 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 24 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 22 (0.85%) GMP
14 18 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 17 (0.66%) ISO 14000
15 17 (0.66%) ISO 14001
16 16 (0.62%) NIST 800
17 15 (0.58%) IFRS
18 13 (0.50%) COBIT
19 12 (0.46%) GAAP
System Software
1 41 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.85%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.19%) Firmware
7 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.12%) vSphere
8 2 (0.077%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.077%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.039%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.039%) IAG
9 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.08%) SCCM
2 24 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 18 (0.69%) Puppet
5 13 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 11 (0.42%) Ansible
6 11 (0.42%) Terraform
7 9 (0.35%) Grafana
8 6 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
9 4 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.15%) ServiceCenter
10 2 (0.077%) Argo
10 2 (0.077%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.077%) Salt
11 1 (0.039%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.039%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.039%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.039%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 527 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 143 (5.52%) SAP
3 123 (4.75%) Oracle
4 69 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 67 (2.59%) Adobe
6 54 (2.08%) Salesforce
7 51 (1.97%) Google
8 33 (1.27%) HubSpot
9 29 (1.12%) Fortinet
10 27 (1.04%) Cisco
11 20 (0.77%) SonicWALL
12 19 (0.73%) Remedy
13 17 (0.66%) HP
14 16 (0.62%) NEC
15 15 (0.58%) Apple
15 15 (0.58%) VMware
16 14 (0.54%) IBM
16 14 (0.54%) Palo Alto
17 13 (0.50%) Bloomberg
17 13 (0.50%) Reuters