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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 17 25
Rank change year-on-year -34 +8 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,669 5,154 5,042
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.26% 9.79% 7.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 10.73% 8.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,463 2,245 3,656
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £51,150
% change year-on-year -18.18% +7.53% -3.71%

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 50,302 48,021 60,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.24% 91.22% 88.90%
Number of salaries quoted 29,664 23,067 46,526
10th Percentile £28,675 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 26 January 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 26 January 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 -33 2,264 £52,500 -8.70% 1,447
UK excluding London -35 1,760 £45,000 -18.18% 1,405
London -20 699 £70,000 +3.70% 305
Work from Home -30 677 £60,000 - 468
North of England -25 491 £40,000 -27.27% 251
South East -27 456 £57,500 - 443
Midlands -41 288 £45,000 -18.18% 244
North West -32 218 £42,500 -19.05% 110
West Midlands -34 194 £45,000 -21.74% 134
South West -21 183 £47,250 -9.13% 162
Yorkshire -21 171 £40,000 -27.27% 100
Scotland -16 154 £40,000 -28.26% 57
East of England -43 107 £55,000 +10.00% 196
North East -5 102 £32,500 -44.92% 48
East Midlands -52 94 £43,700 -16.76% 110
Northern Ireland 0 54 £55,000 +12.82% 30
Wales -32 32 £57,500 +10.58% 63

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
1 152 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 49 (1.84%) Confluence
3 39 (1.46%) CMS
4 27 (1.01%) WordPress
5 19 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.45%) Kinematics
7 7 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.19%) Apache
9 5 (0.19%) Drupal
9 5 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.11%) govService
11 1 (0.037%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.037%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.037%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.037%) IIS
11 1 (0.037%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.037%) PowerFactory
11 1 (0.037%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.037%) TPMS
Applications
1 417 (15.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 238 (8.92%) Microsoft Office
3 159 (5.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 116 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (1.09%) Maya
6 28 (1.05%) MS Visio
7 26 (0.97%) AutoCAD
8 23 (0.86%) Trello
9 17 (0.64%) SOLIDWORKS
10 15 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 7 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
11 7 (0.26%) Adobe XD
11 7 (0.26%) Photoshop
12 6 (0.22%) Revit
13 5 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
13 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.15%) CATIA
14 4 (0.15%) InDesign
15 3 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
15 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 99 (3.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.44%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 18 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
4 18 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
5 17 (0.64%) SAP IBP
6 16 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
7 14 (0.52%) SAP CO
7 14 (0.52%) SAP FI
7 14 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
8 13 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
8 13 (0.49%) Shopify
9 11 (0.41%) NetSuite
9 11 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
10 10 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
11 9 (0.34%) SAP FS
11 9 (0.34%) SAP FSCM
11 9 (0.34%) SAP IS-U
12 8 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 220 (8.24%) Azure
2 218 (8.17%) Power Platform
3 147 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (4.16%) SaaS
5 98 (3.67%) AWS
6 40 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (1.35%) GCP
7 36 (1.35%) PowerApps
8 29 (1.09%) Entra ID
9 28 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
9 28 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (0.90%) Smartsheet
11 23 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
12 22 (0.82%) Asana
12 22 (0.82%) Snowflake
13 21 (0.79%) PaaS
13 21 (0.79%) Power Automate
14 20 (0.75%) Google Workspace
15 19 (0.71%) Google Analytics
16 14 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.57%) Firewall
2 35 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
3 30 (1.12%) WAN
4 26 (0.97%) VPN
5 24 (0.90%) Wireless
6 23 (0.86%) LAN
7 20 (0.75%) Internet
8 19 (0.71%) Network Security
9 18 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
9 18 (0.67%) VLAN
10 17 (0.64%) CHAP
11 16 (0.60%) SD-WAN
12 15 (0.56%) DNS
13 14 (0.52%) TCP/IP
14 11 (0.41%) Broadband
14 11 (0.41%) DHCP
14 11 (0.41%) Intranet
14 11 (0.41%) Multicast
15 10 (0.37%) MPLS
15 10 (0.37%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (6.97%) Power BI
2 173 (6.48%) Tableau
3 132 (4.95%) Data Mining
4 55 (2.06%) SQL Server
5 33 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (0.79%) SAP BW
7 20 (0.75%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.60%) Power Query
9 13 (0.49%) Big Data
9 13 (0.49%) Looker
9 13 (0.49%) Metadata
10 12 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
11 8 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 7 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.19%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 119 (4.46%) JIRA
2 14 (0.52%) Git
3 13 (0.49%) GitLab
4 9 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.15%) JIRA Agile
6 4 (0.15%) Maven
6 4 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.11%) ERwin
7 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.075%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.075%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.075%) ESLint
8 2 (0.075%) Gradle
8 2 (0.075%) JUnit
8 2 (0.075%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.075%) Selenium
8 2 (0.075%) Subversion
8 2 (0.075%) TestNG
8 2 (0.075%) Vagrant
General
1 1,197 (44.85%) Social Skills
2 1,127 (42.23%) Finance
3 800 (29.97%) Analytical Skills
4 267 (10.00%) Marketing
5 194 (7.27%) Manufacturing
6 181 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
7 177 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 172 (6.44%) Legal
9 168 (6.29%) Law
10 143 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
11 141 (5.28%) Public Sector
12 139 (5.21%) Retail
13 111 (4.16%) Banking
14 73 (2.74%) Games
14 73 (2.74%) Telecoms
15 64 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
16 58 (2.17%) Electronics
17 55 (2.06%) Advertising
18 49 (1.84%) Aviation
18 49 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 449 (16.82%) Analyst
2 413 (15.47%) Senior
3 366 (13.71%) Project Manager
4 257 (9.63%) Trainee
5 248 (9.29%) Trainee Analyst
6 227 (8.51%) Senior Manager
7 225 (8.43%) Lead
8 224 (8.39%) Business Analyst
9 154 (5.77%) Architect
9 154 (5.77%) IT Manager
10 142 (5.32%) Data Analyst
11 125 (4.68%) Development Manager
11 125 (4.68%) Trainee Business Analyst
12 123 (4.61%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 109 (4.08%) Business Manager
14 106 (3.97%) Product Manager
15 92 (3.45%) Consultant
15 92 (3.45%) Senior Project Manager
16 86 (3.22%) Systems Manager
17 83 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.27%) CSS
2 27 (1.01%) Middleware
3 24 (0.90%) HTML
4 20 (0.75%) EDI
5 10 (0.37%) .NET
5 10 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (0.34%) React
7 8 (0.30%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (0.26%) FHIR
8 7 (0.26%) Node.js
9 6 (0.22%) REST
9 6 (0.22%) Web Services
10 5 (0.19%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.15%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.15%) FIDO
11 4 (0.15%) Flutter
11 4 (0.15%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (0.15%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.11%) Laravel
12 3 (0.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 203 (7.61%) Management Information System
2 130 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
3 121 (4.53%) Onboarding
4 94 (3.52%) FMCG
5 85 (3.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 77 (2.88%) Product Ownership
7 71 (2.66%) Data Centre
7 71 (2.66%) Robotics
8 66 (2.47%) Driving Licence
9 64 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
10 44 (1.65%) Social Media
11 43 (1.61%) Virtual Team
12 31 (1.16%) Algorithms
13 29 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
14 28 (1.05%) IoT
15 26 (0.97%) Blog
16 23 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
16 23 (0.86%) Low-Code
17 22 (0.82%) Blockchain
17 22 (0.82%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 60 (2.25%) Windows
2 29 (1.09%) Linux
3 21 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.30%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.22%) Android
5 6 (0.22%) Unix
5 6 (0.22%) VMS
6 3 (0.11%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.075%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.037%) AIX
8 1 (0.037%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 700 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
2 643 (24.09%) Agile
3 614 (23.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 563 (21.09%) Project Delivery
5 458 (17.16%) Analytics
6 444 (16.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 417 (15.62%) Decision-Making
8 403 (15.10%) Change Management
9 364 (13.64%) Business Analysis
10 346 (12.96%) Risk Management
11 332 (12.44%) PRINCE2
12 319 (11.95%) AI
13 278 (10.42%) Process Improvement
14 270 (10.12%) Data Analysis
15 253 (9.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 244 (9.14%) Coaching
17 243 (9.10%) Business Intelligence
18 237 (8.88%) Roadmaps
19 235 (8.80%) ERP
20 232 (8.69%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 275 (10.30%) SQL
2 249 (9.33%) Python
3 33 (1.24%) C#
4 32 (1.20%) VBA
5 31 (1.16%) Java
6 29 (1.09%) C
6 29 (1.09%) JavaScript
7 22 (0.82%) C++
8 16 (0.60%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (0.45%) Perl
10 10 (0.37%) PHP
11 6 (0.22%) Bash
11 6 (0.22%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.19%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
13 4 (0.15%) R
13 4 (0.15%) Ruby
13 4 (0.15%) VB
14 3 (0.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 840 (31.47%) Degree
2 202 (7.57%) PMP
3 195 (7.31%) PMI Certification
4 191 (7.16%) Security Cleared
5 153 (5.73%) SC Cleared
6 111 (4.16%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.40%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 52 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 48 (1.80%) CISSP
9 48 (1.80%) DBS Check
10 44 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (1.20%) CISM
12 26 (0.97%) MBA
13 25 (0.94%) DV Cleared
13 25 (0.94%) HND
14 22 (0.82%) CFA
14 22 (0.82%) HNC
14 22 (0.82%) PhD
15 21 (0.79%) ACCA
15 21 (0.79%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (7.72%) QA
2 166 (6.22%) PMO
3 94 (3.52%) GDPR
4 49 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (1.80%) Accessibility
6 43 (1.61%) NIST
7 40 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 24 (0.90%) ISO 9001
9 18 (0.67%) COBIT
9 18 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (0.60%) GRC
11 15 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (0.45%) SLA
13 10 (0.37%) IEC 61131
13 10 (0.37%) IFRS
14 9 (0.34%) IFRS 17
14 9 (0.34%) Solvency II
15 7 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.26%) HL7
System Software
1 58 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.71%) Docker
3 16 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.41%) Firmware
4 11 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.22%) vSphere
6 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.56%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.41%) Terraform
4 9 (0.34%) Ansible
5 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.15%) Grafana
7 3 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.11%) SCCM
8 2 (0.075%) Nagios
9 1 (0.037%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.037%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.037%) MOM
9 1 (0.037%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 646 (24.20%) Microsoft
2 213 (7.98%) SAP
3 95 (3.56%) Salesforce
4 72 (2.70%) Oracle
5 66 (2.47%) Google
6 45 (1.69%) Cisco
7 42 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 37 (1.39%) Adobe
8 37 (1.39%) OpenText
9 36 (1.35%) Ariba
10 28 (1.05%) Anaplan
11 20 (0.75%) Genesys
11 20 (0.75%) HubSpot
11 20 (0.75%) Verint
12 17 (0.64%) Databricks
12 17 (0.64%) VMware
13 14 (0.52%) Sage
13 14 (0.52%) Workday
14 13 (0.49%) Alteryx
15 12 (0.45%) Fortinet