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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -39 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,637 4,114 7,032
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.44% 9.94% 8.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 10.64% 9.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,546 2,073 5,123
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £67,728
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,900 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 59,482 38,652 75,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.48% 93.43% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 36,105 22,218 57,058
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -42 2,209 £54,000 -6.09% 1,276
UK excluding London -47 1,740 £47,500 -13.64% 1,076
Work from Home -22 782 £56,500 -5.83% 427
London -23 679 £70,000 - 397
North of England -38 535 £42,215 -23.25% 244
South East -40 411 £51,500 -10.43% 317
Midlands -55 259 £47,500 -12.04% 173
North West -38 242 £42,914 -21.68% 124
West Midlands -41 193 £45,000 -18.18% 96
Yorkshire -27 184 £40,000 -30.43% 89
South West -38 178 £45,000 -17.43% 106
Scotland -15 137 £40,000 -27.27% 56
East of England -46 115 £55,000 +4.76% 140
North East -9 109 £40,000 -32.20% 34
Northern Ireland -10 72 £47,500 - 25
East Midlands -77 65 £52,500 +10.53% 77
Wales -38 40 £42,934 -20.19% 47

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
1 147 (5.57%) SharePoint
2 49 (1.86%) Confluence
3 46 (1.74%) CMS
4 35 (1.33%) WordPress
5 20 (0.76%) ArcGIS
6 12 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.19%) Kinematics
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.11%) Apache
10 3 (0.11%) govService
10 3 (0.11%) SAS
10 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.076%) Drupal
11 2 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.038%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.038%) IIS
12 1 (0.038%) Jupyter
Applications
1 411 (15.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 197 (7.47%) Microsoft Office
3 130 (4.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 120 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (0.64%) MS Visio
7 16 (0.61%) Trello
8 15 (0.57%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
9 10 (0.38%) Photoshop
9 10 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
10 9 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
11 7 (0.27%) Adobe XD
11 7 (0.27%) Maya
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
13 2 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.076%) CATIA
13 2 (0.076%) Elementor
13 2 (0.076%) Weka
Business Applications
1 41 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
3 19 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
3 19 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.64%) SAP MDG
5 16 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
6 14 (0.53%) Oracle EBS R12
7 10 (0.38%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
9 6 (0.23%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.23%) Primavera
10 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.19%) SAP BPC
10 5 (0.19%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 238 (9.03%) Azure
2 214 (8.12%) Power Platform
3 162 (6.14%) SaaS
4 155 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 105 (3.98%) AWS
6 54 (2.05%) PowerApps
7 45 (1.71%) Asana
8 34 (1.29%) GCP
9 33 (1.25%) Entra ID
10 31 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (1.06%) Power Automate
13 25 (0.95%) Smartsheet
14 22 (0.83%) Google Analytics
15 21 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
16 19 (0.72%) OneDrive
17 18 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
18 17 (0.64%) Canva
18 17 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
19 16 (0.61%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 49 (1.86%) Broadband
2 47 (1.78%) Firewall
3 40 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
4 26 (0.99%) WAN
5 25 (0.95%) CHAP
6 23 (0.87%) DNS
7 22 (0.83%) Internet
8 20 (0.76%) DHCP
9 19 (0.72%) Network Security
9 19 (0.72%) TCP/IP
10 18 (0.68%) LAN
10 18 (0.68%) VPN
11 17 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
11 17 (0.64%) Wireless
12 14 (0.53%) VLAN
13 12 (0.46%) Intranet
14 11 (0.42%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.38%) Multicast
16 8 (0.30%) VoIP
17 5 (0.19%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (7.43%) Tableau
2 177 (6.71%) Power BI
3 171 (6.48%) Data Mining
4 37 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 24 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (0.83%) GIS
7 20 (0.76%) QGIS
7 20 (0.76%) Spatial Data
8 19 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 17 (0.64%) Power Query
10 13 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
11 11 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.42%) Metadata
12 9 (0.34%) DB2
13 7 (0.27%) Big Data
13 7 (0.27%) SAP BW
14 6 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 114 (4.32%) JIRA
2 16 (0.61%) Git
3 12 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.27%) GitLab
5 3 (0.11%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.11%) ERwin
5 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.076%) Checkstyle
6 2 (0.076%) ESLint
6 2 (0.076%) Gradle
6 2 (0.076%) JIRA Agile
6 2 (0.076%) JMeter
6 2 (0.076%) JUnit
6 2 (0.076%) Maven
6 2 (0.076%) Mockito
6 2 (0.076%) Selenium
6 2 (0.076%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.076%) TestNG
6 2 (0.076%) Zephyr
General
1 1,111 (42.13%) Social Skills
2 1,035 (39.25%) Finance
3 665 (25.22%) Analytical Skills
4 288 (10.92%) Marketing
5 210 (7.96%) Organisational Skills
6 191 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 162 (6.14%) Manufacturing
8 158 (5.99%) Legal
9 137 (5.20%) Retail
10 134 (5.08%) Public Sector
11 124 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
12 119 (4.51%) Law
13 116 (4.40%) Banking
14 71 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
15 69 (2.62%) Games
16 52 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
16 52 (1.97%) Telecoms
17 49 (1.86%) Financial Institution
18 38 (1.44%) Electronics
18 38 (1.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 479 (18.16%) Analyst
2 395 (14.98%) Project Manager
3 363 (13.77%) Senior
4 277 (10.50%) Trainee
5 269 (10.20%) Trainee Analyst
6 224 (8.49%) Senior Manager
7 212 (8.04%) Business Analyst
8 186 (7.05%) Lead
9 177 (6.71%) Data Analyst
10 162 (6.14%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 158 (5.99%) IT Manager
12 121 (4.59%) Consultant
13 117 (4.44%) Development Manager
14 107 (4.06%) Trainee Business Analyst
15 98 (3.72%) Senior Project Manager
16 89 (3.38%) Product Manager
17 88 (3.34%) Architect
18 78 (2.96%) Systems Manager
19 76 (2.88%) Business Manager
19 76 (2.88%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.06%) .NET
2 25 (0.95%) HTML
3 24 (0.91%) EDI
4 23 (0.87%) PyTorch
5 17 (0.64%) CSS
6 10 (0.38%) Middleware
6 10 (0.38%) React
7 8 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (0.30%) REST
8 7 (0.27%) .NET Core
8 7 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (0.27%) JSON
8 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.27%) OAuth
9 5 (0.19%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.19%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (0.19%) OpenID
9 5 (0.19%) SAML
9 5 (0.19%) SPFx
10 4 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 204 (7.74%) Management Information System
2 115 (4.36%) Onboarding
3 114 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
4 81 (3.07%) Product Ownership
5 71 (2.69%) Driving Licence
6 66 (2.50%) Social Media
7 62 (2.35%) FMCG
8 54 (2.05%) Data Centre
9 48 (1.82%) Virtual Team
10 43 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 38 (1.44%) Algorithms
12 38 (1.44%) Robotics
13 33 (1.25%) Blog
14 30 (1.14%) Mobile App
15 29 (1.10%) IoT
16 28 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
16 28 (1.06%) Low-Code
17 25 (0.95%) Security Posture
18 21 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 73 (2.77%) Windows
2 31 (1.18%) Apple iOS
3 26 (0.99%) Android
4 23 (0.87%) Linux
5 18 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.27%) Unix
7 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.11%) VMS
9 2 (0.076%) AIX
9 2 (0.076%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.076%) zOS
10 1 (0.038%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.038%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 643 (24.38%) Agile
2 630 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
3 538 (20.40%) Project Delivery
4 532 (20.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 462 (17.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 452 (17.14%) Analytics
7 398 (15.09%) Decision-Making
8 384 (14.56%) Business Analysis
9 368 (13.96%) PRINCE2
10 351 (13.31%) Change Management
11 346 (13.12%) AI
12 316 (11.98%) Data Analysis
13 272 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 266 (10.09%) Risk Management
15 257 (9.75%) Coaching
16 235 (8.91%) Data Analytics
17 227 (8.61%) Roadmaps
18 222 (8.42%) Process Improvement
19 210 (7.96%) Mentoring
20 200 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 295 (11.19%) SQL
2 291 (11.04%) Python
3 41 (1.55%) C#
4 35 (1.33%) VBA
5 23 (0.87%) JavaScript
6 19 (0.72%) PowerShell
7 17 (0.64%) Java
8 16 (0.61%) TypeScript
9 14 (0.53%) C++
10 12 (0.46%) C
11 11 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.23%) Bash
12 6 (0.23%) PHP
12 6 (0.23%) R
13 4 (0.15%) COBOL
14 3 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
14 3 (0.11%) VB
15 2 (0.076%) Ada
15 2 (0.076%) Scala
15 2 (0.076%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 686 (26.01%) Degree
2 233 (8.84%) PMP
3 220 (8.34%) PMI Certification
4 138 (5.23%) Security Cleared
5 95 (3.60%) SC Cleared
6 85 (3.22%) Master's Degree
7 71 (2.69%) CISSP
8 65 (2.46%) DBS Check
9 64 (2.43%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
10 52 (1.97%) CISM
11 36 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 34 (1.29%) HNC
13 30 (1.14%) CISA
13 30 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (1.14%) SANS
14 27 (1.02%) MBA
15 26 (0.99%) FFIEC
16 25 (0.95%) CGEIT
17 24 (0.91%) ACCA
18 23 (0.87%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (7.74%) QA
2 123 (4.66%) PMO
3 105 (3.98%) GDPR
4 95 (3.60%) Accessibility
5 67 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 61 (2.31%) NIST
7 36 (1.37%) Data Quality
8 30 (1.14%) GRC
9 26 (0.99%) COBIT
9 26 (0.99%) ISO 9001
10 18 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 15 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
13 12 (0.46%) SLA
14 11 (0.42%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.38%) GAAP
15 10 (0.38%) IFRS
16 8 (0.30%) PCI DSS
17 6 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 65 (2.46%) Active Directory
2 26 (0.99%) Docker
3 13 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.15%) Firmware
5 4 (0.15%) vSphere
6 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.076%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (0.83%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.53%) Ansible
4 12 (0.46%) Terraform
5 11 (0.42%) Grafana
5 11 (0.42%) SCCM
6 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.15%) ServiceCenter
8 2 (0.076%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.038%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.038%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.038%) Argo
9 1 (0.038%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.038%) MOM
9 1 (0.038%) Puppet
9 1 (0.038%) Salt
9 1 (0.038%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 639 (24.23%) Microsoft
2 123 (4.66%) SAP
3 74 (2.81%) Salesforce
4 67 (2.54%) Oracle
5 64 (2.43%) Google
6 53 (2.01%) Adobe
7 46 (1.74%) ServiceNow
8 34 (1.29%) Cisco
9 28 (1.06%) Anaplan
10 25 (0.95%) HubSpot
11 20 (0.76%) Genesys
11 20 (0.76%) Verint
12 19 (0.72%) Ariba
13 16 (0.61%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.61%) Pardot
14 15 (0.57%) Apple
14 15 (0.57%) Instagram
15 14 (0.53%) Fortinet
15 14 (0.53%) VMware
16 13 (0.49%) Databricks