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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 35 21
Rank change year-on-year -24 -14 +2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,882 3,008 5,327
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.44% 6.09% 7.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 6.84% 8.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,454 1,600 2,415
10th Percentile £31,355 £32,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £89,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,865 £53,000 £53,659
% change year-on-year -2.14% -1.23% -2.44%

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 86,418 43,977 59,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.19% 88.96% 82.26%
Number of salaries quoted 59,113 24,503 32,039
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 October 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 October 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 -25 2,584 £55,000 -4.35% 4,398
UK excluding London -35 1,923 £51,865 -2.14% 2,419
Work from Home -14 1,072 £50,000 -15.97% 1,637
London -34 829 £62,955 -10.07% 2,236
South East -19 525 £45,000 -24.05% 619
North of England -26 384 £55,000 +11.68% 527
Midlands -9 382 £52,500 - 350
South West -31 246 £55,000 - 265
North West +19 237 £53,000 +6.00% 294
West Midlands -23 208 £52,500 - 210
East of England -23 200 £50,000 -3.85% 294
East Midlands +8 174 £52,500 +6.31% 140
Yorkshire -47 97 £55,000 +10.00% 180
Scotland -35 83 £70,000 +21.74% 213
Wales -62 52 £60,000 - 65
Northern Ireland -62 52 £70,000 +122.22% 120
North East -77 50 £58,000 +78.46% 55

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
1 138 (4.79%) SharePoint
2 71 (2.46%) CMS
3 65 (2.26%) Confluence
4 27 (0.94%) Sitecore CMS
5 20 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (0.66%) WordPress
7 16 (0.56%) Apache Spark
8 12 (0.42%) Headless CMS
9 9 (0.31%) IIS
10 8 (0.28%) WebLogic
10 8 (0.28%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.24%) Moodle
12 5 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 5 (0.17%) Apache Pig
12 5 (0.17%) MS Project Server
13 3 (0.10%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.069%) PowerFactory
14 2 (0.069%) Totara
15 1 (0.035%) Apache Airflow
15 1 (0.035%) SAS
Applications
1 311 (10.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 306 (10.62%) Microsoft Office
3 292 (10.13%) Microsoft Project
4 100 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (0.97%) EPLAN
6 24 (0.83%) AutoCAD
7 23 (0.80%) MS Visio
8 21 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 18 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
10 17 (0.59%) Trello
11 12 (0.42%) Revit
12 3 (0.10%) Blender
12 3 (0.10%) Maya
12 3 (0.10%) OrCAD
12 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.069%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.069%) Civil 3D
13 2 (0.069%) Navisworks
13 2 (0.069%) PTC Creo
13 2 (0.069%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 79 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 42 (1.46%) Primavera
3 36 (1.25%) NetSuite
4 27 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
5 25 (0.87%) SAP EHS
6 10 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
7 9 (0.31%) Fidessa
8 8 (0.28%) Infor M3
8 8 (0.28%) Shopify
9 6 (0.21%) iTrent
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
10 5 (0.17%) Sage 200
10 5 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
11 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
11 4 (0.14%) Misys Midas
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.14%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 237 (8.22%) Azure
2 225 (7.81%) Power Platform
3 172 (5.97%) AWS
4 159 (5.52%) SaaS
5 131 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 85 (2.95%) Cloud Computing
7 72 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
8 66 (2.29%) PowerApps
9 54 (1.87%) Smartsheet
10 49 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
11 44 (1.53%) Power Automate
12 35 (1.21%) GCP
13 34 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
14 29 (1.01%) LangSmith
15 28 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
16 25 (0.87%) Serverless
17 24 (0.83%) Entra ID
18 22 (0.76%) Google Analytics
19 19 (0.66%) IaaS
20 17 (0.59%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 56 (1.94%) Firewall
2 32 (1.11%) LAN
2 32 (1.11%) WAN
3 30 (1.04%) DNS
4 27 (0.94%) Profibus
5 20 (0.69%) VPN
6 18 (0.62%) DHCP
7 17 (0.59%) Network Security
8 14 (0.49%) BGP
9 13 (0.45%) Intranet
9 13 (0.45%) SD-WAN
9 13 (0.45%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.45%) Wireless
10 12 (0.42%) NGN
10 12 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
10 12 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.35%) Modbus
12 9 (0.31%) Multicast
13 8 (0.28%) Internet
14 7 (0.24%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (6.63%) Power BI
2 62 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 25 (0.87%) Metadata
4 23 (0.80%) Big Data
4 23 (0.80%) Relational Database
5 21 (0.73%) NoSQL
6 18 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (0.62%) MySQL
7 17 (0.59%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.56%) Tableau
9 14 (0.49%) Hadoop
10 13 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.38%) Apache Hive
11 11 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (0.24%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.24%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 245 (8.50%) JIRA
2 19 (0.66%) Git
2 19 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (0.38%) Claude Code
3 11 (0.38%) LabVIEW
4 10 (0.35%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.24%) GitLab
7 5 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.17%) JUnit
8 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.10%) Hudson
9 3 (0.10%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.10%) PHPUnit
9 3 (0.10%) Selenium
9 3 (0.10%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.10%) Taiga
9 3 (0.10%) VersionOne
General
1 1,233 (42.78%) Social Skills
2 927 (32.17%) Finance
3 549 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 381 (13.22%) Organisational Skills
5 306 (10.62%) Marketing
6 209 (7.25%) Legal
7 202 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 192 (6.66%) Manufacturing
9 179 (6.21%) Influencing Skills
10 172 (5.97%) Public Sector
11 152 (5.27%) Retail
12 139 (4.82%) Law
13 130 (4.51%) Aerospace
14 110 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
15 99 (3.44%) Electronics
16 87 (3.02%) Telecoms
17 82 (2.85%) Banking
18 52 (1.80%) Military
19 51 (1.77%) Local Government
20 49 (1.70%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 599 (20.78%) Project Manager
2 426 (14.78%) Senior
3 261 (9.06%) Lead
4 215 (7.46%) Senior Manager
5 195 (6.77%) Analyst
6 183 (6.35%) Consultant
7 181 (6.28%) IT Manager
8 146 (5.07%) Senior Project Manager
9 111 (3.85%) Business Analyst
9 111 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
10 83 (2.88%) Delivery Manager
11 82 (2.85%) Technical Manager
12 73 (2.53%) Coordinator
13 67 (2.32%) Development Manager
14 63 (2.19%) Architect
14 63 (2.19%) Marketing Manager
15 61 (2.12%) Developer
15 61 (2.12%) Product Manager
15 61 (2.12%) Senior Consultant
16 60 (2.08%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.67%) .NET
2 47 (1.63%) HTML
3 45 (1.56%) CSS
4 33 (1.15%) TensorFlow
5 30 (1.04%) PyTorch
6 29 (1.01%) LangChain
6 29 (1.01%) Langfuse
6 29 (1.01%) LlamaIndex
6 29 (1.01%) Model Context Protocol
7 25 (0.87%) Hugging Face
8 21 (0.73%) Flash
9 20 (0.69%) ASP.NET
10 19 (0.66%) jQuery
11 16 (0.56%) Terraform
12 14 (0.49%) Kafka
13 13 (0.45%) REST
14 12 (0.42%) .NET Framework
14 12 (0.42%) HTML5 Canvas
14 12 (0.42%) JSON
14 12 (0.42%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 317 (11.00%) Onboarding
2 250 (8.67%) Management Information System
3 209 (7.25%) Data Centre
4 143 (4.96%) Driving Licence
5 134 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
6 86 (2.98%) Product Ownership
7 75 (2.60%) PMI
8 67 (2.32%) Virtual Team
9 64 (2.22%) Social Media
10 62 (2.15%) Blog
11 58 (2.01%) Robotics
12 54 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
13 48 (1.67%) Marketing Technology
14 45 (1.56%) Cloud Native
14 45 (1.56%) SCADA
15 42 (1.46%) AI Agents
16 39 (1.35%) e-Learning
17 37 (1.28%) FMCG
18 33 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
19 32 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 119 (4.13%) Windows
2 46 (1.60%) Linux
3 20 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.14%) Android
7 4 (0.14%) VMS
8 3 (0.10%) AIX
8 3 (0.10%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.10%) Debian
8 3 (0.10%) Unix
9 2 (0.069%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.069%) Solaris
10 1 (0.035%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 844 (29.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 794 (27.55%) Agile
2 794 (27.55%) Problem-Solving
3 789 (27.38%) Project Delivery
4 675 (23.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 507 (17.59%) PRINCE2
6 384 (13.32%) Decision-Making
7 357 (12.39%) AI
8 324 (11.24%) Roadmaps
9 323 (11.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 282 (9.78%) Analytics
11 275 (9.54%) Risk Management
12 261 (9.06%) Mentoring
13 249 (8.64%) CRM
14 247 (8.57%) ERP
15 246 (8.54%) Budget Management
16 245 (8.50%) Coaching
17 231 (8.02%) Change Management
18 224 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
19 219 (7.60%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 167 (5.79%) SQL
2 161 (5.59%) Python
3 74 (2.57%) JavaScript
4 48 (1.67%) PowerShell
5 42 (1.46%) C#
6 41 (1.42%) Java
7 28 (0.97%) TypeScript
8 24 (0.83%) Ladder Logic
9 21 (0.73%) C
10 16 (0.56%) C++
11 13 (0.45%) PHP
12 9 (0.31%) Assembly Language
12 9 (0.31%) R
12 9 (0.31%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.21%) Ruby
13 6 (0.21%) VBA
14 4 (0.14%) ABAP
14 4 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.14%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.10%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 820 (28.45%) Degree
2 282 (9.78%) Security Cleared
3 249 (8.64%) PMI Certification
4 220 (7.63%) PMP
5 159 (5.52%) SC Cleared
6 138 (4.79%) DBS Check
7 115 (3.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 94 (3.26%) HNC
9 83 (2.88%) HND
10 79 (2.74%) DV Cleared
11 70 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 66 (2.29%) Master's Degree
13 65 (2.26%) Chartered Engineer
14 56 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
15 44 (1.53%) CISSP
16 39 (1.35%) ACCA
16 39 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
17 33 (1.15%) CIMA
18 31 (1.08%) CISM
19 30 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (6.90%) PMO
2 159 (5.52%) QA
3 100 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 88 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 85 (2.95%) Accessibility
6 77 (2.67%) GDPR
7 58 (2.01%) SLA
8 50 (1.73%) NIST
9 34 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (0.76%) GRC
10 22 (0.76%) ISO 9001
11 20 (0.69%) IEC 61131
12 19 (0.66%) GMP
13 17 (0.59%) ISO 14000
14 15 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 14 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 11 (0.38%) ISO 14001
17 10 (0.35%) IFRS
17 10 (0.35%) NIST 800
18 9 (0.31%) COBIT
System Software
1 35 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.59%) Docker
4 15 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.42%) Firmware
6 11 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.31%) vSphere
8 4 (0.14%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.14%) ISA Server
9 3 (0.10%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.035%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.035%) IAG
11 1 (0.035%) NFS
11 1 (0.035%) Samba
11 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.035%) XenApp
11 1 (0.035%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (0.76%) SCCM
2 17 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (0.56%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.56%) Puppet
4 13 (0.45%) Progress Chef
5 12 (0.42%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.35%) Functional Safety
7 7 (0.24%) EnCase
7 7 (0.24%) FTK
8 6 (0.21%) Hadoop YARN
9 5 (0.17%) Ansible
9 5 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.069%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.069%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.069%) SCOM
10 2 (0.069%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.069%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.035%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.035%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.035%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 595 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 175 (6.07%) SAP
3 118 (4.09%) Oracle
4 74 (2.57%) Google
5 70 (2.43%) ServiceNow
6 69 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 57 (1.98%) Adobe
8 51 (1.77%) Siemens
9 49 (1.70%) HubSpot
10 38 (1.32%) Sage
11 35 (1.21%) Cisco
12 31 (1.08%) Fortinet
12 31 (1.08%) VMware
13 27 (0.94%) Sitecore
14 24 (0.83%) NEC
15 21 (0.73%) SonicWALL
16 20 (0.69%) Remedy
17 14 (0.49%) HP
18 13 (0.45%) Bloomberg
18 13 (0.45%) YouTube