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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -45 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,582 3,884 7,238
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.10% 9.49% 7.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 10.22% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,531 1,984 5,267
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £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 63,393 38,022 79,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.08% 92.93% 86.08%
Number of salaries quoted 39,190 22,514 58,792
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,008
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% +7.38% -7.94%

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 April 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 April 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 -49 2,193 £55,000 -4.70% 1,263
UK excluding London -51 1,700 £47,500 -13.64% 1,056
Work from Home -21 793 £57,500 -3.36% 423
London -28 662 £70,000 - 403
North of England -40 552 £43,136 -21.57% 233
South East -44 399 £50,042 -10.30% 313
Midlands -56 260 £52,500 - 175
North West -39 250 £45,000 -17.87% 119
West Midlands -39 198 £47,500 -13.64% 98
Yorkshire -32 191 £40,000 -27.27% 85
South West -45 171 £45,564 -16.40% 104
East of England -59 117 £55,000 - 137
North East -13 111 £40,000 -29.82% 31
Scotland -25 99 £40,000 -30.43% 53
Northern Ireland -8 72 £47,500 -17.39% 24
East Midlands -82 60 £55,000 +22.22% 76
Wales -46 37 £42,934 -25.33% 49

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
1 113 (4.38%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.98%) Confluence
3 44 (1.70%) CMS
4 34 (1.32%) WordPress
5 20 (0.77%) ArcGIS
6 12 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.12%) Apache
10 3 (0.12%) govService
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
11 2 (0.077%) Drupal
11 2 (0.077%) Kinematics
11 2 (0.077%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.039%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.039%) IIS
12 1 (0.039%) Jupyter
Applications
1 371 (14.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 164 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
3 125 (4.84%) Microsoft Project
4 101 (3.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 18 (0.70%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.58%) AutoCAD
7 15 (0.58%) Trello
8 10 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
9 9 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
10 3 (0.12%) Final Cut Pro
10 3 (0.12%) Maya
11 2 (0.077%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.077%) Elementor
11 2 (0.077%) Notion
11 2 (0.077%) Weka
12 1 (0.039%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
2 21 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
3 20 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
3 20 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
5 16 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
6 15 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
7 10 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.35%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.27%) Shopify
10 6 (0.23%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
10 6 (0.23%) Primavera
10 6 (0.23%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
11 5 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
11 5 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
12 4 (0.15%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 237 (9.18%) Azure
2 225 (8.71%) Power Platform
3 168 (6.51%) SaaS
4 143 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
5 113 (4.38%) AWS
6 60 (2.32%) PowerApps
7 48 (1.86%) Asana
8 40 (1.55%) GCP
9 39 (1.51%) Power Automate
10 33 (1.28%) Entra ID
11 30 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.01%) Smartsheet
13 24 (0.93%) Google Analytics
13 24 (0.93%) OneDrive
14 23 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (0.77%) Canva
16 18 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
17 17 (0.66%) ChatGPT
17 17 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.63%) Broadband
2 36 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
3 35 (1.36%) Firewall
4 26 (1.01%) CHAP
4 26 (1.01%) WAN
5 22 (0.85%) DNS
6 20 (0.77%) DHCP
7 19 (0.74%) Internet
8 18 (0.70%) LAN
8 18 (0.70%) Network Security
9 17 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
10 15 (0.58%) TCP/IP
10 15 (0.58%) Wireless
11 14 (0.54%) VPN
12 12 (0.46%) Intranet
13 11 (0.43%) VLAN
14 10 (0.39%) Multicast
14 10 (0.39%) SD-WAN
15 8 (0.31%) VoIP
16 5 (0.19%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (7.32%) Tableau
2 188 (7.28%) Power BI
3 156 (6.04%) Data Mining
4 30 (1.16%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.05%) GIS
6 23 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 20 (0.77%) QGIS
8 20 (0.77%) Spatial Data
9 19 (0.74%) Power Query
10 15 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
12 9 (0.35%) DB2
13 7 (0.27%) Big Data
14 6 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.19%) Metadata
15 5 (0.19%) MySQL
15 5 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
16 4 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 121 (4.69%) JIRA
2 21 (0.81%) Git
3 12 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.27%) GitLab
5 5 (0.19%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.15%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
8 2 (0.077%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.077%) ESLint
8 2 (0.077%) Gradle
8 2 (0.077%) JIRA Agile
8 2 (0.077%) JMeter
8 2 (0.077%) JUnit
8 2 (0.077%) Maven
8 2 (0.077%) Mockito
8 2 (0.077%) Selenium
8 2 (0.077%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.077%) TestNG
8 2 (0.077%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.039%) Balsamiq
General
1 1,068 (41.36%) Social Skills
2 995 (38.54%) Finance
3 630 (24.40%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (11.58%) Marketing
5 215 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 192 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 169 (6.55%) Manufacturing
8 159 (6.16%) Legal
9 140 (5.42%) Retail
10 134 (5.19%) Public Sector
11 117 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
12 116 (4.49%) Banking
13 110 (4.26%) Law
14 72 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
15 64 (2.48%) Games
16 54 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
16 54 (2.09%) Telecoms
17 48 (1.86%) Financial Institution
18 38 (1.47%) Advertising
18 38 (1.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 451 (17.47%) Analyst
2 406 (15.72%) Project Manager
3 328 (12.70%) Senior
4 253 (9.80%) Trainee
5 246 (9.53%) Trainee Analyst
6 206 (7.98%) Business Analyst
7 191 (7.40%) Senior Manager
8 164 (6.35%) Data Analyst
9 158 (6.12%) Lead
10 156 (6.04%) IT Manager
11 150 (5.81%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 124 (4.80%) Consultant
12 124 (4.80%) Development Manager
13 97 (3.76%) Senior Project Manager
14 96 (3.72%) Trainee Business Analyst
15 91 (3.52%) Product Manager
16 87 (3.37%) Architect
17 79 (3.06%) Systems Manager
18 78 (3.02%) IT Project Manager
19 73 (2.83%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.24%) .NET
2 31 (1.20%) HTML
3 26 (1.01%) EDI
4 25 (0.97%) CSS
5 23 (0.89%) PyTorch
6 14 (0.54%) JSON
7 12 (0.46%) .NET Core
7 12 (0.46%) HTML5 Canvas
7 12 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
7 12 (0.46%) React
8 10 (0.39%) SPFx
9 9 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (0.35%) REST
10 7 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (0.27%) Matplotlib
10 7 (0.27%) Middleware
10 7 (0.27%) OAuth
10 7 (0.27%) Seaborn
11 5 (0.19%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.19%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 198 (7.67%) Management Information System
2 111 (4.30%) Onboarding
3 101 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
4 84 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 67 (2.59%) Social Media
6 64 (2.48%) FMCG
7 61 (2.36%) Driving Licence
8 56 (2.17%) Data Centre
9 49 (1.90%) Virtual Team
10 40 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 40 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.39%) Algorithms
12 35 (1.36%) Blog
12 35 (1.36%) Robotics
13 32 (1.24%) Mobile App
14 29 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
14 29 (1.12%) Security Posture
15 26 (1.01%) Low-Code
16 23 (0.89%) IoT
17 22 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 71 (2.75%) Windows
2 31 (1.20%) Apple iOS
3 26 (1.01%) Android
4 25 (0.97%) Linux
5 16 (0.62%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.27%) Unix
7 6 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.077%) AIX
8 2 (0.077%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.077%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.077%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.077%) zOS
9 1 (0.039%) CentOS
9 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 649 (25.14%) Agile
2 615 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
3 571 (22.11%) Project Delivery
4 495 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 479 (18.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 452 (17.51%) Analytics
7 406 (15.72%) Decision-Making
8 380 (14.72%) PRINCE2
9 358 (13.87%) Business Analysis
10 327 (12.66%) AI
11 324 (12.55%) Change Management
12 307 (11.89%) Data Analysis
13 272 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 246 (9.53%) Risk Management
15 227 (8.79%) Data Analytics
16 215 (8.33%) Roadmaps
17 213 (8.25%) Mentoring
18 207 (8.02%) Coaching
19 205 (7.94%) Business Intelligence
20 203 (7.86%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 294 (11.39%) SQL
2 288 (11.15%) Python
3 44 (1.70%) C#
4 35 (1.36%) VBA
5 31 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 25 (0.97%) PowerShell
7 23 (0.89%) TypeScript
8 17 (0.66%) Java
9 12 (0.46%) C++
10 11 (0.43%) C
10 11 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.31%) Bash
12 7 (0.27%) PHP
13 6 (0.23%) R
14 4 (0.15%) COBOL
14 4 (0.15%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.15%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.12%) Dart
15 3 (0.12%) Ladder Logic
15 3 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 667 (25.83%) Degree
2 245 (9.49%) PMP
3 227 (8.79%) PMI Certification
4 136 (5.27%) Security Cleared
5 93 (3.60%) SC Cleared
6 80 (3.10%) CISSP
7 77 (2.98%) DBS Check
7 77 (2.98%) Master's Degree
8 58 (2.25%) CISM
9 36 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 34 (1.32%) HNC
11 32 (1.24%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
12 31 (1.20%) CISA
12 31 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 31 (1.20%) SANS
13 27 (1.05%) FFIEC
14 26 (1.01%) CGEIT
14 26 (1.01%) MBA
15 24 (0.93%) ACCA
15 24 (0.93%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (6.97%) QA
2 125 (4.84%) PMO
3 106 (4.11%) GDPR
4 91 (3.52%) Accessibility
5 77 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 69 (2.67%) NIST
7 37 (1.43%) Data Quality
8 36 (1.39%) GRC
8 36 (1.39%) ISO 9001
9 27 (1.05%) COBIT
10 24 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
11 20 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (0.58%) NIST 800
13 14 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (0.50%) SLA
15 12 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 11 (0.43%) GAAP
17 9 (0.35%) IFRS
17 9 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 8 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (2.09%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.05%) Docker
3 10 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.12%) Firmware
5 3 (0.12%) vSphere
6 2 (0.077%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (0.89%) Kubernetes
1 23 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.66%) Ansible
3 15 (0.58%) SCCM
4 14 (0.54%) Terraform
5 12 (0.46%) Grafana
6 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.15%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.077%) Argo
9 2 (0.077%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.077%) Puppet
9 2 (0.077%) Salt
10 1 (0.039%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.039%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.039%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.039%) MOM
10 1 (0.039%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 594 (23.01%) Microsoft
2 102 (3.95%) SAP
3 75 (2.90%) Salesforce
4 68 (2.63%) Oracle
5 67 (2.59%) Google
6 57 (2.21%) Adobe
7 52 (2.01%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.08%) Anaplan
9 25 (0.97%) HubSpot
10 24 (0.93%) Cisco
11 20 (0.77%) Genesys
11 20 (0.77%) Verint
12 19 (0.74%) Pardot
13 16 (0.62%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.58%) Apple
14 15 (0.58%) Instagram
15 13 (0.50%) Databricks
15 13 (0.50%) Fortinet
16 11 (0.43%) Hootsuite
16 11 (0.43%) Wrike