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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 17 24
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,932 5,511 4,026
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.44% 8.21% 7.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.41% 9.65% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 2,452 2,799
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,750 £37,460
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,206 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £74,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.26% -0.91% +4.76%

All Process and 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 45,724 57,096 47,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.81% 85.02% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,947 29,808 36,597
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,714 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.18% +4.22% -0.94%

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 27 November 2025.

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 27 November 2025. 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 -20 2,512 £55,000 -4.35% 2,100
UK excluding London -18 1,885 £50,000 -8.26% 1,867
London -15 811 £70,000 +2.99% 575
Work from Home -19 801 £60,000 +0.84% 652
South East -11 511 £57,772 +5.04% 569
North of England -24 470 £41,729 -22.72% 392
Midlands -31 300 £46,250 -15.91% 371
North West -28 217 £45,000 -16.56% 225
South West -2 216 £50,693 -6.99% 191
West Midlands -20 200 £45,000 -21.74% 229
Scotland -18 170 £54,855 +0.49% 97
Yorkshire -15 166 £43,037 -21.75% 107
East of England -34 163 £55,000 +5.77% 196
East Midlands -36 101 £52,500 +0.96% 140
North East +25 87 £32,500 -28.57% 66
Wales -23 32 £60,000 +16.38% 52
Northern Ireland -9 26 £65,000 -3.70% 29

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
1 157 (5.35%) SharePoint
2 63 (2.15%) Confluence
3 49 (1.67%) CMS
4 39 (1.33%) WordPress
5 27 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 20 (0.68%) Kinematics
7 11 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.34%) Apache
9 8 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.24%) Drupal
11 6 (0.20%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
12 5 (0.17%) Headless CMS
13 4 (0.14%) Moodle
14 3 (0.10%) Magnolia
14 3 (0.10%) PowerFactory
15 2 (0.068%) IIS
15 2 (0.068%) Skype for Business
15 2 (0.068%) TPMS
16 1 (0.034%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 402 (13.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 295 (10.06%) Microsoft Office
3 185 (6.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 123 (4.20%) Microsoft Project
5 38 (1.30%) MS Visio
6 32 (1.09%) Maya
7 26 (0.89%) AutoCAD
8 23 (0.78%) Trello
9 15 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 13 (0.44%) Photoshop
11 12 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
12 10 (0.34%) Revit
13 8 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
13 8 (0.27%) Adobe XD
14 7 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
15 6 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
16 5 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
16 5 (0.17%) InDesign
17 4 (0.14%) CATIA
18 3 (0.10%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 114 (3.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.22%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.26%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 27 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
5 24 (0.82%) SAP CO
5 24 (0.82%) SAP FI
5 24 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
6 21 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
6 21 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
7 20 (0.68%) SAP IBP
8 19 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
9 15 (0.51%) Shopify
10 13 (0.44%) Sprinklr
11 12 (0.41%) NetSuite
11 12 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
12 11 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
12 11 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
12 11 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
12 11 (0.38%) SAP FSCM
12 11 (0.38%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 248 (8.46%) Azure
2 204 (6.96%) Power Platform
3 153 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
4 119 (4.06%) AWS
5 107 (3.65%) SaaS
6 56 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
8 42 (1.43%) GCP
9 38 (1.30%) Power Automate
10 36 (1.23%) Smartsheet
11 34 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
11 34 (1.16%) Snowflake
12 28 (0.95%) Entra ID
13 26 (0.89%) Google Analytics
14 24 (0.82%) IaaS
14 24 (0.82%) PaaS
15 23 (0.78%) Google Workspace
16 21 (0.72%) Asana
17 20 (0.68%) PowerApps
18 18 (0.61%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 52 (1.77%) Firewall
2 38 (1.30%) WAN
3 35 (1.19%) VPN
4 31 (1.06%) LAN
5 30 (1.02%) Wireless
6 26 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (0.72%) DNS
7 21 (0.72%) Internet
7 21 (0.72%) SD-WAN
8 19 (0.65%) Unified Communications
9 18 (0.61%) VLAN
10 17 (0.58%) Network Security
10 17 (0.58%) TCP/IP
11 15 (0.51%) DHCP
11 15 (0.51%) MPLS
12 13 (0.44%) Intranet
12 13 (0.44%) VoIP
13 12 (0.41%) Broadband
14 10 (0.34%) BGP
15 8 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (5.93%) Power BI
2 124 (4.23%) Tableau
3 92 (3.14%) Data Mining
4 70 (2.39%) SQL Server
5 32 (1.09%) SAP BW
6 28 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.68%) Looker
8 17 (0.58%) Big Data
8 17 (0.58%) Metadata
9 15 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 15 (0.51%) Power Query
10 11 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
11 10 (0.34%) MySQL
11 10 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.34%) SAP HANA
12 9 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.27%) MS Access
13 8 (0.27%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 173 (5.90%) JIRA
2 20 (0.68%) Git
3 11 (0.38%) GitLab
4 10 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.14%) JIRA Agile
5 4 (0.14%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.14%) Subversion
5 4 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.10%) ERwin
6 3 (0.10%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.068%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.068%) Maven
7 2 (0.068%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.034%) gulp
8 1 (0.034%) LSMW
8 1 (0.034%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.034%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.034%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.034%) webpack
General
1 1,328 (45.29%) Social Skills
2 1,226 (41.81%) Finance
3 860 (29.33%) Analytical Skills
4 328 (11.19%) Marketing
5 252 (8.59%) Law
6 208 (7.09%) Manufacturing
7 207 (7.06%) Legal
8 206 (7.03%) Retail
9 196 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 193 (6.58%) Organisational Skills
11 167 (5.70%) Public Sector
12 157 (5.35%) Presentation Skills
13 118 (4.02%) Banking
14 87 (2.97%) Telecoms
15 85 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
16 80 (2.73%) Electronics
17 66 (2.25%) Games
18 65 (2.22%) Advertising
19 64 (2.18%) Local Government
20 57 (1.94%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 461 (15.72%) Senior
2 441 (15.04%) Project Manager
3 380 (12.96%) Analyst
4 288 (9.82%) Lead
5 225 (7.67%) Senior Manager
6 188 (6.41%) IT Manager
7 177 (6.04%) Trainee
8 175 (5.97%) Business Analyst
9 167 (5.70%) Trainee Analyst
10 138 (4.71%) Architect
11 112 (3.82%) Business Manager
11 112 (3.82%) Consultant
12 109 (3.72%) Development Manager
13 106 (3.62%) Data Analyst
14 98 (3.34%) IT Project Manager
15 97 (3.31%) Product Manager
16 94 (3.21%) Delivery Manager
17 90 (3.07%) Coordinator
18 85 (2.90%) Senior Project Manager
19 84 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.64%) CSS
2 42 (1.43%) HTML
3 37 (1.26%) Middleware
4 21 (0.72%) .NET
5 17 (0.58%) React
6 12 (0.41%) Node.js
6 12 (0.41%) Web Services
7 11 (0.38%) EDI
8 10 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (0.27%) FHIR
9 8 (0.27%) Kafka
10 6 (0.20%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.20%) FIX Protocol
11 5 (0.17%) Apache Beam
11 5 (0.17%) Flutter
11 5 (0.17%) Spring
12 4 (0.14%) FIDO
12 4 (0.14%) PyTorch
12 4 (0.14%) SailPoint
12 4 (0.14%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 216 (7.37%) Management Information System
2 132 (4.50%) Onboarding
2 132 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
3 109 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 103 (3.51%) FMCG
5 90 (3.07%) Data Centre
6 84 (2.86%) Robotics
7 78 (2.66%) Product Ownership
8 75 (2.56%) Driving Licence
9 63 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
9 63 (2.15%) Social Media
10 47 (1.60%) NHS
11 45 (1.53%) Virtual Team
12 44 (1.50%) Algorithms
13 33 (1.13%) IoT
14 29 (0.99%) Blog
15 26 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
16 24 (0.82%) Life Science
17 22 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
17 22 (0.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 68 (2.32%) Windows
2 27 (0.92%) Linux
3 25 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.27%) Android
5 8 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.27%) VMS
6 5 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.10%) zOS
8 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.034%) Unix
8 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 728 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
2 693 (23.64%) Agile
3 691 (23.57%) Project Delivery
4 617 (21.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 519 (17.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 440 (15.01%) Analytics
7 411 (14.02%) Change Management
8 396 (13.51%) Risk Management
9 392 (13.37%) Decision-Making
10 336 (11.46%) PRINCE2
11 307 (10.47%) Business Analysis
12 302 (10.30%) AI
13 301 (10.27%) ERP
14 273 (9.31%) Process Improvement
15 270 (9.21%) Business Strategy
16 265 (9.04%) Roadmaps
17 254 (8.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 248 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
19 243 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
20 236 (8.05%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 285 (9.72%) SQL
2 213 (7.26%) Python
3 57 (1.94%) JavaScript
4 48 (1.64%) C#
5 37 (1.26%) C
6 35 (1.19%) Java
7 30 (1.02%) C++
8 25 (0.85%) PowerShell
9 15 (0.51%) PHP
9 15 (0.51%) VBA
10 14 (0.48%) R
11 13 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.41%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.34%) Perl
14 7 (0.24%) Bash
14 7 (0.24%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.20%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.14%) COBOL
16 4 (0.14%) Ladder Logic
16 4 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 914 (31.17%) Degree
2 207 (7.06%) PMP
3 200 (6.82%) PMI Certification
4 192 (6.55%) Security Cleared
5 151 (5.15%) SC Cleared
6 126 (4.30%) Master's Degree
7 68 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 64 (2.18%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
9 57 (1.94%) DBS Check
10 56 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
11 43 (1.47%) CISSP
12 38 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 29 (0.99%) PhD
14 28 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
15 24 (0.82%) AWS Certification
15 24 (0.82%) DV Cleared
16 23 (0.78%) CCNP
17 22 (0.75%) CFA
18 21 (0.72%) APMP
19 20 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (8.08%) QA
2 190 (6.48%) PMO
3 103 (3.51%) GDPR
4 81 (2.76%) Accessibility
5 47 (1.60%) Data Quality
6 43 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 32 (1.09%) ISO 9001
8 28 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (0.85%) NIST
10 21 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 19 (0.65%) MiFID
11 19 (0.65%) SLA
12 13 (0.44%) GxP
12 13 (0.44%) IFRS
13 12 (0.41%) COBIT
13 12 (0.41%) GRC
13 12 (0.41%) Solvency II
14 11 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.34%) IEC 61131
16 9 (0.31%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 61 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.72%) Docker
3 16 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.34%) Firmware
4 10 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.17%) vSphere
6 3 (0.10%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.034%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 27 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.51%) Terraform
3 9 (0.31%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.17%) Ansible
4 5 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.14%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.10%) SCCM
7 2 (0.068%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.068%) Grafana
7 2 (0.068%) Nagios
8 1 (0.034%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.034%) BMC PATROL
8 1 (0.034%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.034%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.034%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.034%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.034%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.034%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.034%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 671 (22.89%) Microsoft
2 251 (8.56%) SAP
3 101 (3.44%) Salesforce
4 85 (2.90%) Google
5 69 (2.35%) Oracle
6 61 (2.08%) Adobe
7 58 (1.98%) Cisco
8 37 (1.26%) Ariba
8 37 (1.26%) OpenText
9 32 (1.09%) ServiceNow
10 25 (0.85%) HubSpot
11 24 (0.82%) Databricks
12 19 (0.65%) Sage
12 19 (0.65%) VMware
13 18 (0.61%) Atlassian
14 17 (0.58%) TikTok
15 16 (0.55%) NEC
16 15 (0.51%) Siemens
17 13 (0.44%) Guidewire
17 13 (0.44%) Meraki