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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 27 22
Rank change year-on-year -35 -5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,507 3,484 7,369
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.58% 7.28% 7.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 8.00% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 1,788 5,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,778 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 71,495 43,542 85,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.57% 90.95% 82.13%
Number of salaries quoted 49,394 24,103 60,537
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% - -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 5 July 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 5 July 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 -31 2,194 £55,000 -8.33% 1,394
UK excluding London -38 1,600 £52,500 -4.55% 1,043
Work from Home -9 1,026 £55,000 -4.35% 572
London -30 739 £69,500 -4.14% 536
North of England -2 468 £55,000 +0.38% 249
South East -29 411 £48,192 -13.62% 325
Midlands -48 230 £55,000 - 143
North West +4 212 £55,000 +5.77% 147
South West -47 172 £47,500 -20.83% 121
Yorkshire -24 156 £60,000 +9.09% 81
East of England -39 151 £60,000 +9.09% 103
West Midlands -49 143 £55,000 - 84
North East -23 100 £60,000 +17.65% 23
East Midlands -42 86 £52,500 +9.38% 58
Northern Ireland -15 71 £47,500 -17.39% 38
Scotland -46 61 £47,500 -5.84% 52
Wales -64 40 £57,515 -5.33% 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 90 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.03%) Confluence
3 39 (1.56%) CMS
4 33 (1.32%) WordPress
5 20 (0.80%) ArcGIS
6 10 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.32%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.32%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.16%) Moodle
10 3 (0.12%) Apache Pig
10 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
10 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.080%) Totara
12 1 (0.040%) Drupal
12 1 (0.040%) govService
12 1 (0.040%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 237 (9.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 216 (8.62%) Microsoft Project
3 182 (7.26%) Microsoft Office
4 57 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 18 (0.72%) Trello
7 16 (0.64%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.36%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
10 6 (0.24%) AutoCAD
11 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.12%) Blender
13 3 (0.12%) Maya
14 2 (0.080%) Camtasia
15 1 (0.040%) Adobe Captivate
15 1 (0.040%) FrameMaker
15 1 (0.040%) Houdini
15 1 (0.040%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 44 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
3 18 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
4 14 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
4 14 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
4 14 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
6 10 (0.40%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.36%) Primavera
7 9 (0.36%) Shopify
8 8 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.28%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.24%) Fidessa
10 6 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.24%) SAP Business One
11 5 (0.20%) iTrent
11 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
11 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 233 (9.29%) Azure
2 218 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 147 (5.86%) SaaS
4 136 (5.42%) AWS
5 133 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
6 81 (3.23%) PowerApps
7 62 (2.47%) Power Automate
8 51 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
9 47 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
10 35 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (1.36%) Smartsheet
12 32 (1.28%) Asana
13 29 (1.16%) OneDrive
14 28 (1.12%) Entra ID
14 28 (1.12%) GCP
15 25 (1.00%) Canva
16 23 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
17 22 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
18 21 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
19 20 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 44 (1.76%) Broadband
2 43 (1.72%) Firewall
3 29 (1.16%) WAN
4 27 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (1.00%) LAN
6 23 (0.92%) DNS
7 17 (0.68%) CHAP
8 15 (0.60%) DHCP
8 15 (0.60%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.56%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.56%) VPN
10 12 (0.48%) Network Security
11 11 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
12 10 (0.40%) BGP
12 10 (0.40%) NGN
13 9 (0.36%) Internet
13 9 (0.36%) Wireless
14 7 (0.28%) VoIP
15 6 (0.24%) Multicast
15 6 (0.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (7.06%) Power BI
2 82 (3.27%) Tableau
3 70 (2.79%) Data Mining
4 41 (1.64%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.12%) GIS
6 23 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (0.80%) QGIS
8 20 (0.80%) Spatial Data
9 18 (0.72%) Data Lake
10 12 (0.48%) Big Data
10 12 (0.48%) Metadata
10 12 (0.48%) NoSQL
11 11 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.44%) Power Query
12 10 (0.40%) Hadoop
12 10 (0.40%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.36%) Db2
14 8 (0.32%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 159 (6.34%) JIRA
2 24 (0.96%) Git
3 11 (0.44%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.12%) GitLab
5 3 (0.12%) JUnit
5 3 (0.12%) Storybook
6 2 (0.080%) Gatling
6 2 (0.080%) JMeter
6 2 (0.080%) Pa11y
6 2 (0.080%) Postman
6 2 (0.080%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.080%) Taiga
6 2 (0.080%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.080%) Yeoman
6 2 (0.080%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.040%) Selenium
7 1 (0.040%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.040%) TestNG
General
1 1,048 (41.80%) Social Skills
2 804 (32.07%) Finance
3 463 (18.47%) Analytical Skills
4 275 (10.97%) Marketing
5 239 (9.53%) Organisational Skills
6 147 (5.86%) Retail
7 145 (5.78%) Manufacturing
8 141 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 136 (5.42%) Legal
10 130 (5.19%) Public Sector
11 108 (4.31%) Law
12 94 (3.75%) Banking
13 71 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
14 65 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
15 59 (2.35%) Local Government
16 56 (2.23%) Telecoms
17 51 (2.03%) Advertising
18 46 (1.83%) Financial Institution
19 44 (1.76%) Aerospace
20 41 (1.64%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 515 (20.54%) Project Manager
2 366 (14.60%) Senior
3 279 (11.13%) Analyst
4 187 (7.46%) Senior Manager
5 186 (7.42%) Lead
6 178 (7.10%) IT Manager
7 176 (7.02%) Consultant
8 154 (6.14%) Senior Project Manager
9 132 (5.27%) Business Analyst
10 126 (5.03%) Development Manager
11 106 (4.23%) IT Project Manager
12 77 (3.07%) Data Analyst
12 77 (3.07%) Product Manager
13 69 (2.75%) Trainee
13 69 (2.75%) Trainee Analyst
14 66 (2.63%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 64 (2.55%) IT Support
15 64 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
16 59 (2.35%) Coordinator
16 59 (2.35%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (1.72%) .NET
1 43 (1.72%) HTML
1 43 (1.72%) PyTorch
2 37 (1.48%) CSS
3 24 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
3 24 (0.96%) JSON
4 23 (0.92%) Hugging Face
4 23 (0.92%) TensorFlow
5 21 (0.84%) .NET Core
5 21 (0.84%) Flash
6 19 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
6 19 (0.76%) SPFx
7 17 (0.68%) EDI
8 15 (0.60%) LangChain
8 15 (0.60%) LlamaIndex
8 15 (0.60%) Middleware
8 15 (0.60%) Model Context Protocol
9 12 (0.48%) Kafka
9 12 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (0.44%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 176 (7.02%) Management Information System
2 167 (6.66%) Onboarding
3 112 (4.47%) Data Centre
4 86 (3.43%) Driving Licence
5 79 (3.15%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.27%) Social Media
7 53 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 52 (2.07%) FMCG
9 47 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 47 (1.87%) Virtual Team
10 45 (1.79%) Security Posture
11 38 (1.52%) Cloud Native
12 35 (1.40%) Mobile App
13 33 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
14 32 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
15 31 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
15 31 (1.24%) PMI
16 29 (1.16%) Algorithms
17 27 (1.08%) Blog
17 27 (1.08%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 90 (3.59%) Windows
2 37 (1.48%) Linux
3 28 (1.12%) Apple iOS
4 23 (0.92%) Android
5 18 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.24%) Unix
6 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.080%) zOS
10 1 (0.040%) CentOS
10 1 (0.040%) Debian
10 1 (0.040%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.040%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 729 (29.08%) Agile
2 646 (25.77%) Project Delivery
3 543 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
4 542 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 478 (19.07%) PRINCE2
6 408 (16.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 347 (13.84%) Decision-Making
8 302 (12.05%) Analytics
9 286 (11.41%) Mentoring
10 271 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 264 (10.53%) AI
12 259 (10.33%) Roadmaps
13 234 (9.33%) Coaching
13 234 (9.33%) Risk Management
14 222 (8.86%) Change Management
15 219 (8.74%) Logistics
16 216 (8.62%) Business Analysis
17 211 (8.42%) Budget Management
18 198 (7.90%) ERP
19 185 (7.38%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 227 (9.05%) SQL
2 210 (8.38%) Python
3 49 (1.95%) C#
3 49 (1.95%) JavaScript
4 33 (1.32%) PowerShell
4 33 (1.32%) TypeScript
5 27 (1.08%) VBA
6 17 (0.68%) Java
7 11 (0.44%) C
8 10 (0.40%) PHP
9 7 (0.28%) C++
10 4 (0.16%) ABAP
10 4 (0.16%) Assembly Language
10 4 (0.16%) Bash
10 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.16%) Ruby
10 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.12%) COBOL
11 3 (0.12%) Dart
11 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 583 (23.25%) Degree
2 220 (8.78%) PMI Certification
3 218 (8.70%) PMP
4 137 (5.46%) Security Cleared
5 133 (5.31%) DBS Check
6 99 (3.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 83 (3.31%) CISSP
8 62 (2.47%) SC Cleared
9 59 (2.35%) CISM
10 55 (2.19%) Master's Degree
11 43 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 41 (1.64%) DV Cleared
13 29 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
13 29 (1.16%) CRISC
14 24 (0.96%) CISA
14 24 (0.96%) HNC
14 24 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
15 23 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
16 22 (0.88%) SANS
17 19 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (7.78%) QA
2 164 (6.54%) PMO
3 114 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 106 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 88 (3.51%) NIST
6 83 (3.31%) GDPR
7 44 (1.76%) Data Quality
8 43 (1.72%) GRC
9 41 (1.64%) ISO 9001
10 35 (1.40%) SLA
11 32 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 23 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 23 (0.92%) NIST 800
13 21 (0.84%) COBIT
14 19 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 17 (0.68%) ISO 14001
16 14 (0.56%) GAAP
17 11 (0.44%) IFRS
18 10 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
18 10 (0.40%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 43 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.84%) Docker
3 8 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.12%) vSphere
7 2 (0.080%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.080%) Firmware
7 2 (0.080%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.040%) IAG
8 1 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 23 (0.92%) SCCM
2 22 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.48%) Ansible
3 12 (0.48%) Puppet
4 11 (0.44%) Terraform
5 9 (0.36%) Grafana
5 9 (0.36%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.16%) Hadoop YARN
6 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
7 3 (0.12%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.080%) Argo
8 2 (0.080%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.080%) Salt
9 1 (0.040%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.040%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.040%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.040%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 507 (20.22%) Microsoft
2 109 (4.35%) SAP
3 104 (4.15%) Oracle
4 69 (2.75%) Adobe
5 61 (2.43%) Salesforce
5 61 (2.43%) ServiceNow
6 52 (2.07%) Google
7 27 (1.08%) HubSpot
8 20 (0.80%) Cisco
8 20 (0.80%) Pardot
9 18 (0.72%) Fortinet
10 17 (0.68%) JD Edwards
11 16 (0.64%) SonicWALL
12 15 (0.60%) Remedy
13 14 (0.56%) Apple
13 14 (0.56%) Instagram
14 13 (0.52%) HP
15 12 (0.48%) VMware
16 11 (0.44%) Sage
16 11 (0.44%) Wrike