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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 17 26
Rank change year-on-year -34 +9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,697 5,162 5,014
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.26% 9.85% 7.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 10.75% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,483 2,258 3,629
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -6.54%

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 50,778 48,019 60,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.25% 91.58% 88.81%
Number of salaries quoted 30,009 23,112 46,660
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -33 2,292 £53,250 -7.39% 1,376
UK excluding London -35 1,789 £45,000 -18.18% 1,321
London -21 698 £70,000 +3.70% 311
Work from Home -31 693 £60,000 - 437
North of England -25 508 £40,000 -27.27% 236
South East -27 462 £57,500 - 425
Midlands -43 290 £45,000 -18.18% 233
North West -27 224 £42,500 -19.05% 105
West Midlands -33 195 £45,000 -21.40% 131
South West -21 184 £47,000 -9.62% 148
Yorkshire -20 179 £40,000 -27.27% 95
Scotland -16 154 £40,000 -27.27% 55
East of England -39 109 £55,000 +10.00% 177
North East -3 105 £40,000 -32.20% 41
East Midlands -54 95 £43,100 -17.51% 102
Northern Ireland +3 54 £55,000 +12.82% 26
Wales -33 33 £60,000 +15.38% 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
1 151 (5.60%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.85%) Confluence
3 40 (1.48%) CMS
4 27 (1.00%) WordPress
5 19 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.44%) Kinematics
7 7 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.19%) Apache
9 5 (0.19%) Drupal
9 5 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.11%) govService
10 3 (0.11%) SAS
11 1 (0.037%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.037%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.037%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.037%) IIS
11 1 (0.037%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.037%) PowerFactory
11 1 (0.037%) TPMS
Applications
1 421 (15.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 234 (8.68%) Microsoft Office
3 156 (5.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 119 (4.41%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (1.08%) Maya
5 29 (1.08%) MS Visio
6 27 (1.00%) AutoCAD
7 23 (0.85%) Trello
8 18 (0.67%) SOLIDWORKS
9 16 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 7 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.26%) Adobe XD
10 7 (0.26%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.22%) Revit
12 5 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
12 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
13 4 (0.15%) CATIA
13 4 (0.15%) InDesign
14 3 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
14 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 97 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.41%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 18 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
4 18 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
5 17 (0.63%) SAP IBP
6 16 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
7 14 (0.52%) SAP CO
7 14 (0.52%) SAP FI
7 14 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
8 13 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
8 13 (0.48%) Shopify
9 11 (0.41%) NetSuite
9 11 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
10 10 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
11 9 (0.33%) SAP FS
11 9 (0.33%) SAP FSCM
11 9 (0.33%) SAP IS-U
12 8 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 221 (8.19%) Azure
2 218 (8.08%) Power Platform
3 147 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
4 112 (4.15%) SaaS
5 100 (3.71%) AWS
6 41 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (1.37%) GCP
8 36 (1.33%) PowerApps
9 30 (1.11%) Entra ID
10 29 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
12 25 (0.93%) Smartsheet
13 24 (0.89%) Asana
14 23 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
15 21 (0.78%) Power Automate
15 21 (0.78%) Snowflake
16 20 (0.74%) Google Workspace
16 20 (0.74%) PaaS
17 19 (0.70%) Google Analytics
18 14 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 43 (1.59%) Firewall
2 35 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
3 30 (1.11%) WAN
4 26 (0.96%) VPN
5 24 (0.89%) Wireless
6 23 (0.85%) LAN
7 20 (0.74%) Internet
8 19 (0.70%) Network Security
9 18 (0.67%) Broadband
9 18 (0.67%) CHAP
9 18 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
9 18 (0.67%) VLAN
10 16 (0.59%) SD-WAN
11 15 (0.56%) DNS
12 14 (0.52%) TCP/IP
13 12 (0.44%) DHCP
14 11 (0.41%) Intranet
14 11 (0.41%) Multicast
15 10 (0.37%) MPLS
16 9 (0.33%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (6.90%) Power BI
2 180 (6.67%) Tableau
3 140 (5.19%) Data Mining
4 53 (1.97%) SQL Server
5 33 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (0.78%) SAP BW
7 20 (0.74%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.59%) Metadata
8 16 (0.59%) Power Query
9 14 (0.52%) Big Data
10 12 (0.44%) Looker
10 12 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
11 8 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 7 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.19%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 121 (4.49%) JIRA
2 14 (0.52%) Git
3 13 (0.48%) GitLab
4 8 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.15%) JIRA Agile
6 4 (0.15%) Maven
6 4 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.11%) ERwin
7 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.074%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.074%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.074%) ESLint
8 2 (0.074%) Gradle
8 2 (0.074%) JUnit
8 2 (0.074%) Mockito
8 2 (0.074%) Selenium
8 2 (0.074%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.074%) TestNG
9 1 (0.037%) webpack
General
1 1,198 (44.42%) Social Skills
2 1,142 (42.34%) Finance
3 808 (29.96%) Analytical Skills
4 270 (10.01%) Marketing
5 195 (7.23%) Manufacturing
6 180 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 179 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 171 (6.34%) Legal
9 166 (6.15%) Law
10 144 (5.34%) Public Sector
11 141 (5.23%) Retail
12 139 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
13 113 (4.19%) Banking
14 80 (2.97%) Games
15 73 (2.71%) Telecoms
16 64 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
17 58 (2.15%) Electronics
18 52 (1.93%) Advertising
19 49 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
20 47 (1.74%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 459 (17.02%) Analyst
2 411 (15.24%) Senior
3 370 (13.72%) Project Manager
4 265 (9.83%) Trainee
5 256 (9.49%) Trainee Analyst
6 234 (8.68%) Lead
7 225 (8.34%) Business Analyst
7 225 (8.34%) Senior Manager
8 157 (5.82%) IT Manager
9 154 (5.71%) Architect
10 149 (5.52%) Data Analyst
11 131 (4.86%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 125 (4.63%) Development Manager
12 125 (4.63%) Trainee Business Analyst
13 108 (4.00%) Business Manager
14 106 (3.93%) Product Manager
15 93 (3.45%) Consultant
15 93 (3.45%) Senior Project Manager
16 86 (3.19%) Systems Manager
17 83 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.26%) CSS
2 27 (1.00%) Middleware
3 24 (0.89%) HTML
4 20 (0.74%) EDI
5 11 (0.41%) .NET
6 10 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (0.33%) React
8 8 (0.30%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (0.26%) FHIR
9 7 (0.26%) Node.js
10 6 (0.22%) REST
10 6 (0.22%) Web Services
11 5 (0.19%) AngularJS
12 4 (0.15%) .NET Framework
12 4 (0.15%) FIDO
12 4 (0.15%) Flutter
12 4 (0.15%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (0.15%) SailPoint
13 3 (0.11%) PyTorch
13 3 (0.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 207 (7.68%) Management Information System
2 128 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
3 127 (4.71%) Onboarding
4 95 (3.52%) FMCG
5 85 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 79 (2.93%) Product Ownership
7 71 (2.63%) Data Centre
8 70 (2.60%) Robotics
9 65 (2.41%) Driving Licence
10 64 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
11 46 (1.71%) Social Media
12 42 (1.56%) Virtual Team
13 31 (1.15%) Algorithms
14 29 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
15 28 (1.04%) IoT
16 26 (0.96%) Blog
17 24 (0.89%) Low-Code
18 23 (0.85%) Blockchain
19 22 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
19 22 (0.82%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 59 (2.19%) Windows
2 27 (1.00%) Linux
3 21 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.44%) Android
6 8 (0.30%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.22%) Unix
8 5 (0.19%) VMS
9 2 (0.074%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.037%) AIX
10 1 (0.037%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 696 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
2 657 (24.36%) Agile
3 618 (22.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 564 (20.91%) Project Delivery
5 470 (17.43%) Analytics
6 457 (16.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 424 (15.72%) Decision-Making
8 402 (14.91%) Change Management
9 372 (13.79%) Business Analysis
10 347 (12.87%) Risk Management
11 334 (12.38%) PRINCE2
12 329 (12.20%) AI
13 277 (10.27%) Data Analysis
14 275 (10.20%) Process Improvement
15 252 (9.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 245 (9.08%) Coaching
17 243 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
18 241 (8.94%) Roadmaps
19 233 (8.64%) Business Strategy
19 233 (8.64%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 283 (10.49%) SQL
2 255 (9.45%) Python
3 32 (1.19%) C#
3 32 (1.19%) VBA
4 30 (1.11%) Java
4 30 (1.11%) JavaScript
5 29 (1.08%) C
6 22 (0.82%) C++
7 16 (0.59%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (0.41%) Perl
10 10 (0.37%) PHP
11 6 (0.22%) Bash
11 6 (0.22%) MATLAB
11 6 (0.22%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.19%) R
13 4 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
13 4 (0.15%) VB
14 3 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 836 (31.00%) Degree
2 202 (7.49%) PMP
3 195 (7.23%) PMI Certification
4 190 (7.04%) Security Cleared
5 151 (5.60%) SC Cleared
6 111 (4.12%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.37%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 53 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 49 (1.82%) CISSP
10 48 (1.78%) DBS Check
11 44 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (1.22%) CISM
13 26 (0.96%) MBA
14 25 (0.93%) HND
15 24 (0.89%) DV Cleared
16 23 (0.85%) HNC
17 22 (0.82%) CISA
17 22 (0.82%) PhD
18 21 (0.78%) ACCA
18 21 (0.78%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (7.68%) QA
2 168 (6.23%) PMO
3 95 (3.52%) GDPR
4 54 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 48 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 44 (1.63%) NIST
7 40 (1.48%) Data Quality
8 23 (0.85%) ISO 9001
9 19 (0.70%) COBIT
10 17 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.59%) GRC
12 15 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.44%) SLA
14 10 (0.37%) IEC 61131
14 10 (0.37%) IFRS
15 9 (0.33%) IFRS 17
15 9 (0.33%) Solvency II
16 8 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 58 (2.15%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.70%) Docker
3 16 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.41%) Firmware
4 11 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.22%) vSphere
6 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (0.59%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.37%) Terraform
4 9 (0.33%) Ansible
5 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.15%) Grafana
7 3 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.11%) SCCM
8 1 (0.037%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.037%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.037%) MOM
8 1 (0.037%) Nagios
8 1 (0.037%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 650 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 212 (7.86%) SAP
3 94 (3.49%) Salesforce
4 72 (2.67%) Oracle
5 66 (2.45%) Google
6 45 (1.67%) Cisco
7 42 (1.56%) ServiceNow
8 41 (1.52%) Adobe
9 37 (1.37%) OpenText
10 36 (1.33%) Ariba
11 28 (1.04%) Anaplan
12 21 (0.78%) HubSpot
13 20 (0.74%) Genesys
13 20 (0.74%) Verint
14 17 (0.63%) Databricks
14 17 (0.63%) VMware
15 14 (0.52%) Workday
16 13 (0.48%) Alteryx
16 13 (0.48%) Sage
17 12 (0.44%) Fortinet