Project Management Jobs

Project Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 29 41
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 -1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 7,982 7,404 13,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.58% 7.81% 7.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.07% 8.18% 8.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,409 4,363 6,866
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £47,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.77% +2.73%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management.

Salary trend for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Top 18 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 2 June 2024. 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 +7 7,082 £52,500 -11.02% 3,142
UK excluding London +2 5,816 £50,000 -9.09% 2,197
Work from Home +13 2,990 £55,000 -1.17% 1,353
London +14 1,779 £65,000 -3.70% 1,045
North of England +8 1,480 £50,000 -9.09% 534
South East +2 1,402 £47,500 -13.64% 508
Midlands -1 1,143 £51,000 -7.27% 457
North West +10 837 £50,000 -9.09% 316
South West +8 761 £50,000 -9.09% 294
West Midlands -4 635 £54,000 -1.82% 289
Yorkshire +10 490 £50,000 -8.90% 153
East Midlands +1 468 £47,500 -17.39% 166
East of England +12 443 £50,000 -9.09% 247
Scotland -28 355 £50,000 -9.09% 160
Wales +3 163 £43,750 -20.28% 48
North East +5 153 £52,500 -4.55% 69
Northern Ireland +38 70 £43,750 -2.78% 27
Isle of Man -7 8 £37,500 -48.28% 2

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 352 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 152 (1.90%) Confluence
3 132 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 106 (1.33%) CMS
5 73 (0.91%) Apache
6 53 (0.66%) IIS
7 46 (0.58%) WebLogic
8 40 (0.50%) WordPress
9 35 (0.44%) Apache Spark
10 34 (0.43%) SAS
11 22 (0.28%) Drupal
12 18 (0.23%) OpenStack
13 16 (0.20%) ArcGIS
14 11 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 11 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
15 9 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
16 7 (0.088%) Joomla!
16 7 (0.088%) MS Project Server
17 6 (0.075%) IBM Notes
17 6 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 565 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 526 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
3 346 (4.33%) Microsoft Project
4 253 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 78 (0.98%) MS Visio
6 59 (0.74%) AutoCAD
7 49 (0.61%) Trello
8 43 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
9 18 (0.23%) Windchill
10 17 (0.21%) SPSS
11 13 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 13 (0.16%) Photoshop
12 12 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
12 12 (0.15%) InDesign
13 10 (0.13%) Simulink
13 10 (0.13%) Sketch
14 6 (0.075%) Adobe Premiere
15 5 (0.063%) Adobe XD
15 5 (0.063%) SOLIDWORKS
16 4 (0.050%) InVision
Business Applications
1 70 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 59 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 48 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 45 (0.56%) Primavera
5 41 (0.51%) NetSuite
6 31 (0.39%) Shopify
7 28 (0.35%) Magento
8 23 (0.29%) NEC Housing
9 22 (0.28%) Teamcenter
10 19 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
11 16 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
12 15 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
12 15 (0.19%) SAP HR
13 13 (0.16%) SAP SCM
14 12 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
14 12 (0.15%) SAP EWM
15 11 (0.14%) SAP ERP
15 11 (0.14%) SAP FI
15 11 (0.14%) SAP MM
16 10 (0.13%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 931 (11.66%) Azure
2 551 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
3 545 (6.83%) AWS
4 423 (5.30%) Power Platform
5 358 (4.49%) SaaS
6 276 (3.46%) GCP
7 197 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
8 121 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
9 87 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
10 85 (1.06%) Entra ID
11 84 (1.05%) Amazon S3
12 73 (0.91%) PowerApps
13 64 (0.80%) Power Automate
14 55 (0.69%) PaaS
15 52 (0.65%) IaaS
16 48 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
17 47 (0.59%) Amazon SQS
18 36 (0.45%) Smartsheet
19 34 (0.43%) Amazon Kinesis
20 33 (0.41%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 260 (3.26%) Firewall
2 170 (2.13%) WAN
3 153 (1.92%) DNS
4 129 (1.62%) VPN
5 111 (1.39%) Intranet
6 108 (1.35%) LAN
7 106 (1.33%) Internet
8 95 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
9 93 (1.17%) Network Security
10 86 (1.08%) DHCP
11 85 (1.06%) TCP/IP
12 67 (0.84%) SSL
13 66 (0.83%) SD-WAN
14 64 (0.80%) SAN
15 62 (0.78%) IPsec
16 61 (0.76%) SNMP
16 61 (0.76%) Wireless
17 55 (0.69%) BGP
18 50 (0.63%) 5G
19 46 (0.58%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (4.21%) Power BI
2 171 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
3 151 (1.89%) SQL Server
4 118 (1.48%) Relational Database
5 100 (1.25%) Tableau
6 94 (1.18%) MySQL
7 83 (1.04%) BigQuery
8 77 (0.96%) RDBMS
9 76 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
10 74 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
10 74 (0.93%) Big Data
11 72 (0.90%) Looker
12 70 (0.88%) MongoDB
13 52 (0.65%) Oracle Database
14 45 (0.56%) NoSQL
15 42 (0.53%) Data Lake
16 36 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
17 35 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
18 33 (0.41%) Data Mining
19 32 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 413 (5.17%) JIRA
2 94 (1.18%) Git
3 71 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 29 (0.36%) Visual Studio
5 28 (0.35%) Postman
6 24 (0.30%) GitLab
7 18 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 16 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 11 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 11 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (0.13%) CircleCI
10 10 (0.13%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.11%) Selenium
11 9 (0.11%) Subversion
12 8 (0.10%) JUnit
13 7 (0.088%) Eclipse
14 6 (0.075%) AdminStudio
14 6 (0.075%) InstallShield
14 6 (0.075%) MSI
15 5 (0.063%) gulp
General
1 3,421 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1,958 (24.53%) Finance
3 1,271 (15.92%) Analytical Skills
4 683 (8.56%) Marketing
5 520 (6.51%) Presentation Skills
6 508 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 491 (6.15%) Retail
8 456 (5.71%) Manufacturing
9 445 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
10 406 (5.09%) Public Sector
11 377 (4.72%) Legal
12 262 (3.28%) Law
13 236 (2.96%) Telecoms
14 200 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
15 162 (2.03%) Aerospace
16 161 (2.02%) Banking
17 142 (1.78%) Billing
18 127 (1.59%) Local Government
19 115 (1.44%) Games
20 105 (1.32%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2,633 (32.99%) Project Manager
2 1,007 (12.62%) Senior
3 687 (8.61%) Lead
4 541 (6.78%) Analyst
5 540 (6.77%) IT Manager
5 540 (6.77%) Senior Manager
6 390 (4.89%) Architect
7 388 (4.86%) Consultant
8 378 (4.74%) Senior Project Manager
9 294 (3.68%) IT Project Manager
10 219 (2.74%) Developer
11 217 (2.72%) Delivery Manager
12 207 (2.59%) Digital Project Manager
13 178 (2.23%) Business Analyst
14 165 (2.07%) Coordinator
15 159 (1.99%) Presales Manager
15 159 (1.99%) Technical Manager
16 144 (1.80%) Engineering Manager
17 134 (1.68%) Data Manager
18 133 (1.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (2.26%) .NET
2 132 (1.65%) HTML
3 116 (1.45%) CSS
4 113 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
5 87 (1.09%) EDI
6 80 (1.00%) Spring Boot
7 78 (0.98%) React
8 60 (0.75%) YAML
9 58 (0.73%) JSON
10 56 (0.70%) XML
11 51 (0.64%) Spring
12 47 (0.59%) RESTful
13 45 (0.56%) Web Services
14 41 (0.51%) AngularJS
15 37 (0.46%) jQuery
15 37 (0.46%) Laravel
15 37 (0.46%) SOAP
16 34 (0.43%) Kafka
17 33 (0.41%) ASP.NET
18 29 (0.36%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 652 (8.17%) Management Information System
2 496 (6.21%) Self-Motivation
3 285 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 252 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 250 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 207 (2.59%) Driving Licence
6 207 (2.59%) PMI
7 173 (2.17%) Public Cloud
8 115 (1.44%) NHS
9 113 (1.42%) Social Media
10 100 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 95 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
11 95 (1.19%) Virtual Team
12 93 (1.17%) PKI
13 91 (1.14%) Mobile App
14 88 (1.10%) FMCG
15 74 (0.93%) IoT
16 70 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
17 59 (0.74%) Algorithms
18 57 (0.71%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 457 (5.73%) Windows
2 329 (4.12%) Linux
3 174 (2.18%) Windows Server
4 89 (1.12%) Windows 10
5 59 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 58 (0.73%) Android
7 54 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
8 50 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 48 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
10 47 (0.59%) Apple iOS
11 36 (0.45%) Unix
12 26 (0.33%) Mac OS
13 16 (0.20%) VMS
14 15 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
15 13 (0.16%) Ubuntu
16 12 (0.15%) Windows XP
17 10 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
18 9 (0.11%) Windows 7
19 8 (0.10%) AIX
19 8 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,464 (30.87%) Agile
2 1,808 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
3 1,682 (21.07%) Project Delivery
4 1,142 (14.31%) PRINCE2
5 912 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 860 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 835 (10.46%) Mentoring
8 750 (9.40%) Change Management
9 739 (9.26%) Decision-Making
10 679 (8.51%) Risk Management
11 616 (7.72%) Actionable Insight
12 579 (7.25%) Coaching
13 536 (6.72%) Customer Service
14 523 (6.55%) ITIL
15 522 (6.54%) SDLC
16 520 (6.51%) Collaborative Working
17 518 (6.49%) Roadmaps
18 514 (6.44%) Scrum
19 499 (6.25%) Agile Project Management
20 476 (5.96%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 506 (6.34%) SQL
2 314 (3.93%) Python
3 197 (2.47%) JavaScript
4 164 (2.05%) C#
5 161 (2.02%) PowerShell
6 146 (1.83%) Java
7 99 (1.24%) PHP
8 85 (1.06%) C
9 61 (0.76%) C++
10 49 (0.61%) R
11 48 (0.60%) T-SQL
12 44 (0.55%) Bash
13 42 (0.53%) VB
14 40 (0.50%) TypeScript
15 29 (0.36%) VBA
16 23 (0.29%) Perl
16 23 (0.29%) Scala
17 19 (0.24%) MATLAB
18 16 (0.20%) PL/SQL
18 16 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2,032 (25.46%) Degree
2 726 (9.10%) Security Cleared
3 474 (5.94%) PMI Certification
4 421 (5.27%) SC Cleared
5 390 (4.89%) PMP
6 197 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 170 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 162 (2.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 151 (1.89%) DBS Check
10 147 (1.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 122 (1.53%) APMP
11 122 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 117 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
13 100 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
14 99 (1.24%) Azure Certification
15 84 (1.05%) HNC
16 82 (1.03%) DV Cleared
17 74 (0.93%) CCNA
18 70 (0.88%) HND
19 64 (0.80%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 552 (6.92%) PMO
2 489 (6.13%) QA
3 173 (2.17%) GDPR
4 159 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 97 (1.22%) SLA
6 91 (1.14%) Accessibility
7 81 (1.01%) Data Quality
8 77 (0.96%) ISO 9001
9 60 (0.75%) NIST
10 41 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 38 (0.48%) Good Clinical Practice
12 33 (0.41%) NCSC
13 30 (0.38%) NEBOSH
14 23 (0.29%) GRC
15 22 (0.28%) ITGC
16 21 (0.26%) GMP
16 21 (0.26%) NIST 800
17 20 (0.25%) PCI DSS
18 19 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 18 (0.23%) IFRS
System Software
1 288 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 218 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 125 (1.57%) Hyper-V
4 122 (1.53%) Docker
5 56 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
6 45 (0.56%) Firmware
7 43 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (0.25%) vSphere
9 17 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
10 15 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.075%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.063%) Embedded Firmware
12 5 (0.063%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.063%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.050%) pfSense
14 3 (0.038%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.038%) NFS
14 3 (0.038%) Time Sharing Option
15 1 (0.013%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.013%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 141 (1.77%) Ansible
2 123 (1.54%) Kubernetes
3 80 (1.00%) Terraform
4 75 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 73 (0.91%) vCenter Server
6 54 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 48 (0.60%) SCCM
8 39 (0.49%) WSUS
9 27 (0.34%) ZABBIX
10 25 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 21 (0.26%) SCOM
12 19 (0.24%) Puppet
13 15 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
14 14 (0.18%) FortiGate
15 12 (0.15%) NetBackup
15 12 (0.15%) Opsgenie
15 12 (0.15%) VxRail
16 9 (0.11%) Nessus
17 8 (0.10%) PaperCut
18 6 (0.075%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1,524 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 315 (3.95%) Google
3 299 (3.75%) SAP
4 274 (3.43%) VMware
5 231 (2.89%) Oracle
6 179 (2.24%) Cisco
7 138 (1.73%) Salesforce
8 103 (1.29%) Palo Alto
9 80 (1.00%) IFS
10 75 (0.94%) Adobe
11 74 (0.93%) ServiceNow
12 72 (0.90%) Red Hat
13 68 (0.85%) NetApp
14 65 (0.81%) IBM
15 63 (0.79%) NEC
16 59 (0.74%) Dell
16 59 (0.74%) Sage
17 54 (0.68%) SolidFire
18 50 (0.63%) HP
18 50 (0.63%) Veeam