Project Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Project Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Delivery over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 71 86
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 3,745 4,258 6,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.65% 4.37% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 4.58% 4.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,616 2,644 3,850
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,386
25th Percentile £44,750 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +7.14%
75th Percentile £71,313 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Delivery 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 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
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 Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +10 3,374 £55,000 -10.10% 1,200
UK excluding London +16 2,675 £52,500 -12.50% 894
Work from Home +8 1,460 £60,000 -1.64% 491
London +5 908 £70,000 - 369
South East +2 664 £52,293 -9.06% 198
North of England +17 618 £50,000 -16.67% 230
Midlands +8 489 £54,000 -1.82% 172
South West +32 416 £55,000 -7.60% 124
North West +8 342 £50,000 -17.76% 121
West Midlands -3 295 £57,500 +3.14% 91
East of England +23 248 £55,000 -15.38% 76
East Midlands +30 189 £54,000 -6.09% 81
Yorkshire +30 185 £52,500 -12.50% 75
Scotland -37 157 £50,000 -16.67% 83
North East +25 91 £52,500 -12.50% 40
Wales -11 71 £62,000 +1.81% 22
Northern Ireland +19 13 - - 15
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Project Delivery
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
1 153 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 87 (2.32%) CMS
3 76 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 55 (1.47%) Confluence
5 41 (1.09%) Kentico
5 41 (1.09%) Umbraco
6 40 (1.07%) Sitecore CMS
7 37 (0.99%) IIS
8 36 (0.96%) Headless CMS
9 33 (0.88%) Apache Spark
10 15 (0.40%) WordPress
11 13 (0.35%) Apache
11 13 (0.35%) SAS
12 11 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
13 10 (0.27%) Drupal
14 7 (0.19%) Apache Solr
14 7 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 7 (0.19%) MS Project Server
15 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 5 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 200 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 194 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
3 147 (3.93%) Microsoft Project
4 105 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 44 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.83%) AutoCAD
7 16 (0.43%) Adobe XD
7 16 (0.43%) Revit
8 10 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
9 9 (0.24%) Trello
10 7 (0.19%) Simulink
11 6 (0.16%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.080%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.080%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.027%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 47 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 16 (0.43%) SAP SCM
4 13 (0.35%) SAP PP
5 11 (0.29%) Primavera
5 11 (0.29%) SAP WM
6 10 (0.27%) SAP HR
7 9 (0.24%) SAP SD
7 9 (0.24%) Shopify
7 9 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
8 8 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.21%) Teamcenter
9 7 (0.19%) Elite 3E
9 7 (0.19%) Magento
9 7 (0.19%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 7 (0.19%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 641 (17.12%) Azure
2 355 (9.48%) Microsoft 365
3 244 (6.52%) AWS
4 218 (5.82%) Power Platform
5 132 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
6 117 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
7 100 (2.67%) SaaS
8 91 (2.43%) Entra ID
9 75 (2.00%) GCP
10 62 (1.66%) PowerApps
11 55 (1.47%) IaaS
12 53 (1.42%) PaaS
13 48 (1.28%) Serverless
14 44 (1.17%) Power Automate
15 41 (1.09%) Kontent
16 26 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
17 24 (0.64%) Amazon S3
18 23 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
18 23 (0.61%) OneDrive
19 20 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 188 (5.02%) Firewall
2 161 (4.30%) WAN
3 108 (2.88%) LAN
4 106 (2.83%) SD-WAN
5 90 (2.40%) VPN
6 76 (2.03%) Wireless
7 70 (1.87%) DNS
8 61 (1.63%) Network Security
9 60 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
10 58 (1.55%) SAN
11 54 (1.44%) DHCP
12 51 (1.36%) BGP
13 42 (1.12%) VLAN
14 35 (0.93%) 5G
15 34 (0.91%) Internet
16 33 (0.88%) TCP/IP
17 30 (0.80%) MPLS
18 26 (0.69%) VoIP
19 25 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
20 21 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (3.74%) Power BI
2 129 (3.44%) SQL Server
3 47 (1.26%) NoSQL
3 47 (1.26%) Tableau
4 32 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (0.80%) Data Lake
6 29 (0.77%) Relational Database
7 26 (0.69%) SAP BW
8 25 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (0.67%) Big Data
9 22 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (0.53%) Data Mining
11 18 (0.48%) MySQL
12 17 (0.45%) Apache Ignite
12 17 (0.45%) Hadoop
13 16 (0.43%) Oracle Database
14 15 (0.40%) DynamoDB
14 15 (0.40%) GIS
15 14 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
16 12 (0.32%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 154 (4.11%) JIRA
2 49 (1.31%) Git
3 19 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.37%) Selenium
5 13 (0.35%) Axure RP
5 13 (0.35%) Balsamiq
5 13 (0.35%) GitLab
6 10 (0.27%) Cucumber
6 10 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (0.24%) Postman
7 9 (0.24%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
9 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
10 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.11%) Maven
12 3 (0.080%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.080%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.053%) Ant
13 2 (0.053%) Vagrant
General
1 1,349 (36.02%) Social Skills
2 928 (24.78%) Finance
3 439 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
4 266 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 261 (6.97%) Presentation Skills
6 247 (6.60%) Public Sector
7 234 (6.25%) Retail
8 196 (5.23%) Marketing
9 161 (4.30%) Legal
10 147 (3.93%) Telecoms
11 139 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
12 134 (3.58%) Manufacturing
13 114 (3.04%) Law
14 109 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
15 68 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
16 60 (1.60%) Banking
17 56 (1.50%) Local Government
18 42 (1.12%) Billing
18 42 (1.12%) Electronics
19 40 (1.07%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,124 (30.01%) Project Manager
2 545 (14.55%) Senior
3 382 (10.20%) Lead
4 251 (6.70%) Analyst
5 220 (5.87%) IT Manager
6 214 (5.71%) Architect
7 204 (5.45%) Senior Manager
8 196 (5.23%) Consultant
9 173 (4.62%) Delivery Manager
10 170 (4.54%) Developer
11 159 (4.25%) Presales Manager
12 152 (4.06%) IT Project Manager
13 125 (3.34%) Senior Project Manager
14 102 (2.72%) Business Analyst
15 99 (2.64%) IT Engineer
16 94 (2.51%) IT Support
17 90 (2.40%) Network Engineer
18 82 (2.19%) Technical Manager
19 81 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
20 76 (2.03%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (4.22%) .NET
2 80 (2.14%) HTML
3 77 (2.06%) React
4 75 (2.00%) RESTful
5 72 (1.92%) CSS
6 62 (1.66%) ASP.NET
7 60 (1.60%) .NET Framework
8 55 (1.47%) .NET Core
9 46 (1.23%) ASP.NET MVC
10 40 (1.07%) Next.js
11 36 (0.96%) JSON
11 36 (0.96%) Middleware
12 32 (0.85%) SOAP
13 31 (0.83%) REST
14 28 (0.75%) Web Services
15 26 (0.69%) AngularJS
16 25 (0.67%) XML
17 24 (0.64%) EDI
18 21 (0.56%) Kafka
19 20 (0.53%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 240 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
2 217 (5.79%) Management Information System
3 142 (3.79%) Data Centre
4 139 (3.71%) Product Ownership
5 94 (2.51%) Driving Licence
6 69 (1.84%) PMI
7 60 (1.60%) Onboarding
7 60 (1.60%) Public Cloud
7 60 (1.60%) Virtual Team
8 42 (1.12%) Replication
9 41 (1.09%) NHS
10 37 (0.99%) FMCG
11 35 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
12 32 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
13 30 (0.80%) Life Science
13 30 (0.80%) Low-Code
14 29 (0.77%) Mobile App
15 26 (0.69%) Operational Technology
16 23 (0.61%) IoT
16 23 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 287 (7.66%) Windows
2 182 (4.86%) Windows Server
3 116 (3.10%) Linux
4 67 (1.79%) Windows 10
5 35 (0.93%) Android
6 28 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 22 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (0.51%) Mac OS
10 17 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (0.35%) Ubuntu
12 11 (0.29%) Windows 7
13 10 (0.27%) SUSE
14 9 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.13%) VMS
15 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 3 (0.080%) Unix
18 2 (0.053%) CentOS
19 1 (0.027%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,681 (44.89%) Project Management
2 1,271 (33.94%) Agile
3 643 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
4 504 (13.46%) Mentoring
5 500 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 440 (11.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 411 (10.97%) PRINCE2
8 345 (9.21%) Presales
9 315 (8.41%) Roadmaps
10 304 (8.12%) Customer Service
11 299 (7.98%) Waterfall
12 297 (7.93%) Change Management
13 296 (7.90%) Coaching
13 296 (7.90%) Risk Management
14 292 (7.80%) DevOps
15 278 (7.42%) SDLC
16 268 (7.16%) Scrum
17 230 (6.14%) Line Management
18 229 (6.11%) Collaborative Working
18 229 (6.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 265 (7.08%) SQL
2 168 (4.49%) Python
3 167 (4.46%) JavaScript
4 164 (4.38%) C#
5 79 (2.11%) Java
6 77 (2.06%) PowerShell
7 39 (1.04%) Kotlin
8 36 (0.96%) TypeScript
9 29 (0.77%) T-SQL
10 26 (0.69%) C++
11 23 (0.61%) R
12 20 (0.53%) PHP
13 17 (0.45%) Bash
13 17 (0.45%) C
14 16 (0.43%) Scala
15 15 (0.40%) Go
16 14 (0.37%) VBA
17 13 (0.35%) MATLAB
18 9 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 867 (23.15%) Degree
2 384 (10.25%) Security Cleared
3 197 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 184 (4.91%) PMI Certification
5 161 (4.30%) PMP
6 143 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
7 103 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 102 (2.72%) DBS Check
9 100 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 100 (2.67%) Master's Degree
10 90 (2.40%) CCNP
11 73 (1.95%) CCNA
12 53 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 51 (1.36%) DV Cleared
14 49 (1.31%) Azure Certification
15 47 (1.26%) APMP
15 47 (1.26%) AWS Certification
15 47 (1.26%) Chartered Engineer
16 46 (1.23%) HNC
17 45 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (6.62%) PMO
2 203 (5.42%) QA
3 71 (1.90%) GDPR
4 50 (1.34%) SLA
5 45 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 39 (1.04%) Data Quality
8 22 (0.59%) ISO 9001
9 20 (0.53%) NIST
10 17 (0.45%) NCSC
10 17 (0.45%) NEBOSH
11 16 (0.43%) GMP
12 15 (0.40%) Good Clinical Practice
12 15 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 13 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 13 (0.35%) WCAG
14 9 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
14 9 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.21%) GAAP
15 8 (0.21%) GRC
System Software
1 228 (6.09%) Active Directory
2 116 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (1.87%) Hyper-V
4 45 (1.20%) Docker
5 25 (0.67%) vSphere
6 22 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
7 18 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.35%) Firmware
9 13 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 10 (0.27%) vCloud
11 5 (0.13%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.11%) pfSense
13 2 (0.053%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.027%) Lustre
14 1 (0.027%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.027%) NFS
Systems Management
1 77 (2.06%) Terraform
2 76 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (1.36%) Kubernetes
4 27 (0.72%) Functional Safety
5 26 (0.69%) SCCM
6 22 (0.59%) FortiGate
7 21 (0.56%) Ansible
8 15 (0.40%) WSUS
9 11 (0.29%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.24%) SCOM
11 9 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.19%) Grafana
14 6 (0.16%) SmoothWall
15 5 (0.13%) AirWatch
15 5 (0.13%) Microsoft Clustering
15 5 (0.13%) vRealize
16 3 (0.080%) Failover Clustering
16 3 (0.080%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 856 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 209 (5.58%) Cisco
3 173 (4.62%) SAP
4 157 (4.19%) VMware
5 77 (2.06%) Oracle
6 69 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 65 (1.74%) Google
8 63 (1.68%) Juniper
9 54 (1.44%) ServiceNow
9 54 (1.44%) Veeam
10 45 (1.20%) Sitecore
11 44 (1.17%) HP
12 42 (1.12%) EMC
12 42 (1.12%) Meraki
13 37 (0.99%) Adobe
13 37 (0.99%) Optimizely
14 30 (0.80%) Databricks
15 29 (0.77%) Dell
16 25 (0.67%) Aruba
17 24 (0.64%) Remedy