Project Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Project Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 24 25
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +12
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 5,813 5,028 6,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.80% 8.67% 8.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.46% 9.07% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,904 2,639 3,592
10th Percentile £31,500 £36,270 £34,990
25th Percentile £39,750 £44,207 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,200 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £56,014
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.65% +1.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,416 55,447 69,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.37% 95.57% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42,187 28,710 41,237
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the UK excluding London

Project Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Project Management in the UK excluding London

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the UK excluding London

Project Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
North of England +9 1,479 £50,000 -9.09% 557
South East +2 1,396 £47,500 -13.64% 506
Midlands 0 1,147 £51,500 -6.36% 470
North West +14 836 £50,000 -9.09% 330
South West +8 759 £50,000 -9.09% 316
West Midlands -2 638 £54,000 -1.82% 294
Yorkshire +14 489 £50,000 -8.90% 158
East Midlands +2 469 £47,500 -13.64% 175
East of England +10 444 £50,000 -9.09% 252
Scotland -25 356 £50,000 -9.09% 192
Wales +5 163 £43,750 -20.28% 56
North East +5 154 £52,500 -4.55% 75
Northern Ireland +46 70 £43,750 -2.78% 21
Isle of Man -6 8 £37,500 -48.28% 2
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 263 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 108 (1.86%) Confluence
3 91 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 89 (1.53%) CMS
5 58 (1.00%) Apache
6 44 (0.76%) IIS
7 40 (0.69%) WebLogic
8 30 (0.52%) WordPress
9 18 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 16 (0.28%) ArcGIS
11 15 (0.26%) SAS
12 9 (0.15%) Drupal
13 7 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 7 (0.12%) MS Project Server
14 6 (0.10%) WebSphere
15 5 (0.086%) JBoss
15 5 (0.086%) Joomla!
15 5 (0.086%) Kentico
15 5 (0.086%) Kinematics
15 5 (0.086%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 408 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 369 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
3 302 (5.20%) Microsoft Project
4 170 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 68 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 56 (0.96%) AutoCAD
7 40 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
8 30 (0.52%) Trello
9 17 (0.29%) Windchill
10 11 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 10 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
11 10 (0.17%) Simulink
11 10 (0.17%) Sketch
12 8 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 7 (0.12%) InDesign
14 5 (0.086%) Adobe XD
14 5 (0.086%) SOLIDWORKS
15 4 (0.069%) InVision
15 4 (0.069%) Solid Edge
15 4 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 41 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 37 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (0.64%) Primavera
3 26 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 24 (0.41%) Magento
5 22 (0.38%) Shopify
5 22 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 17 (0.29%) NEC Housing
6 17 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 17 (0.29%) Teamcenter
7 10 (0.17%) SAP WM
8 9 (0.15%) Sage 200
9 8 (0.14%) BPCS
9 8 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
9 8 (0.14%) SAP MM
10 7 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.12%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.086%) Maximo
11 5 (0.086%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.086%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 664 (11.42%) Azure
2 425 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
3 381 (6.55%) AWS
4 267 (4.59%) Power Platform
5 221 (3.80%) SaaS
6 194 (3.34%) GCP
7 158 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
8 74 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
9 73 (1.26%) Amazon S3
10 54 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
10 54 (0.93%) Entra ID
11 53 (0.91%) PowerApps
12 43 (0.74%) Power Automate
13 41 (0.71%) Amazon SQS
14 40 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
15 27 (0.46%) Smartsheet
16 24 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
16 24 (0.41%) GitHub
17 22 (0.38%) Amazon Kinesis
17 22 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 185 (3.18%) Firewall
2 124 (2.13%) DNS
3 117 (2.01%) WAN
4 94 (1.62%) VPN
5 91 (1.57%) Intranet
6 88 (1.51%) Internet
7 74 (1.27%) TCP/IP
8 73 (1.26%) Network Security
9 65 (1.12%) LAN
10 62 (1.07%) DHCP
11 61 (1.05%) SSL
12 56 (0.96%) SNMP
13 54 (0.93%) IPsec
13 54 (0.93%) SAN
14 52 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
15 49 (0.84%) SD-WAN
16 46 (0.79%) BGP
16 46 (0.79%) Wireless
17 39 (0.67%) 5G
18 26 (0.45%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (3.60%) Power BI
2 122 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
3 97 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 88 (1.51%) SQL Server
5 72 (1.24%) BigQuery
5 72 (1.24%) Looker
6 71 (1.22%) MySQL
7 68 (1.17%) RDBMS
8 64 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
9 52 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
9 52 (0.89%) MongoDB
10 50 (0.86%) Big Data
11 46 (0.79%) Tableau
12 45 (0.77%) Oracle Database
13 26 (0.45%) Data Lake
14 21 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
14 21 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
14 21 (0.36%) NoSQL
15 18 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
15 18 (0.31%) GIS
Development Applications
1 296 (5.09%) JIRA
2 78 (1.34%) Git
3 46 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 23 (0.40%) GitLab
4 23 (0.40%) Postman
5 22 (0.38%) Visual Studio
6 11 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (0.17%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.15%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.15%) Subversion
9 8 (0.14%) CircleCI
9 8 (0.14%) JUnit
9 8 (0.14%) Selenium
10 7 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.10%) AdminStudio
11 6 (0.10%) InstallShield
11 6 (0.10%) MSI
12 5 (0.086%) gulp
13 4 (0.069%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.052%) Maven
General
1 2,491 (42.85%) Social Skills
2 1,331 (22.90%) Finance
3 899 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
4 417 (7.17%) Marketing
5 396 (6.81%) Presentation Skills
6 377 (6.49%) Retail
7 371 (6.38%) Manufacturing
8 363 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
9 361 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 269 (4.63%) Public Sector
11 246 (4.23%) Legal
12 204 (3.51%) Telecoms
13 188 (3.23%) Law
14 149 (2.56%) Aerospace
15 130 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
16 113 (1.94%) Billing
17 109 (1.88%) Banking
18 98 (1.69%) Local Government
19 95 (1.63%) Electronics
20 84 (1.45%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2,066 (35.54%) Project Manager
2 700 (12.04%) Senior
3 495 (8.52%) Lead
4 421 (7.24%) IT Manager
5 379 (6.52%) Senior Manager
6 366 (6.30%) Analyst
7 294 (5.06%) Senior Project Manager
8 265 (4.56%) Architect
9 235 (4.04%) IT Project Manager
10 214 (3.68%) Consultant
11 155 (2.67%) Digital Project Manager
12 151 (2.60%) Delivery Manager
12 151 (2.60%) Developer
13 134 (2.31%) Coordinator
14 130 (2.24%) Presales Manager
15 126 (2.17%) Business Analyst
16 116 (2.00%) Engineering Manager
17 107 (1.84%) Technical Manager
18 105 (1.81%) Data Manager
19 101 (1.74%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (2.20%) .NET
2 104 (1.79%) HTML
3 102 (1.75%) RabbitMQ
4 95 (1.63%) CSS
5 75 (1.29%) EDI
6 65 (1.12%) Spring Boot
7 50 (0.86%) YAML
8 47 (0.81%) React
8 47 (0.81%) XML
9 44 (0.76%) JSON
10 35 (0.60%) Spring
11 34 (0.58%) jQuery
12 33 (0.57%) Web Services
13 32 (0.55%) RESTful
14 31 (0.53%) Laravel
15 28 (0.48%) AngularJS
15 28 (0.48%) SOAP
16 24 (0.41%) HTML5
16 24 (0.41%) Vue
17 21 (0.36%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 498 (8.57%) Management Information System
2 384 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
3 240 (4.13%) Product Ownership
4 194 (3.34%) Data Centre
5 180 (3.10%) Driving Licence
6 164 (2.82%) Onboarding
7 146 (2.51%) PMI
8 120 (2.06%) Public Cloud
9 81 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 81 (1.39%) FMCG
10 80 (1.38%) NHS
11 76 (1.31%) PKI
12 75 (1.29%) Mobile App
13 67 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
14 61 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
14 61 (1.05%) Virtual Team
15 49 (0.84%) IoT
16 45 (0.77%) Social Media
17 43 (0.74%) Life Science
18 42 (0.72%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 357 (6.14%) Windows
2 263 (4.52%) Linux
3 138 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 77 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 49 (0.84%) Data ONTAP
6 43 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 41 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 38 (0.65%) Android
9 37 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 27 (0.46%) Apple iOS
11 26 (0.45%) Unix
12 16 (0.28%) Mac OS
12 16 (0.28%) VMS
13 14 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
14 12 (0.21%) Windows XP
15 10 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (0.15%) Windows 7
17 8 (0.14%) AIX
17 8 (0.14%) Solaris
18 7 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,783 (30.67%) Agile
2 1,360 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
3 1,255 (21.59%) Project Delivery
4 841 (14.47%) PRINCE2
5 663 (11.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 660 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 627 (10.79%) Mentoring
8 581 (9.99%) Change Management
9 522 (8.98%) Decision-Making
10 515 (8.86%) Actionable Insight
11 497 (8.55%) Risk Management
12 431 (7.41%) Coaching
13 428 (7.36%) Customer Service
14 403 (6.93%) ITIL
15 399 (6.86%) SDLC
16 386 (6.64%) Agile Project Management
17 378 (6.50%) Scrum
18 377 (6.49%) Collaborative Working
19 363 (6.24%) DevOps
20 362 (6.23%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 321 (5.52%) SQL
2 215 (3.70%) Python
3 151 (2.60%) JavaScript
4 133 (2.29%) C#
5 109 (1.88%) PowerShell
6 100 (1.72%) Java
7 81 (1.39%) C
8 76 (1.31%) PHP
9 57 (0.98%) C++
10 39 (0.67%) VB
11 28 (0.48%) T-SQL
12 26 (0.45%) R
12 26 (0.45%) TypeScript
13 24 (0.41%) Bash
13 24 (0.41%) VBA
14 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
15 16 (0.28%) Perl
16 14 (0.24%) VB.NET
17 10 (0.17%) RPG
17 10 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1,421 (24.45%) Degree
2 582 (10.01%) Security Cleared
3 343 (5.90%) SC Cleared
4 323 (5.56%) PMI Certification
5 273 (4.70%) PMP
6 137 (2.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 134 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 111 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 99 (1.70%) DBS Check
10 91 (1.57%) Master's Degree
11 88 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
12 87 (1.50%) APMP
12 87 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
13 81 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
14 70 (1.20%) Azure Certification
15 66 (1.14%) HNC
16 55 (0.95%) HND
17 54 (0.93%) CCNA
18 53 (0.91%) DV Cleared
19 49 (0.84%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 459 (7.90%) PMO
2 334 (5.75%) QA
3 133 (2.29%) GDPR
4 109 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 82 (1.41%) SLA
6 61 (1.05%) Accessibility
7 56 (0.96%) ISO 9001
8 46 (0.79%) Data Quality
9 43 (0.74%) NIST
10 32 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 31 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
12 28 (0.48%) NCSC
13 27 (0.46%) NEBOSH
14 16 (0.28%) GMP
14 16 (0.28%) NIST 800
15 15 (0.26%) GRC
16 14 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 13 (0.22%) GxP
17 13 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 12 (0.21%) COSHH
System Software
1 213 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 172 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 99 (1.70%) Hyper-V
4 90 (1.55%) Docker
5 38 (0.65%) Firmware
6 26 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 25 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (0.26%) vSphere
10 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.086%) Embedded Firmware
12 5 (0.086%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.086%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.069%) pfSense
14 2 (0.034%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.017%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.017%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.017%) Lustre
15 1 (0.017%) NFS
Systems Management
1 128 (2.20%) Ansible
2 89 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.17%) vCenter Server
4 59 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 49 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 46 (0.79%) SCCM
7 43 (0.74%) Terraform
8 27 (0.46%) ZABBIX
9 23 (0.40%) WSUS
10 21 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 21 (0.36%) SCOM
11 14 (0.24%) FortiGate
12 13 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
12 13 (0.22%) Puppet
13 12 (0.21%) NetBackup
13 12 (0.21%) Opsgenie
13 12 (0.21%) VxRail
14 6 (0.10%) Nessus
15 5 (0.086%) Microsoft Clustering
16 4 (0.069%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 1,087 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 225 (3.87%) Google
3 205 (3.53%) VMware
4 178 (3.06%) SAP
5 159 (2.74%) Oracle
6 129 (2.22%) Cisco
7 104 (1.79%) Salesforce
8 81 (1.39%) Palo Alto
9 61 (1.05%) NetApp
10 59 (1.01%) Red Hat
11 56 (0.96%) NEC
12 54 (0.93%) IFS
13 53 (0.91%) Adobe
14 50 (0.86%) ServiceNow
15 49 (0.84%) SolidFire
16 45 (0.77%) Dell
17 43 (0.74%) Sage
17 43 (0.74%) Veeam
18 41 (0.71%) Sparx
19 35 (0.60%) Fortinet