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 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 64 71 85
Rank change year-on-year +7 +14 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 3,754 4,249 6,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.63% 4.37% 4.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 4.58% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,615 2,638 3,833
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 £71,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,300 £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 86,886 92,843 159,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.13% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,763 54,795 82,800
10th Percentile £29,250 £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 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 29 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 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
England +11 3,381 £55,000 -10.10% 1,192
UK excluding London +14 2,683 £52,500 -12.50% 893
Work from Home +8 1,461 £60,000 -1.64% 499
London +1 907 £70,000 - 357
South East -1 666 £52,397 -8.88% 197
North of England +24 622 £50,000 -16.67% 237
Midlands +6 490 £54,000 -1.82% 168
South West +29 416 £55,000 -7.60% 120
North West +13 345 £50,000 -17.76% 126
West Midlands -1 297 £57,500 +3.14% 90
East of England +27 248 £55,000 -15.38% 74
East Midlands +21 188 £54,000 -6.09% 78
Yorkshire +32 186 £52,500 -12.50% 76
Scotland -42 157 £50,000 -16.67% 88
North East +28 91 £52,500 -12.50% 41
Wales -13 72 £62,000 +1.81% 22
Northern Ireland +24 13 - - 13
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
1 152 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 87 (2.32%) CMS
3 76 (2.02%) 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 16 (0.43%) WordPress
11 13 (0.35%) Apache
11 13 (0.35%) SAS
12 11 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
12 11 (0.29%) Drupal
13 7 (0.19%) Apache Solr
13 7 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 7 (0.19%) MS Project Server
14 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 5 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 201 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 195 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
3 147 (3.92%) 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 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (1.01%) 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%) Magento
8 8 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.21%) Teamcenter
9 7 (0.19%) Elite 3E
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
1 639 (17.02%) Azure
2 355 (9.46%) Microsoft 365
3 243 (6.47%) AWS
4 218 (5.81%) Power Platform
5 131 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
6 117 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
7 100 (2.66%) SaaS
8 91 (2.42%) Entra ID
9 74 (1.97%) GCP
10 61 (1.62%) PowerApps
11 55 (1.47%) IaaS
12 53 (1.41%) PaaS
13 47 (1.25%) Serverless
14 43 (1.15%) 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%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 189 (5.03%) Firewall
2 163 (4.34%) WAN
3 109 (2.90%) LAN
4 107 (2.85%) SD-WAN
5 90 (2.40%) VPN
6 77 (2.05%) Wireless
7 69 (1.84%) DNS
8 62 (1.65%) Network Security
9 60 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
10 57 (1.52%) SAN
11 53 (1.41%) 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%) Cisco Firepower
18 26 (0.69%) VoIP
19 21 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (3.70%) Power BI
2 128 (3.41%) SQL Server
3 47 (1.25%) NoSQL
3 47 (1.25%) 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 (4.10%) JIRA
2 50 (1.33%) 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%) Subversion
13 2 (0.053%) Vagrant
General
1 1,359 (36.20%) Social Skills
2 930 (24.77%) Finance
3 440 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
4 267 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 262 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
6 248 (6.61%) Public Sector
7 234 (6.23%) Retail
8 196 (5.22%) Marketing
9 161 (4.29%) Legal
10 147 (3.92%) Telecoms
11 139 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
12 134 (3.57%) Manufacturing
13 115 (3.06%) Law
14 111 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
15 68 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
16 60 (1.60%) Banking
17 59 (1.57%) Local Government
18 43 (1.15%) Electronics
19 42 (1.12%) Billing
20 40 (1.07%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,128 (30.05%) Project Manager
2 548 (14.60%) Senior
3 383 (10.20%) Lead
4 251 (6.69%) Analyst
5 219 (5.83%) IT Manager
6 213 (5.67%) Architect
7 205 (5.46%) Senior Manager
8 196 (5.22%) Consultant
9 173 (4.61%) Delivery Manager
10 170 (4.53%) Developer
11 159 (4.24%) Presales Manager
12 151 (4.02%) IT Project Manager
13 126 (3.36%) Senior Project Manager
14 102 (2.72%) Business Analyst
15 99 (2.64%) IT Engineer
16 94 (2.50%) IT Support
17 90 (2.40%) Network Engineer
18 82 (2.18%) Technical Manager
19 80 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
20 76 (2.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (4.18%) .NET
2 80 (2.13%) HTML
3 77 (2.05%) React
4 75 (2.00%) RESTful
5 72 (1.92%) CSS
6 61 (1.62%) ASP.NET
7 59 (1.57%) .NET Framework
8 55 (1.47%) .NET Core
9 45 (1.20%) 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%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 242 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
2 217 (5.78%) Management Information System
3 143 (3.81%) Data Centre
4 139 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 94 (2.50%) Driving Licence
6 69 (1.84%) PMI
7 61 (1.62%) Onboarding
7 61 (1.62%) Public Cloud
8 60 (1.60%) Virtual Team
9 42 (1.12%) Replication
10 41 (1.09%) NHS
11 38 (1.01%) FMCG
12 34 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
13 32 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
14 31 (0.83%) Life Science
15 29 (0.77%) Low-Code
16 28 (0.75%) Mobile App
17 26 (0.69%) Operational Technology
18 23 (0.61%) IoT
18 23 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 286 (7.62%) Windows
2 181 (4.82%) Windows Server
3 116 (3.09%) Linux
4 67 (1.78%) Windows 10
5 36 (0.96%) Android
6 28 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (0.61%) 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%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,691 (45.05%) Project Management
2 1,272 (33.88%) Agile
3 645 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
4 504 (13.43%) Mentoring
5 501 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 443 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 413 (11.00%) PRINCE2
8 345 (9.19%) Presales
9 316 (8.42%) Roadmaps
10 304 (8.10%) Customer Service
11 299 (7.96%) Change Management
11 299 (7.96%) Risk Management
11 299 (7.96%) Waterfall
12 296 (7.88%) Coaching
13 292 (7.78%) DevOps
14 278 (7.41%) SDLC
15 267 (7.11%) Scrum
16 231 (6.15%) Line Management
17 229 (6.10%) Collaborative Working
18 227 (6.05%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 264 (7.03%) SQL
2 168 (4.48%) Python
3 167 (4.45%) JavaScript
4 163 (4.34%) C#
5 79 (2.10%) Java
6 77 (2.05%) PowerShell
7 39 (1.04%) Kotlin
8 35 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 29 (0.77%) T-SQL
10 26 (0.69%) C++
11 23 (0.61%) R
12 21 (0.56%) 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
1 870 (23.18%) Degree
2 385 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 198 (5.27%) SC Cleared
4 184 (4.90%) PMI Certification
5 162 (4.32%) PMP
6 144 (3.84%) Cisco Certification
7 102 (2.72%) DBS Check
8 101 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 100 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 100 (2.66%) Master's Degree
10 91 (2.42%) CCNP
11 73 (1.94%) CCNA
12 53 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 50 (1.33%) DV Cleared
14 49 (1.31%) Azure Certification
15 47 (1.25%) APMP
15 47 (1.25%) AWS Certification
15 47 (1.25%) Chartered Engineer
16 46 (1.23%) HNC
17 45 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (6.61%) PMO
2 204 (5.43%) QA
3 72 (1.92%) GDPR
4 51 (1.36%) SLA
5 46 (1.23%) 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
11 16 (0.43%) Good Clinical Practice
12 15 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 14 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
14 13 (0.35%) WCAG
15 9 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
16 8 (0.21%) GAAP
16 8 (0.21%) GRC
16 8 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 227 (6.05%) Active Directory
2 115 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 45 (1.20%) Docker
5 25 (0.67%) vSphere
6 22 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (0.37%) Firmware
10 13 (0.35%) VMware NSX
11 10 (0.27%) vCloud
12 5 (0.13%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.11%) pfSense
14 2 (0.053%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.027%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.027%) Lustre
15 1 (0.027%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.027%) NFS
Systems Management
1 77 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 77 (2.05%) Terraform
2 51 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 27 (0.72%) Functional Safety
4 26 (0.69%) SCCM
5 23 (0.61%) FortiGate
6 21 (0.56%) Ansible
7 15 (0.40%) WSUS
8 11 (0.29%) vCenter Server
9 10 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (0.24%) SCOM
10 9 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (0.19%) Grafana
13 6 (0.16%) SmoothWall
14 5 (0.13%) AirWatch
14 5 (0.13%) Microsoft Clustering
14 5 (0.13%) vRealize
15 3 (0.080%) Failover Clustering
15 3 (0.080%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 858 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 210 (5.59%) Cisco
3 173 (4.61%) SAP
4 156 (4.16%) VMware
5 77 (2.05%) Oracle
6 69 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 65 (1.73%) Google
8 63 (1.68%) Juniper
9 54 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 53 (1.41%) Veeam
11 45 (1.20%) Sitecore
12 43 (1.15%) HP
12 43 (1.15%) Meraki
13 42 (1.12%) EMC
14 37 (0.99%) Adobe
14 37 (0.99%) Optimizely
15 30 (0.80%) Databricks
16 29 (0.77%) Dell
17 26 (0.69%) Aruba
18 24 (0.64%) Remedy