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 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 22 29 40
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 0
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 7,974 7,567 13,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.72% 7.79% 7.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.18% 8.15% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5,420 4,377 6,829
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 £56,014
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.65% +1.84%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,321 £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 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 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 29 May 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 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 +8 7,077 £52,500 -11.39% 3,174
UK excluding London +3 5,813 £50,000 -9.09% 2,312
Work from Home +15 2,996 £55,000 -0.90% 1,339
London +16 1,776 £65,000 -3.70% 970
North of England +9 1,479 £50,000 -9.09% 564
South East +2 1,396 £47,500 -13.64% 519
Midlands 0 1,147 £51,500 -6.36% 474
North West +14 836 £50,000 -9.09% 332
South West +8 759 £50,000 -9.09% 318
West Midlands -2 638 £54,000 -1.82% 296
Yorkshire +14 489 £50,000 -8.90% 161
East Midlands +2 469 £47,500 -13.64% 177
East of England +10 444 £50,000 -9.09% 253
Scotland -25 356 £50,000 -9.09% 192
Wales +5 163 £43,750 -20.28% 57
North East +5 154 £52,500 -4.55% 77
Northern Ireland +46 70 £43,750 -2.78% 21
Isle of Man -6 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
1 363 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 149 (1.87%) Confluence
3 133 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 107 (1.34%) CMS
5 73 (0.92%) Apache
6 52 (0.65%) 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 12 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 11 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
16 9 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
17 7 (0.088%) Joomla!
17 7 (0.088%) MS Project Server
18 6 (0.075%) IBM Notes
18 6 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 565 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 523 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
3 355 (4.45%) Microsoft Project
4 253 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 87 (1.09%) MS Visio
6 58 (0.73%) 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 49 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 46 (0.58%) Primavera
5 41 (0.51%) NetSuite
6 31 (0.39%) Shopify
7 28 (0.35%) Magento
7 28 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
8 23 (0.29%) NEC Housing
9 22 (0.28%) Teamcenter
10 16 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
11 15 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
11 15 (0.19%) SAP HR
12 13 (0.16%) SAP SCM
13 12 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
13 12 (0.15%) SAP EWM
14 11 (0.14%) SAP ERP
14 11 (0.14%) SAP FI
14 11 (0.14%) SAP MM
15 10 (0.13%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 942 (11.81%) Azure
2 564 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
3 552 (6.92%) AWS
4 426 (5.34%) Power Platform
5 359 (4.50%) SaaS
6 274 (3.44%) GCP
7 200 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
8 121 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
9 88 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
10 85 (1.07%) Entra ID
11 84 (1.05%) Amazon S3
12 73 (0.92%) PowerApps
13 64 (0.80%) Power Automate
14 55 (0.69%) PaaS
15 53 (0.66%) 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
1 258 (3.24%) Firewall
2 172 (2.16%) WAN
3 153 (1.92%) DNS
4 129 (1.62%) VPN
5 111 (1.39%) Intranet
6 108 (1.35%) LAN
7 107 (1.34%) Internet
8 95 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
9 91 (1.14%) Network Security
10 85 (1.07%) DHCP
10 85 (1.07%) TCP/IP
11 67 (0.84%) SSL
12 65 (0.82%) SAN
12 65 (0.82%) SD-WAN
13 61 (0.76%) IPsec
13 61 (0.76%) SNMP
13 61 (0.76%) Wireless
14 54 (0.68%) BGP
15 50 (0.63%) 5G
16 45 (0.56%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (4.21%) Power BI
2 171 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
3 154 (1.93%) SQL Server
4 119 (1.49%) Relational Database
5 100 (1.25%) Tableau
6 94 (1.18%) MySQL
7 83 (1.04%) BigQuery
8 78 (0.98%) 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
18 33 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 409 (5.13%) JIRA
2 94 (1.18%) Git
3 73 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 30 (0.38%) Visual Studio
5 28 (0.35%) Postman
6 24 (0.30%) GitLab
7 18 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 17 (0.21%) 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 3,416 (42.84%) Social Skills
2 1,953 (24.49%) Finance
3 1,269 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
4 686 (8.60%) Marketing
5 532 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 508 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 495 (6.21%) Retail
8 449 (5.63%) Manufacturing
9 442 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
10 406 (5.09%) Public Sector
11 377 (4.73%) Legal
12 262 (3.29%) Law
13 234 (2.93%) Telecoms
14 198 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
15 161 (2.02%) Aerospace
16 160 (2.01%) Banking
17 140 (1.76%) Billing
18 127 (1.59%) Local Government
19 114 (1.43%) Games
20 105 (1.32%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2,629 (32.97%) Project Manager
2 1,005 (12.60%) Senior
3 685 (8.59%) Lead
4 544 (6.82%) IT Manager
5 542 (6.80%) Analyst
6 539 (6.76%) Senior Manager
7 390 (4.89%) Architect
8 389 (4.88%) Consultant
9 377 (4.73%) Senior Project Manager
10 295 (3.70%) IT Project Manager
11 217 (2.72%) Developer
12 216 (2.71%) Delivery Manager
13 206 (2.58%) Digital Project Manager
14 177 (2.22%) Business Analyst
15 163 (2.04%) Coordinator
16 159 (1.99%) Presales Manager
16 159 (1.99%) Technical Manager
17 146 (1.83%) Engineering Manager
18 134 (1.68%) Data Manager
18 134 (1.68%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (2.27%) .NET
2 131 (1.64%) HTML
3 115 (1.44%) CSS
4 113 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
5 86 (1.08%) EDI
6 80 (1.00%) Spring Boot
7 77 (0.97%) React
8 60 (0.75%) YAML
9 58 (0.73%) JSON
10 56 (0.70%) XML
11 51 (0.64%) Spring
12 46 (0.58%) 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
1 650 (8.15%) Management Information System
2 494 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
3 284 (3.56%) Product Ownership
4 251 (3.15%) Onboarding
5 249 (3.12%) Data Centre
6 208 (2.61%) PMI
7 207 (2.60%) Driving Licence
8 171 (2.14%) Public Cloud
9 115 (1.44%) NHS
10 113 (1.42%) Social Media
11 102 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
12 96 (1.20%) Virtual Team
13 95 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
14 93 (1.17%) PKI
15 90 (1.13%) FMCG
15 90 (1.13%) Mobile App
16 74 (0.93%) IoT
17 69 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
18 58 (0.73%) Algorithms
19 53 (0.66%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 457 (5.73%) Windows
2 328 (4.11%) Linux
3 173 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 88 (1.10%) Windows 10
5 58 (0.73%) Android
5 58 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 54 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
7 50 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 48 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
9 47 (0.59%) Apple iOS
10 36 (0.45%) Unix
11 26 (0.33%) Mac OS
12 16 (0.20%) VMS
13 15 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
14 12 (0.15%) Ubuntu
14 12 (0.15%) Windows XP
15 10 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (0.11%) Windows 7
17 8 (0.10%) AIX
17 8 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,477 (31.06%) Agile
2 1,805 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
3 1,691 (21.21%) Project Delivery
4 1,140 (14.30%) PRINCE2
5 910 (11.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 857 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 830 (10.41%) Mentoring
8 756 (9.48%) Change Management
9 741 (9.29%) Decision-Making
10 676 (8.48%) Risk Management
11 617 (7.74%) Actionable Insight
12 578 (7.25%) Coaching
13 540 (6.77%) Customer Service
14 524 (6.57%) Scrum
15 523 (6.56%) ITIL
16 522 (6.55%) SDLC
17 521 (6.53%) Collaborative Working
18 517 (6.48%) Roadmaps
19 499 (6.26%) Agile Project Management
20 480 (6.02%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 503 (6.31%) SQL
2 312 (3.91%) Python
3 195 (2.45%) JavaScript
4 167 (2.09%) C#
5 161 (2.02%) PowerShell
6 145 (1.82%) Java
7 99 (1.24%) PHP
8 85 (1.07%) C
9 62 (0.78%) C++
10 49 (0.61%) R
10 49 (0.61%) T-SQL
11 43 (0.54%) Bash
12 42 (0.53%) VB
13 40 (0.50%) TypeScript
14 29 (0.36%) VBA
15 23 (0.29%) Perl
16 22 (0.28%) Scala
17 20 (0.25%) MATLAB
18 17 (0.21%) PL/SQL
19 15 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2,031 (25.47%) Degree
2 720 (9.03%) Security Cleared
3 473 (5.93%) PMI Certification
4 417 (5.23%) SC Cleared
5 387 (4.85%) PMP
6 195 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 169 (2.12%) Master's Degree
8 162 (2.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 150 (1.88%) DBS Check
10 146 (1.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 122 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 121 (1.52%) APMP
13 114 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
14 99 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
15 96 (1.20%) Azure Certification
16 84 (1.05%) HNC
17 80 (1.00%) DV Cleared
18 71 (0.89%) CCNA
19 70 (0.88%) HND
20 64 (0.80%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 552 (6.92%) PMO
2 490 (6.14%) QA
3 171 (2.14%) GDPR
4 158 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 95 (1.19%) SLA
6 92 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 82 (1.03%) Data Quality
8 76 (0.95%) ISO 9001
9 60 (0.75%) NIST
10 41 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 35 (0.44%) 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
1 286 (3.59%) 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 46 (0.58%) Firmware
7 42 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (0.25%) vSphere
9 16 (0.20%) 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%) NFS
14 3 (0.038%) Time Sharing Option
15 2 (0.025%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.013%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 1 (0.013%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 142 (1.78%) Ansible
2 123 (1.54%) Kubernetes
3 80 (1.00%) Terraform
4 78 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 73 (0.92%) vCenter Server
6 54 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 49 (0.61%) 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 1,526 (19.14%) Microsoft
2 323 (4.05%) Google
3 298 (3.74%) SAP
4 274 (3.44%) VMware
5 232 (2.91%) Oracle
6 179 (2.24%) Cisco
7 148 (1.86%) Salesforce
8 103 (1.29%) Palo Alto
9 77 (0.97%) IFS
10 75 (0.94%) Adobe
11 74 (0.93%) ServiceNow
12 72 (0.90%) Red Hat
13 68 (0.85%) NetApp
14 65 (0.82%) IBM
14 65 (0.82%) NEC
15 60 (0.75%) Dell
16 59 (0.74%) Sage
17 54 (0.68%) SolidFire
18 51 (0.64%) HP
19 50 (0.63%) Veeam