Project Delivery Job Trends in Birmingham

Project Delivery
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 30 28
Rank change year-on-year -34 -2 +18
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 42 125 96
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 2.43% 6.91% 7.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 7.42% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 28 72 76
10th Percentile £43,016 £42,500 £42,875
25th Percentile £47,250 £46,250 £52,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,477 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,875 £80,000 £76,250
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +7.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,369 1,685 1,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.32% 93.15% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 968 786 1,008
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,974 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,625 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Project Delivery
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Project Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Birmingham over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Delivery in Birmingham

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.38%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.38%) Sage X3
1 1 (2.38%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 18 (42.86%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (19.05%) AWS
3 8 (19.05%) Power Platform
4 6 (14.29%) IaaS
4 6 (14.29%) PaaS
5 5 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (11.90%) Entra ID
6 4 (9.52%) SaaS
7 3 (7.14%) OCI
8 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) VPN
2 2 (4.76%) Firewall
2 2 (4.76%) SD-WAN
2 2 (4.76%) VLAN
2 2 (4.76%) WAN
3 1 (2.38%) BGP
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (2.38%) Internet
3 1 (2.38%) IPsec
3 1 (2.38%) Junos
3 1 (2.38%) LAN
3 1 (2.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (4.76%) Power BI
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) JUnit
1 4 (9.52%) Maven
1 4 (9.52%) Mockito
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 26 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 23 (54.76%) Finance
3 10 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (23.81%) Legal
4 4 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 3 (7.14%) Retail
6 2 (4.76%) Banking
6 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Electronics
6 2 (4.76%) Marketing
6 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.38%) Law
7 1 (2.38%) Local Government
7 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (30.95%) Senior
2 9 (21.43%) Project Manager
3 8 (19.05%) Architect
4 6 (14.29%) Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Business Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Developer
5 5 (11.90%) Senior Developer
5 5 (11.90%) Senior Manager
5 5 (11.90%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (9.52%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (9.52%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 4 (9.52%) Java Developer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior Java Developer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (7.14%) IT Manager
7 3 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (4.76%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) REST
2 3 (7.14%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 5 (11.90%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (11.90%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.90%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.38%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) Linux
1 4 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Agile
2 13 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (28.57%) Project Management
4 11 (26.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (19.05%) Data Governance
5 8 (19.05%) Enterprise Architecture
5 8 (19.05%) PRINCE2
5 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (16.67%) Architectural Design
6 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 7 (16.67%) DevOps
6 7 (16.67%) Migration
6 7 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 6 (14.29%) API Management
7 6 (14.29%) Budget Management
7 6 (14.29%) Data Privacy
7 6 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
7 6 (14.29%) SDLC
7 6 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) SQL
2 4 (9.52%) Bash
2 4 (9.52%) C
2 4 (9.52%) Java
2 4 (9.52%) PL/SQL
2 4 (9.52%) R
3 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.14%) APMG
2 3 (7.14%) Degree
3 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.76%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.76%) PMP
4 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.05%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.76%) Terraform
4 1 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (4.76%) SAP
4 1 (2.38%) Cisco
4 1 (2.38%) IBM
4 1 (2.38%) Juniper
4 1 (2.38%) Planon
4 1 (2.38%) Sage
4 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.38%) Teradata