Project Management Job Trends in Birmingham

Project Management
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -22 +3 +26
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 87 257 145
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 5.02% 13.76% 11.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.30% 14.88% 13.13%
Number of salaries quoted 73 128 129
10th Percentile £28,450 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,829 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £63,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £44,543 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.85% +3.64% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Project Management 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 1,382 1,727 1,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.70% 92.45% 89.83%
Number of salaries quoted 973 809 933
10th Percentile £30,100 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £89,000 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Project Management
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Birmingham over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Birmingham

Project Management
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 (4.60%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.30%) Confluence
3 1 (1.15%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 17 (19.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.60%) Trello
3 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (10.34%) Oracle Assets
1 9 (10.34%) Oracle Cash Management
1 9 (10.34%) Oracle EBS
1 9 (10.34%) Oracle EBS R12
1 9 (10.34%) Oracle Payables
1 9 (10.34%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.15%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.15%) Odoo
2 1 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.15%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.79%) SaaS
2 7 (8.05%) Azure
3 5 (5.75%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.45%) AWS
5 2 (2.30%) Asana
5 2 (2.30%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.30%) OCI
5 2 (2.30%) Smartsheet
5 2 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.15%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.15%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.15%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.15%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.15%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.45%) Intranet
2 2 (2.30%) Internet
3 1 (1.15%) Broadband
3 1 (1.15%) Firewall
3 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.15%) WAN
3 1 (1.15%) WebEx
3 1 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (16.09%) Tableau
2 12 (13.79%) Data Mining
3 4 (4.60%) Power BI
4 3 (3.45%) Data Lake
4 3 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (5.75%) JIRA
General
1 53 (60.92%) Finance
2 24 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 23 (26.44%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (14.94%) Retail
5 11 (12.64%) Public Sector
6 9 (10.34%) General Ledger
6 9 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (9.20%) Legal
7 8 (9.20%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (8.05%) Marketing
9 6 (6.90%) Law
10 3 (3.45%) Games
10 3 (3.45%) Manufacturing
10 3 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.30%) Banking
11 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
12 1 (1.15%) Back Office
12 1 (1.15%) Electronics
12 1 (1.15%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (26.44%) Analyst
2 21 (24.14%) Trainee
2 21 (24.14%) Trainee Analyst
3 12 (13.79%) Data Analyst
3 12 (13.79%) Project Manager
3 12 (13.79%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 11 (12.64%) Business Analyst
5 9 (10.34%) Finance Manager
5 9 (10.34%) Finance Systems Manager
5 9 (10.34%) Lead
5 9 (10.34%) Systems Manager
5 9 (10.34%) Trainee Business Analyst
6 7 (8.05%) Delivery Manager
6 7 (8.05%) Senior
7 6 (6.90%) Senior Manager
8 5 (5.75%) Architect
9 4 (4.60%) Account Manager
10 3 (3.45%) Communications Manager
10 3 (3.45%) Consultant
10 3 (3.45%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.20%) EDI
2 1 (1.15%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.15%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.75%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.45%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.45%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.15%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.15%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.15%) FMCG
4 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.15%) IoT
4 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.15%) NHS
4 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.89%) Business Analysis
2 21 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (22.99%) Analytics
4 19 (21.84%) Agile
5 16 (18.39%) Change Management
6 14 (16.09%) Data Analysis
6 14 (16.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (14.94%) Data Analytics
7 13 (14.94%) Project Delivery
7 13 (14.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (13.79%) B2B
8 12 (13.79%) ERP
9 11 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (12.64%) PRINCE2
10 9 (10.34%) Accounts Payable
10 9 (10.34%) Accounts Receivable
10 9 (10.34%) Cash Management
11 8 (9.20%) Decision-Making
12 7 (8.05%) Budget Management
12 7 (8.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.94%) Python
1 13 (14.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (18.39%) Degree
2 5 (5.75%) APMG
3 3 (3.45%) CITP
4 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.30%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.30%) PMP
5 1 (1.15%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.15%) PhD
5 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.15%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.15%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.90%) GDPR
2 5 (5.75%) PMO
3 3 (3.45%) QA
4 2 (2.30%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.15%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.64%) Oracle
3 4 (4.60%) Planon
3 4 (4.60%) Salesforce
3 4 (4.60%) SAP
4 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.30%) Google
5 2 (2.30%) Kronos
5 2 (2.30%) Workday
6 1 (1.15%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (1.15%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.15%) BMC
6 1 (1.15%) Genesys
6 1 (1.15%) IBM
6 1 (1.15%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.15%) Remedy
6 1 (1.15%) Verint
6 1 (1.15%) VMware