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 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -23 +3 +25
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 87 257 143
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 5.00% 13.97% 11.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.27% 15.07% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 73 126 127
10th Percentile £28,450 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,610 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
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 £44,772 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -22.14% +4.55% -

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 1,387 1,705 1,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.76% 92.71% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 978 794 935
10th Percentile £29,775 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £41,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £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 6 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 8 (9.20%) Oracle Assets
1 8 (9.20%) Oracle Cash Management
1 8 (9.20%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (9.20%) Oracle EBS R12
1 8 (9.20%) Oracle Payables
1 8 (9.20%) 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 8 (9.20%) Azure
3 5 (5.75%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.60%) 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%) Data Lake
3 4 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (4.60%) Power BI
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (5.75%) JIRA
General
1 53 (60.92%) Finance
2 25 (28.74%) Social Skills
3 23 (26.44%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 12 (13.79%) Retail
5 10 (11.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (9.20%) General Ledger
6 8 (9.20%) Legal
6 8 (9.20%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (8.05%) Marketing
8 6 (6.90%) Law
9 3 (3.45%) Games
9 3 (3.45%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.30%) Banking
10 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.15%) Back Office
11 1 (1.15%) Electronics
11 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%) Lead
5 9 (10.34%) Trainee Business Analyst
6 8 (9.20%) Finance Manager
6 8 (9.20%) Finance Systems Manager
6 8 (9.20%) Systems Manager
7 7 (8.05%) Delivery Manager
7 7 (8.05%) Senior
8 6 (6.90%) Senior Manager
9 5 (5.75%) Architect
10 4 (4.60%) Account Manager
11 3 (3.45%) Communications Manager
11 3 (3.45%) Consultant
11 3 (3.45%) Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.34%) EDI
2 1 (1.15%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.15%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.90%) 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%) Agile
3 20 (22.99%) Analytics
4 16 (18.39%) Change Management
5 14 (16.09%) Data Analysis
5 14 (16.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (16.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (14.94%) Data Analytics
6 13 (14.94%) Project Delivery
7 12 (13.79%) B2B
7 12 (13.79%) PRINCE2
8 11 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (12.64%) ERP
9 8 (9.20%) Accounts Payable
9 8 (9.20%) Accounts Receivable
9 8 (9.20%) Cash Management
9 8 (9.20%) Decision-Making
10 7 (8.05%) Mentoring
10 7 (8.05%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.94%) Python
1 13 (14.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (18.39%) Degree
2 5 (5.75%) APMG
3 4 (4.60%) 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 10 (11.49%) Oracle
3 5 (5.75%) Planon
3 5 (5.75%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.60%) SAP
5 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.30%) Google
6 2 (2.30%) Kronos
6 2 (2.30%) Workday
7 1 (1.15%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (1.15%) Anaplan
7 1 (1.15%) BMC
7 1 (1.15%) Genesys
7 1 (1.15%) IBM
7 1 (1.15%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.15%) Remedy
7 1 (1.15%) Verint
7 1 (1.15%) VMware