Project Management Job Trends in Bristol

Project Management
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 35 36
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 67 81 124
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 3.36% 5.62% 7.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.14% 6.41% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 49 30 92
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,600 £43,875
25th Percentile £29,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £52,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% -6.67% +6.13%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £65,625
90th Percentile £69,400 £93,000 £85,375
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,303 1,263 1,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 65.25% 87.65% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 968 690 1,274
10th Percentile £28,925 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,300 £87,500 £90,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +6.32%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Bristol

Project Management
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Bristol

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (1.49%) Apache
1 1 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.49%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.49%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.96%) Azure
2 5 (7.46%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.49%) AWS
3 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.49%) Canva
3 1 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.49%) GCP
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.97%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (5.97%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.49%) DNS
2 1 (1.49%) Firewall
2 1 (1.49%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.94%) Tableau
2 6 (8.96%) Data Mining
2 6 (8.96%) SQL Server
3 5 (7.46%) Power BI
4 4 (5.97%) MS Access
5 1 (1.49%) Big Data
5 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.49%) EDMS
5 1 (1.49%) Metadata
5 1 (1.49%) Power Query
5 1 (1.49%) Spark SQL
5 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Git
2 3 (4.48%) GitLab
General
1 41 (61.19%) Finance
2 21 (31.34%) Social Skills
3 17 (25.37%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.43%) Public Sector
5 8 (11.94%) Manufacturing
5 8 (11.94%) Telecoms
6 5 (7.46%) Advertising
6 5 (7.46%) Aerospace
7 4 (5.97%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.99%) Games
9 1 (1.49%) Banking
9 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.49%) Legal
9 1 (1.49%) Local Government
9 1 (1.49%) Marketing
9 1 (1.49%) Military
9 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (37.31%) Analyst
1 25 (37.31%) Trainee
2 20 (29.85%) Trainee Analyst
3 16 (23.88%) Business Analyst
4 14 (20.90%) Trainee Business Analyst
5 11 (16.42%) Project Manager
6 8 (11.94%) Consultant
7 6 (8.96%) Data Analyst
7 6 (8.96%) Senior
7 6 (8.96%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) Data Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Lead
8 5 (7.46%) Project Leader
9 4 (5.97%) Architect
9 4 (5.97%) Cabling Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Recruitment Consultant
9 4 (5.97%) Senior Manager
9 4 (5.97%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (5.97%) Technical Manager
9 4 (5.97%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Kafka
1 1 (1.49%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.97%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.97%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.97%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (2.99%) PMI
3 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.49%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.49%) Data Fabric
4 1 (1.49%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Linux
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
1 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (37.31%) Business Analysis
2 23 (34.33%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (26.87%) Analytics
4 17 (25.37%) Change Management
5 12 (17.91%) Agile
5 12 (17.91%) AI
6 11 (16.42%) Data Analysis
6 11 (16.42%) Data Analytics
6 11 (16.42%) Project Delivery
7 10 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.94%) B2B
9 7 (10.45%) Business Development
10 6 (8.96%) B2B Sales
10 6 (8.96%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (8.96%) Machine Learning
11 5 (7.46%) Commercial Awareness
11 5 (7.46%) Decision-Making
11 5 (7.46%) Lead Generation
11 5 (7.46%) Software Engineering
11 5 (7.46%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.40%) SQL
2 12 (17.91%) Python
3 4 (5.97%) PL/SQL
3 4 (5.97%) VBA
4 2 (2.99%) C++
5 1 (1.49%) C
5 1 (1.49%) C#
5 1 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.49%) Java
5 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (31.34%) Degree
2 11 (16.42%) Security Cleared
3 9 (13.43%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (7.46%) PMI Certification
5 3 (4.48%) PMP
6 2 (2.99%) MAPM
7 1 (1.49%) CAPM
7 1 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.46%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.97%) QA
3 2 (2.99%) PMO
4 1 (1.49%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Docker
1 1 (1.49%) Firmware
1 1 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.99%) Anaplan
2 2 (2.99%) Databricks
2 2 (2.99%) Genesys
2 2 (2.99%) Oracle
2 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
2 2 (2.99%) Verint
3 1 (1.49%) VMware