Project Management Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Project Management
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 57 28 23
Rank change year-on-year -29 -5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 34 86 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.61% 9.31% 7.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.14% 9.89% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 31 63 44
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,000 £33,100
25th Percentile £26,250 £52,250 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £46,875
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +28.00% -8.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £90,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,000 £92,000 £76,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% +5.56% -1.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,084 870 777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 83.13% 94.16% 92.06%
Number of salaries quoted 629 406 547
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,518 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,833 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +8.49% -3.64%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Project Management
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary histogram for Project Management in Buckinghamshire

Project Management
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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
Marlow - 9 £20,000 - 1
Milton Keynes -35 7 £66,500 -9.20% 13
Newport Pagnell -8 2 £75,000 +25.00%
Beaconsfield - 1 £55,000 -
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Finance
3 9 (26.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (14.71%) Law
5 5 (14.71%) Legal
5 5 (14.71%) Local Government
5 5 (14.71%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
7 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.88%) Retail
8 1 (2.94%) Banking
8 1 (2.94%) French Language
8 1 (2.94%) Italian Language
8 1 (2.94%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 6 (17.65%) IT Manager
2 5 (14.71%) Applications Support
2 5 (14.71%) Senior
3 4 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Category Manager
4 3 (8.82%) IT Procurement Manager
4 3 (8.82%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Procurement Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Account Executive
5 2 (5.88%) Lead
6 1 (2.94%) Account Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Data Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Head of Delivery
6 1 (2.94%) Head of Programme Delivery
6 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Lead Product Owner
6 1 (2.94%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Blog
2 6 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.88%) FMCG
3 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
1 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (23.53%) AI
3 7 (20.59%) Business Case
3 7 (20.59%) Customer Engagement
3 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (20.59%) Risk Management
3 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (20.59%) Supplier Management
3 7 (20.59%) Time Management
4 6 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 5 (14.71%) CAD
5 5 (14.71%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
5 5 (14.71%) SDLC
5 5 (14.71%) Workflow
6 4 (11.76%) Change Management
6 4 (11.76%) CRM
6 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.82%) B2B
7 3 (8.82%) E-Procurement
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Degree
2 7 (20.59%) PMP
3 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle
1 1 (2.94%) Planview
1 1 (2.94%) Red Hat
1 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
1 1 (2.94%) SAP
1 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow