Project Management Job Trends in Cumbria

Project Management
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria 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 21 3 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 -9
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 20 90 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 5.26% 18.44% 8.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.19% 23.20% 9.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12 56 5
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,748 £37,700
25th Percentile £45,840 £49,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,875 -
90th Percentile - £65,000 £61,500
North West median annual salary £42,442 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.16% -4.55% +1.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 323 388 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.00% 79.51% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 141 170 74
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,802 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,000 £38,734
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +34.25% -13.92%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,350 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £71,149 £67,125
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Project Management
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

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

Salary histogram for Project Management in Cumbria

Project Management
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 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
Barrow-in-Furness -6 5 £60,000 +7.14%
Broughton-in-Furness -3 4 - -
Carlisle 0 3 £36,000 -30.77% 2
Dalton-in-Furness -2 2 - -
Ulverston -6 1 - -
Kirkby-in-Furness -7 1 £51,636 -7.79%
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 7 (35.00%) AutoCAD
1 7 (35.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) AWS
1 8 (40.00%) Azure
1 8 (40.00%) GCP
2 3 (15.00%) SaaS
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (15.00%) Marketing
4 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (10.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 8 (40.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 8 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Operations Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Web Manager
3 3 (15.00%) WebOps Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Website Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Engineering Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (15.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 8 (40.00%) Business Development
2 8 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 7 (35.00%) Business Case
3 7 (35.00%) Facilities Management
3 7 (35.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.00%) CRM
4 3 (15.00%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (15.00%) Digital Strategy
4 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (15.00%) Information Management
4 3 (15.00%) Migration
4 3 (15.00%) Product Information Management
4 3 (15.00%) User Experience
4 3 (15.00%) Web Development
4 3 (15.00%) Workflow
5 2 (10.00%) Supply Chain Management
6 1 (5.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (35.00%) HNC
2 7 (35.00%) RIBA
3 2 (10.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) DO-254
1 2 (10.00%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Google
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft