Project Delivery Job Trends in the East Midlands

Project Delivery
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 58 38
Rank change year-on-year -25 -20 +43
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 80 48 187
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.01% 3.35% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 3.77% 5.92%
Number of salaries quoted 45 36 123
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -8.33% -6.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,525 £58,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £86,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £63,076 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.92% +8.70% -8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Project Delivery 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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,924 1,272 3,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 73.60% 88.89% 80.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,751 880 2,423
10th Percentile £27,300 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Project Delivery
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Project Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Delivery in the East Midlands

Project Delivery
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Northamptonshire +7 24 £52,500 -20.75% 5
Lincolnshire -11 18 £37,500 +11.94% 7
Derbyshire -17 18 £52,500 +54.41% 13
Nottinghamshire -9 12 £65,000 +8.33% 8
Leicestershire -36 8 £48,500 -5.37% 4
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.50%) Azure
2 8 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.50%) AWS
4 2 (2.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.00%) LAN
2 1 (1.25%) BGP
2 1 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (1.25%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.25%) Firewall
2 1 (1.25%) Modbus
2 1 (1.25%) MPLS
2 1 (1.25%) Profibus
2 1 (1.25%) VPN
2 1 (1.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.25%) DTS
2 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 25 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (10.00%) Finance
4 6 (7.50%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.25%) Advertising
5 5 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.75%) Aviation
6 3 (3.75%) Law
7 2 (2.50%) Banking
7 2 (2.50%) Legal
7 2 (2.50%) Retail
8 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (21.25%) Project Manager
2 14 (17.50%) IT Manager
2 14 (17.50%) Lead
3 13 (16.25%) Senior
4 9 (11.25%) Delivery Manager
4 9 (11.25%) IT Support
4 9 (11.25%) Support Technician
5 7 (8.75%) IT Engineer
5 7 (8.75%) IT Project Manager
5 7 (8.75%) Project Delivery Manager
6 6 (7.50%) Analyst
7 5 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (6.25%) Project Engineer
7 5 (6.25%) Support Engineer
7 5 (6.25%) Technical Leader
8 4 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (5.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (6.25%) Mobile Computing
3 4 (5.00%) Credit Risk
4 3 (3.75%) SCADA
5 2 (2.50%) CCTV
5 2 (2.50%) PMI
6 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.25%) iSeries
6 1 (1.25%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.50%) Linux
1 10 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.50%) Mentoring
1 18 (22.50%) Project Management
2 17 (21.25%) Agile
3 14 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (16.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (15.00%) Line Management
5 12 (15.00%) Service Delivery
5 12 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (12.50%) Change Management
7 9 (11.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (11.25%) ITIL
7 9 (11.25%) Risk Management
8 7 (8.75%) Change Control
8 7 (8.75%) Software Engineering
8 7 (8.75%) Waterfall
9 5 (6.25%) High Availability
9 5 (6.25%) PRINCE2
9 5 (6.25%) Programme Management
9 5 (6.25%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.25%) SQL
2 4 (5.00%) Python
3 3 (3.75%) Ladder Logic
4 2 (2.50%) C
4 2 (2.50%) C#
4 2 (2.50%) C++
4 2 (2.50%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.50%) VB
4 2 (2.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (11.25%) Degree
2 7 (8.75%) PMI Certification
3 6 (7.50%) PMP
4 5 (6.25%) CCNA
4 5 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.00%) CCA
5 4 (5.00%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (5.00%) HND
5 4 (5.00%) MCSA
5 4 (5.00%) MCSE
5 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (2.50%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.50%) HNC
7 1 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.25%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.00%) SLA
2 2 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.25%) GDPR
3 1 (1.25%) NIST
3 1 (1.25%) P3O
3 1 (1.25%) PMO
3 1 (1.25%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.00%) Docker
2 1 (1.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.25%) Cisco
3 4 (5.00%) Citrix
3 4 (5.00%) Oracle
3 4 (5.00%) VMware
4 2 (2.50%) Databricks
4 2 (2.50%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.50%) Zoho
5 1 (1.25%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.25%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.25%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.25%) ServiceNow