Project Management Job Trends in the East Midlands

Project Management
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -75 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 64 214 390
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.89% 13.74% 11.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 15.13% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 47 120 297
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,625 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,750 £48,687
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +0.13% -11.48%
75th Percentile £60,625 £61,250 £56,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £68,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £54,250 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -5.65% +7.48% -6.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,576 1,414 2,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 75.99% 90.76% 82.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,543 840 2,275
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,625 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Project Management
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the East Midlands

Project Management
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 Management within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 March 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 -16 17 £53,750 -6.52% 14
Derbyshire -32 16 £55,000 +37.50% 19
Nottinghamshire -45 14 £35,000 - 14
Leicestershire -37 12 £55,000 +1.85% 13
Lincolnshire -44 6 £40,000 -15.79% 12
Project Management
England

Project Management
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 6 (9.38%) CMS
2 3 (4.69%) WordPress
3 2 (3.13%) Confluence
4 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.69%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.13%) CATIA
5 1 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) NEC Housing
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.94%) Azure
2 6 (9.38%) Smartsheet
3 5 (7.81%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.13%) AWS
5 2 (3.13%) GCP
6 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) Firewall
1 2 (3.13%) VLAN
2 1 (1.56%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.81%) Power BI
2 3 (4.69%) Tableau
3 2 (3.13%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 23 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (20.31%) Finance
3 13 (20.31%) Law
4 9 (14.06%) Public Sector
5 7 (10.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (9.38%) Marketing
6 6 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.69%) Aerospace
8 3 (4.69%) Aviation
8 3 (4.69%) Electronics
8 3 (4.69%) Publishing
8 3 (4.69%) Retail
9 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.56%) Banking
10 1 (1.56%) Games
10 1 (1.56%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.56%) Legal
10 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (26.56%) Project Manager
2 16 (25.00%) IT Manager
3 9 (14.06%) IT Project Manager
4 7 (10.94%) Administrator
5 6 (9.38%) Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) Senior
6 5 (7.81%) IT Administrator
6 5 (7.81%) Lead
6 5 (7.81%) Project Administrator
7 4 (6.25%) Trainee
8 3 (4.69%) Junior
8 3 (4.69%) Marketing Executive
8 3 (4.69%) Senior IT Manager
8 3 (4.69%) Senior Manager
8 3 (4.69%) Support Technician
9 2 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support
9 2 (3.13%) Business Analyst
9 2 (3.13%) Developer
9 2 (3.13%) Operations Manager
9 2 (3.13%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) HTML
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (9.38%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.69%) FMCG
3 3 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.69%) Social Media
4 2 (3.13%) CCTV
4 2 (3.13%) Credit Risk
4 2 (3.13%) Digital Signage
4 2 (3.13%) SCADA
5 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.56%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.56%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.56%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.56%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.56%) PMI
5 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) Agile
2 18 (28.13%) Project Delivery
3 15 (23.44%) Change Management
4 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (20.31%) Process Improvement
5 12 (18.75%) ERP
6 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (15.63%) Decision-Making
7 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (15.63%) Waterfall
8 9 (14.06%) Analytics
8 9 (14.06%) CRM
8 9 (14.06%) ITIL
8 9 (14.06%) PRINCE2
9 8 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (12.50%) Risk Management
10 7 (10.94%) Business Case
10 7 (10.94%) Data Management
10 7 (10.94%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) SQL
2 4 (6.25%) Python
3 2 (3.13%) C
3 2 (3.13%) C#
3 2 (3.13%) C++
3 2 (3.13%) Ladder Logic
3 2 (3.13%) VB
3 2 (3.13%) VBA
4 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (10.94%) PMI Certification
2 7 (10.94%) PMP
3 4 (6.25%) HND
4 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.69%) MBA
4 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.13%) HNC
5 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) GDPR
2 2 (3.13%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.13%) QA
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.56%) P3O
3 1 (1.56%) PMO
3 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.13%) Hyper-V
1 2 (3.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) MOM
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.94%) SAP
3 5 (7.81%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.25%) Oracle
5 3 (4.69%) QAD
6 2 (3.13%) Cisco
6 2 (3.13%) NEC
6 2 (3.13%) SonicWALL
6 2 (3.13%) Zoho
7 1 (1.56%) Adobe
7 1 (1.56%) Epicor
7 1 (1.56%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.56%) JD Edwards
7 1 (1.56%) Meraki
7 1 (1.56%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.56%) WatchGuard