Project Management Job Trends in Kent

Project Management
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 10 19
Rank change year-on-year -33 +9 -6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 46 75 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 4.44% 10.18% 8.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.39% 11.54% 10.62%
Number of salaries quoted 21 38 37
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £39,125 £42,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,215 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% +12.68% +8.89%
75th Percentile £58,750 £73,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £87,500 £70,700
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
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 854 650 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.43% 88.20% 81.07%
Number of salaries quoted 444 222 373
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,650 £25,450
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,750 £79,425 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Kent

Project Management
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Kent over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Kent

Project Management
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Kent region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Sandwich - 5 - - 1
Dartford +14 4 £30,000 -46.84% 39
Sevenoaks -1 4 £50,000 +49.25%
Dover - 3 £57,500 - 1
Tunbridge Wells -3 2 £40,250 -18.08%
Maidstone -3 1 £42,500 -50.00% 36
Canterbury -5 1 £90,000 +73.08% 1
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 5 (10.87%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (23.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.17%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.70%) SAP BPC
2 1 (2.17%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.39%) Power Platform
2 7 (15.22%) Smartsheet
3 6 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (8.70%) Azure
4 4 (8.70%) ChatGPT
4 4 (8.70%) Power Automate
4 4 (8.70%) Veeva
5 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.17%) SaaS
5 1 (2.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.70%) Unified Communications
2 3 (6.52%) MPLS
2 3 (6.52%) WAN
3 2 (4.35%) DHCP
3 2 (4.35%) DNS
3 2 (4.35%) SD-WAN
3 2 (4.35%) VoIP
3 2 (4.35%) VPN
3 2 (4.35%) Wireless
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (2.17%) DMZ
4 1 (2.17%) Firewall
4 1 (2.17%) HSRP
4 1 (2.17%) Internet
4 1 (2.17%) LAN
4 1 (2.17%) Miracast
4 1 (2.17%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (2.17%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.39%) Power BI
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (19.57%) Finance
4 5 (10.87%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.87%) Retail
5 4 (8.70%) Digital Health
6 2 (4.35%) Legal
7 1 (2.17%) Automotive
7 1 (2.17%) Electronics
7 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) Analyst
2 6 (13.04%) Development Manager
3 5 (10.87%) Business Manager
3 5 (10.87%) Change Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) IT Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Business Development Executive
4 4 (8.70%) Digital Transformation
4 4 (8.70%) Head of IT
4 4 (8.70%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Unified Communications Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Business Development Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Change Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Portfolio Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Product Development Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Product Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Senior
5 3 (6.52%) Senior Change Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Senior Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Senior Portfolio Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) Web Services
2 1 (2.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.09%) Management Information System
2 7 (15.22%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (10.87%) Driving Licence
4 4 (8.70%) Digital Media
4 4 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (6.52%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.17%) CCTV
6 1 (2.17%) FMCG
6 1 (2.17%) PKI
6 1 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Windows
1 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
1 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (50.00%) Change Management
2 15 (32.61%) Service Delivery
3 13 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (23.91%) Business Development
5 11 (23.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (23.91%) ERP
5 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (21.74%) Agile
6 10 (21.74%) PRINCE2
6 10 (21.74%) Roadmaps
7 9 (19.57%) Business Analysis
7 9 (19.57%) Logistics
7 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Map
8 8 (17.39%) Coaching
8 8 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (17.39%) Decision-Making
8 8 (17.39%) User Experience
8 8 (17.39%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (15.22%) IT Strategy
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) Degree
2 4 (8.70%) ACCA
2 4 (8.70%) CIMA
2 4 (8.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.17%) CCNP
3 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (4.35%) PMO
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.17%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) Civica
2 4 (8.70%) SAP
3 3 (6.52%) Cisco
3 3 (6.52%) Meraki
4 1 (2.17%) Epicor
4 1 (2.17%) IFS
4 1 (2.17%) NetApp
4 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.17%) SolarWinds
4 1 (2.17%) Splunk
4 1 (2.17%) Veeam
4 1 (2.17%) VMware