Project Management Job Trends in Leicester

Project Management
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 3 25
Rank change year-on-year -28 +22 +12
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 8 36 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 2.36% 19.35% 7.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 20.45% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 16
10th Percentile £49,750 £48,750 £39,087
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,563 £40,709
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,250 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% - +12.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £59,063 £62,500
90th Percentile - £60,000 £72,750
Leicestershire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% +6.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 282 176 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 83.19% 94.62% 85.76%
Number of salaries quoted 209 94 217
10th Percentile £29,550 £26,300 £27,200
25th Percentile £41,000 £34,063 £39,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £64,148
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,350 £70,000
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £49,990
% change year-on-year +5.88% -14.98% +5.24%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Leicester

Project Management
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Leicester over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Leicester

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
2 2 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Power BI
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Electronics
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) General Ledger
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) ERP Manager
3 1 (12.50%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) e-Learning
2 2 (25.00%) Learning Management System
3 1 (12.50%) Low-Code
3 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) ERP
1 6 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Change Management
3 4 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (37.50%) Agile Project Management
4 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (37.50%) Cost Optimisation
4 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
4 3 (37.50%) Data Management
4 3 (37.50%) Data Privacy
4 3 (37.50%) Due Diligence
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 3 (37.50%) Lean Six Sigma
4 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 3 (37.50%) Post-Merger Integration
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Six Sigma
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (50.00%) PMP
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
2 3 (37.50%) MBA
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) QAD
2 3 (37.50%) SAP
3 2 (25.00%) Adobe
4 1 (12.50%) HubSpot
4 1 (12.50%) JD Edwards
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft