Project Management Job Trends in Leicestershire

Project Management
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 6 27
Rank change year-on-year -14 +21 -3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 31 71 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 5.45% 15.67% 6.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.90% 17.07% 7.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 22
10th Percentile £46,025 £48,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £47,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% +13.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £61,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £62,250 £72,950
East Midlands median annual salary £47,250 £52,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.13% -3.70% -1.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 449 416 395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 78.91% 91.83% 89.37%
Number of salaries quoted 314 172 269
10th Percentile £25,250 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year - -9.98% +5.24%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,000 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.27% -2.00% -4.76%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Project Management
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Leicestershire

Project Management
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Leicester -24 7 £53,750 +0.94% 39
Kegworth - 1 - -
Project Management
East Midlands

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (3.23%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (6.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Google Workspace
1 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Power BI
General
1 24 (77.42%) Finance
2 19 (61.29%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (54.84%) Retail
4 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.45%) Aerospace
6 2 (6.45%) Electronics
6 2 (6.45%) General Ledger
6 2 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (58.06%) Lead
2 7 (22.58%) Project Manager
3 6 (19.35%) IT Manager
4 4 (12.90%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Oracle Specialist
5 2 (6.45%) Senior
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Account Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Business Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Business IT Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) ERP Manager
6 1 (3.23%) ERP Project Manager
6 1 (3.23%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.23%) EDI
2 1 (3.23%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (61.29%) Management Information System
2 17 (54.84%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (54.84%) FMCG
3 2 (6.45%) e-Learning
3 2 (6.45%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.23%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (83.87%) Change Management
2 22 (70.97%) ERP
3 20 (64.52%) Data Management
4 19 (61.29%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (61.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (61.29%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (58.06%) CRM
6 17 (54.84%) Analytics
6 17 (54.84%) Decision-Making
6 17 (54.84%) Programme Management
7 9 (29.03%) Agile
8 6 (19.35%) Business Case
8 6 (19.35%) Process Improvement
8 6 (19.35%) Waterfall
9 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
9 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (9.68%) Lean Six Sigma
10 3 (9.68%) Logistics
10 3 (9.68%) Risk Management
10 3 (9.68%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 19 (61.29%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) PMI Certification
2 3 (9.68%) PMP
3 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.45%) MBA
4 1 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) GDPR
Vendors
1 19 (61.29%) SAP
2 17 (54.84%) Salesforce
3 4 (12.90%) Oracle
4 2 (6.45%) Adobe
4 2 (6.45%) QAD
5 1 (3.23%) HubSpot
5 1 (3.23%) JD Edwards
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft