Project Management Job Trends in London

Project Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 32 25
Rank change year-on-year -28 -7 +17
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 674 986 1,751
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.33% 7.86% 7.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 8.18% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 384 492 1,251
10th Percentile £37,244 £42,534 £37,169
25th Percentile £50,000 £58,625 £48,268
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £106,750 £114,075 £102,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -11.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,535 12,058 21,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.71% 96.07% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 11,114 7,346 16,001
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,357 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in London

Project Management
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in London

Project Management
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Central London -60 78 £65,000 -10.34% 104
West London -5 42 £85,000 -1.45% 25
East London +12 31 £87,500 -7.89% 22
South London +3 16 £40,000 -15.20% 10
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 24 (3.56%) Confluence
2 19 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.78%) WordPress
4 5 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.74%) CMS
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 80 (11.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.45%) Maya
7 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.15%) Notion
7 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.59%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.45%) Shopify
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.30%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.15%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Primavera
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 88 (13.06%) Azure
2 74 (10.98%) Power Platform
3 54 (8.01%) SaaS
4 38 (5.64%) AWS
5 35 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (3.86%) GCP
7 19 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 14 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.93%) Asana
9 13 (1.93%) Google Analytics
10 12 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (1.63%) ChatGPT
11 11 (1.63%) PaaS
11 11 (1.63%) Smartsheet
12 10 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (1.19%) Power Automate
14 6 (0.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.71%) CHAP
2 17 (2.52%) WAN
3 15 (2.23%) LAN
4 14 (2.08%) Firewall
5 11 (1.63%) Broadband
5 11 (1.63%) DNS
6 9 (1.34%) DHCP
6 9 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.19%) Multicast
7 8 (1.19%) Network Security
8 7 (1.04%) SD-WAN
8 7 (1.04%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.59%) VLAN
9 4 (0.59%) VoIP
10 3 (0.45%) NGN
10 3 (0.45%) SCCP
10 3 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.45%) VPN
11 2 (0.30%) DKIM
11 2 (0.30%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.53%) Power BI
2 29 (4.30%) Tableau
3 19 (2.82%) Data Mining
3 19 (2.82%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.93%) Power Query
5 12 (1.78%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.04%) DB2
7 7 (1.04%) GIS
7 7 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.59%) DB2 UDB
10 4 (0.59%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.59%) QlikView
11 3 (0.45%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.30%) Big Data
12 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 44 (6.53%) JIRA
2 16 (2.37%) Git
3 6 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.74%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.30%) JMeter
5 2 (0.30%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) Plastic SCM
6 1 (0.15%) Postman
6 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
General
1 314 (46.59%) Finance
2 298 (44.21%) Social Skills
3 182 (27.00%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (15.43%) Banking
5 79 (11.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 79 (11.72%) Marketing
6 77 (11.42%) Retail
7 71 (10.53%) Legal
8 58 (8.61%) Organisational Skills
9 53 (7.86%) Law
10 42 (6.23%) Financial Institution
11 32 (4.75%) Local Government
12 27 (4.01%) Aviation
13 23 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (2.97%) Public Sector
15 16 (2.37%) Advertising
16 15 (2.23%) Billing
16 15 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.78%) Games
17 12 (1.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (17.51%) Senior
2 105 (15.58%) Project Manager
3 90 (13.35%) Analyst
4 54 (8.01%) Consultant
5 52 (7.72%) IT Manager
6 46 (6.82%) Lead
7 43 (6.38%) Senior Manager
8 38 (5.64%) Business Analyst
9 32 (4.75%) Senior Consultant
10 26 (3.86%) Auditor
10 26 (3.86%) Data Analyst
11 25 (3.71%) Security Auditor
12 23 (3.41%) IT Project Manager
12 23 (3.41%) Security Analyst
12 23 (3.41%) Trainee
12 23 (3.41%) Trainee Analyst
13 22 (3.26%) Internal Auditor
13 22 (3.26%) Technical Manager
14 20 (2.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 18 (2.67%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.08%) .NET
2 9 (1.34%) EDI
3 7 (1.04%) Matplotlib
3 7 (1.04%) Seaborn
4 6 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.74%) CSS
5 5 (0.74%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (0.74%) HTML
5 5 (0.74%) LangChain
5 5 (0.74%) LlamaIndex
5 5 (0.74%) Model Context Protocol
5 5 (0.74%) OAuth
5 5 (0.74%) OpenID
5 5 (0.74%) SAML
6 3 (0.45%) JSON
6 3 (0.45%) Middleware
7 2 (0.30%) Kafka
7 2 (0.30%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.30%) Streamlit
7 2 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.50%) Management Information System
2 42 (6.23%) Security Posture
3 37 (5.49%) Onboarding
4 32 (4.75%) Data Centre
5 29 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (3.71%) Cyber Defence
6 25 (3.71%) Product Ownership
7 23 (3.41%) Cloud Native
8 18 (2.67%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.37%) Blockchain
9 16 (2.37%) Digital Media
10 13 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.93%) Social Media
11 10 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (1.48%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.19%) Cyberattack
12 8 (1.19%) Driving Licence
12 8 (1.19%) Equities
12 8 (1.19%) Fixed Income
12 8 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.60%) Windows
2 17 (2.52%) Linux
3 8 (1.19%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.04%) Unix
5 6 (0.89%) Windows 7
6 5 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.45%) AIX
8 2 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (35.01%) Agile
2 185 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
3 136 (20.18%) Analytics
4 132 (19.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 130 (19.29%) Project Delivery
5 130 (19.29%) Risk Management
6 113 (16.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 111 (16.47%) Cybersecurity
8 106 (15.73%) AI
9 100 (14.84%) PRINCE2
10 95 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 93 (13.80%) Decision-Making
12 82 (12.17%) Information Security
12 82 (12.17%) Roadmaps
13 80 (11.87%) Mentoring
14 73 (10.83%) Business Intelligence
15 72 (10.68%) Coaching
16 65 (9.64%) Change Management
17 62 (9.20%) Business Development
18 61 (9.05%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 82 (12.17%) SQL
2 77 (11.42%) Python
3 17 (2.52%) C#
4 8 (1.19%) Java
4 8 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (0.74%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.74%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.45%) VBA
7 2 (0.30%) RPG
8 1 (0.15%) Bash
8 1 (0.15%) Bicep
8 1 (0.15%) C++
8 1 (0.15%) COBOL
8 1 (0.15%) Korn
8 1 (0.15%) PHP
8 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 189 (28.04%) Degree
2 85 (12.61%) CISSP
3 71 (10.53%) PMI Certification
3 71 (10.53%) PMP
4 66 (9.79%) CISM
5 32 (4.75%) CISA
6 30 (4.45%) SANS
7 26 (3.86%) FFIEC
8 25 (3.71%) CGEIT
9 24 (3.56%) Master's Degree
10 23 (3.41%) CRISC
11 22 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (2.82%) Security Cleared
13 17 (2.52%) ACCA
14 15 (2.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (2.23%) CCSP
15 12 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (1.48%) IIBA
17 8 (1.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (12.17%) NIST
2 66 (9.79%) QA
3 60 (8.90%) GDPR
4 56 (8.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (7.27%) PMO
6 27 (4.01%) COBIT
6 27 (4.01%) GRC
7 24 (3.56%) Accessibility
8 20 (2.97%) NIST 800
9 13 (1.93%) Data Quality
10 11 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (1.48%) IFRS
12 8 (1.19%) GAAP
13 7 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.89%) SLA
15 5 (0.74%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (0.59%) NCSC
17 3 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 30 (4.45%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.93%) Docker
3 4 (0.59%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.15%) IAG
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.48%) Ansible
3 8 (1.19%) Grafana
4 6 (0.89%) Terraform
5 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.59%) SCCM
6 4 (0.59%) ServiceCenter
6 4 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.30%) Argo
7 2 (0.30%) Puppet
7 2 (0.30%) Salt
8 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.90%) SAP
3 28 (4.15%) Salesforce
4 27 (4.01%) Google
5 25 (3.71%) Oracle
6 10 (1.48%) Apple
6 10 (1.48%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.34%) JD Edwards
8 8 (1.19%) Alteryx
8 8 (1.19%) Anaplan
8 8 (1.19%) Bloomberg
8 8 (1.19%) Cisco
8 8 (1.19%) Dell
8 8 (1.19%) Reuters
9 6 (0.89%) HP
9 6 (0.89%) Pardot
9 6 (0.89%) VMware
9 6 (0.89%) Workday
10 5 (0.74%) ForgeRock
10 5 (0.74%) Okta