Project Delivery Job Trends in the Midlands

Project Delivery
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 84 65
Rank change year-on-year +7 -19 -12
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 257 191 455
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.97% 3.46% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 4.02% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 171 105 320
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,754 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,594 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,652 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.80% +10.47% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -9.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Project Delivery 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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,112 4,757 10,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.83% 86.19% 79.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,461 2,803 7,215
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Project Delivery
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Project Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Delivery in the Midlands

Project Delivery
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 July 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
West Midlands -11 155 £57,500 +0.88% 80
East Midlands +22 101 £38,428 -35.58% 48
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 23 (8.95%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.56%) PowerFactory
4 3 (1.17%) WordPress
5 2 (0.78%) ArchestrA
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) Confluence
6 1 (0.39%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.39%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.39%) WinCC
Applications
1 14 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.56%) AutoCAD
4 4 (1.56%) Revit
5 3 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.72%) SAP Business One
3 6 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.17%) Magento
4 3 (1.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.29%) Azure
2 41 (15.95%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (8.95%) Power Platform
4 20 (7.78%) Entra ID
5 11 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.50%) Power Automate
7 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (2.33%) Copilot Studio
8 6 (2.33%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.33%) SaaS
9 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.17%) AWS
10 3 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.17%) IaaS
10 3 (1.17%) PaaS
10 3 (1.17%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.78%) Boomi
11 2 (0.78%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.39%) Firewall
2 14 (5.45%) DHCP
2 14 (5.45%) DNS
3 12 (4.67%) TCP/IP
4 10 (3.89%) VLAN
5 9 (3.50%) Ethernet
6 6 (2.33%) LAN
6 6 (2.33%) WAN
6 6 (2.33%) Wireless
7 5 (1.95%) VPN
8 3 (1.17%) Modbus
8 3 (1.17%) Network Security
8 3 (1.17%) Profibus
8 3 (1.17%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.78%) Broadband
9 2 (0.78%) PBX
9 2 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.78%) VoIP
9 2 (0.78%) WLAN
10 1 (0.39%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.72%) Power BI
2 5 (1.95%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.17%) MySQL
4 2 (0.78%) DTS
5 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Git
1 3 (1.17%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) JUnit
2 2 (0.78%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.39%) Appium
3 1 (0.39%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) Maven
3 1 (0.39%) Mockito
3 1 (0.39%) Selenium
3 1 (0.39%) TestNG
General
1 96 (37.35%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.01%) Finance
3 21 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.00%) Manufacturing
5 12 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.89%) Advertising
7 9 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.50%) Law
7 9 (3.50%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.11%) Automotive
8 8 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.72%) Legal
10 6 (2.33%) Retail
11 5 (1.95%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.17%) Aviation
13 3 (1.17%) Marketing
14 1 (0.39%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (19.84%) Senior
2 41 (15.95%) Project Manager
3 26 (10.12%) IT Manager
4 23 (8.95%) Delivery Manager
5 21 (8.17%) Head of Delivery
6 20 (7.78%) Analyst
7 17 (6.61%) Senior Manager
7 17 (6.61%) Support Technician
8 15 (5.84%) Lead
9 13 (5.06%) IT Support
9 13 (5.06%) IT Technician
9 13 (5.06%) Project Delivery Manager
10 11 (4.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (4.28%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (3.89%) Developer
11 10 (3.89%) IT Support Technician
11 10 (3.89%) Project Engineer
11 10 (3.89%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (3.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.89%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.95%) XML
2 4 (1.56%) CSS
2 4 (1.56%) Flash
2 4 (1.56%) HTML
2 4 (1.56%) REST
3 3 (1.17%) RESTful
4 2 (0.78%) .NET
4 2 (0.78%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.39%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.39%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.39%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.39%) jQuery
5 1 (0.39%) JSON
5 1 (0.39%) Middleware
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.39%) SOAP
5 1 (0.39%) Web Services
5 1 (0.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.84%) Driving Licence
2 12 (4.67%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.72%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.72%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.72%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (2.33%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.95%) IoT
6 5 (1.95%) Mobile Computing
6 5 (1.95%) Robotics
6 5 (1.95%) SCADA
7 4 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.56%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.17%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.56%) Windows
2 13 (5.06%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.56%) Linux
3 4 (1.56%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.78%) Android
4 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (22.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 54 (21.01%) Agile
3 51 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (17.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (14.40%) Project Management
5 37 (14.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 34 (13.23%) Mentoring
7 32 (12.45%) Service Delivery
8 25 (9.73%) Process Improvement
9 22 (8.56%) Roadmaps
10 21 (8.17%) ERP
10 21 (8.17%) Risk Management
11 19 (7.39%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (7.00%) ITIL
12 18 (7.00%) PRINCE2
13 17 (6.61%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (6.61%) DevOps
13 17 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 17 (6.61%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (6.61%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.73%) SQL
2 11 (4.28%) VBA
3 8 (3.11%) C#
4 7 (2.72%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.72%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.33%) C
6 5 (1.95%) Python
7 2 (0.78%) Bash
7 2 (0.78%) Ladder Logic
8 1 (0.39%) Java
8 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.39%) R
8 1 (0.39%) Ruby
8 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (9.34%) Degree
2 19 (7.39%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (3.89%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.11%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.72%) PMP
6 5 (1.95%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.56%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.78%) CCNA
9 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.39%) APMG
10 1 (0.39%) APMP
10 1 (0.39%) CWNA
10 1 (0.39%) HNC
10 1 (0.39%) HND
10 1 (0.39%) MCSE
10 1 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.39%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.89%) QA
1 10 (3.89%) SLA
2 6 (2.33%) IEC 61131
3 5 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.95%) ISO 14001
3 5 (1.95%) ISO 9001
3 5 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.17%) GDPR
4 3 (1.17%) NIST
4 3 (1.17%) PMO
5 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.39%) P3O
System Software
1 33 (12.84%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.45%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.17%) BitLocker
3 3 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.17%) vSphere
4 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.39%) Docker
5 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.56%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.78%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (24.12%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.00%) SAP
3 9 (3.50%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.11%) Siemens
5 6 (2.33%) Cisco
5 6 (2.33%) Foundry
6 5 (1.95%) Allen-Bradley
7 4 (1.56%) Ariba
7 4 (1.56%) DIgSILENT
8 3 (1.17%) dotdigital
8 3 (1.17%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.17%) IFS
8 3 (1.17%) Rockwell
8 3 (1.17%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.17%) VMware
9 2 (0.78%) Kaseya
9 2 (0.78%) Meraki
9 2 (0.78%) MobileIron
9 2 (0.78%) Oracle
10 1 (0.39%) Informatica