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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 50 36
Rank change year-on-year -33 -14 +9
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 187 355 294
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.62% 4.50% 6.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 5.21% 6.56%
Number of salaries quoted 122 190 247
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,493 £38,850
25th Percentile £38,125 £42,563 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,750 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,375 £71,250 £73,300
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%

All Process and 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 5,893 6,808 4,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.67% 86.29% 92.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,389 3,056 3,520
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,656 £38,750 £36,376
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 December 2025.

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 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
West Midlands -38 103 £59,000 +7.27% 91
East Midlands -9 84 £40,000 -23.81% 59
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 12 (6.42%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.07%) IIS
3 2 (1.07%) WinCC
4 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (12.30%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.53%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.53%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (6.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.67%) NetSuite
3 4 (2.14%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.53%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.53%) Relativity
4 1 (0.53%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.53%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.53%) Shopify
4 1 (0.53%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 34 (18.18%) Azure
2 31 (16.58%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (7.49%) Entra ID
4 12 (6.42%) Power Platform
4 12 (6.42%) SaaS
5 8 (4.28%) AWS
5 8 (4.28%) OneDrive
6 7 (3.74%) Smartsheet
7 6 (3.21%) IaaS
7 6 (3.21%) PaaS
8 5 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.14%) GCP
10 3 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.60%) OCI
11 2 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (1.07%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.07%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.28%) Modbus
2 7 (3.74%) Firewall
3 5 (2.67%) DHCP
3 5 (2.67%) DNS
3 5 (2.67%) LAN
4 4 (2.14%) Ethernet
4 4 (2.14%) MQTT
5 3 (1.60%) VPN
6 2 (1.07%) Network Security
7 1 (0.53%) BGP
7 1 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.53%) Internet
7 1 (0.53%) IPsec
7 1 (0.53%) Junos
7 1 (0.53%) MPLS
7 1 (0.53%) SAN
7 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.53%) VLAN
7 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.74%) Power BI
2 6 (3.21%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.14%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.07%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.07%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.53%) Power Query
6 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (3.74%) JIRA
General
1 78 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 60 (32.09%) Finance
3 27 (14.44%) Manufacturing
4 24 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (6.42%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.88%) Marketing
7 11 (5.88%) Retail
8 10 (5.35%) Legal
9 6 (3.21%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.67%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.14%) Banking
11 4 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.14%) Law
12 3 (1.60%) Local Government
13 2 (1.07%) Advertising
13 2 (1.07%) Electronics
14 1 (0.53%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 33 (17.65%) Project Manager
2 26 (13.90%) Senior
3 24 (12.83%) IT Manager
4 17 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 16 (8.56%) Architect
5 16 (8.56%) IT Project Manager
6 15 (8.02%) Analyst
7 14 (7.49%) IT Support
8 13 (6.95%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (5.88%) IT Engineer
9 11 (5.88%) Lead
10 10 (5.35%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (5.35%) IT Support Engineer
10 10 (5.35%) Technical Support
11 9 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (4.81%) Coordinator
12 8 (4.28%) ERP Manager
12 8 (4.28%) Senior Manager
13 6 (3.21%) Senior Project Manager
13 6 (3.21%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.67%) CSS
2 4 (2.14%) .NET
2 4 (2.14%) EDI
3 2 (1.07%) PySpark
3 2 (1.07%) REST
3 2 (1.07%) XML
4 1 (0.53%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.53%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.53%) HTML
4 1 (0.53%) React
4 1 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.49%) Driving Licence
2 10 (5.35%) Renewable Energy
2 10 (5.35%) SCADA
3 9 (4.81%) Operational Technology
4 8 (4.28%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.67%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.67%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.67%) IoT
8 4 (2.14%) Biopharmaceutical
8 4 (2.14%) Credit Risk
8 4 (2.14%) Industry 4.0
8 4 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.14%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.14%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.60%) FMCG
9 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.70%) Windows
2 12 (6.42%) Linux
3 7 (3.74%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (31.02%) Project Management
2 51 (27.27%) Agile
3 49 (26.20%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (18.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (17.11%) Mentoring
6 29 (15.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 27 (14.44%) Roadmaps
8 23 (12.30%) CRM
8 23 (12.30%) ERP
9 22 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (10.70%) Risk Management
11 18 (9.63%) Budget Management
11 18 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (9.63%) Waterfall
12 17 (9.09%) Business Case
12 17 (9.09%) Change Management
12 17 (9.09%) PRINCE2
13 16 (8.56%) Change Control
14 14 (7.49%) Enterprise Architecture
14 14 (7.49%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.09%) SQL
2 10 (5.35%) Python
3 8 (4.28%) C#
4 5 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.14%) C
6 3 (1.60%) Java
6 3 (1.60%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.07%) C++
7 2 (1.07%) Ladder Logic
7 2 (1.07%) Perl
7 2 (1.07%) VB
7 2 (1.07%) VBA
8 1 (0.53%) Bash
8 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 37 (19.79%) Degree
2 18 (9.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (7.49%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.95%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.35%) CCNA
5 10 (5.35%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (5.35%) DBS Check
5 10 (5.35%) HND
6 9 (4.81%) CCA
6 9 (4.81%) Citrix Certification
6 9 (4.81%) MCP
6 9 (4.81%) MCSA
6 9 (4.81%) MCSE
6 9 (4.81%) PMI Certification
6 9 (4.81%) PMP
7 6 (3.21%) HNC
8 5 (2.67%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.14%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.14%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.02%) QA
2 14 (7.49%) SLA
3 9 (4.81%) PMO
4 7 (3.74%) GDPR
5 5 (2.67%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.60%) NIST
7 2 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.07%) IEC 61131
7 2 (1.07%) IEC 61508
7 2 (1.07%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.53%) EMIR
8 1 (0.53%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 11 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.14%) Docker
3 4 (2.14%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.07%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (3.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.14%) Functional Safety
2 4 (2.14%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.07%) Terraform
Vendors
1 56 (29.95%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.56%) VMware
3 12 (6.42%) Cisco
4 9 (4.81%) Citrix
4 9 (4.81%) Oracle
4 9 (4.81%) SAP
5 8 (4.28%) Siemens
6 6 (3.21%) Rockwell
7 5 (2.67%) HubSpot
7 5 (2.67%) Progress
7 5 (2.67%) Sage
8 4 (2.14%) AVEVA
9 2 (1.07%) Allen-Bradley
9 2 (1.07%) Autodesk
9 2 (1.07%) Databricks
9 2 (1.07%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.07%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.07%) Toshiba
9 2 (1.07%) Workday
9 2 (1.07%) Zoho