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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 90 81
Rank change year-on-year +30 -9 -42
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 350 184 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.30% 3.22% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.30% 3.79% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 239 117 165
10th Percentile £30,900 £37,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,969 £45,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +1.85%
75th Percentile £63,125 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,000 £75,000 £70,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -5.43%

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 10,605 4,850 7,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.70% 85.00% 77.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,575 2,906 4,129
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +14 204 £55,000 -4.35% 140
East Midlands +31 145 £40,000 -27.27% 64
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 22 (6.29%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.14%) PowerFactory
4 3 (0.86%) Confluence
4 3 (0.86%) WordPress
5 2 (0.57%) ArchestrA
5 2 (0.57%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) CMS
6 1 (0.29%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.29%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.29%) WinCC
Applications
1 18 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.86%) Revit
3 9 (2.57%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (2.00%) AutoCAD
5 5 (1.43%) Navisworks
6 4 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.57%) Simulink
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.29%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.29%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 8 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.71%) SAP Business One
4 4 (1.14%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.86%) Magento
5 3 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.86%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 58 (16.57%) Azure
2 48 (13.71%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (6.57%) Entra ID
4 22 (6.29%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.29%) SaaS
6 12 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.57%) Power Automate
8 8 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.71%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (1.14%) AWS
10 4 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.14%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.86%) Boomi
11 3 (0.86%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
13 1 (0.29%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.29%) iPaaS
13 1 (0.29%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.57%) Firewall
2 19 (5.43%) DHCP
2 19 (5.43%) DNS
3 15 (4.29%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.43%) VLAN
5 11 (3.14%) Wireless
6 10 (2.86%) LAN
6 10 (2.86%) WAN
7 8 (2.29%) Network Security
8 7 (2.00%) Modbus
8 7 (2.00%) VPN
9 6 (1.71%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.14%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.86%) Broadband
11 3 (0.86%) NX-OS
11 3 (0.86%) VoIP
11 3 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.57%) Cisco Wireless
12 2 (0.57%) Profibus
12 2 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.14%) Power BI
2 5 (1.43%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (0.86%) DTS
3 3 (0.86%) MySQL
4 1 (0.29%) GIS
4 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (4.86%) JIRA
2 5 (1.43%) Git
2 5 (1.43%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.86%) GitLab
4 2 (0.57%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.29%) Appium
5 1 (0.29%) JUnit
5 1 (0.29%) Selenium
5 1 (0.29%) TestNG
General
1 139 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.00%) Finance
3 34 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.71%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (6.86%) Manufacturing
6 17 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.71%) Law
9 10 (2.86%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.57%) Automotive
11 8 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.00%) Legal
12 7 (2.00%) Retail
13 6 (1.71%) Marketing
14 5 (1.43%) Advertising
14 5 (1.43%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.43%) Electronics
14 5 (1.43%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.86%) Military
16 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (14.57%) Project Manager
1 51 (14.57%) Senior
2 31 (8.86%) Analyst
3 27 (7.71%) Delivery Manager
4 26 (7.43%) IT Manager
5 23 (6.57%) Head of Delivery
6 21 (6.00%) Project Engineer
7 18 (5.14%) Project Delivery Manager
8 17 (4.86%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.00%) Architect
9 14 (4.00%) Lead
9 14 (4.00%) Technical Manager
10 13 (3.71%) IT Technician
10 13 (3.71%) Support Technician
11 12 (3.43%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.43%) Consultant
11 12 (3.43%) IT Engineer
11 12 (3.43%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (3.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.14%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.43%) XML
2 4 (1.14%) CSS
2 4 (1.14%) Flash
2 4 (1.14%) HTML
3 3 (0.86%) Middleware
3 3 (0.86%) RESTful
3 3 (0.86%) Terraform
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.57%) REST
5 1 (0.29%) .NET
5 1 (0.29%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.29%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.29%) EDI
5 1 (0.29%) JSON
5 1 (0.29%) SOAP
5 1 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.00%) Driving Licence
2 21 (6.00%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.57%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.43%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.43%) SCADA
6 11 (3.14%) Operational Technology
7 9 (2.57%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.29%) PMI
9 7 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.71%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.71%) Robotics
11 5 (1.43%) IoT
12 4 (1.14%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.14%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.86%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
13 3 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.86%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.29%) Windows
2 20 (5.71%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.86%) Linux
4 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.29%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (26.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 92 (26.29%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (19.43%) Project Management
3 68 (19.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 60 (17.14%) Agile
5 43 (12.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 35 (10.00%) Service Delivery
7 33 (9.43%) Mentoring
8 32 (9.14%) Collaborative Working
8 32 (9.14%) ITIL
8 32 (9.14%) PRINCE2
9 30 (8.57%) ERP
9 30 (8.57%) Risk Management
10 28 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (8.00%) Decision-Making
10 28 (8.00%) Roadmaps
11 27 (7.71%) Process Improvement
12 26 (7.43%) AI
13 24 (6.86%) Programme Delivery
14 21 (6.00%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 31 (8.86%) SQL
2 12 (3.43%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.14%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.57%) VBA
5 7 (2.00%) C#
5 7 (2.00%) Python
6 5 (1.43%) C
7 2 (0.57%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.57%) Ruby
7 2 (0.57%) VBScript
8 1 (0.29%) Bash
8 1 (0.29%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 43 (12.29%) Degree
2 24 (6.86%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.29%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.00%) PMI Certification
5 13 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.57%) CCNA
6 9 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.57%) PMP
7 7 (2.00%) HNC
8 6 (1.71%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.14%) CCNP
9 4 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.14%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.86%) CBAP
10 3 (0.86%) IIBA
10 3 (0.86%) MCSE
10 3 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.57%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.86%) SLA
2 9 (2.57%) QA
3 8 (2.29%) ISO 9001
4 7 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.00%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.00%) PMO
5 6 (1.71%) IEC 61131
6 5 (1.43%) GDPR
6 5 (1.43%) ISO 14001
6 5 (1.43%) ISO 19650
7 3 (0.86%) NIST
8 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 32 (9.14%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.71%) vSphere
4 4 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.57%) XenApp
6 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (3.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.43%) Functional Safety
3 4 (1.14%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 78 (22.29%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.86%) SAP
3 15 (4.29%) Siemens
4 14 (4.00%) Cisco
4 14 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.86%) Oracle
6 9 (2.57%) Rockwell
7 6 (1.71%) Allen-Bradley
7 6 (1.71%) Foundry
7 6 (1.71%) VMware
8 5 (1.43%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.14%) Ariba
9 4 (1.14%) DIgSILENT
9 4 (1.14%) dotdigital
9 4 (1.14%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.14%) IFS
9 4 (1.14%) Meraki
9 4 (1.14%) Sage
10 3 (0.86%) Dell
10 3 (0.86%) YouTube