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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 38 39
Rank change year-on-year -50 +1 +24
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 173 362 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.18% 5.75% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 6.36% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 119 185 260
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,461 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -6.09% +9.52%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £58,917 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.23% -1.81% -4.00%

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 6,420 5,694 5,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.93% 90.48% 86.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,571 2,534 4,404
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -46 94 £60,000 +9.09% 59
East Midlands -31 79 £42,500 -19.05% 66
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 11 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.16%) WinCC
5 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.73%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (8.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.89%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.58%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.58%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.58%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.58%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.58%) Shopify
3 1 (0.58%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 41 (23.70%) Azure
2 28 (16.18%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (9.25%) Power Platform
4 15 (8.67%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.36%) AWS
5 11 (6.36%) SaaS
6 7 (4.05%) IaaS
6 7 (4.05%) PaaS
6 7 (4.05%) Smartsheet
7 6 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.89%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.89%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.73%) GCP
10 3 (1.73%) OCI
10 3 (1.73%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.58%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.05%) Firewall
2 5 (2.89%) LAN
3 4 (2.31%) Modbus
4 3 (1.73%) VPN
5 2 (1.16%) Network Security
5 2 (1.16%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.16%) VLAN
5 2 (1.16%) WAN
6 1 (0.58%) BGP
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.58%) DHCP
6 1 (0.58%) DNS
6 1 (0.58%) Internet
6 1 (0.58%) IPsec
6 1 (0.58%) Junos
6 1 (0.58%) MPLS
6 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.78%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.62%) Power BI
3 4 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.31%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.73%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.58%) Power Query
5 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (2.89%) JIRA
2 4 (2.31%) JUnit
2 4 (2.31%) Maven
2 4 (2.31%) Mockito
3 1 (0.58%) Git
General
1 73 (42.20%) Social Skills
2 52 (30.06%) Finance
3 23 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.40%) Manufacturing
5 16 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.94%) Legal
6 12 (6.94%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.05%) Law
9 6 (3.47%) Retail
10 4 (2.31%) Banking
10 4 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.73%) Aviation
11 3 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.73%) Marketing
12 2 (1.16%) Electronics
12 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.58%) Local Government
13 1 (0.58%) Police
13 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (20.81%) Project Manager
2 33 (19.08%) Senior
3 22 (12.72%) IT Manager
4 18 (10.40%) IT Project Manager
5 17 (9.83%) Support Engineer
6 16 (9.25%) Architect
7 14 (8.09%) Analyst
7 14 (8.09%) IT Support
8 13 (7.51%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (6.94%) Lead
10 10 (5.78%) IT Engineer
10 10 (5.78%) IT Support Engineer
10 10 (5.78%) Technical Support
11 9 (5.20%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (5.20%) Delivery Manager
11 9 (5.20%) Developer
11 9 (5.20%) Senior Manager
12 8 (4.62%) ERP Manager
13 7 (4.05%) Senior Developer
13 7 (4.05%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.47%) REST
2 4 (2.31%) .NET
3 3 (1.73%) EDI
4 2 (1.16%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.16%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.16%) CSS
4 2 (1.16%) PySpark
4 2 (1.16%) React
5 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.58%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.58%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.58%) jQuery
5 1 (0.58%) Web Services
5 1 (0.58%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.78%) Driving Licence
1 10 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.47%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.47%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.47%) SCADA
4 5 (2.89%) Cyber Security Posture
4 5 (2.89%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.89%) Operational Technology
4 5 (2.89%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.31%) Credit Risk
5 4 (2.31%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.31%) Web Conferencing
6 3 (1.73%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.83%) Windows
2 16 (9.25%) Linux
3 3 (1.73%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.73%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (30.06%) Project Management
2 51 (29.48%) Agile
3 45 (26.01%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (21.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (18.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 28 (16.18%) Mentoring
6 28 (16.18%) Roadmaps
7 22 (12.72%) CRM
8 21 (12.14%) Change Management
9 20 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (10.98%) ERP
11 17 (9.83%) Change Control
11 17 (9.83%) Risk Management
12 16 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (9.25%) PRINCE2
12 16 (9.25%) Waterfall
13 15 (8.67%) Budget Management
13 15 (8.67%) Enterprise Architecture
14 14 (8.09%) DevOps
15 13 (7.51%) AI
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.14%) SQL
2 8 (4.62%) C
3 6 (3.47%) C#
3 6 (3.47%) Java
3 6 (3.47%) Python
4 4 (2.31%) Bash
4 4 (2.31%) PL/SQL
4 4 (2.31%) R
4 4 (2.31%) VBA
5 3 (1.73%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.16%) C++
6 2 (1.16%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.16%) Ladder Logic
6 2 (1.16%) Perl
6 2 (1.16%) VB
7 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 28 (16.18%) Degree
2 18 (10.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (9.25%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.25%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.78%) CCNA
4 10 (5.78%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (5.20%) CCA
5 9 (5.20%) Citrix Certification
5 9 (5.20%) MCP
5 9 (5.20%) MCSA
5 9 (5.20%) MCSE
5 9 (5.20%) PMI Certification
5 9 (5.20%) PMP
6 7 (4.05%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.47%) HND
8 5 (2.89%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.31%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.73%) APMG
11 2 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.25%) QA
2 13 (7.51%) SLA
3 7 (4.05%) GDPR
3 7 (4.05%) PMO
4 5 (2.89%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.73%) NIST
6 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.16%) IEC 61131
6 2 (1.16%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.16%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.58%) P3O
System Software
1 11 (6.36%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.62%) Docker
3 2 (1.16%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.62%) Kubernetes
1 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.73%) Terraform
3 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (28.90%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.51%) Oracle
3 11 (6.36%) Cisco
3 11 (6.36%) VMware
4 9 (5.20%) Citrix
5 8 (4.62%) SAP
6 5 (2.89%) HubSpot
6 5 (2.89%) Progress
7 4 (2.31%) Siemens
8 2 (1.16%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (1.16%) Civica
8 2 (1.16%) Databricks
8 2 (1.16%) Rockwell
8 2 (1.16%) Sage
8 2 (1.16%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.16%) Toshiba
8 2 (1.16%) Workday
8 2 (1.16%) Zoho
9 1 (0.58%) CrowdStrike