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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 37 43
Rank change year-on-year -56 +6 +21
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 161 360 401
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.91% 5.91% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 6.45% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 104 179 323
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,487 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,720 £43,424
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,344 £53,300 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.08% -1.30% +2.26%
75th Percentile £62,813 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 6,704 5,580 7,135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.62% 91.58% 85.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,729 2,477 5,845
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,036 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,967 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.24% +12.67% -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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -58 88 £60,000 +9.09% 63
East Midlands -35 73 £43,700 -12.60% 28
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 (6.83%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.24%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.86%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (8.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.11%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.62%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.62%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.62%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 41 (25.47%) Azure
2 24 (14.91%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (9.94%) Power Platform
4 14 (8.70%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.83%) AWS
6 8 (4.97%) SaaS
7 7 (4.35%) IaaS
7 7 (4.35%) PaaS
8 6 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.11%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.48%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.48%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.86%) GCP
12 2 (1.24%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
13 1 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.62%) OCI
13 1 (0.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.11%) Firewall
1 5 (3.11%) LAN
2 4 (2.48%) VPN
3 2 (1.24%) DHCP
3 2 (1.24%) DNS
3 2 (1.24%) Modbus
3 2 (1.24%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.24%) VLAN
3 2 (1.24%) WAN
4 1 (0.62%) BGP
4 1 (0.62%) Broadband
4 1 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.62%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.62%) Junos
4 1 (0.62%) MPLS
4 1 (0.62%) Network Security
4 1 (0.62%) PBX
4 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.62%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.62%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.83%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.35%) Power BI
3 4 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.48%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.48%) JUnit
1 4 (2.48%) Maven
1 4 (2.48%) Mockito
2 3 (1.86%) JIRA
3 1 (0.62%) Git
General
1 68 (42.24%) Social Skills
2 48 (29.81%) Finance
3 22 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.45%) Manufacturing
7 11 (6.83%) Legal
8 9 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.11%) Law
10 4 (2.48%) Banking
10 4 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.86%) Aviation
11 3 (1.86%) Marketing
11 3 (1.86%) Retail
12 2 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.24%) Electronics
12 2 (1.24%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.62%) Police
13 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (22.98%) Senior
2 36 (22.36%) Project Manager
3 19 (11.80%) IT Manager
4 17 (10.56%) IT Project Manager
5 16 (9.94%) Architect
6 15 (9.32%) Support Engineer
7 13 (8.07%) IT Support
7 13 (8.07%) Lead
7 13 (8.07%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (7.45%) Analyst
8 12 (7.45%) Senior Manager
9 11 (6.83%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (6.21%) Technical Support
11 9 (5.59%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (5.59%) Developer
12 8 (4.97%) IT Engineer
12 8 (4.97%) IT Support Engineer
13 7 (4.35%) Senior Developer
14 6 (3.73%) Coordinator
14 6 (3.73%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.73%) REST
2 4 (2.48%) .NET
3 2 (1.24%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.24%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.24%) CSS
3 2 (1.24%) EDI
3 2 (1.24%) PySpark
3 2 (1.24%) React
4 1 (0.62%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.62%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.62%) Bootstrap
4 1 (0.62%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.62%) jQuery
4 1 (0.62%) Web Services
4 1 (0.62%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.21%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (5.59%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.73%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.73%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.48%) Credit Risk
5 4 (2.48%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.48%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.48%) SCADA
5 4 (2.48%) Web Conferencing
6 3 (1.86%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.86%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.86%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.24%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.24%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.94%) Linux
1 16 (9.94%) Windows
2 1 (0.62%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (31.68%) Agile
2 48 (29.81%) Project Management
3 42 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (19.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 31 (19.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 29 (18.01%) Mentoring
6 25 (15.53%) Roadmaps
7 22 (13.66%) CRM
8 21 (13.04%) Change Management
9 20 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (11.80%) Change Control
11 17 (10.56%) Risk Management
12 16 (9.94%) PRINCE2
13 15 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (9.32%) DevOps
13 15 (9.32%) Enterprise Architecture
14 14 (8.70%) Budget Management
14 14 (8.70%) Waterfall
15 13 (8.07%) AI
16 12 (7.45%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.80%) SQL
2 8 (4.97%) C
3 6 (3.73%) C#
3 6 (3.73%) Java
3 6 (3.73%) Python
4 5 (3.11%) VBA
5 4 (2.48%) Bash
5 4 (2.48%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.48%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.48%) R
6 2 (1.24%) C++
6 2 (1.24%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.24%) Ladder Logic
6 2 (1.24%) Perl
6 2 (1.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (16.77%) Degree
2 17 (10.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (10.56%) SC Cleared
2 17 (10.56%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.21%) CCNA
3 10 (6.21%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (6.21%) PMI Certification
3 10 (6.21%) PMP
4 9 (5.59%) CCA
4 9 (5.59%) Citrix Certification
4 9 (5.59%) MCSA
4 9 (5.59%) MCSE
4 9 (5.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 6 (3.73%) HND
5 6 (3.73%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.11%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.48%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.24%) APMG
8 2 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.07%) QA
1 13 (8.07%) SLA
2 5 (3.11%) GDPR
2 5 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.48%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.48%) PMO
4 3 (1.86%) NIST
5 2 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.24%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.62%) P3O
System Software
1 10 (6.21%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.97%) Docker
3 1 (0.62%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (29.19%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.83%) Cisco
2 11 (6.83%) Oracle
3 9 (5.59%) Citrix
3 9 (5.59%) VMware
4 7 (4.35%) SAP
5 5 (3.11%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.86%) Progress
7 2 (1.24%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (1.24%) Civica
7 2 (1.24%) Databricks
7 2 (1.24%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.24%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.24%) Siemens
7 2 (1.24%) Toshiba
7 2 (1.24%) Workday
7 2 (1.24%) Zoho
8 1 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.62%) Google
8 1 (0.62%) Planon