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 3 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 51 42
Rank change year-on-year -32 -9 +27
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 92 147 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.65% 5.67% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 6.06% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 59 95 116
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,249 £41,125
25th Percentile £42,998 £41,250 £44,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,344 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.30% -4.83% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,750 £62,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,000 £78,750
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 4,387 2,424 2,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 78.52% 93.52% 82.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,252 1,274 2,217
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,063 £66,050 £61,700
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 3 months to 13 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 3 months to 13 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -38 52 £60,000 +13.59% 53
East Midlands -20 40 £52,500 +5.00% 49
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 10 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.20%) WinCC
5 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (8.98%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (8.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.99%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.20%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.60%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.60%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.60%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.60%) Shopify
4 1 (0.60%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 38 (22.75%) Azure
2 29 (17.37%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (8.98%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.78%) Power Platform
5 11 (6.59%) AWS
5 11 (6.59%) SaaS
6 7 (4.19%) IaaS
6 7 (4.19%) PaaS
6 7 (4.19%) Smartsheet
7 5 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.99%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.80%) GCP
9 3 (1.80%) OCI
9 3 (1.80%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.80%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.60%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.60%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.79%) Firewall
2 5 (2.99%) LAN
3 4 (2.40%) Modbus
3 4 (2.40%) VPN
4 2 (1.20%) DHCP
4 2 (1.20%) DNS
4 2 (1.20%) Network Security
4 2 (1.20%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.20%) VLAN
4 2 (1.20%) WAN
5 1 (0.60%) BGP
5 1 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.60%) Internet
5 1 (0.60%) IPsec
5 1 (0.60%) Junos
5 1 (0.60%) MPLS
5 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.19%) Power BI
1 7 (4.19%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.40%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.60%) Power Query
5 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (2.99%) JIRA
2 4 (2.40%) JUnit
2 4 (2.40%) Maven
2 4 (2.40%) Mockito
General
1 73 (43.71%) Social Skills
2 52 (31.14%) Finance
3 22 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (11.38%) Manufacturing
5 14 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (6.59%) Legal
7 9 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (5.39%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.19%) Retail
9 4 (2.40%) Banking
9 4 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.40%) Law
10 3 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.80%) Marketing
11 2 (1.20%) Electronics
11 2 (1.20%) Local Government
11 2 (1.20%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.60%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.60%) Police
12 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (17.96%) Project Manager
2 29 (17.37%) Senior
3 21 (12.57%) IT Manager
4 17 (10.18%) IT Project Manager
4 17 (10.18%) Support Engineer
5 16 (9.58%) Architect
6 14 (8.38%) Analyst
6 14 (8.38%) IT Support
7 13 (7.78%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (7.19%) Lead
9 11 (6.59%) IT Engineer
10 10 (5.99%) IT Support Engineer
10 10 (5.99%) Technical Support
11 9 (5.39%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (5.39%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (4.79%) ERP Manager
13 7 (4.19%) Coordinator
13 7 (4.19%) Developer
13 7 (4.19%) Senior Manager
14 6 (3.59%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.99%) REST
2 3 (1.80%) .NET
2 3 (1.80%) EDI
3 2 (1.20%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.20%) CSS
3 2 (1.20%) PySpark
3 2 (1.20%) React
4 1 (0.60%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (5.99%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.59%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.59%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.59%) SCADA
4 5 (2.99%) Cyber Security Posture
4 5 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.99%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.99%) Operational Technology
4 5 (2.99%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (2.40%) Credit Risk
5 4 (2.40%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.40%) Web Conferencing
6 3 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.80%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.20%) CCTV
7 2 (1.20%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.78%) Windows
2 16 (9.58%) Linux
3 4 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.80%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (28.74%) Agile
2 46 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (27.54%) Project Management
3 34 (20.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (17.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 28 (16.77%) Roadmaps
6 25 (14.97%) Mentoring
7 22 (13.17%) CRM
8 20 (11.98%) Change Management
8 20 (11.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (11.98%) ERP
9 16 (9.58%) Change Control
9 16 (9.58%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (9.58%) Risk Management
9 16 (9.58%) Waterfall
10 15 (8.98%) Enterprise Architecture
10 15 (8.98%) PRINCE2
11 13 (7.78%) AI
11 13 (7.78%) Logistics
11 13 (7.78%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.38%) SQL
2 8 (4.79%) C
3 6 (3.59%) Java
3 6 (3.59%) Python
4 5 (2.99%) C#
5 4 (2.40%) Bash
5 4 (2.40%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.40%) R
6 3 (1.80%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.20%) C++
7 2 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.20%) Ladder Logic
7 2 (1.20%) Perl
7 2 (1.20%) VB
7 2 (1.20%) VBA
8 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 28 (16.77%) Degree
2 17 (10.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (9.58%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.58%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.99%) CCNA
4 10 (5.99%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (5.39%) CCA
5 9 (5.39%) Citrix Certification
5 9 (5.39%) MCP
5 9 (5.39%) MCSA
5 9 (5.39%) MCSE
6 8 (4.79%) PMI Certification
6 8 (4.79%) PMP
7 7 (4.19%) DBS Check
8 6 (3.59%) HND
9 5 (2.99%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.80%) APMG
11 3 (1.80%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.20%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.58%) QA
2 14 (8.38%) SLA
3 7 (4.19%) GDPR
3 7 (4.19%) PMO
4 5 (2.99%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.80%) NIST
6 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.20%) IEC 61131
6 2 (1.20%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.79%) Docker
3 2 (1.20%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.79%) Kubernetes
1 8 (4.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.80%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (28.74%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.78%) Oracle
3 11 (6.59%) Cisco
3 11 (6.59%) VMware
4 9 (5.39%) Citrix
5 8 (4.79%) SAP
6 5 (2.99%) HubSpot
6 5 (2.99%) Progress
7 4 (2.40%) Siemens
8 3 (1.80%) Sage
9 2 (1.20%) Allen-Bradley
9 2 (1.20%) Civica
9 2 (1.20%) Databricks
9 2 (1.20%) Rockwell
9 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.20%) Toshiba
9 2 (1.20%) Workday
9 2 (1.20%) Zoho
10 1 (0.60%) Google