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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 37 43
Rank change year-on-year -60 +6 +18
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 163 355 408
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.85% 6.02% 4.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 6.54% 5.65%
Number of salaries quoted 100 173 322
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,751 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,375 £42,500 £43,098
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,344 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -2.78% +1.30%
75th Percentile £64,223 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,625 £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 6,960 5,426 7,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 78.83% 92.03% 85.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,915 2,411 5,852
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,870
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.27% -5.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 17 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 17 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 -62 91 £60,000 +9.09% 63
East Midlands -34 72 £41,850 -10.96% 29
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 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.23%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (8.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.07%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.61%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.61%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.61%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 40 (24.54%) Azure
2 23 (14.11%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (10.43%) Power Platform
4 13 (7.98%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.75%) AWS
6 8 (4.91%) IaaS
6 8 (4.91%) PaaS
6 8 (4.91%) SaaS
7 6 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.07%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.84%) GCP
10 3 (1.84%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.23%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.23%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.61%) OCI
12 1 (0.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.68%) LAN
2 5 (3.07%) Firewall
3 4 (2.45%) VPN
4 3 (1.84%) WAN
5 2 (1.23%) DHCP
5 2 (1.23%) DNS
5 2 (1.23%) Modbus
5 2 (1.23%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.23%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.23%) VLAN
6 1 (0.61%) BGP
6 1 (0.61%) Broadband
6 1 (0.61%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.61%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.61%) Junos
6 1 (0.61%) MPLS
6 1 (0.61%) Network Security
6 1 (0.61%) PBX
6 1 (0.61%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.75%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.29%) Power BI
3 4 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.45%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.45%) JUnit
1 4 (2.45%) Maven
1 4 (2.45%) Mockito
2 3 (1.84%) JIRA
3 1 (0.61%) Git
General
1 69 (42.33%) Social Skills
2 47 (28.83%) Finance
3 22 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (9.20%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.75%) Legal
7 10 (6.13%) Manufacturing
8 9 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.07%) Law
10 4 (2.45%) Banking
10 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.84%) Aviation
11 3 (1.84%) Retail
12 2 (1.23%) Advertising
12 2 (1.23%) Electronics
12 2 (1.23%) Marketing
12 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.61%) Police
13 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (23.93%) Senior
2 37 (22.70%) Project Manager
3 17 (10.43%) IT Manager
4 16 (9.82%) Architect
5 15 (9.20%) IT Project Manager
5 15 (9.20%) Lead
6 14 (8.59%) Senior Manager
6 14 (8.59%) Support Engineer
7 13 (7.98%) Analyst
7 13 (7.98%) Senior Project Manager
7 13 (7.98%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (7.36%) IT Support
9 10 (6.13%) Technical Support
10 9 (5.52%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (5.52%) Developer
11 7 (4.29%) IT Engineer
11 7 (4.29%) IT Support Engineer
11 7 (4.29%) Senior Developer
12 6 (3.68%) Mechanical Engineer
12 6 (3.68%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.07%) REST
2 4 (2.45%) .NET
3 2 (1.23%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.23%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.23%) CSS
3 2 (1.23%) PySpark
3 2 (1.23%) React
4 1 (0.61%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.61%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.61%) Bootstrap
4 1 (0.61%) EDI
4 1 (0.61%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.61%) jQuery
4 1 (0.61%) Web Services
4 1 (0.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.13%) Driving Licence
1 10 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (4.29%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.68%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.07%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.45%) Credit Risk
5 4 (2.45%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.45%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.45%) SCADA
5 4 (2.45%) Web Conferencing
6 3 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.84%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.84%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.23%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.43%) Windows
2 16 (9.82%) Linux
3 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.61%) Android
4 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (32.52%) Agile
2 45 (27.61%) Project Management
3 43 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (19.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (18.40%) Mentoring
6 29 (17.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 24 (14.72%) Roadmaps
8 22 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (13.50%) CRM
9 20 (12.27%) Change Management
10 19 (11.66%) Change Control
11 16 (9.82%) Enterprise Architecture
11 16 (9.82%) PRINCE2
12 15 (9.20%) Risk Management
13 14 (8.59%) DevOps
13 14 (8.59%) Service Delivery
14 13 (7.98%) AI
14 13 (7.98%) Budget Management
14 13 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (7.98%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.66%) SQL
2 8 (4.91%) C
3 6 (3.68%) Java
3 6 (3.68%) Python
4 5 (3.07%) C#
4 5 (3.07%) VBA
5 4 (2.45%) Bash
5 4 (2.45%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.45%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.45%) R
6 2 (1.23%) C++
6 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.23%) Ladder Logic
6 2 (1.23%) Perl
6 2 (1.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (15.95%) Degree
2 17 (10.43%) SC Cleared
2 17 (10.43%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (6.75%) PMI Certification
4 11 (6.75%) PMP
5 10 (6.13%) CCNA
5 10 (6.13%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (5.52%) CCA
6 9 (5.52%) Citrix Certification
6 9 (5.52%) MCSA
6 9 (5.52%) MCSE
6 9 (5.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 6 (3.68%) HND
7 6 (3.68%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.45%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.84%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.23%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.98%) SLA
2 12 (7.36%) QA
3 5 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.45%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.45%) GDPR
4 4 (2.45%) PMO
5 3 (1.84%) NIST
6 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.23%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.61%) P3O
System Software
1 10 (6.13%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.91%) Docker
3 1 (0.61%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.91%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (27.61%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.75%) Cisco
2 11 (6.75%) Oracle
3 9 (5.52%) Citrix
3 9 (5.52%) VMware
4 7 (4.29%) SAP
5 5 (3.07%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.23%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (1.23%) Civica
6 2 (1.23%) Databricks
6 2 (1.23%) Progress
6 2 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.23%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.23%) Siemens
6 2 (1.23%) Toshiba
6 2 (1.23%) Workday
6 2 (1.23%) Zoho
7 1 (0.61%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.61%) Google
7 1 (0.61%) Kaseya