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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 86 71
Rank change year-on-year +7 -15 -20
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 261 189 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.97% 3.37% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 3.93% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 174 106 307
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,754 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,516 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,652 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.80% +10.47% -1.82%
75th Percentile £64,688 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,875 £81,250 £73,850
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -9.69%

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 9,249 4,806 10,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.79% 85.65% 79.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,561 2,862 7,009
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -9 155 £57,500 -1.84% 83
East Midlands +20 105 £39,194 -34.49% 53
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 23 (8.81%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.53%) PowerFactory
4 3 (1.15%) WordPress
5 2 (0.77%) ArchestrA
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) Confluence
6 1 (0.38%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.38%) WinCC
Applications
1 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.53%) AutoCAD
4 4 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.53%) Revit
5 2 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.68%) SAP Business One
3 6 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.15%) Magento
4 3 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 46 (17.62%) Azure
2 41 (15.71%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (8.81%) Power Platform
4 20 (7.66%) Entra ID
5 11 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.45%) Power Automate
7 7 (2.68%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (2.30%) Copilot Studio
8 6 (2.30%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.30%) SaaS
9 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.53%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.15%) IaaS
11 3 (1.15%) PaaS
12 2 (0.77%) AWS
12 2 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.77%) Boomi
12 2 (0.77%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.38%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.28%) Firewall
2 14 (5.36%) DHCP
2 14 (5.36%) DNS
3 12 (4.60%) TCP/IP
4 10 (3.83%) VLAN
5 9 (3.45%) Ethernet
6 7 (2.68%) Wireless
7 6 (2.30%) LAN
7 6 (2.30%) WAN
8 5 (1.92%) VPN
9 3 (1.15%) Modbus
9 3 (1.15%) Network Security
9 3 (1.15%) Profibus
9 3 (1.15%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.77%) Broadband
10 2 (0.77%) PBX
10 2 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.77%) VoIP
10 2 (0.77%) WLAN
11 1 (0.38%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.68%) Power BI
2 5 (1.92%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (1.92%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.15%) MySQL
4 2 (0.77%) DTS
5 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Git
1 3 (1.15%) JIRA
2 2 (0.77%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.38%) Appium
3 1 (0.38%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) JUnit
3 1 (0.38%) Selenium
3 1 (0.38%) TestNG
General
1 96 (36.78%) Social Skills
2 34 (13.03%) Finance
3 21 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.90%) Manufacturing
5 12 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.83%) Advertising
6 10 (3.83%) Law
7 9 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.07%) Automotive
8 8 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.68%) Legal
10 6 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.30%) Retail
11 5 (1.92%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.15%) Aviation
12 3 (1.15%) Marketing
13 1 (0.38%) iGaming
13 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (19.16%) Senior
2 42 (16.09%) Project Manager
3 26 (9.96%) IT Manager
4 25 (9.58%) Delivery Manager
5 21 (8.05%) Head of Delivery
6 20 (7.66%) Analyst
7 17 (6.51%) Senior Manager
7 17 (6.51%) Support Technician
8 16 (6.13%) Lead
9 15 (5.75%) Project Delivery Manager
10 13 (4.98%) IT Support
10 13 (4.98%) IT Technician
11 11 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (4.21%) Project Engineer
11 11 (4.21%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (3.83%) IT Support Technician
12 10 (3.83%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (3.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.83%) Senior Project Manager
13 9 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.92%) XML
2 4 (1.53%) CSS
2 4 (1.53%) Flash
2 4 (1.53%) HTML
3 3 (1.15%) REST
3 3 (1.15%) RESTful
4 2 (0.77%) .NET
4 2 (0.77%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.38%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.38%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.38%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.38%) jQuery
5 1 (0.38%) JSON
5 1 (0.38%) Middleware
5 1 (0.38%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.38%) SOAP
5 1 (0.38%) Web Services
5 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.13%) Driving Licence
2 12 (4.60%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.68%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.68%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (2.30%) Low-Code
5 6 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.92%) IoT
6 5 (1.92%) Mobile Computing
6 5 (1.92%) Robotics
6 5 (1.92%) SCADA
7 4 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.53%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.15%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.43%) Windows
2 13 (4.98%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.53%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.15%) Linux
5 2 (0.77%) Android
5 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 52 (19.92%) Agile
3 51 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (16.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 38 (14.56%) Project Management
6 37 (14.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 34 (13.03%) Mentoring
8 31 (11.88%) Service Delivery
9 25 (9.58%) Process Improvement
10 22 (8.43%) Roadmaps
11 21 (8.05%) ERP
12 20 (7.66%) Risk Management
13 19 (7.28%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 18 (6.90%) ITIL
14 18 (6.90%) PRINCE2
15 17 (6.51%) Cybersecurity
15 17 (6.51%) DevOps
15 17 (6.51%) Technical Leadership
16 16 (6.13%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.20%) SQL
2 11 (4.21%) VBA
3 8 (3.07%) C#
4 7 (2.68%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.68%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.92%) C
5 5 (1.92%) Python
6 2 (0.77%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.38%) Bash
7 1 (0.38%) Ruby
7 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (9.58%) Degree
2 18 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.45%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.07%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.68%) PMP
7 5 (1.92%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.53%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.77%) CCNA
10 2 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.38%) APMG
11 1 (0.38%) APMP
11 1 (0.38%) CWNA
11 1 (0.38%) HNC
11 1 (0.38%) HND
11 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.38%) MCSE
11 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.83%) SLA
2 9 (3.45%) QA
3 6 (2.30%) IEC 61131
4 5 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.92%) ISO 14001
4 5 (1.92%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.15%) GDPR
5 3 (1.15%) NIST
5 3 (1.15%) PMO
6 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.38%) P3O
System Software
1 33 (12.64%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.36%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.15%) BitLocker
3 3 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.15%) vSphere
4 2 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.53%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.77%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.90%) SAP
3 10 (3.83%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.07%) Siemens
5 6 (2.30%) Cisco
5 6 (2.30%) Foundry
6 5 (1.92%) Allen-Bradley
7 4 (1.53%) Ariba
7 4 (1.53%) DIgSILENT
8 3 (1.15%) dotdigital
8 3 (1.15%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.15%) IFS
8 3 (1.15%) Rockwell
8 3 (1.15%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.15%) VMware
9 2 (0.77%) Kaseya
9 2 (0.77%) Meraki
9 2 (0.77%) MobileIron
10 1 (0.38%) ANSYS
10 1 (0.38%) CrowdStrike