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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 92 79
Rank change year-on-year +27 -13 -32
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 305 181 311
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.11% 3.12% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 3.66% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 213 115 205
10th Percentile £30,600 £38,754 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £59,652 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +8.46% +1.31%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -9.54%

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 10,081 4,940 8,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.84% 85.16% 77.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7,180 2,985 5,048
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -2 169 £55,000 -4.35% 127
East Midlands +41 135 £40,500 -32.50% 62
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 20 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.31%) PowerFactory
4 3 (0.98%) WordPress
5 2 (0.66%) ArchestrA
6 1 (0.33%) CMS
6 1 (0.33%) Confluence
6 1 (0.33%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.33%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.33%) WinCC
Applications
1 17 (5.57%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.93%) Revit
4 7 (2.30%) AutoCAD
5 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.31%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.33%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 9 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.30%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.98%) Magento
3 3 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.98%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (17.05%) Azure
2 43 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (7.21%) Entra ID
4 21 (6.89%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (3.28%) SaaS
7 9 (2.95%) Power Automate
8 8 (2.62%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.97%) Copilot Studio
10 5 (1.64%) AWS
10 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.31%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.98%) Boomi
12 3 (0.98%) IaaS
12 3 (0.98%) PaaS
12 3 (0.98%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
14 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.87%) Firewall
2 18 (5.90%) DHCP
2 18 (5.90%) DNS
3 16 (5.25%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.93%) VLAN
5 8 (2.62%) Ethernet
5 8 (2.62%) Wireless
6 7 (2.30%) VPN
7 6 (1.97%) LAN
7 6 (1.97%) WAN
8 4 (1.31%) Modbus
8 4 (1.31%) Network Security
9 3 (0.98%) Profibus
10 2 (0.66%) Cisco Wireless
10 2 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.66%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.66%) WLAN
11 1 (0.33%) Broadband
11 1 (0.33%) PBX
11 1 (0.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.30%) Power BI
2 5 (1.64%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (0.98%) DTS
3 3 (0.98%) MySQL
4 1 (0.33%) GIS
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (2.95%) JIRA
2 5 (1.64%) Git
3 2 (0.66%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.33%) Appium
4 1 (0.33%) GitLab
4 1 (0.33%) JUnit
4 1 (0.33%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.33%) Selenium
4 1 (0.33%) TestNG
General
1 118 (38.69%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.46%) Finance
3 27 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.89%) Manufacturing
5 16 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.28%) Law
8 9 (2.95%) Automotive
8 9 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.95%) Legal
9 8 (2.62%) Advertising
9 8 (2.62%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.30%) Retail
11 6 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.64%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.31%) Marketing
14 1 (0.33%) Billing
14 1 (0.33%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 43 (14.10%) Project Manager
1 43 (14.10%) Senior
2 31 (10.16%) Delivery Manager
3 30 (9.84%) Analyst
4 27 (8.85%) IT Manager
5 23 (7.54%) Head of Delivery
6 20 (6.56%) Project Delivery Manager
7 16 (5.25%) Support Technician
8 14 (4.59%) IT Technician
8 14 (4.59%) Project Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
9 13 (4.26%) Business Analyst
9 13 (4.26%) IT Support
9 13 (4.26%) Lead
10 11 (3.61%) IT Support Technician
10 11 (3.61%) Senior Manager
10 11 (3.61%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (3.28%) Business Manager
11 10 (3.28%) IT Project Manager
12 9 (2.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.64%) XML
2 4 (1.31%) CSS
2 4 (1.31%) Flash
2 4 (1.31%) HTML
3 3 (0.98%) RESTful
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.66%) REST
5 1 (0.33%) .NET
5 1 (0.33%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.33%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.33%) EDI
5 1 (0.33%) JSON
5 1 (0.33%) Middleware
5 1 (0.33%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.33%) SOAP
5 1 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.90%) Driving Licence
2 15 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.28%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.62%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.30%) PMI
6 7 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.30%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.97%) IoT
7 6 (1.97%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.97%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.97%) SCADA
8 5 (1.64%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.64%) Robotics
9 4 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.31%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.98%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.98%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.98%) Mobile Computing
10 3 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.52%) Windows
2 18 (5.90%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.98%) Linux
3 3 (0.98%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.66%) Android
5 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (24.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 68 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (19.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (18.69%) Agile
5 43 (14.10%) Project Management
6 36 (11.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 34 (11.15%) Service Delivery
8 30 (9.84%) Mentoring
8 30 (9.84%) Roadmaps
9 28 (9.18%) Process Improvement
9 28 (9.18%) Risk Management
10 27 (8.85%) Collaborative Working
11 25 (8.20%) PRINCE2
12 24 (7.87%) ERP
12 24 (7.87%) Waterfall
13 23 (7.54%) Decision-Making
13 23 (7.54%) ITIL
14 22 (7.21%) AI
15 20 (6.56%) Programme Delivery
16 19 (6.23%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.52%) SQL
2 9 (2.95%) VBA
3 7 (2.30%) C#
3 7 (2.30%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.97%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.64%) C
5 5 (1.64%) Python
6 2 (0.66%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.33%) Bash
7 1 (0.33%) Ruby
7 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (10.49%) Degree
2 20 (6.56%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.61%) PMI Certification
3 11 (3.61%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.97%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.64%) PMP
7 4 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.31%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.98%) CBAP
8 3 (0.98%) CCNA
8 3 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.98%) HNC
8 3 (0.98%) IIBA
8 3 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.66%) CISM
9 2 (0.66%) CISMP
9 2 (0.66%) CISSP
9 2 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.93%) SLA
2 9 (2.95%) QA
3 6 (1.97%) IEC 61131
4 5 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.64%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.64%) ISO 14001
4 5 (1.64%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.31%) ISO 19650
6 3 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.98%) GDPR
6 3 (0.98%) NIST
6 3 (0.98%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (11.80%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.92%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.31%) vSphere
4 3 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.66%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.33%) Firmware
6 1 (0.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.31%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.66%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 70 (22.95%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.56%) SAP
3 14 (4.59%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.28%) Siemens
5 8 (2.62%) Cisco
6 6 (1.97%) Foundry
7 5 (1.64%) Allen-Bradley
7 5 (1.64%) Rockwell
7 5 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.31%) Ariba
8 4 (1.31%) DIgSILENT
8 4 (1.31%) dotdigital
8 4 (1.31%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.31%) IFS
8 4 (1.31%) VMware
9 3 (0.98%) Meraki
9 3 (0.98%) Oracle
10 2 (0.66%) Dell
11 1 (0.33%) Citrix
11 1 (0.33%) Informatica