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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 40 41
Rank change year-on-year -59 +1 +20
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 160 335 413
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.72% 5.89% 4.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 6.35% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 94 171 319
10th Percentile £33,500 £36,995 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,324
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,073 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £75,000 £77,550
England median annual salary £62,538 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.23% +2.56% -6.40%

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 7,248 5,276 7,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 78.09% 92.69% 85.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4,100 2,492 5,889
10th Percentile £28,241 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,214
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.68% -6.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,654 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 28 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 28 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 -65 91 £60,000 +7.14% 48
East Midlands -44 69 £45,000 - 31
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 8 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (1.25%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (6.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.13%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.63%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.63%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (25.00%) Azure
2 23 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (11.25%) Power Platform
4 14 (8.75%) Entra ID
5 12 (7.50%) AWS
6 10 (6.25%) IaaS
6 10 (6.25%) PaaS
7 8 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.38%) SaaS
9 4 (2.50%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.88%) GCP
11 1 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.63%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.63%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.63%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.63%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.75%) LAN
2 5 (3.13%) Firewall
3 4 (2.50%) VPN
4 3 (1.88%) DHCP
4 3 (1.88%) DNS
4 3 (1.88%) Modbus
4 3 (1.88%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.88%) WAN
5 2 (1.25%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.25%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.25%) VLAN
6 1 (0.63%) BGP
6 1 (0.63%) Broadband
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.63%) IPsec
6 1 (0.63%) MPLS
6 1 (0.63%) PBX
6 1 (0.63%) Profibus
6 1 (0.63%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.63%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.75%) Power BI
3 4 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.50%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.50%) JUnit
1 4 (2.50%) Maven
1 4 (2.50%) Mockito
2 3 (1.88%) JIRA
3 1 (0.63%) Git
General
1 68 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 45 (28.13%) Finance
3 24 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 13 (8.13%) Legal
7 10 (6.25%) Manufacturing
8 9 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.50%) Advertising
10 4 (2.50%) Banking
10 4 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.50%) Law
11 3 (1.88%) Aviation
11 3 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.88%) Retail
12 2 (1.25%) Electronics
12 2 (1.25%) Marketing
12 2 (1.25%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (23.13%) Senior
2 35 (21.88%) Project Manager
3 18 (11.25%) Architect
4 17 (10.63%) Lead
5 16 (10.00%) IT Manager
6 15 (9.38%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (8.75%) IT Project Manager
8 13 (8.13%) Analyst
8 13 (8.13%) Senior Manager
9 12 (7.50%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (7.50%) Support Engineer
10 11 (6.88%) IT Support
11 10 (6.25%) Technical Support
12 9 (5.63%) 2nd Line Support
13 8 (5.00%) Developer
13 8 (5.00%) Support Technician
14 7 (4.38%) Senior Developer
15 6 (3.75%) Mechanical Engineer
15 6 (3.75%) Technical Engineer
15 6 (3.75%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.13%) REST
2 3 (1.88%) .NET
3 2 (1.25%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.25%) PySpark
4 1 (0.63%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.63%) Bootstrap
4 1 (0.63%) CSS
4 1 (0.63%) EDI
4 1 (0.63%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.63%) jQuery
4 1 (0.63%) React
4 1 (0.63%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.63%) Web Services
4 1 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.88%) Driving Licence
2 9 (5.63%) Cloud Native
2 9 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (3.13%) SCADA
6 4 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.50%) Credit Risk
6 4 (2.50%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.50%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.50%) Mobile Computing
7 3 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.88%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.25%) CCTV
8 2 (1.25%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.25%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.25%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.50%) Windows
2 15 (9.38%) Linux
3 2 (1.25%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.63%) Android
4 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (32.50%) Agile
2 43 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (25.00%) Project Management
4 31 (19.38%) Mentoring
5 30 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 29 (18.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (15.00%) Roadmaps
9 22 (13.75%) CRM
10 19 (11.88%) Change Control
11 18 (11.25%) Enterprise Architecture
12 17 (10.63%) Change Management
13 16 (10.00%) DevOps
14 15 (9.38%) PRINCE2
14 15 (9.38%) Service Delivery
15 13 (8.13%) AI
15 13 (8.13%) Architectural Design
15 13 (8.13%) TOGAF
16 12 (7.50%) Integration Patterns
16 12 (7.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.25%) SQL
2 7 (4.38%) C
3 5 (3.13%) Java
3 5 (3.13%) Python
3 5 (3.13%) VBA
4 4 (2.50%) Bash
4 4 (2.50%) C#
4 4 (2.50%) PL/SQL
4 4 (2.50%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.50%) R
5 3 (1.88%) Ladder Logic
6 2 (1.25%) C++
6 2 (1.25%) VB
7 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (13.75%) Degree
2 17 (10.63%) SC Cleared
2 17 (10.63%) Security Cleared
3 13 (8.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (6.25%) CCNA
4 10 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (6.25%) PMI Certification
4 10 (6.25%) PMP
5 9 (5.63%) CCA
5 9 (5.63%) Citrix Certification
5 9 (5.63%) MCSA
5 9 (5.63%) MCSE
5 9 (5.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 5 (3.13%) HND
7 4 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.50%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.88%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.25%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.75%) QA
2 13 (8.13%) SLA
3 5 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.50%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.88%) NIST
5 3 (1.88%) PMO
6 2 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.25%) GDPR
6 2 (1.25%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.63%) P3O
System Software
1 11 (6.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.00%) Docker
3 1 (0.63%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.88%) Cisco
2 11 (6.88%) Oracle
3 10 (6.25%) VMware
4 9 (5.63%) Citrix
4 9 (5.63%) SAP
5 3 (1.88%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.25%) Civica
6 2 (1.25%) Databricks
6 2 (1.25%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.25%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.25%) Workday
6 2 (1.25%) Zoho
7 1 (0.63%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.63%) Google
7 1 (0.63%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.63%) Juniper
7 1 (0.63%) Kaseya
7 1 (0.63%) Sage
7 1 (0.63%) Siemens