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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 82 55
Rank change year-on-year -8 -27 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 219 186 475
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.65% 3.81% 3.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 4.26% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 133 100 348
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,875 £33,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,813 £65,313
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.62% +18.18% -10.10%

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 9,635 4,366 9,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.52% 89.47% 80.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,885 2,375 7,358
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,897 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,959 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 28 May 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 May 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 -34 138 £57,500 - 84
East Midlands +5 80 £49,250 -17.92% 38
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 13 (5.94%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (1.83%) PowerFactory
4 3 (1.37%) WordPress
5 2 (0.91%) ArchestrA
6 1 (0.46%) CMS
6 1 (0.46%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.46%) IIS
6 1 (0.46%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.46%) WinCC
Applications
1 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.83%) AutoCAD
2 4 (1.83%) Revit
3 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.20%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.37%) Magento
4 3 (1.37%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.16%) Azure
2 26 (11.87%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (7.76%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.85%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.74%) AWS
5 6 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.28%) IaaS
6 5 (2.28%) PaaS
6 5 (2.28%) SaaS
7 4 (1.83%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.83%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.91%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.46%) Boomi
9 1 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.46%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.11%) Ethernet
2 8 (3.65%) Firewall
3 7 (3.20%) DHCP
3 7 (3.20%) DNS
3 7 (3.20%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.74%) VPN
5 5 (2.28%) VLAN
6 4 (1.83%) WAN
7 3 (1.37%) LAN
7 3 (1.37%) Modbus
7 3 (1.37%) Profibus
8 2 (0.91%) Broadband
8 2 (0.91%) PBX
8 2 (0.91%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.91%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.91%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.91%) VoIP
8 2 (0.91%) Wireless
9 1 (0.46%) SNMP
9 1 (0.46%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.74%) Power BI
1 6 (2.74%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.28%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (1.37%) MySQL
4 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.46%) DTS
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.28%) JUnit
2 4 (1.83%) Maven
2 4 (1.83%) Mockito
3 1 (0.46%) Appium
3 1 (0.46%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) Selenium
3 1 (0.46%) TestNG
General
1 66 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 41 (18.72%) Finance
3 24 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.31%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (4.57%) Advertising
7 8 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.65%) Legal
7 8 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.65%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.20%) Law
9 6 (2.74%) Automotive
10 5 (2.28%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.28%) Retail
11 3 (1.37%) Aviation
11 3 (1.37%) Marketing
12 2 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Games
13 1 (0.46%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 47 (21.46%) Senior
2 41 (18.72%) Project Manager
3 24 (10.96%) IT Manager
4 21 (9.59%) Delivery Manager
5 20 (9.13%) Head of Delivery
6 17 (7.76%) Analyst
7 16 (7.31%) Senior Manager
8 15 (6.85%) Lead
9 12 (5.48%) Project Delivery Manager
10 10 (4.57%) IT Project Manager
10 10 (4.57%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (4.57%) Support Technician
10 10 (4.57%) Systems Engineer
11 9 (4.11%) Business Manager
11 9 (4.11%) SAP Support
11 9 (4.11%) Senior Project Manager
12 8 (3.65%) Project Engineer
12 8 (3.65%) Senior Support Analyst
12 8 (3.65%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.65%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.74%) REST
2 4 (1.83%) CSS
2 4 (1.83%) Flash
2 4 (1.83%) HTML
2 4 (1.83%) XML
3 3 (1.37%) .NET
3 3 (1.37%) RESTful
4 2 (0.91%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.46%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.46%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.46%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.46%) jQuery
5 1 (0.46%) Middleware
5 1 (0.46%) React
5 1 (0.46%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.46%) Web Services
5 1 (0.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.39%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.20%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.28%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.28%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.28%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.28%) Mobile Computing
5 5 (2.28%) Robotics
5 5 (2.28%) SCADA
5 5 (2.28%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.83%) IoT
6 4 (1.83%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.37%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.39%) Windows
2 8 (3.65%) Linux
3 4 (1.83%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.91%) Android
4 2 (0.91%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.48%) Agile
2 45 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (16.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 33 (15.07%) Project Management
6 29 (13.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (10.96%) Mentoring
7 24 (10.96%) Roadmaps
8 23 (10.50%) Service Delivery
9 15 (6.85%) Budget Management
9 15 (6.85%) ITIL
9 15 (6.85%) Risk Management
9 15 (6.85%) Waterfall
10 14 (6.39%) Change Management
10 14 (6.39%) ERP
11 13 (5.94%) Collaborative Working
11 13 (5.94%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (5.94%) PRINCE2
11 13 (5.94%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (5.48%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.13%) SQL
2 9 (4.11%) C
3 8 (3.65%) C#
4 7 (3.20%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.74%) VBA
6 5 (2.28%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.83%) Bash
7 4 (1.83%) Java
7 4 (1.83%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.83%) Python
7 4 (1.83%) R
8 2 (0.91%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 21 (9.59%) Degree
2 17 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.11%) PMI Certification
4 8 (3.65%) PMP
4 8 (3.65%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.28%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.28%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.91%) HNC
8 2 (0.91%) HND
8 2 (0.91%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.46%) APMG
9 1 (0.46%) APMP
9 1 (0.46%) CCNA
9 1 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.46%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.85%) QA
2 6 (2.74%) IEC 61131
3 5 (2.28%) ISO 14001
3 5 (2.28%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.37%) GDPR
5 3 (1.37%) PMO
5 3 (1.37%) SLA
6 2 (0.91%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.46%) NIST
7 1 (0.46%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (10.05%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.28%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.83%) Docker
4 2 (0.91%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.91%) vSphere
5 1 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.83%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.76%) SAP
3 7 (3.20%) Siemens
4 5 (2.28%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (2.28%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.83%) Ariba
5 4 (1.83%) Cisco
5 4 (1.83%) DIgSILENT
5 4 (1.83%) Oracle
6 2 (0.91%) dotdigital
6 2 (0.91%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.91%) IFS
6 2 (0.91%) Kaseya
6 2 (0.91%) MobileIron
6 2 (0.91%) Rockwell
6 2 (0.91%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.91%) VMware
7 1 (0.46%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.46%) Civica
7 1 (0.46%) Databricks