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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 93 80
Rank change year-on-year +31 -13 -32
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 323 183 312
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.19% 3.15% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 3.71% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 225 116 197
10th Percentile £31,100 £39,377 £35,800
25th Percentile £36,663 £46,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,652 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.80% +8.46% +1.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +13.41% -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 10,270 4,929 8,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.76% 84.72% 77.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,339 2,953 4,917
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

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 26 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 26 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 +3 180 £55,000 -7.80% 100
East Midlands +46 142 £40,000 -30.22% 47
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 21 (6.50%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.24%) PowerFactory
4 3 (0.93%) WordPress
5 2 (0.62%) ArchestrA
5 2 (0.62%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Confluence
6 1 (0.31%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.31%) WinCC
Applications
1 17 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.64%) Revit
4 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (2.17%) AutoCAD
6 4 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.24%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.31%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 8 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.17%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.93%) Magento
3 3 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.93%) Shopify
4 2 (0.62%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 52 (16.10%) Azure
2 43 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (6.50%) Entra ID
4 19 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.02%) SaaS
6 11 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.79%) Power Automate
8 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.86%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (1.24%) AWS
10 4 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.24%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.93%) Boomi
11 3 (0.93%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
13 1 (0.31%) iPaaS
13 1 (0.31%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.31%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.67%) Firewall
2 20 (6.19%) DHCP
2 20 (6.19%) DNS
3 16 (4.95%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.72%) VLAN
5 10 (3.10%) LAN
5 10 (3.10%) WAN
6 9 (2.79%) Wireless
7 8 (2.48%) VPN
8 7 (2.17%) Ethernet
8 7 (2.17%) Network Security
9 5 (1.55%) Modbus
10 3 (0.93%) NX-OS
10 3 (0.93%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.62%) Broadband
11 2 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
11 2 (0.62%) Profibus
11 2 (0.62%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (0.62%) VoIP
11 2 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.48%) Power BI
2 5 (1.55%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (0.93%) DTS
3 3 (0.93%) MySQL
4 1 (0.31%) GIS
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (4.33%) JIRA
2 5 (1.55%) Git
3 3 (0.93%) GitLab
3 3 (0.93%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.62%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.31%) Appium
5 1 (0.31%) JUnit
5 1 (0.31%) Selenium
5 1 (0.31%) TestNG
General
1 123 (38.08%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.76%) Finance
3 30 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.43%) Manufacturing
5 21 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (4.02%) Law
8 12 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.79%) Automotive
10 8 (2.48%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.17%) Legal
11 7 (2.17%) Retail
12 6 (1.86%) Advertising
12 6 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.55%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.24%) Marketing
15 3 (0.93%) Electronics
16 2 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 50 (15.48%) Project Manager
2 47 (14.55%) Senior
3 30 (9.29%) Delivery Manager
3 30 (9.29%) IT Manager
4 29 (8.98%) Analyst
5 23 (7.12%) Head of Delivery
6 20 (6.19%) Project Delivery Manager
7 17 (5.26%) Project Engineer
8 15 (4.64%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.33%) IT Technician
9 14 (4.33%) Support Technician
10 13 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (3.72%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.72%) IT Project Manager
11 12 (3.72%) IT Support
12 11 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.41%) IT Support Technician
12 11 (3.41%) Lead
12 11 (3.41%) Technical Manager
13 10 (3.10%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.55%) XML
2 4 (1.24%) CSS
2 4 (1.24%) Flash
2 4 (1.24%) HTML
3 3 (0.93%) RESTful
3 3 (0.93%) Terraform
4 2 (0.62%) Middleware
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.62%) REST
5 1 (0.31%) .NET
5 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.31%) EDI
5 1 (0.31%) JSON
5 1 (0.31%) SOAP
5 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.50%) Driving Licence
2 16 (4.95%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.64%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.41%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.48%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.48%) PMI
6 8 (2.48%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.17%) SCADA
8 6 (1.86%) IoT
8 6 (1.86%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.55%) Robotics
10 4 (1.24%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.93%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.93%) NHS
11 3 (0.93%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.36%) Windows
2 19 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.93%) Linux
3 3 (0.93%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.62%) Android
4 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (25.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 77 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (19.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 56 (17.34%) Agile
5 55 (17.03%) Project Management
6 38 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 33 (10.22%) Service Delivery
8 31 (9.60%) Collaborative Working
9 29 (8.98%) ITIL
9 29 (8.98%) Roadmaps
10 28 (8.67%) Mentoring
10 28 (8.67%) Risk Management
11 27 (8.36%) ERP
11 27 (8.36%) PRINCE2
11 27 (8.36%) Process Improvement
12 24 (7.43%) Decision-Making
13 23 (7.12%) Waterfall
14 22 (6.81%) Programme Delivery
15 21 (6.50%) AI
15 21 (6.50%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.67%) SQL
2 10 (3.10%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.79%) JavaScript
3 9 (2.79%) VBA
4 7 (2.17%) C#
4 7 (2.17%) Python
5 5 (1.55%) C
6 2 (0.62%) Ruby
7 1 (0.31%) Bash
7 1 (0.31%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (11.46%) Degree
2 21 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.02%) PMI Certification
4 12 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (3.72%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.48%) CCNA
5 8 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.48%) PMP
6 6 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.55%) HNC
8 4 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.24%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.93%) CBAP
9 3 (0.93%) CCNP
9 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.93%) IIBA
9 3 (0.93%) MCSE
9 3 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.62%) CISM
10 2 (0.62%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.64%) SLA
2 8 (2.48%) QA
3 6 (1.86%) IEC 61131
3 6 (1.86%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.55%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.55%) ISO 14001
4 5 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.24%) ISO 19650
5 4 (1.24%) PMO
6 3 (0.93%) GDPR
6 3 (0.93%) NIST
7 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 34 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.33%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.86%) vSphere
4 4 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.62%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.62%) XenApp
6 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.24%) FortiGate
2 4 (1.24%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (22.60%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.12%) SAP
3 14 (4.33%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.02%) Cisco
5 12 (3.72%) Siemens
6 7 (2.17%) Oracle
6 7 (2.17%) Rockwell
7 6 (1.86%) Foundry
7 6 (1.86%) VMware
8 5 (1.55%) Allen-Bradley
8 5 (1.55%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.24%) Ariba
9 4 (1.24%) DIgSILENT
9 4 (1.24%) dotdigital
9 4 (1.24%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.24%) IFS
10 3 (0.93%) Dell
10 3 (0.93%) Meraki
11 2 (0.62%) Citrix
11 2 (0.62%) FIS