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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 99 72
Rank change year-on-year +44 -27 -38
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 395 158 297
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.52% 2.82% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% 3.25% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 251 105 148
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,500 £40,586
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -5.43%

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 11,072 4,865 7,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.66% 86.98% 80.50%
Number of salaries quoted 7,800 2,822 3,526
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,031 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,281 £45,445 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -9.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +27 217 £57,000 -0.76% 234
East Midlands +38 177 £44,500 -3.78% 99
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 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.01%) Confluence
3 4 (1.01%) PowerFactory
4 2 (0.51%) ArchestrA
4 2 (0.51%) IIS
4 2 (0.51%) WordPress
5 1 (0.25%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.25%) WinCC
Applications
1 26 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (5.57%) Revit
4 10 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.77%) AutoCAD
5 7 (1.77%) Navisworks
6 5 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (1.01%) Simulink
7 4 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.76%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.51%) Notion
10 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.25%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 7 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.27%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.01%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.51%) Magento
5 2 (0.51%) Maximo
5 2 (0.51%) Shopify
6 1 (0.25%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 72 (18.23%) Azure
2 55 (13.92%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (7.09%) Entra ID
4 26 (6.58%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.80%) SaaS
6 13 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (2.28%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.77%) AWS
10 6 (1.52%) Copilot Studio
10 6 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.01%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.76%) Boomi
12 3 (0.76%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.51%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.51%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 2 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.10%) Firewall
2 23 (5.82%) DNS
3 22 (5.57%) DHCP
4 17 (4.30%) TCP/IP
5 14 (3.54%) LAN
5 14 (3.54%) VLAN
5 14 (3.54%) WAN
6 12 (3.04%) Modbus
7 10 (2.53%) Wireless
8 9 (2.28%) Network Security
9 8 (2.03%) VPN
10 5 (1.27%) Ethernet
10 5 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.01%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.01%) WLAN
12 3 (0.76%) Broadband
12 3 (0.76%) NX-OS
12 3 (0.76%) VoIP
13 2 (0.51%) Cisco Wireless
13 2 (0.51%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.80%) Power BI
2 5 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (1.01%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.76%) GIS
5 2 (0.51%) Db2
5 2 (0.51%) DTS
5 2 (0.51%) MySQL
6 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (5.32%) JIRA
2 10 (2.53%) LabVIEW
3 5 (1.27%) Git
4 3 (0.76%) GitLab
5 2 (0.51%) Yeoman
General
1 162 (41.01%) Social Skills
2 58 (14.68%) Finance
3 44 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (11.14%) Organisational Skills
4 31 (7.85%) Manufacturing
5 23 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.80%) Law
8 13 (3.29%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.78%) Automotive
9 11 (2.78%) Electronics
9 11 (2.78%) Legal
10 9 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.03%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.77%) Marketing
12 7 (1.77%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.52%) Retail
14 5 (1.27%) Military
15 4 (1.01%) Advertising
16 2 (0.51%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 53 (13.42%) Project Manager
2 51 (12.91%) Senior
3 39 (9.87%) Analyst
4 24 (6.08%) Delivery Manager
4 24 (6.08%) Project Engineer
5 20 (5.06%) Head of Delivery
5 20 (5.06%) IT Manager
6 19 (4.81%) Automation Engineer
7 18 (4.56%) Architect
7 18 (4.56%) Senior Manager
8 16 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (4.05%) Lead
8 16 (4.05%) Project Delivery Manager
9 15 (3.80%) Technical Manager
10 14 (3.54%) Systems Engineer
11 12 (3.04%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.04%) IT Engineer
11 12 (3.04%) Senior Architect
12 11 (2.78%) IT Support
12 11 (2.78%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.01%) Flash
2 3 (0.76%) CSS
2 3 (0.76%) HTML
2 3 (0.76%) Middleware
2 3 (0.76%) Terraform
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.51%) REST
3 2 (0.51%) RESTful
3 2 (0.51%) XML
4 1 (0.25%) .NET
4 1 (0.25%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.25%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.25%) EDI
4 1 (0.25%) JSON
4 1 (0.25%) SOAP
4 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.11%) Driving Licence
2 26 (6.58%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.81%) SCADA
4 18 (4.56%) Data Centre
5 16 (4.05%) Management Information System
5 16 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (3.54%) Operational Technology
7 8 (2.03%) PMI
7 8 (2.03%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.77%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.52%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.52%) Robotics
9 6 (1.52%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.01%) IoT
11 4 (1.01%) Social Media
11 4 (1.01%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.76%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 41 (10.38%) Windows
2 26 (6.58%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.76%) Linux
4 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.51%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.25%) AIX
5 1 (0.25%) Android
5 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.25%) Solaris
5 1 (0.25%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (30.63%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (24.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 84 (21.27%) Project Management
4 82 (20.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (15.44%) Agile
6 46 (11.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 41 (10.38%) Collaborative Working
8 37 (9.37%) Mentoring
9 35 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (8.61%) PRINCE2
11 33 (8.35%) ITIL
11 33 (8.35%) Risk Management
12 32 (8.10%) Service Delivery
13 30 (7.59%) Decision-Making
13 30 (7.59%) Programme Delivery
14 28 (7.09%) AI
14 28 (7.09%) ERP
14 28 (7.09%) Process Improvement
15 27 (6.84%) Commercial Awareness
16 24 (6.08%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 37 (9.37%) SQL
2 17 (4.30%) PowerShell
3 10 (2.53%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.28%) VBA
5 7 (1.77%) Python
6 6 (1.52%) C
6 6 (1.52%) C#
7 4 (1.01%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.51%) C++
8 2 (0.51%) Java
8 2 (0.51%) Ruby
8 2 (0.51%) VBScript
9 1 (0.25%) Bash
9 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.25%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 64 (16.20%) Degree
2 29 (7.34%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.82%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.80%) HNC
5 13 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.78%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.53%) CCNA
7 10 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.28%) HND
9 8 (2.03%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.77%) PMP
11 5 (1.27%) CCNP
11 5 (1.27%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.01%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.76%) CBAP
13 3 (0.76%) IIBA
13 3 (0.76%) MCSE
13 3 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.30%) SLA
2 13 (3.29%) PMO
3 11 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.28%) QA
5 8 (2.03%) ISO 9001
5 8 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.77%) ISO 19650
7 6 (1.52%) GDPR
8 5 (1.27%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.27%) IEC 61131
8 5 (1.27%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.76%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (9.62%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.29%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.77%) vSphere
4 6 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.51%) XenApp
7 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 16 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.27%) Functional Safety
3 4 (1.01%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.25%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 99 (25.06%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.81%) Siemens
3 17 (4.30%) SAP
4 16 (4.05%) Salesforce
5 15 (3.80%) Oracle
6 14 (3.54%) Rockwell
7 13 (3.29%) Cisco
8 9 (2.28%) VMware
9 6 (1.52%) Foundry
9 6 (1.52%) Sage
10 5 (1.27%) Allen-Bradley
10 5 (1.27%) IFS
10 5 (1.27%) Meraki
10 5 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.01%) DIgSILENT
11 4 (1.01%) dotdigital
11 4 (1.01%) Remedy
12 3 (0.76%) Dell
12 3 (0.76%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (0.76%) YouTube