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

 6 months to
9 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 51 50
Rank change year-on-year -47 -1 +13
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 199 236 484
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.54% 4.65% 4.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 5.18% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 116 138 353
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,358 £33,200
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £63,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% +14.55% -12.00%

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 9,379 4,553 9,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.57% 89.70% 81.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,656 2,607 7,160
10th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,625 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £81,250 £76,350 £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 9 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 9 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 -55 122 £57,500 +2.68% 75
East Midlands +1 77 £55,000 +3.29% 32
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 (6.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (1.51%) WordPress
5 1 (0.50%) ArchestrA
5 1 (0.50%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.50%) IIS
5 1 (0.50%) PowerFactory
5 1 (0.50%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.50%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.50%) Revit
2 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.52%) SAP Business One
3 3 (1.51%) Magento
3 3 (1.51%) Shopify
4 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (16.58%) Azure
2 25 (12.56%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (10.05%) Power Platform
4 15 (7.54%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.52%) IaaS
5 9 (4.52%) PaaS
6 8 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.52%) AWS
8 4 (2.01%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.01%) SaaS
9 2 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.01%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.01%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.50%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.02%) Ethernet
2 5 (2.51%) VPN
3 4 (2.01%) Firewall
3 4 (2.01%) WAN
4 3 (1.51%) DHCP
4 3 (1.51%) DNS
4 3 (1.51%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.01%) Broadband
5 2 (1.01%) LAN
5 2 (1.01%) Modbus
5 2 (1.01%) PBX
5 2 (1.01%) Profibus
5 2 (1.01%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.01%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.01%) VLAN
5 2 (1.01%) VoIP
6 1 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.50%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.52%) Power BI
2 6 (3.02%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.51%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (1.51%) MySQL
5 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.50%) DTS
5 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.51%) JUnit
2 4 (2.01%) Maven
2 4 (2.01%) Mockito
3 1 (0.50%) Appium
3 1 (0.50%) Git
3 1 (0.50%) Selenium
3 1 (0.50%) TestNG
General
1 64 (32.16%) Social Skills
2 45 (22.61%) Finance
3 23 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.04%) Manufacturing
5 13 (6.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.03%) Advertising
7 9 (4.52%) Legal
7 9 (4.52%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.52%) Law
10 5 (2.51%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.51%) Automotive
11 4 (2.01%) Marketing
11 4 (2.01%) Retail
12 3 (1.51%) Aviation
13 2 (1.01%) Banking
13 2 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.50%) Games
14 1 (0.50%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 43 (21.61%) Project Manager
2 41 (20.60%) Senior
3 26 (13.07%) IT Manager
4 19 (9.55%) Analyst
5 18 (9.05%) Delivery Manager
6 16 (8.04%) Head of Delivery
7 14 (7.04%) Lead
7 14 (7.04%) Senior Manager
8 12 (6.03%) Architect
8 12 (6.03%) IT Project Manager
8 12 (6.03%) Project Delivery Manager
9 11 (5.53%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (4.52%) SAP Support
10 9 (4.52%) Senior Project Manager
10 9 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (4.02%) Business Manager
11 8 (4.02%) Project Engineer
11 8 (4.02%) Senior Support Analyst
11 8 (4.02%) Support Analyst
12 7 (3.52%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.51%) REST
2 4 (2.01%) XML
3 3 (1.51%) CSS
3 3 (1.51%) HTML
3 3 (1.51%) RESTful
4 2 (1.01%) .NET
4 2 (1.01%) PySpark
5 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.50%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.50%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.50%) Flash
5 1 (0.50%) jQuery
5 1 (0.50%) React
5 1 (0.50%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.53%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.53%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.52%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.52%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.51%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.51%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.51%) Mobile Computing
7 5 (2.51%) Robotics
8 4 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.51%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.51%) SCADA
9 3 (1.51%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.01%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.53%) Windows
2 8 (4.02%) Linux
3 4 (2.01%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.01%) Android
4 2 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (27.64%) Agile
2 38 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (18.59%) Project Management
4 34 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (17.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 29 (14.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (14.07%) Roadmaps
7 19 (9.55%) Service Delivery
8 16 (8.04%) Budget Management
8 16 (8.04%) Mentoring
9 14 (7.04%) Change Management
9 14 (7.04%) PRINCE2
10 13 (6.53%) Data Privacy
10 13 (6.53%) Enterprise Architecture
10 13 (6.53%) ERP
10 13 (6.53%) Risk Management
10 13 (6.53%) Waterfall
11 12 (6.03%) ITIL
12 11 (5.53%) Change Control
12 11 (5.53%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.55%) SQL
2 9 (4.52%) C
3 7 (3.52%) C#
4 6 (3.02%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.02%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.51%) Python
6 4 (2.01%) Bash
6 4 (2.01%) Java
6 4 (2.01%) PL/SQL
6 4 (2.01%) R
7 3 (1.51%) VBA
8 1 (0.50%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 17 (8.54%) Degree
2 13 (6.53%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.03%) PMI Certification
4 9 (4.52%) PMP
5 8 (4.02%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.51%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.51%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.01%) HNC
8 2 (1.01%) HND
8 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.50%) APMG
9 1 (0.50%) APMP
9 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.50%) CCNA
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.50%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.54%) QA
2 6 (3.02%) IEC 61131
3 4 (2.01%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.01%) PMO
4 3 (1.51%) GDPR
5 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.50%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.50%) NIST
6 1 (0.50%) P3O
System Software
1 17 (8.54%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.01%) Docker
3 2 (1.01%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.01%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.01%) vSphere
4 1 (0.50%) Firmware
4 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.01%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.01%) Terraform
5 1 (0.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 38 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.05%) SAP
3 6 (3.02%) Siemens
4 5 (2.51%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (2.51%) Oracle
5 4 (2.01%) Ariba
6 3 (1.51%) Cisco
6 3 (1.51%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.01%) Civica
7 2 (1.01%) Databricks
7 2 (1.01%) Kaseya
7 2 (1.01%) MobileIron
7 2 (1.01%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.50%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.50%) DIgSILENT
8 1 (0.50%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.50%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.50%) VMware
8 1 (0.50%) Workday
107 Project Delivery jobs in the Midlands