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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 45 43
Rank change year-on-year -49 -2 +22
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 199 253 503
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.66% 5.25% 4.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 5.87% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 113 150 366
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,610 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% - -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,456 £66,550
90th Percentile £81,000 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £63,076 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.92% +8.70% -8.00%

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 8,853 4,311 9,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 74.00% 89.38% 82.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,190 2,581 7,098
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -52 118 £57,500 +0.88% 73
East Midlands -24 81 £52,500 +5.00% 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 (6.53%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (1.01%) WordPress
5 1 (0.50%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (2.01%) NetSuite
3 4 (2.01%) SAP Business One
4 2 (1.01%) Magento
4 2 (1.01%) Shopify
5 1 (0.50%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 41 (20.60%) Azure
2 27 (13.57%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (9.05%) Power Platform
4 14 (7.04%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.53%) AWS
6 9 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.52%) IaaS
6 9 (4.52%) PaaS
7 8 (4.02%) SaaS
8 4 (2.01%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.01%) GCP
9 2 (1.01%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.50%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.50%) OCI
10 1 (0.50%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.52%) Firewall
2 5 (2.51%) Ethernet
2 5 (2.51%) LAN
2 5 (2.51%) VPN
3 4 (2.01%) WAN
4 3 (1.51%) DHCP
4 3 (1.51%) DNS
4 3 (1.51%) Modbus
4 3 (1.51%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.01%) Broadband
5 2 (1.01%) PBX
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%) BGP
6 1 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.50%) MPLS
6 1 (0.50%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.52%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.02%) Power BI
3 3 (1.51%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.01%) MySQL
5 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.50%) DTS
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
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 2 (1.01%) JIRA
4 1 (0.50%) Appium
4 1 (0.50%) Git
4 1 (0.50%) Selenium
4 1 (0.50%) TestNG
General
1 77 (38.69%) Social Skills
2 49 (24.62%) Finance
3 29 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (7.54%) Manufacturing
6 13 (6.53%) Legal
6 13 (6.53%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.52%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.52%) Advertising
10 6 (3.02%) Law
11 4 (2.01%) Banking
11 4 (2.01%) Marketing
11 4 (2.01%) Retail
12 3 (1.51%) Aviation
12 3 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.01%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.01%) Automotive
14 1 (0.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 47 (23.62%) Project Manager
2 44 (22.11%) Senior
3 26 (13.07%) IT Manager
4 19 (9.55%) Analyst
4 19 (9.55%) Architect
5 17 (8.54%) Lead
6 16 (8.04%) Senior Manager
6 16 (8.04%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (7.54%) IT Project Manager
8 13 (6.53%) Delivery Manager
8 13 (6.53%) Senior Project Manager
9 10 (5.03%) IT Support
9 10 (5.03%) Support Technician
10 9 (4.52%) Project Delivery Manager
11 8 (4.02%) Business Analyst
11 8 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (3.52%) Business Manager
12 7 (3.52%) Developer
13 6 (3.02%) Development Manager
13 6 (3.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.51%) REST
2 4 (2.01%) XML
3 2 (1.01%) .NET
3 2 (1.01%) CSS
3 2 (1.01%) HTML
3 2 (1.01%) PySpark
3 2 (1.01%) RESTful
4 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.50%) Bootstrap
4 1 (0.50%) EDI
4 1 (0.50%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.50%) jQuery
4 1 (0.50%) React
4 1 (0.50%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.53%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.53%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.52%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.52%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.02%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.51%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.51%) Mobile Computing
5 5 (2.51%) SCADA
6 4 (2.01%) Credit Risk
6 4 (2.01%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.01%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.51%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.01%) IoT
8 2 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.01%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.55%) Windows
2 14 (7.04%) Linux
3 4 (2.01%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.01%) Android
4 2 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (28.64%) Agile
2 49 (24.62%) Project Management
3 47 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (16.58%) Roadmaps
6 32 (16.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 32 (16.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (13.07%) Mentoring
8 20 (10.05%) CRM
8 20 (10.05%) Enterprise Architecture
8 20 (10.05%) Service Delivery
9 19 (9.55%) PRINCE2
10 17 (8.54%) Budget Management
10 17 (8.54%) Change Control
10 17 (8.54%) Change Management
11 15 (7.54%) ITIL
12 14 (7.04%) AI
12 14 (7.04%) ERP
12 14 (7.04%) Risk Management
12 14 (7.04%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.05%) SQL
2 8 (4.02%) C
3 6 (3.02%) C#
3 6 (3.02%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.02%) Python
4 5 (2.51%) VBA
5 4 (2.01%) Bash
5 4 (2.01%) Java
5 4 (2.01%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.01%) R
6 3 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.51%) Ladder Logic
7 2 (1.01%) C++
7 2 (1.01%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (12.06%) Degree
2 21 (10.55%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.04%) PMI Certification
5 13 (6.53%) PMP
6 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.01%) CCNA
7 4 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.01%) HND
8 3 (1.51%) CCA
8 3 (1.51%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (1.51%) MCSA
8 3 (1.51%) MCSE
8 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (1.01%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.01%) HNC
9 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.54%) QA
2 6 (3.02%) SLA
3 5 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.01%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.01%) GDPR
5 3 (1.51%) NIST
5 3 (1.51%) PMO
6 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.01%) IEC 61131
6 2 (1.01%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.50%) P3O
System Software
1 12 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.52%) Docker
3 2 (1.01%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.01%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.01%) vSphere
4 1 (0.50%) Firmware
4 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (5.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.52%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (20.60%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.05%) SAP
3 9 (4.52%) Oracle
4 6 (3.02%) Cisco
5 4 (2.01%) Ariba
5 4 (2.01%) VMware
6 3 (1.51%) Citrix
7 2 (1.01%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (1.01%) Civica
7 2 (1.01%) Databricks
7 2 (1.01%) Kaseya
7 2 (1.01%) MobileIron
7 2 (1.01%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.01%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.01%) Siemens
7 2 (1.01%) Zoho
8 1 (0.50%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.50%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.50%) Teradata
8 1 (0.50%) Workday