Project Delivery Job Trends in the North of England

Project Delivery
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 56 57
Rank change year-on-year -28 +1 +32
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 338 290 601
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.04% 4.50% 3.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 4.78% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 215 152 460
10th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,455 £42,688 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,625 £80,000
England median annual salary £63,076 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.92% +8.70% -8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,200 6,069 13,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 73.81% 94.12% 83.78%
Number of salaries quoted 7,467 3,706 10,830
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
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 North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the North of England

Project Delivery
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Project Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Delivery in the North of England

Project Delivery
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 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
North West -48 154 £57,500 +4.55% 73
Yorkshire -11 104 £60,850 +10.64% 38
North East +17 80 £44,750 +19.33% 17
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 11 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.18%) Confluence
4 3 (0.89%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.96%) AutoCAD
3 9 (2.66%) SOLIDWORKS
4 8 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.37%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.59%) Navisworks
7 2 (0.59%) Revit
7 2 (0.59%) Sketch
8 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.89%) Shopify
2 2 (0.59%) iTrent
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.30%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (15.98%) Azure
2 30 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (7.99%) AWS
4 21 (6.21%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 13 (3.85%) GCP
6 12 (3.55%) PowerApps
7 10 (2.96%) SaaS
8 9 (2.66%) PaaS
9 8 (2.37%) GitHub
9 8 (2.37%) IaaS
10 7 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (1.48%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.89%) Figma
12 3 (0.89%) Serverless
13 2 (0.59%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.59%) Heroku
13 2 (0.59%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.62%) Firewall
2 18 (5.33%) VPN
3 13 (3.85%) VLAN
4 12 (3.55%) Network Security
5 11 (3.25%) DHCP
5 11 (3.25%) DNS
5 11 (3.25%) LAN
5 11 (3.25%) WAN
6 8 (2.37%) BGP
6 8 (2.37%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (2.37%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (2.37%) Cisco Wireless
6 8 (2.37%) EIGRP
6 8 (2.37%) OSPF
6 8 (2.37%) SNMP
6 8 (2.37%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.37%) WAAS
6 8 (2.37%) Wireless
6 8 (2.37%) Wireless Security
7 3 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.66%) Power BI
2 5 (1.48%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.59%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.59%) Tableau
4 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.30%) MySQL
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.30%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 10 (2.96%) JIRA
2 3 (0.89%) Git
3 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.30%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) Hudson
General
1 116 (34.32%) Social Skills
2 74 (21.89%) Manufacturing
3 67 (19.82%) Finance
4 64 (18.93%) Marketing
5 39 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (9.76%) Public Sector
7 26 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.96%) Legal
9 8 (2.37%) Law
9 8 (2.37%) Retail
10 5 (1.48%) Advertising
11 4 (1.18%) Banking
11 4 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 71 (21.01%) Project Manager
2 53 (15.68%) Development Manager
2 53 (15.68%) Product Manager
2 53 (15.68%) Senior
3 51 (15.09%) Product Development Manager
4 32 (9.47%) Analyst
5 22 (6.51%) IT Manager
6 20 (5.92%) IT Support
7 19 (5.62%) Lead
7 19 (5.62%) Senior Manager
8 17 (5.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (5.03%) IT Project Manager
8 17 (5.03%) Senior Project Manager
9 15 (4.44%) Support Technician
10 12 (3.55%) Business Analyst
10 12 (3.55%) Delivery Manager
10 12 (3.55%) Digital Project Manager
11 11 (3.25%) Architect
11 11 (3.25%) Senior Digital Project Manager
12 10 (2.96%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.66%) Node.js
2 7 (2.07%) Vue
3 6 (1.78%) React
4 5 (1.48%) HTML
5 3 (0.89%) .NET
5 3 (0.89%) Middleware
6 2 (0.59%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.59%) XML
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.30%) Pyramid
7 1 (0.30%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.09%) FMCG
2 22 (6.51%) Driving Licence
3 21 (6.21%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 15 (4.44%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.14%) Low-Code
6 13 (3.85%) Legacy Applications
7 12 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.07%) Social Media
10 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.18%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.89%) Animation
11 3 (0.89%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.89%) Photography
12 2 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.59%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.17%) Windows
2 10 (2.96%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.18%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.59%) Android
4 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.59%) Linux
4 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (46.45%) Project Management
2 99 (29.29%) Agile
3 88 (26.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 80 (23.67%) Decision-Making
5 64 (18.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (15.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 52 (15.38%) Community of Practice
8 51 (15.09%) Chemistry
8 51 (15.09%) Commercialisation
9 43 (12.72%) Mentoring
10 41 (12.13%) Change Management
11 39 (11.54%) PRINCE2
12 34 (10.06%) Business Case
12 34 (10.06%) Waterfall
13 27 (7.99%) DevOps
14 26 (7.69%) Roadmaps
15 25 (7.40%) Coaching
15 25 (7.40%) Collaborative Working
16 22 (6.51%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.33%) SQL
2 13 (3.85%) Python
3 11 (3.25%) VBA
4 6 (1.78%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.48%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.89%) Bicep
6 3 (0.89%) Java
6 3 (0.89%) PHP
7 2 (0.59%) COBOL
7 2 (0.59%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.59%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.30%) Bash
8 1 (0.30%) C
8 1 (0.30%) C#
Qualifications
1 100 (29.59%) Degree
2 25 (7.40%) PMP
3 24 (7.10%) PMI Certification
4 17 (5.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (4.44%) Security Cleared
6 13 (3.85%) RIBA
6 13 (3.85%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.66%) CCNP
9 9 (2.66%) HNC
10 8 (2.37%) CCIE
11 7 (2.07%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.78%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.89%) CISSP
14 3 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 2 (0.59%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.69%) PMO
2 12 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (3.55%) QA
3 9 (2.66%) GRC
4 6 (1.78%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.48%) GDPR
6 4 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.18%) SLA
7 3 (0.89%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.59%) ISO 19650
8 2 (0.59%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.59%) NIST
8 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.59%) WCAG
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.37%) ProxySG
4 7 (2.07%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.59%) Docker
5 2 (0.59%) vSphere
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.78%) Terraform
3 5 (1.48%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.18%) Ansible
5 3 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) Kibana
Vendors
1 52 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.55%) VMware
3 10 (2.96%) Cisco
3 10 (2.96%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.66%) F5
5 8 (2.37%) Adobe
5 8 (2.37%) Blue Coat
5 8 (2.37%) CheckPoint
5 8 (2.37%) Google
5 8 (2.37%) Infoblox
5 8 (2.37%) Motorola
5 8 (2.37%) SolarWinds
6 5 (1.48%) HubSpot
6 5 (1.48%) SAP
7 4 (1.18%) Apple
8 3 (0.89%) NEC
8 3 (0.89%) Oracle
9 2 (0.59%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.59%) IFS
9 2 (0.59%) Meraki