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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 35 48
Rank change year-on-year -26 +13 +23
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 335 518 406
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.19% 5.48% 5.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 6.10% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 175 212 272
10th Percentile £35,600 £37,500 £38,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,233 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,625 £60,000 £71,546
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%

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 8,617 8,495 6,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.05% 89.86% 90.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 3,856 5,290
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,726
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -1.04%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -46 129 £58,750 +10.85% 95
Yorkshire -1 128 £55,000 +10.00% 46
North East +10 78 £42,000 -20.75% 14
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 12 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.60%) WinCC
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.39%) AutoCAD
5 7 (2.09%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.30%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.30%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.30%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.30%) Revit
8 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.09%) Shopify
3 3 (0.90%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.90%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.90%) SAP PS
4 2 (0.60%) iTrent
4 2 (0.60%) Primavera
4 2 (0.60%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 63 (18.81%) Azure
2 43 (12.84%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (8.06%) SaaS
4 21 (6.27%) AWS
5 19 (5.67%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.88%) GCP
7 12 (3.58%) Entra ID
8 11 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (2.39%) IaaS
9 8 (2.39%) PaaS
10 5 (1.49%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.19%) GitHub
11 4 (1.19%) Serverless
12 2 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.60%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.78%) Firewall
2 12 (3.58%) SAN
3 11 (3.28%) VPN
4 10 (2.99%) DHCP
4 10 (2.99%) DNS
5 9 (2.69%) LAN
5 9 (2.69%) VLAN
6 8 (2.39%) WAN
7 6 (1.79%) Network Security
7 6 (1.79%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.90%) Wireless
9 2 (0.60%) BGP
9 2 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.60%) EIGRP
9 2 (0.60%) MPLS
9 2 (0.60%) OSPF
9 2 (0.60%) SNMP
9 2 (0.60%) VoIP
9 2 (0.60%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.48%) Power BI
2 6 (1.79%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.30%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.30%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (0.90%) JIRA
2 2 (0.60%) Git
2 2 (0.60%) GitLab
3 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 129 (38.51%) Finance
2 116 (34.63%) Manufacturing
3 89 (26.57%) Social Skills
4 81 (24.18%) Marketing
5 31 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (6.27%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.48%) Advertising
8 14 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.58%) Law
10 9 (2.69%) Legal
10 9 (2.69%) Retail
11 8 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.49%) Banking
13 4 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.60%) Police
15 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.30%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 81 (24.18%) Development Manager
2 76 (22.69%) Product Development Manager
2 76 (22.69%) Product Manager
3 51 (15.22%) Project Manager
4 47 (14.03%) Senior
5 22 (6.57%) IT Manager
6 21 (6.27%) Lead
6 21 (6.27%) Support Technician
7 20 (5.97%) IT Support
8 18 (5.37%) Analyst
9 14 (4.18%) Business Analyst
10 13 (3.88%) IT Project Manager
11 12 (3.58%) Principal Engineer
12 11 (3.28%) Infrastructure Manager
12 11 (3.28%) Infrastructure Support
12 11 (3.28%) Infrastructure Support Technician
12 11 (3.28%) Infrastructure Technician
13 10 (2.99%) Delivery Manager
14 9 (2.69%) Architect
14 9 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.39%) CSS
2 6 (1.79%) React
3 5 (1.49%) .NET
4 4 (1.19%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.19%) Vue
5 3 (0.90%) Middleware
6 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (0.60%) HTML
6 2 (0.60%) Node.js
6 2 (0.60%) REST
7 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.30%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.30%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.30%) Pyramid
7 1 (0.30%) Snowpark
7 1 (0.30%) Spring
7 1 (0.30%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.30%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 82 (24.48%) FMCG
2 20 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (5.67%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.18%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.18%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.09%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.49%) IoT
7 5 (1.49%) Social Media
8 4 (1.19%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.19%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.90%) Educational Technology
9 3 (0.90%) SCADA
10 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.60%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.60%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.15%) Windows
2 12 (3.58%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.69%) Linux
4 2 (0.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (49.55%) Project Management
2 124 (37.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 107 (31.94%) Decision-Making
4 77 (22.99%) Community of Practice
5 76 (22.69%) Commercialisation
6 75 (22.39%) Agile
7 67 (20.00%) Chemistry
8 48 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (13.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 44 (13.13%) Process Improvement
10 44 (13.13%) Stakeholder Management
11 35 (10.45%) Change Management
12 33 (9.85%) Mentoring
13 32 (9.55%) PRINCE2
13 32 (9.55%) Roadmaps
14 26 (7.76%) Business Case
15 25 (7.46%) DevOps
16 24 (7.16%) ITIL
16 24 (7.16%) Waterfall
17 22 (6.57%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.36%) SQL
2 14 (4.18%) Python
3 10 (2.99%) Java
4 9 (2.69%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.09%) C
6 6 (1.79%) Perl
7 5 (1.49%) Elixir
7 5 (1.49%) Go
7 5 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.49%) Ruby
8 4 (1.19%) Bash
9 3 (0.90%) PHP
10 2 (0.60%) C#
10 2 (0.60%) C++
10 2 (0.60%) COBOL
10 2 (0.60%) VB
11 1 (0.30%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.30%) Bicep
11 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (38.51%) Degree
2 22 (6.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 20 (5.97%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.37%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.48%) RIBA
6 13 (3.88%) PMI Certification
6 13 (3.88%) PMP
7 10 (2.99%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.69%) HNC
8 9 (2.69%) HND
9 6 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.49%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.19%) ACCA
11 4 (1.19%) CCNP
11 4 (1.19%) CIMA
11 4 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.90%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.46%) QA
2 17 (5.07%) PMO
3 7 (2.09%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.90%) GRC
5 3 (0.90%) NIST
5 3 (0.90%) P3O
5 3 (0.90%) SLA
6 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.60%) GDPR
6 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 30 (8.96%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.49%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.90%) Docker
5 2 (0.60%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.19%) Terraform
3 2 (0.60%) Ansible
4 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.30%) Kibana
Vendors
1 71 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.97%) VMware
3 13 (3.88%) SAP
4 9 (2.69%) Google
5 8 (2.39%) Siemens
6 6 (1.79%) Allen-Bradley
6 6 (1.79%) Toshiba
7 5 (1.49%) Adobe
8 4 (1.19%) Cisco
8 4 (1.19%) Sage
8 4 (1.19%) Sophos
9 3 (0.90%) Apple
9 3 (0.90%) Ariba
9 3 (0.90%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.90%) Concur
9 3 (0.90%) Oracle
9 3 (0.90%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.60%) Infoblox
10 2 (0.60%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.60%) SolarWinds