Project Management Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Project Management
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 5 17
Rank change year-on-year -41 +12 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 13 130 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 1.76% 16.58% 7.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 19.15% 9.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8 77 47
10th Percentile £55,311 - £33,129
25th Percentile £58,257 £36,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,875 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £66,814
South East median annual salary £57,772 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +0.47% +6.48% -1.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

Project Management 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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 531 679 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 71.95% 86.61% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 373 333 556
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £40,404
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £83,000 £81,000 £78,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Project Management
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Oxfordshire

Project Management
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Oxford -15 4 £56,623 +5.84% 9
Witney 0 2 £70,000 -
Kidlington - 2 £65,000 -
Banbury -5 1 - - 1
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 4 (30.77%) WordPress
2 2 (15.38%) CMS
2 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe Captivate
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (15.38%) Elementor
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DHCP
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) Ethernet
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) SSL
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
1 2 (15.38%) VLAN
1 2 (15.38%) Wireless
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Law
4 2 (15.38%) Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Military
4 2 (15.38%) Multimedia
4 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Head of IT
2 3 (23.08%) IT Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Content Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Web Content Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Bootstrap
1 2 (15.38%) HTML
1 2 (15.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Driving Licence
2 3 (23.08%) e-Learning
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (15.38%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (15.38%) Graphic Design
3 2 (15.38%) Learning Management System
4 1 (7.69%) Blog
4 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
2 2 (15.38%) Android
2 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
2 2 (15.38%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (38.46%) Strategic Planning
2 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (23.08%) IT Strategy
3 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 2 (15.38%) Budgeting
4 2 (15.38%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (15.38%) Content Development
4 2 (15.38%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
4 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) Functional Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Inclusive Design
4 2 (15.38%) Instructional Design
4 2 (15.38%) Network Management
4 2 (15.38%) Server Management
4 2 (15.38%) Storyboarding
4 2 (15.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
1 2 (15.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
1 2 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Adobe
2 2 (15.38%) Concur
2 2 (15.38%) Salesforce
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) VMware