Project Delivery Job Trends in Preston

Project Delivery
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 5 25 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 5.38% 18.12% 7.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.35% 18.12% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile £40,216 £56,950 -
25th Percentile £43,292 £60,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £63,900 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.75% +38.91% +2.62%
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,450 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,500 £66,200 £58,250
Lancashire median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +19.57% -1.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68 138 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 73.12% 100.00% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 45 85 65
10th Percentile £32,400 £33,300 £22,314
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +19.57% +9.27%
75th Percentile £58,943 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Lancashire median annual salary £47,500 £50,055 £46,000
% change year-on-year -5.10% +8.81% +2.22%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Preston

Project Delivery
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Project Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Preston over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Delivery in Preston

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP IBP
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Finance Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Business Case
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Line Management
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) ACCA
2 2 (40.00%) CIMA
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft