Project Management Jobs in the South East

Project Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 21 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 625 1,371 1,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.63% 8.10% 9.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.20% 9.62% 9.69%
Number of salaries quoted 352 912 714
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £36,400
25th Percentile £38,081 £38,500 £45,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.21% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,625 £70,000 £75,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -11.02% +4.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,681 14,247 13,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.06% 84.19% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,154 9,867 7,803
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,283 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.57% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the South East.

Salary trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley -10 285 £50,000 +11.11% 896
Berkshire -3 160 £42,500 -15.00% 557
Hampshire 0 111 £60,000 +29.73% 383
Isle of Wight -36 79 £70,000 +64.71% 4
Oxfordshire +2 76 £47,875 +7.74% 152
Surrey -22 67 £54,625 +9.25% 217
Buckinghamshire -30 49 £59,000 +31.11% 213
Kent -29 34 £40,101 -10.89% 195
West Sussex 0 20 £62,500 -2.34% 98
East Sussex +6 19 £67,500 +35.00% 102
Middlesex -16 7 - - 7
Sussex +7 1 - - 25
Home Counties - 1 £60,000 -
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (6.08%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.44%) CMS
3 8 (1.28%) Kentico
4 7 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.96%) Apache
5 6 (0.96%) IIS
6 4 (0.64%) Confluence
6 4 (0.64%) WordPress
7 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.32%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.16%) EPiServer
Applications
1 40 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (5.60%) Simulink
3 16 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.80%) Trello
6 3 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.48%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.48%) Productboard
6 3 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 35 (5.60%) Teamcenter
2 16 (2.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 16 (2.56%) SAP FI
3 12 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.92%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.92%) Sage 200
4 11 (1.76%) Sage CRM
5 6 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.64%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.32%) Maximo
9 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 64 (10.24%) Azure
1 64 (10.24%) Power Platform
2 41 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (6.08%) Power Automate
4 34 (5.44%) PowerApps
5 17 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (2.40%) SaaS
7 12 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.76%) IaaS
9 8 (1.28%) Kontent
10 6 (0.96%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.80%) AWS
11 5 (0.80%) PaaS
12 4 (0.64%) Asana
12 4 (0.64%) Azure AI
12 4 (0.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.64%) BigCommerce
12 4 (0.64%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.64%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.76%) DNS
2 10 (1.60%) Firewall
3 7 (1.12%) VPN
3 7 (1.12%) WAN
4 6 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.80%) SAN
6 4 (0.64%) Network Security
6 4 (0.64%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.64%) Wireless
7 3 (0.48%) LAN
7 3 (0.48%) MPLS
8 2 (0.32%) DHCP
8 2 (0.32%) DWDM
8 2 (0.32%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.32%) GPON
8 2 (0.32%) IPv4
8 2 (0.32%) IPv6
8 2 (0.32%) Wireless Security
9 1 (0.16%) Spanning Tree
9 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.68%) Power BI
2 43 (6.88%) Big Data
3 40 (6.40%) SQL Server
4 30 (4.80%) Data Lake
5 29 (4.64%) Tableau
6 26 (4.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (1.76%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.12%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (0.64%) MySQL
10 3 (0.48%) Metadata
10 3 (0.48%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.32%) DTS
11 2 (0.32%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.16%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (5.60%) Rational DOORS
2 25 (4.00%) JIRA
3 19 (3.04%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.64%) Git
General
1 346 (55.36%) Social Skills
2 213 (34.08%) Finance
3 91 (14.56%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (13.92%) Law
5 56 (8.96%) Manufacturing
6 53 (8.48%) Marketing
7 44 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (6.72%) Legal
9 39 (6.24%) Electronics
10 37 (5.92%) Aerospace
11 33 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 26 (4.16%) Advertising
13 22 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (3.36%) Retail
15 19 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (3.04%) Public Sector
16 16 (2.56%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.60%) Local Government
18 7 (1.12%) Banking
18 7 (1.12%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 183 (29.28%) Project Manager
2 97 (15.52%) Senior
3 85 (13.60%) Lead
4 56 (8.96%) Senior Manager
5 53 (8.48%) Engineering Manager
6 40 (6.40%) Analyst
7 38 (6.08%) Junior
8 35 (5.60%) Junior Systems Engineer
8 35 (5.60%) Systems Engineer
9 32 (5.12%) Developer
10 28 (4.48%) Architect
11 26 (4.16%) Account Manager
12 22 (3.52%) IT Manager
13 18 (2.88%) Delivery Project Manager
13 18 (2.88%) Portal Developer
13 18 (2.88%) Product Delivery Manager
14 17 (2.72%) Financial Analyst
14 17 (2.72%) Security Manager
15 16 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.56%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.80%) React
2 27 (4.32%) .NET
3 24 (3.84%) XML
4 23 (3.68%) .NET Framework
5 18 (2.88%) .NET Core
5 18 (2.88%) JSON
6 9 (1.44%) ASP.NET
6 9 (1.44%) CSS
6 9 (1.44%) HTML
7 5 (0.80%) SAML
8 4 (0.64%) HTML5
8 4 (0.64%) SPFx
9 3 (0.48%) HTML5 Canvas
10 1 (0.16%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.16%) Kafka
10 1 (0.16%) MACH
10 1 (0.16%) Next.js
10 1 (0.16%) Node.js
10 1 (0.16%) Pandas
10 1 (0.16%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.40%) Driving Licence
2 33 (5.28%) Management Information System
3 31 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (4.48%) Digital Media
5 25 (4.00%) Marketing Technology
5 25 (4.00%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.04%) Mobile App
7 17 (2.72%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.56%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.44%) Life Science
10 7 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.96%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.96%) Operational Technology
12 5 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.80%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.80%) NHS
12 5 (0.80%) PKI
12 5 (0.80%) PMI
12 5 (0.80%) Social Media
13 4 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.52%) Windows
2 19 (3.04%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.80%) Linux
4 3 (0.48%) Android
4 3 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.48%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.32%) Unix
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (31.04%) Project Delivery
2 164 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 119 (19.04%) Agile
4 119 (19.04%) Mentoring
5 109 (17.44%) Computer Science
6 103 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (10.72%) Risk Management
8 63 (10.08%) Process Improvement
9 61 (9.76%) Service Management
10 60 (9.60%) Cost Control
11 59 (9.44%) CRM
11 59 (9.44%) PRINCE2
12 58 (9.28%) Business Intelligence
12 58 (9.28%) Strategic Thinking
13 54 (8.64%) Collaborative Working
14 50 (8.00%) Customer Service
14 50 (8.00%) Data Analysis
15 48 (7.68%) ERP
16 46 (7.36%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 64 (10.24%) SQL
2 35 (5.60%) MATLAB
3 13 (2.08%) C#
3 13 (2.08%) PowerShell
3 13 (2.08%) Python
4 10 (1.60%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.64%) Bicep
5 4 (0.64%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.48%) C++
6 3 (0.48%) Java
7 2 (0.32%) Bash
7 2 (0.32%) C
7 2 (0.32%) Fortran
7 2 (0.32%) R
8 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.16%) Swift
8 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 207 (33.12%) Degree
2 131 (20.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 43 (6.88%) PMP
4 41 (6.56%) PMI Certification
5 30 (4.80%) Chartered Engineer
6 21 (3.36%) Security Cleared
7 15 (2.40%) CISSP
8 14 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.92%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.76%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.44%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.28%) HND
12 8 (1.28%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.12%) CCNP
13 7 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.96%) CCNA
15 5 (0.80%) APMP
15 5 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 4 (0.64%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.24%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.00%) QA
3 12 (1.92%) SLA
4 10 (1.60%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.60%) PMO
5 7 (1.12%) GDPR
6 6 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.64%) GMP
7 4 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.48%) NEBOSH
8 3 (0.48%) PMBOK
9 2 (0.32%) WCAG
10 1 (0.16%) AQAP
10 1 (0.16%) COSHH
10 1 (0.16%) GxP
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.80%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (0.80%) ZABBIX
3 3 (0.48%) Ansible
4 1 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.16%) Netcool
4 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 143 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.68%) SAP
3 35 (5.60%) IBM
4 26 (4.16%) ServiceNow
5 20 (3.20%) Concur
5 20 (3.20%) Workday
6 15 (2.40%) Oracle
7 14 (2.24%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.92%) Cisco
8 12 (1.92%) Sage
8 12 (1.92%) VMware
9 9 (1.44%) Meraki
10 6 (0.96%) Dell
10 6 (0.96%) NetApp
11 5 (0.80%) Databricks
11 5 (0.80%) Facebook
11 5 (0.80%) Instagram
11 5 (0.80%) PeopleSoft
11 5 (0.80%) Veeam
12 4 (0.64%) Google