Project Management Job Trends in the South West

Project Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 24 24
Rank change year-on-year -47 0 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 171 239 734
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.21% 8.46% 7.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% 9.43% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 91 96 433
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,750 £30,150
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,682 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £59,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.17% +19.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £69,126 £73,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £130,446 £79,375 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -10.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,366 2,535 8,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 69.46% 89.70% 79.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,576 1,567 5,947
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% -5.02%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in the South West

Project Management
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Bristol -14 70 £44,543 -31.47% 26
Wiltshire -16 24 £53,750 -6.52% 12
Gloucestershire -28 20 £130,446 +177.54% 21
Dorset +4 19 £42,500 +66.67% 8
Somerset -49 17 £75,000 +3.45% 9
Devon -54 15 £47,500 -15.13% 6
Cornwall -3 4 £32,500 -53.57% 1
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (3.51%) WordPress
2 5 (2.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (21.64%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (18.71%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (9.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (8.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (3.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (2.34%) Trello
7 2 (1.17%) MS Visio
7 2 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (4.68%) Canva
2 7 (4.09%) Power Platform
3 6 (3.51%) SaaS
4 4 (2.34%) Asana
4 4 (2.34%) Google Analytics
4 4 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.75%) Azure
5 3 (1.75%) ClickUp
5 3 (1.75%) Stripe
6 2 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.17%) GitHub
6 2 (1.17%) Slack
7 1 (0.58%) AWS
7 1 (0.58%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.58%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.68%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.92%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (2.34%) ATM
4 3 (1.75%) VoIP
5 2 (1.17%) DAB
5 2 (1.17%) Tactical Data Link
5 2 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.58%) RS-232
6 1 (0.58%) RS-485
6 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.09%) Power BI
2 5 (2.92%) Tableau
3 4 (2.34%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.17%) CockroachDB
5 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.58%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (4.09%) JIRA
2 2 (1.17%) Checkstyle
2 2 (1.17%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.17%) ESLint
2 2 (1.17%) Git
2 2 (1.17%) GitLab
2 2 (1.17%) Gradle
2 2 (1.17%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.17%) JUnit
2 2 (1.17%) Maven
2 2 (1.17%) Mockito
2 2 (1.17%) Selenium
2 2 (1.17%) SonarQube
2 2 (1.17%) TestNG
General
1 79 (46.20%) Social Skills
2 37 (21.64%) Finance
3 25 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (12.87%) Marketing
5 13 (7.60%) Aerospace
6 11 (6.43%) Telecoms
7 10 (5.85%) Retail
8 9 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (4.68%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (4.68%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.51%) Advertising
10 6 (3.51%) Local Government
10 6 (3.51%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.34%) Brand Awareness
12 3 (1.75%) Digital Health
12 3 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.17%) Electronics
13 2 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 47 (27.49%) Project Manager
2 36 (21.05%) Senior
3 29 (16.96%) Senior Manager
4 28 (16.37%) Senior Project Manager
5 20 (11.70%) Analyst
6 16 (9.36%) Systems Engineer
7 14 (8.19%) Business Analyst
8 10 (5.85%) Coordinator
9 8 (4.68%) Support Supervisor
9 8 (4.68%) Technical Support
9 8 (4.68%) Technical Support Supervisor
10 7 (4.09%) Lead
10 7 (4.09%) Marketing Executive
10 7 (4.09%) Trainee
10 7 (4.09%) Trainee Analyst
11 6 (3.51%) Applications Support
11 6 (3.51%) Architect
11 6 (3.51%) Site Engineer
11 6 (3.51%) Technical Manager
11 6 (3.51%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.17%) JWT
1 2 (1.17%) OAuth
1 2 (1.17%) OAuth2
1 2 (1.17%) OpenAPI
1 2 (1.17%) REST
1 2 (1.17%) Spring
1 2 (1.17%) Spring Boot
1 2 (1.17%) Spring MVC
1 2 (1.17%) Spring Security
1 2 (1.17%) Swagger
2 1 (0.58%) EDI
2 1 (0.58%) EDIFACT
2 1 (0.58%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.43%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.85%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.85%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.68%) GNSS
3 8 (4.68%) Satnav
3 8 (4.68%) Social Media
4 7 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.51%) Podcast
5 6 (3.51%) Web Conferencing
6 5 (2.92%) Fibre Optics
6 5 (2.92%) Video Editing
7 4 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.34%) CMDB
8 3 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.75%) EPoS
8 3 (1.75%) IoT
9 2 (1.17%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (1.17%) Blog
9 2 (1.17%) PMI
9 2 (1.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (31.58%) Agile
2 51 (29.82%) Project Delivery
3 42 (24.56%) PRINCE2
4 41 (23.98%) Budget Management
5 32 (18.71%) Operations Management
6 31 (18.13%) Coaching
7 29 (16.96%) Conflict Management
7 29 (16.96%) Customer Experience
8 28 (16.37%) Impact Analysis
8 28 (16.37%) Programme Governance
9 26 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (11.11%) B2B
11 18 (10.53%) Roadmaps
12 17 (9.94%) Systems Engineering
12 17 (9.94%) Test Automation
13 16 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 15 (8.77%) Decision-Making
15 13 (7.60%) Business Analysis
15 13 (7.60%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.02%) SQL
2 9 (5.26%) Python
3 2 (1.17%) Bash
3 2 (1.17%) C
3 2 (1.17%) C++
3 2 (1.17%) Java
3 2 (1.17%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.58%) Assembly Language
4 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (32.16%) Degree
2 31 (18.13%) Security Cleared
3 29 (16.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 20 (11.70%) DV Cleared
5 14 (8.19%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.09%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.92%) PMP
8 4 (2.34%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (1.17%) ACCA
9 2 (1.17%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.17%) CAPM
9 2 (1.17%) CIMA
9 2 (1.17%) HND
9 2 (1.17%) MAPM
9 2 (1.17%) RIBA
10 1 (0.58%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.60%) QA
2 12 (7.02%) ISO 9001
3 6 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.51%) JSP 440
4 4 (2.34%) Automotive SPICE
4 4 (2.34%) ISO 26262
5 3 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.75%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.58%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.58%) GDPR
6 1 (0.58%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.17%) Docker
2 1 (0.58%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.17%) Grafana
1 2 (1.17%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.17%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.68%) HubSpot
3 6 (3.51%) Adobe
3 6 (3.51%) Google
4 4 (2.34%) Marketo
4 4 (2.34%) Pardot
5 3 (1.75%) Oracle
6 2 (1.17%) Facebook
6 2 (1.17%) Liquidlogic
6 2 (1.17%) Splunk
7 1 (0.58%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.58%) Databricks
7 1 (0.58%) Genesys
7 1 (0.58%) Sage
7 1 (0.58%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.58%) Verint
7 1 (0.58%) Xero
7 1 (0.58%) Zoho