Project Management Job Trends in Swindon

Project Management
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Swindon requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 26 20
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 -10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 19 10 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 10.56% 4.85% 5.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.87% 5.92% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17 5 11
10th Percentile - - £30,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -13.27% -10.91%
75th Percentile £70,752 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - £61,750 -
Wiltshire median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +50.00% -18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 137 169 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon 76.11% 82.04% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 104 101 163
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,568 £56,250
90th Percentile £74,880 £72,500 £70,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% -2.00%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Swindon

Project Management
Salary Trend in Swindon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Swindon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Swindon over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Swindon

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) OCI
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) BGP
1 3 (15.79%) Firewall
1 3 (15.79%) LAN
1 3 (15.79%) MPLS
1 3 (15.79%) Network Security
1 3 (15.79%) OSPF
1 3 (15.79%) SD-WAN
1 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
1 3 (15.79%) VPN
1 3 (15.79%) WAN
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (10.53%) NGFW
2 2 (10.53%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.26%) Tableau
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Retail
3 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Head of Digital
2 6 (31.58%) IT Support
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Engineering Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Network Engineering Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Network Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (5.26%) IT Technician
5 1 (5.26%) Support Technician
5 1 (5.26%) Trainee
5 1 (5.26%) Trainee Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Trainee Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) e-Learning
2 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (36.84%) Asset Management
2 7 (36.84%) Budget Management
2 7 (36.84%) Business Case
2 7 (36.84%) Information Security
2 7 (36.84%) ITIL
2 7 (36.84%) Roadmaps
2 7 (36.84%) Scorecard
3 6 (31.58%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.79%) Analytics
4 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security
4 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (15.79%) Network Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (10.53%) Line Management
5 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
5 2 (10.53%) Migration
5 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) Python
2 3 (15.79%) Bash
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) CCNP
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (15.79%) Master's Degree
3 2 (10.53%) ACCA
3 2 (10.53%) CIMA
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Ansible
1 3 (15.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco
2 3 (15.79%) Fortinet
2 3 (15.79%) Palo Alto
3 2 (10.53%) IBM
3 2 (10.53%) SAP