Project Delivery Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 67 73
Rank change year-on-year -24 +6 -6
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 80 138 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.42% 4.11% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 4.38% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 65 84 161
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +11.11% -4.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,250 £70,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £51,750
% change year-on-year -12.50% +15.94% -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,055 3,154 5,501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.06% 93.84% 84.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,732 1,241 3,926
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Project Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Delivery in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Berkshire -12 52 £55,000 +1.79% 29
Oxfordshire -10 14 £56,250 -8.16% 20
Buckinghamshire -33 14 £60,000 - 29
Project Delivery
South East

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (3.75%) IIS
2 2 (2.50%) OpenEdge
3 1 (1.25%) Apache
3 1 (1.25%) ArchestrA
3 1 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (35.00%) Azure
2 12 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (8.75%) SaaS
4 5 (6.25%) OpenShift
5 4 (5.00%) AWS
5 4 (5.00%) GCP
6 3 (3.75%) GitHub
7 2 (2.50%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.25%) Firewall
2 4 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (3.75%) SSL
3 3 (3.75%) VPN
4 2 (2.50%) LAN
4 2 (2.50%) WAN
5 1 (1.25%) DHCP
5 1 (1.25%) DNS
5 1 (1.25%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (1.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (10.00%) Git
2 5 (6.25%) GitLab
3 2 (2.50%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 27 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 26 (32.50%) Finance
3 16 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (10.00%) Retail
6 7 (8.75%) Telecoms
7 6 (7.50%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (7.50%) Law
7 6 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (6.25%) Manufacturing
8 5 (6.25%) Public Sector
9 4 (5.00%) Aerospace
10 3 (3.75%) Marketing
11 1 (1.25%) Banking
11 1 (1.25%) Health Technology
11 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.25%) Legal
11 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (12.50%) Lead
1 10 (12.50%) Senior
2 9 (11.25%) Analyst
2 9 (11.25%) Consultant
2 9 (11.25%) Delivery Manager
2 9 (11.25%) IT Manager
3 7 (8.75%) Applications Support
3 7 (8.75%) Applications Support Analyst
3 7 (8.75%) Implementation Consultant
3 7 (8.75%) Payroll Consultant
3 7 (8.75%) Support Analyst
4 6 (7.50%) IT Support
5 5 (6.25%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Audio Visual Installation Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Installations Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Network Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Programme Manager
5 5 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.25%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.50%) Middleware
2 5 (6.25%) Jinja
2 5 (6.25%) JSON
2 5 (6.25%) YAML
3 4 (5.00%) .NET
4 2 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.75%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.00%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.75%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.50%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.25%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.25%) Windows
2 3 (3.75%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (41.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (17.50%) Agile
3 14 (17.50%) Data Analysis
4 13 (16.25%) Change Management
5 12 (15.00%) Project Management
6 11 (13.75%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (12.50%) Service Management
7 10 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (11.25%) Customer Experience
8 9 (11.25%) ITSM
8 9 (11.25%) Mentoring
8 9 (11.25%) Service Delivery
9 7 (8.75%) Business Case
9 7 (8.75%) DevOps
10 6 (7.50%) Decision-Making
10 6 (7.50%) Strategic Thinking
11 5 (6.25%) Functional Testing
11 5 (6.25%) Task Automation
11 5 (6.25%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.25%) SQL
2 5 (6.25%) Python
3 4 (5.00%) C#
4 2 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (8.75%) Degree
2 5 (6.25%) Azure Certification
2 5 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 5 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (3.75%) CCSP
3 3 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.75%) CISM
3 3 (3.75%) CISSP
4 2 (2.50%) CSQA
4 2 (2.50%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.25%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) QA
2 2 (2.50%) GDPR
2 2 (2.50%) PMO
3 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.75%) Terraform
2 2 (2.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (28.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.75%) MuleSoft
3 6 (7.50%) Cisco
4 5 (6.25%) Red Hat
5 3 (3.75%) VMware
6 2 (2.50%) Barracuda Networks
6 2 (2.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.50%) N-able
6 2 (2.50%) Sophos
7 1 (1.25%) DocuSign
7 1 (1.25%) Salesforce