Project Management Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Project Management
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 28 24
Rank change year-on-year -54 -4 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 132 310 338
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.84% 7.85% 6.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 8.72% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 98 93 163
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,569 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,875 £57,500 £53,818
Median % change year-on-year -9.78% +6.84% -1.25%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,125 £92,125 £76,050
South East median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,045 3,555 3,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.34% 89.98% 81.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,591 1,482 2,141
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Project Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Project Management in the Thames Valley

Project Management
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 Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 September 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 -53 64 £55,000 -4.35% 70
Buckinghamshire -1 40 £51,875 +22.39% 49
Oxfordshire -16 28 £45,000 -25.00% 29
Project Management
South East

Project Management
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 9 (6.82%) IIS
2 5 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.52%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.76%) CMS
4 1 (0.76%) Confluence
4 1 (0.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (15.15%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (12.88%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.03%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.76%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.76%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.76%) Shopify
3 1 (0.76%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.64%) Azure
2 9 (6.82%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.06%) Power Automate
4 6 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (4.55%) Google Workspace
5 4 (3.03%) AWS
5 4 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.03%) SaaS
6 2 (1.52%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.52%) GCP
6 2 (1.52%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.52%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.52%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.76%) Intacct
7 1 (0.76%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.76%) Internet
1 1 (0.76%) LAN
1 1 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (0.76%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.76%) WAN
1 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.82%) MySQL
2 9 (6.82%) Power BI
2 9 (6.82%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.76%) Looker
Development Applications
1 9 (6.82%) Claude Code
1 9 (6.82%) Oracle Forms
1 9 (6.82%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (5.30%) JIRA
3 3 (2.27%) Git
4 2 (1.52%) JUnit
4 2 (1.52%) MLflow
5 1 (0.76%) GitLab
General
1 65 (49.24%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.64%) Finance
4 17 (12.88%) Marketing
5 15 (11.36%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (6.82%) Legal
7 9 (6.82%) Retail
8 8 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (5.30%) Telecoms
10 6 (4.55%) Manufacturing
10 6 (4.55%) Public Sector
11 5 (3.79%) Advertising
11 5 (3.79%) Military
12 4 (3.03%) Aerospace
12 4 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (2.27%) Law
13 3 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 31 (23.48%) Project Manager
2 27 (20.45%) Senior
3 19 (14.39%) Senior Manager
4 16 (12.12%) .NET Developer
4 16 (12.12%) Developer
5 15 (11.36%) Analyst
5 15 (11.36%) IT Manager
6 12 (9.09%) Applications Support
6 12 (9.09%) Development Manager
6 12 (9.09%) Senior Development Manager
6 12 (9.09%) Support Analyst
7 10 (7.58%) Lead
7 10 (7.58%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (6.82%) VB.NET Developer
9 8 (6.06%) Business Analyst
10 7 (5.30%) Applications Support Manager
10 7 (5.30%) ASP.NET Developer
10 7 (5.30%) C# Developer
10 7 (5.30%) Development Project Manager
10 7 (5.30%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.12%) .NET
1 16 (12.12%) ASP.NET
1 16 (12.12%) CSS
1 16 (12.12%) HTML
1 16 (12.12%) jQuery
2 9 (6.82%) ASP.NET Web API
2 9 (6.82%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 9 (6.82%) LESS
3 7 (5.30%) .NET Framework
3 7 (5.30%) ASP.NET Core
3 7 (5.30%) Entity Framework
3 7 (5.30%) REST
4 2 (1.52%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.52%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.52%) NumPy
4 2 (1.52%) ONNX
4 2 (1.52%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.52%) Pandas
4 2 (1.52%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.52%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.61%) Driving Licence
2 11 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.06%) Social Media
4 7 (5.30%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (4.55%) Blog
6 4 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.03%) Video\Live Streaming
7 2 (1.52%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.52%) CUDA
7 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.52%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.52%) Synthetic Data
7 2 (1.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.76%) FMCG
8 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) NHS
8 1 (0.76%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.03%) Windows
2 2 (1.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (34.09%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (25.00%) Agile
4 28 (21.21%) Decision-Making
5 26 (19.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 25 (18.94%) Project Delivery
7 23 (17.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (17.42%) PRINCE2
8 20 (15.15%) CRM
9 15 (11.36%) AI
10 14 (10.61%) Service Delivery
11 13 (9.85%) Risk Management
11 13 (9.85%) Test Automation
12 12 (9.09%) Budget Management
12 12 (9.09%) Process Improvement
12 12 (9.09%) Waterfall
13 11 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness
13 11 (8.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 11 (8.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.39%) JavaScript
2 13 (9.85%) SQL
3 9 (6.82%) TypeScript
3 9 (6.82%) VB.NET
4 7 (5.30%) C#
5 6 (4.55%) Java
6 5 (3.79%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.03%) ABAP
8 2 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (31.82%) Degree
2 12 (9.09%) PMP
3 11 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 9 (6.82%) HNC
4 9 (6.82%) HND
5 8 (6.06%) SC Cleared
5 8 (6.06%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.03%) APMP
7 2 (1.52%) GNVQ
7 2 (1.52%) ISEB
7 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.52%) PhD
7 2 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.76%) CCNA
8 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.30%) Accessibility
1 7 (5.30%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.55%) PMO
3 5 (3.79%) QA
3 5 (3.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (3.03%) GDPR
5 3 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.76%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (34.85%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.33%) Oracle
3 10 (7.58%) SAP
4 8 (6.06%) Google
5 6 (4.55%) Adobe
5 6 (4.55%) Apple
5 6 (4.55%) CA Agile Central
6 5 (3.79%) Sage
6 5 (3.79%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.27%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.52%) Thales
9 1 (0.76%) Callidus
9 1 (0.76%) EMC
9 1 (0.76%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.76%) iManage
9 1 (0.76%) Informatica
9 1 (0.76%) WooCommerce