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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 21 20
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 250 328 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.73% 7.55% 9.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.53% 8.99% 9.72%
Number of salaries quoted 88 166 187
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,569 £41,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% +3.81%
75th Percentile £72,063 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,625 £90,000 £73,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

All Process and 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 3,322 3,647 3,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.47% 83.97% 93.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,529 1,763 2,149
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,252 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +2.28% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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 31 October 2025.

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 31 October 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
Berkshire +10 191 £60,000 +6.66% 142
Buckinghamshire -17 44 £42,386 -34.79% 32
Oxfordshire -28 15 £70,000 +62.62% 22
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 6 (2.40%) WordPress
2 5 (2.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.40%) CMS
4 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.40%) Elementor
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 65 (26.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (25.60%) SAP MDG
3 37 (14.80%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 12 (4.80%) NetSuite
4 12 (4.80%) Sage 200
5 11 (4.40%) Sage CRM
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (5.20%) Azure
2 6 (2.40%) IaaS
2 6 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (2.40%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.60%) Entra ID
3 4 (1.60%) Google Ads
3 4 (1.60%) Google Analytics
3 4 (1.60%) Power Automate
3 4 (1.60%) SaaS
4 3 (1.20%) AWS
4 3 (1.20%) Collibra
4 3 (1.20%) PaaS
5 2 (0.80%) Azure AI
5 2 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (0.80%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.40%) Asana
6 1 (0.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.20%) DNS
1 3 (1.20%) Firewall
1 3 (1.20%) SAN
2 2 (0.80%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.80%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.80%) VPN
2 2 (0.80%) WAN
3 1 (0.40%) DHCP
3 1 (0.40%) Modbus
3 1 (0.40%) SSL
3 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.40%) VLAN
3 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.40%) Metadata
1 6 (2.40%) Power BI
2 4 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.60%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.20%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.20%) SAP BW
4 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.80%) MySQL
5 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.20%) ERwin
1 3 (1.20%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (0.80%) Git
2 2 (0.80%) JIRA
General
1 185 (74.00%) Social Skills
2 108 (43.20%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (33.20%) Finance
4 41 (16.40%) Law
5 39 (15.60%) Influencing Skills
6 35 (14.00%) Legal
7 19 (7.60%) Manufacturing
8 17 (6.80%) Marketing
9 11 (4.40%) Public Sector
10 10 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.80%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.00%) Local Government
13 5 (2.00%) Retail
14 4 (1.60%) Banking
14 4 (1.60%) Multimedia
15 3 (1.20%) Agriculture
15 3 (1.20%) Games
15 3 (1.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 98 (39.20%) Lead
2 70 (28.00%) Senior
3 54 (21.60%) Architect
4 38 (15.20%) Solutions Architect
5 19 (7.60%) Project Manager
6 14 (5.60%) Lead Architect
7 13 (5.20%) IT Manager
8 12 (4.80%) Digital Architect
9 11 (4.40%) Sage 200 Support
9 11 (4.40%) Sage Support
10 7 (2.80%) Workstream Lead
11 6 (2.40%) Account Executive
12 5 (2.00%) Applications Support
12 5 (2.00%) Delivery Manager
13 4 (1.60%) Analyst
13 4 (1.60%) Data Manager
13 4 (1.60%) IT Project Manager
13 4 (1.60%) Marketing Executive
13 4 (1.60%) SAP Manager
13 4 (1.60%) Senior Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.20%) SAML
2 1 (0.40%) Bootstrap
2 1 (0.40%) HTML
2 1 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.00%) Data Centre
2 27 (10.80%) Analytical Mindset
3 19 (7.60%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.20%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.80%) FMCG
6 4 (1.60%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.60%) Social Media
7 3 (1.20%) Blog
7 3 (1.20%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.20%) PKI
7 3 (1.20%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.80%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.80%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.80%) NHS
8 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.80%) SCADA
8 2 (0.80%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.40%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.00%) Windows
1 5 (2.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.80%) Linux
3 1 (0.40%) Android
3 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (37.20%) Business Strategy
2 89 (35.60%) Risk Management
3 75 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (26.80%) Source to Pay
5 65 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (21.60%) ERP
7 45 (18.00%) Change Management
7 45 (18.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (18.00%) Project Delivery
8 40 (16.00%) Roadmaps
9 39 (15.60%) Analytics
10 38 (15.20%) Business Case
11 37 (14.80%) Indirect Procurement
12 35 (14.00%) Computer Science
13 30 (12.00%) Business Transformation
13 30 (12.00%) IT Strategy
13 30 (12.00%) Procure-to-Pay
13 30 (12.00%) Resource Allocation
14 28 (11.20%) Digital Enablement
14 28 (11.20%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.20%) SQL
2 3 (1.20%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.80%) Bicep
3 2 (0.80%) Python
4 1 (0.40%) C#
4 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.40%) Java
4 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (25.60%) Degree
2 16 (6.40%) PMP
3 14 (5.60%) PMI Certification
4 9 (3.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 7 (2.80%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.00%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.00%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.60%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.20%) CCNA
9 3 (1.20%) CCNP
9 3 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.20%) SAP Certification
9 3 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.80%) PhD
11 1 (0.40%) APMP
11 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.40%) Data Quality
1 6 (2.40%) GDPR
2 4 (1.60%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.60%) PMO
3 3 (1.20%) QA
3 3 (1.20%) SLA
4 2 (0.80%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.80%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.40%) GxP
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.20%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.40%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 72 (28.80%) SAP
2 37 (14.80%) OpenText
3 27 (10.80%) Ariba
4 12 (4.80%) Microsoft
4 12 (4.80%) Sage
5 7 (2.80%) HubSpot
6 5 (2.00%) Adobe
6 5 (2.00%) Oracle
7 4 (1.60%) Apple
7 4 (1.60%) Google
7 4 (1.60%) VMware
8 3 (1.20%) Concur
8 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.20%) Veeam
9 2 (0.80%) Databricks
9 2 (0.80%) IFS
9 2 (0.80%) Meraki
10 1 (0.40%) Allen-Bradley
10 1 (0.40%) ANSYS
10 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow