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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 34 24
Rank change year-on-year -38 -10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 155 247 333
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.06% 6.48% 7.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 7.16% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 107 86 158
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,569 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +5.50% -0.91%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,563 £88,600
South East median annual salary £45,000 £59,250 £52,000
% change year-on-year -24.05% +13.94% -5.45%

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 5,339 3,450 3,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.06% 90.50% 83.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,804 1,465 1,928
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,250 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £48,924 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.42% -11.05% -

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -45 71 £55,000 -6.38% 125
Buckinghamshire +3 45 £51,250 +28.31% 99
Oxfordshire -5 39 £50,000 -28.57% 80
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 (5.81%) IIS
2 5 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.29%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.65%) CMS
4 1 (0.65%) Confluence
4 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (15.48%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (8.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (5.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (6.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.58%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.65%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.65%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.65%) Shopify
3 1 (0.65%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.90%) Azure
2 13 (8.39%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.16%) Google Workspace
4 5 (3.23%) AWS
4 5 (3.23%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.23%) SaaS
5 3 (1.94%) GCP
5 3 (1.94%) Google Analytics
5 3 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.29%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.29%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.29%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.29%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.65%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.65%) LAN
1 1 (0.65%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (0.65%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.65%) WAN
1 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.97%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.81%) MySQL
2 9 (5.81%) Relational Database
3 5 (3.23%) Power BI
4 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.65%) Looker
Development Applications
1 15 (9.68%) JIRA
2 9 (5.81%) Claude Code
2 9 (5.81%) Oracle Forms
2 9 (5.81%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (2.58%) Git
4 2 (1.29%) JUnit
4 2 (1.29%) MLflow
5 1 (0.65%) GitLab
General
1 69 (44.52%) Social Skills
2 34 (21.94%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (20.00%) Finance
4 23 (14.84%) Marketing
5 18 (11.61%) Influencing Skills
5 18 (11.61%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (9.68%) Telecoms
7 13 (8.39%) Manufacturing
8 10 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (6.45%) Legal
9 9 (5.81%) Public Sector
9 9 (5.81%) Retail
10 8 (5.16%) Law
11 6 (3.87%) Military
11 6 (3.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (3.23%) Advertising
12 5 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (2.58%) Aerospace
13 4 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.94%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (24.52%) Project Manager
2 33 (21.29%) Senior
3 21 (13.55%) Senior Manager
4 17 (10.97%) .NET Developer
4 17 (10.97%) Analyst
4 17 (10.97%) Developer
5 14 (9.03%) Support Analyst
6 13 (8.39%) IT Manager
6 13 (8.39%) Lead
7 11 (7.10%) Development Manager
7 11 (7.10%) Senior Development Manager
7 11 (7.10%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (5.81%) VB.NET Developer
9 8 (5.16%) Business Analyst
9 8 (5.16%) CRM Manager
9 8 (5.16%) Product Analyst
9 8 (5.16%) Products Support Analyst
9 8 (5.16%) Technical Manager
10 7 (4.52%) C# .NET Developer
10 7 (4.52%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.97%) .NET
1 17 (10.97%) ASP.NET
1 17 (10.97%) CSS
1 17 (10.97%) HTML
1 17 (10.97%) jQuery
2 9 (5.81%) ASP.NET Web API
2 9 (5.81%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 9 (5.81%) LESS
3 8 (5.16%) .NET Framework
3 8 (5.16%) ASP.NET Core
3 8 (5.16%) Entity Framework
3 8 (5.16%) REST
4 2 (1.29%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.29%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.29%) NumPy
4 2 (1.29%) ONNX
4 2 (1.29%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.29%) Pandas
4 2 (1.29%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.29%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.03%) Driving Licence
2 11 (7.10%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.16%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.16%) Social Media
4 7 (4.52%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.52%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (3.87%) Blog
6 4 (2.58%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.58%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.58%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.29%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.29%) CUDA
8 2 (1.29%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.29%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.29%) Synthetic Data
9 1 (0.65%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.23%) Windows
2 2 (1.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (38.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 58 (37.42%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (27.74%) Agile
4 36 (23.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 31 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 31 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 30 (19.35%) PRINCE2
7 23 (14.84%) Waterfall
8 18 (11.61%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 18 (11.61%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (11.61%) Roadmaps
9 17 (10.97%) CRM
10 16 (10.32%) Budget Management
10 16 (10.32%) DevOps
10 16 (10.32%) Test Automation
11 15 (9.68%) AI
11 15 (9.68%) Process Improvement
11 15 (9.68%) Risk Management
12 14 (9.03%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.90%) JavaScript
2 16 (10.32%) SQL
3 9 (5.81%) TypeScript
3 9 (5.81%) VB.NET
4 8 (5.16%) C#
4 8 (5.16%) Java
5 5 (3.23%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.58%) ABAP
7 2 (1.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 56 (36.13%) Degree
2 19 (12.26%) PMP
3 16 (10.32%) PMI Certification
4 10 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.81%) HNC
5 9 (5.81%) HND
6 6 (3.87%) APMP
7 5 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (2.58%) ISEB
9 2 (1.29%) GNVQ
9 2 (1.29%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.29%) PhD
10 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.65%) CCNA
10 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.45%) PMO
2 8 (5.16%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.87%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.87%) QA
4 5 (3.23%) GDPR
5 4 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.94%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.65%) NIST
8 1 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.65%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 44 (28.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.74%) Google
3 11 (7.10%) Oracle
4 9 (5.81%) SAP
5 7 (4.52%) CA Agile Central
5 7 (4.52%) Pega
6 6 (3.87%) Adobe
6 6 (3.87%) Apple
6 6 (3.87%) Salesforce
7 5 (3.23%) Sage
7 5 (3.23%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.29%) EMC
8 2 (1.29%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.29%) Minitab
8 2 (1.29%) Thales
8 2 (1.29%) WooCommerce
9 1 (0.65%) Ahrefs
9 1 (0.65%) iManage