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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 19 26
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 190 317 274
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.76% 9.12% 8.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.87% 9.97% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 58 180 178
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,250 £33,359
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,062 £55,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.81% +5.71% +0.96%
75th Percentile £69,500 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% +5.56% -1.82%

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 3,239 3,179 3,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.20% 91.51% 90.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,730 1,472 2,225
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +16 143 £62,500 +9.89% 50
Buckinghamshire -27 35 £37,500 -40.00% 17
Oxfordshire -38 12 £65,000 +29.88% 17
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 4 (2.11%) WordPress
2 3 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.05%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.05%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (1.05%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.05%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.05%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (1.05%) Elementor
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.05%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 64 (33.68%) SAP MDG
1 64 (33.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (19.47%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.16%) Azure
2 3 (1.58%) Collibra
2 3 (1.58%) SaaS
3 2 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.05%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.53%) Asana
4 1 (0.53%) AWS
4 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (0.53%) OCI
4 1 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.05%) DHCP
1 2 (1.05%) DNS
1 2 (1.05%) Ethernet
1 2 (1.05%) Firewall
1 2 (1.05%) SSL
1 2 (1.05%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.05%) VLAN
1 2 (1.05%) Wireless
2 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.16%) Metadata
2 3 (1.58%) Data Mining
2 3 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.58%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.58%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.05%) Power BI
4 1 (0.53%) Big Data
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.58%) ERwin
1 3 (1.58%) PowerDesigner
2 1 (0.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
General
1 138 (72.63%) Social Skills
2 102 (53.68%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (35.79%) Finance
4 19 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (6.32%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.26%) Law
7 8 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.68%) Marketing
9 6 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.63%) Legal
10 5 (2.63%) Local Government
11 4 (2.11%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.58%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.58%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.58%) Publishing
13 2 (1.05%) Multimedia
13 2 (1.05%) Retail
14 1 (0.53%) Banking
14 1 (0.53%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 61 (32.11%) Lead
2 52 (27.37%) Architect
3 49 (25.79%) Senior
4 40 (21.05%) Solutions Architect
5 26 (13.68%) Project Manager
6 14 (7.37%) Senior Manager
7 13 (6.84%) Development Manager
7 13 (6.84%) Senior Project Manager
8 12 (6.32%) Development Project Manager
8 12 (6.32%) Digital Architect
8 12 (6.32%) Lead Architect
8 12 (6.32%) Senior Development Manager
9 10 (5.26%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.68%) Service Manager
11 6 (3.16%) Professional Services Manager
12 5 (2.63%) Applications Support
13 4 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
13 4 (2.11%) Head of IT
14 3 (1.58%) SAP Manager
14 3 (1.58%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.05%) Bootstrap
1 2 (1.05%) HTML
1 2 (1.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.26%) Data Centre
2 27 (14.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (4.74%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.21%) Blog
5 7 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.63%) FMCG
7 4 (2.11%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.11%) e-Learning
7 4 (2.11%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.58%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.05%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.05%) Graphic Design
9 2 (1.05%) Learning Management System
9 2 (1.05%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.53%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.53%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.58%) Linux
1 3 (1.58%) Windows
1 3 (1.58%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.05%) Android
2 2 (1.05%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.05%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (48.42%) Business Strategy
2 88 (46.32%) Risk Management
3 67 (35.26%) Source to Pay
4 46 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (22.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (19.47%) Change Management
6 37 (19.47%) Indirect Procurement
7 36 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (17.89%) ERP
9 30 (15.79%) Analytics
9 30 (15.79%) Business Transformation
9 30 (15.79%) Procure-to-Pay
10 28 (14.74%) Resource Allocation
10 28 (14.74%) Use Case
11 27 (14.21%) Digital Enablement
11 27 (14.21%) Matrix Management
11 27 (14.21%) Revenue Management
12 18 (9.47%) Agile
13 14 (7.37%) Decision-Making
14 13 (6.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.63%) SQL
2 2 (1.05%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.05%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 43 (22.63%) Degree
2 26 (13.68%) PMP
3 19 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.63%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.11%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.58%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.05%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.05%) PhD
7 2 (1.05%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.53%) CFA
8 1 (0.53%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.68%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.58%) GDPR
4 2 (1.05%) QA
5 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.53%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 71 (37.37%) SAP
2 37 (19.47%) OpenText
3 27 (14.21%) Ariba
4 15 (7.89%) Microsoft
5 4 (2.11%) Oracle
6 3 (1.58%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.05%) Adobe
7 2 (1.05%) Concur
7 2 (1.05%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.05%) VMware
8 1 (0.53%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.53%) IFS
8 1 (0.53%) Planview
8 1 (0.53%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow