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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 12 16
Rank change year-on-year -30 +4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 160 306 533
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.32% 11.16% 8.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 11.88% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 85 146 364
10th Percentile £31,550 £36,250 £31,400
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -12.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £80,500 £80,000 £65,532
South East median annual salary £51,500 £57,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -10.43% +22.34% -14.55%

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 3,600 2,576 5,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 74.75% 93.95% 85.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,250 1,202 3,927
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £51,020
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.60% -2.82%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,125 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -2 101 £50,000 -4.76% 42
Buckinghamshire -30 45 £37,500 -37.50% 25
Oxfordshire -48 14 £65,000 +19.82% 16
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 8 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.13%) WordPress
3 4 (2.50%) CMS
4 3 (1.88%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (21.88%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.25%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (1.25%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.25%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.25%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (1.25%) Elementor
4 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (9.38%) SAP MDG
1 15 (9.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.75%) Power Platform
1 14 (8.75%) SaaS
2 13 (8.13%) Azure
3 12 (7.50%) Asana
4 11 (6.88%) Sprout Social
5 10 (6.25%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.88%) AWS
6 3 (1.88%) Collibra
6 3 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.63%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.63%) OCI
8 1 (0.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.25%) DHCP
1 2 (1.25%) DNS
1 2 (1.25%) Ethernet
1 2 (1.25%) Firewall
1 2 (1.25%) SSL
1 2 (1.25%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.25%) VLAN
1 2 (1.25%) Wireless
2 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.75%) Power BI
2 6 (3.75%) Metadata
3 5 (3.13%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.88%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.88%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.25%) Tableau
6 1 (0.63%) Big Data
6 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.88%) ERwin
1 3 (1.88%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (1.25%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.63%) JIRA
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
General
1 94 (58.75%) Social Skills
2 52 (32.50%) Finance
3 32 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (17.50%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (14.38%) Pharmaceutical
6 22 (13.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (12.50%) Marketing
8 9 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.38%) Law
9 7 (4.38%) Local Government
9 7 (4.38%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.50%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.50%) Publishing
12 3 (1.88%) Legal
12 3 (1.88%) Military
13 2 (1.25%) Multimedia
13 2 (1.25%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.63%) French Language
14 1 (0.63%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 43 (26.88%) Senior
2 32 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 31 (19.38%) Lead
4 23 (14.38%) Senior Manager
4 23 (14.38%) Senior Project Manager
5 22 (13.75%) Development Manager
5 22 (13.75%) Development Project Manager
5 22 (13.75%) Senior Development Manager
6 20 (12.50%) IT Manager
7 14 (8.75%) Applications Support
8 11 (6.88%) Applications Manager
8 11 (6.88%) Social Media Executive
9 10 (6.25%) Analyst
10 9 (5.63%) Applications Support Manager
10 9 (5.63%) IT Support
10 9 (5.63%) IT Support Manager
10 9 (5.63%) Support Manager
11 7 (4.38%) Service Manager
12 6 (3.75%) Professional Services Manager
13 4 (2.50%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.50%) HTML
2 2 (1.25%) .NET
2 2 (1.25%) Bootstrap
2 2 (1.25%) CSS
2 2 (1.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.88%) Management Information System
2 12 (7.50%) Social Media
3 11 (6.88%) Video Editing
4 9 (5.63%) Blog
4 9 (5.63%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.50%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.25%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.25%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.25%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.25%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.63%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.63%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.63%) NHS
8 1 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.25%) Android
1 2 (1.25%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.25%) Linux
1 2 (1.25%) Mac OS
1 2 (1.25%) Windows
1 2 (1.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (27.50%) Risk Management
2 34 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (20.63%) Agile
3 33 (20.63%) Decision-Making
4 22 (13.75%) B2B
4 22 (13.75%) Biotechnology
4 22 (13.75%) Hematology
4 22 (13.75%) Immunology
5 21 (13.13%) AI
5 21 (13.13%) CRM
6 20 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 18 (11.25%) Analytics
7 18 (11.25%) Procure-to-Pay
7 18 (11.25%) Source to Pay
8 16 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
8 16 (10.00%) Data Management
8 16 (10.00%) Service Delivery
8 16 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (9.38%) Business Strategy
9 15 (9.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.50%) SQL
2 3 (1.88%) Python
3 2 (1.25%) C#
3 2 (1.25%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.25%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.63%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 46 (28.75%) Degree
2 35 (21.88%) PMP
3 28 (17.50%) PMI Certification
4 5 (3.13%) Master's Degree
4 5 (3.13%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.50%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.88%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.25%) MBA
7 2 (1.25%) PhD
7 2 (1.25%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.63%) CFA
8 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.63%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.50%) GDPR
2 4 (2.50%) PMO
3 2 (1.25%) QA
4 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.25%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 42 (26.25%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.88%) SAP
3 15 (9.38%) Ariba
4 13 (8.13%) Adobe
5 11 (6.88%) Hootsuite
5 11 (6.88%) Instagram
5 11 (6.88%) Wrike
6 3 (1.88%) Cloudera
7 2 (1.25%) IFS
7 2 (1.25%) Oracle
7 2 (1.25%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.25%) VMware
8 1 (0.63%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.63%) Google
8 1 (0.63%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.63%) Pardot
8 1 (0.63%) ServiceNow