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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 36 22
Rank change year-on-year -40 -14 -1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 158 245 335
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.10% 6.41% 7.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 7.10% 8.68%
Number of salaries quoted 107 84 163
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,569 £41,250
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 £65,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,938 £90,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £59,250 £53,375
% change year-on-year -24.05% +11.01% -2.95%

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 5,364 3,451 3,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.14% 90.25% 83.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,809 1,474 1,867
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £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 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,375 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 10 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 10 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 -44 71 £60,000 +2.13% 108
Buckinghamshire +5 45 £53,750 +26.81% 69
Oxfordshire -7 42 £50,000 -28.57% 66
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 (5.70%) IIS
2 7 (4.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (15.19%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (13.29%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (8.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (5.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (6.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.53%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.63%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.63%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.29%) Azure
2 15 (9.49%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.06%) Google Workspace
4 6 (3.80%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.16%) AWS
5 5 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.16%) SaaS
6 3 (1.90%) GCP
6 3 (1.90%) Google Ads
6 3 (1.90%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.27%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.27%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.27%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.27%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.63%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.63%) LAN
1 1 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (0.63%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.63%) WAN
1 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.39%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.70%) MySQL
2 9 (5.70%) Relational Database
3 6 (3.80%) Power BI
4 1 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (10.76%) JIRA
2 9 (5.70%) Claude Code
2 9 (5.70%) Oracle Forms
2 9 (5.70%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (3.16%) Git
4 2 (1.27%) JUnit
4 2 (1.27%) MLflow
5 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 68 (43.04%) Social Skills
2 36 (22.78%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (22.15%) Finance
4 22 (13.92%) Marketing
5 18 (11.39%) Influencing Skills
5 18 (11.39%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (11.39%) Telecoms
6 14 (8.86%) Manufacturing
7 12 (7.59%) Legal
8 9 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (5.70%) Law
8 9 (5.70%) Public Sector
8 9 (5.70%) Retail
9 7 (4.43%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (3.80%) Military
10 6 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (3.16%) Advertising
12 4 (2.53%) Aerospace
12 4 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.90%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (24.05%) Project Manager
2 32 (20.25%) Senior
3 20 (12.66%) Senior Manager
4 18 (11.39%) .NET Developer
4 18 (11.39%) Analyst
4 18 (11.39%) Developer
5 14 (8.86%) Lead
6 13 (8.23%) IT Manager
6 13 (8.23%) Support Analyst
7 10 (6.33%) Business Analyst
7 10 (6.33%) Development Manager
7 10 (6.33%) Senior Development Manager
7 10 (6.33%) Senior Project Manager
7 10 (6.33%) Technical Manager
8 9 (5.70%) VB.NET Developer
9 8 (5.06%) CRM Manager
9 8 (5.06%) Product Analyst
9 8 (5.06%) Products Support Analyst
9 8 (5.06%) Telecoms Manager
10 7 (4.43%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.39%) .NET
1 18 (11.39%) ASP.NET
1 18 (11.39%) CSS
1 18 (11.39%) HTML
1 18 (11.39%) jQuery
2 9 (5.70%) .NET Framework
2 9 (5.70%) ASP.NET Core
2 9 (5.70%) ASP.NET Web API
2 9 (5.70%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 9 (5.70%) Entity Framework
2 9 (5.70%) LESS
2 9 (5.70%) REST
3 2 (1.27%) FastAPI
3 2 (1.27%) gRPC
3 2 (1.27%) ONNX
3 2 (1.27%) OpenCV
3 2 (1.27%) Pandas
3 2 (1.27%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.27%) scikit-learn
3 2 (1.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.23%) Driving Licence
2 11 (6.96%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.06%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.06%) Renewable Energy
4 7 (4.43%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.43%) Social Media
5 5 (3.16%) Blog
6 4 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.53%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.27%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.27%) CUDA
8 2 (1.27%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.27%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.27%) Synthetic Data
9 1 (0.63%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.63%) FMCG
9 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.16%) Windows
2 2 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (38.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 59 (37.34%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (28.48%) Agile
4 39 (24.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (19.62%) Project Delivery
5 31 (19.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 30 (18.99%) Decision-Making
6 30 (18.99%) PRINCE2
7 24 (15.19%) Waterfall
8 20 (12.66%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 20 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (12.03%) Roadmaps
10 18 (11.39%) DevOps
11 17 (10.76%) Budget Management
11 17 (10.76%) CRM
11 17 (10.76%) Test Automation
12 15 (9.49%) Commercial Awareness
12 15 (9.49%) Process Improvement
13 14 (8.86%) Risk Management
13 14 (8.86%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.29%) JavaScript
2 17 (10.76%) SQL
3 9 (5.70%) C#
3 9 (5.70%) TypeScript
3 9 (5.70%) VB.NET
4 8 (5.06%) Java
5 5 (3.16%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.53%) ABAP
7 2 (1.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 60 (37.97%) Degree
2 19 (12.03%) PMP
3 16 (10.13%) PMI Certification
4 10 (6.33%) HNC
4 10 (6.33%) HND
4 10 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.33%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.80%) APMP
6 5 (3.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (2.53%) ISEB
8 3 (1.90%) GNVQ
9 2 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.27%) PhD
10 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.63%) CCNA
10 1 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.33%) PMO
2 8 (5.06%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.80%) GDPR
3 6 (3.80%) QA
4 5 (3.16%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.90%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.63%) NIST
8 1 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.63%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 42 (26.58%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.96%) Google
2 11 (6.96%) Oracle
3 9 (5.70%) Pega
3 9 (5.70%) SAP
4 7 (4.43%) CA Agile Central
5 6 (3.80%) Adobe
5 6 (3.80%) Apple
5 6 (3.80%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.16%) Sage
6 5 (3.16%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.27%) EMC
7 2 (1.27%) Minitab
7 2 (1.27%) Thales
7 2 (1.27%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.63%) Ahrefs
8 1 (0.63%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.63%) iManage