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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 235 333 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.29% 8.04% 8.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.46% 9.27% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 77 181 161
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £33,232
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +0.92% +4.81%
75th Percentile £68,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £72,500
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 3,152 3,591 3,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.35% 86.70% 93.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,671 1,772 2,160
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,520 £59,125 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.63% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £56,504 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.28% +3.18% -0.43%

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 30 November 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 30 November 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 +13 179 £60,000 +6.66% 51
Buckinghamshire -13 42 £37,500 -37.50% 31
Oxfordshire -36 14 £67,500 +43.62% 29
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 (3.40%) WordPress
2 3 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.85%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.85%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.85%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (0.85%) Elementor
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.85%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 65 (27.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (27.23%) SAP MDG
3 37 (15.74%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.40%) Azure
2 4 (1.70%) Google Ads
2 4 (1.70%) Google Analytics
3 3 (1.28%) Collibra
3 3 (1.28%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.85%) SaaS
5 1 (0.43%) Asana
5 1 (0.43%) AWS
5 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.43%) Miro
5 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.43%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.28%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.85%) DHCP
2 2 (0.85%) DNS
2 2 (0.85%) Firewall
2 2 (0.85%) SSL
2 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.85%) VLAN
2 2 (0.85%) Wireless
3 1 (0.43%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.55%) Metadata
2 4 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.70%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.28%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.28%) Power BI
3 3 (1.28%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.43%) Big Data
4 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.28%) ERwin
1 3 (1.28%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 168 (71.49%) Social Skills
2 107 (45.53%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (28.94%) Finance
4 39 (16.60%) Influencing Skills
4 39 (16.60%) Law
5 33 (14.04%) Legal
6 15 (6.38%) Marketing
7 11 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.98%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.98%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.13%) Local Government
11 5 (2.13%) Multimedia
12 4 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.28%) Agriculture
13 3 (1.28%) Games
13 3 (1.28%) Publishing
13 3 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 94 (40.00%) Lead
2 71 (30.21%) Senior
3 51 (21.70%) Architect
4 39 (16.60%) Solutions Architect
5 20 (8.51%) Project Manager
6 12 (5.11%) Digital Architect
6 12 (5.11%) Lead Architect
7 11 (4.68%) IT Manager
8 7 (2.98%) Service Manager
8 7 (2.98%) Workstream Lead
9 6 (2.55%) Professional Services Manager
10 5 (2.13%) Account Executive
10 5 (2.13%) Applications Support
10 5 (2.13%) Senior Manager
11 4 (1.70%) Data Manager
11 4 (1.70%) Delivery Manager
11 4 (1.70%) Development Manager
11 4 (1.70%) Head of IT
11 4 (1.70%) IT Project Manager
11 4 (1.70%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.85%) Bootstrap
1 2 (0.85%) HTML
1 2 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.91%) Data Centre
2 27 (11.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (6.81%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.40%) Blog
4 8 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.98%) FMCG
6 4 (1.70%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.28%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.28%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.28%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.85%) Graphic Design
8 2 (0.85%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.85%) SCADA
8 2 (0.85%) Social Media
8 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.43%) IoT
9 1 (0.43%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.28%) Linux
1 3 (1.28%) Windows
1 3 (1.28%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.85%) Android
2 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (39.15%) Business Strategy
2 87 (37.02%) Risk Management
3 75 (31.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (28.51%) Source to Pay
5 52 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (18.72%) Change Management
7 44 (18.72%) Project Delivery
8 40 (17.02%) ERP
9 38 (16.17%) Business Case
10 37 (15.74%) Indirect Procurement
11 36 (15.32%) Analytics
12 35 (14.89%) Roadmaps
13 32 (13.62%) Computer Science
14 30 (12.77%) Business Transformation
14 30 (12.77%) IT Strategy
14 30 (12.77%) Procure-to-Pay
14 30 (12.77%) Resource Allocation
15 29 (12.34%) Strategic Roadmap
16 28 (11.91%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.83%) SQL
2 2 (0.85%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.85%) Python
2 2 (0.85%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.43%) C#
3 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.43%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 68 (28.94%) Degree
2 23 (9.79%) PMP
3 16 (6.81%) PMI Certification
4 9 (3.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (2.13%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.70%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.28%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.28%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.28%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.85%) PhD
9 1 (0.43%) APMP
9 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.43%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.98%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.13%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.28%) GDPR
4 2 (0.85%) PMO
4 2 (0.85%) QA
5 1 (0.43%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 72 (30.64%) SAP
2 37 (15.74%) OpenText
3 27 (11.49%) Ariba
4 7 (2.98%) Microsoft
5 6 (2.55%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.70%) Adobe
6 4 (1.70%) Google
6 4 (1.70%) Oracle
7 3 (1.28%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.85%) Apple
8 2 (0.85%) Concur
8 2 (0.85%) VMware
9 1 (0.43%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.43%) ANSYS
9 1 (0.43%) NEC
9 1 (0.43%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.43%) Planview
9 1 (0.43%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.43%) Siemens