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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 23 29
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 -8
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 188 298 295
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.66% 8.81% 7.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.79% 9.59% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 58 171 184
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,250 £31,400
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,812 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £67,875 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £57,772 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +0.47% +6.48% -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 3,245 3,106 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.48% 91.78% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 1,383 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £39,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

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 14 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 14 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 +20 141 £60,000 +2.56% 57
Buckinghamshire -23 34 £42,386 -29.36% 33
Oxfordshire -41 13 £65,000 +25.00% 15
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 (2.13%) SharePoint
1 4 (2.13%) WordPress
2 2 (1.06%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (9.57%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.06%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (1.06%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.06%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.06%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (1.06%) Elementor
4 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.06%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 64 (34.04%) SAP MDG
1 64 (34.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (19.68%) 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 (3.19%) Azure
2 3 (1.60%) Collibra
2 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
2 3 (1.60%) SaaS
3 2 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
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 (1.06%) DHCP
1 2 (1.06%) DNS
1 2 (1.06%) Ethernet
1 2 (1.06%) Firewall
1 2 (1.06%) SSL
1 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.06%) VLAN
1 2 (1.06%) Wireless
2 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.13%) Data Mining
2 3 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.60%) Metadata
2 3 (1.60%) Power BI
2 3 (1.60%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.60%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.53%) Big Data
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.60%) ERwin
1 3 (1.60%) PowerDesigner
2 1 (0.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
General
1 144 (76.60%) Social Skills
2 103 (54.79%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (38.30%) Finance
4 22 (11.70%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (7.98%) Pharmaceutical
6 11 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.26%) Law
7 8 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.19%) Marketing
8 6 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.66%) Legal
9 5 (2.66%) Local Government
9 5 (2.66%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.60%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.60%) Publishing
11 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.06%) Military
11 2 (1.06%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.06%) Retail
12 1 (0.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (31.38%) Lead
2 52 (27.66%) Architect
3 51 (27.13%) Senior
4 40 (21.28%) Solutions Architect
5 29 (15.43%) Project Manager
6 16 (8.51%) Development Manager
6 16 (8.51%) Senior Manager
6 16 (8.51%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (7.98%) Development Project Manager
7 15 (7.98%) Senior Development Manager
8 12 (6.38%) Digital Architect
8 12 (6.38%) Lead Architect
9 11 (5.85%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.72%) Service Manager
11 6 (3.19%) Professional Services Manager
12 5 (2.66%) Analyst
12 5 (2.66%) Applications Support
13 4 (2.13%) Head of IT
13 4 (2.13%) IT Project Manager
14 3 (1.60%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.06%) Bootstrap
1 2 (1.06%) HTML
1 2 (1.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.43%) Data Centre
2 27 (14.36%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (4.26%) Blog
4 7 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.19%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.66%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.13%) e-Learning
7 4 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.06%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.06%) FMCG
9 2 (1.06%) Graphic Design
9 2 (1.06%) Learning Management System
9 2 (1.06%) 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 (1.60%) Linux
1 3 (1.60%) Windows
1 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.06%) Android
2 2 (1.06%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.06%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (48.94%) Business Strategy
2 90 (47.87%) Risk Management
3 67 (35.64%) Source to Pay
4 45 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (21.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (19.68%) Indirect Procurement
7 36 (19.15%) Change Management
8 34 (18.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (17.55%) ERP
10 31 (16.49%) Analytics
11 30 (15.96%) Business Transformation
11 30 (15.96%) Procure-to-Pay
12 28 (14.89%) Resource Allocation
12 28 (14.89%) Use Case
13 27 (14.36%) Digital Enablement
13 27 (14.36%) Matrix Management
13 27 (14.36%) Revenue Management
14 22 (11.70%) Agile
15 17 (9.04%) Decision-Making
16 15 (7.98%) Hematology
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.19%) SQL
2 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.06%) Python
2 2 (1.06%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 41 (21.81%) Degree
2 27 (14.36%) PMP
3 20 (10.64%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.13%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.13%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.60%) SAP Certification
6 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.06%) PhD
6 2 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.53%) CFA
7 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.53%) MBA
7 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.66%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.60%) GDPR
4 2 (1.06%) PMO
4 2 (1.06%) QA
5 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 71 (37.77%) SAP
2 37 (19.68%) OpenText
3 27 (14.36%) Ariba
4 20 (10.64%) Microsoft
5 4 (2.13%) Oracle
6 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.06%) Adobe
7 2 (1.06%) Concur
7 2 (1.06%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.06%) IFS
7 2 (1.06%) VMware
8 1 (0.53%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.53%) Planview
8 1 (0.53%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow