Project Management Jobs in the Thames Valley

Project Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 17 27
Rank change year-on-year -9 +10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 301 576 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.50% 7.87% 7.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.26% 9.53% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 111 348 251
10th Percentile £33,982 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,968 £45,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -17.43% -0.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £56,252 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £75,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% -

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 3,251 6,043 5,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.76% 82.61% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,331 3,915 2,951
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £69,840 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the Thames Valley

Project Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Project Management in the Thames Valley

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 July 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 2 July 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 0 209 £55,565 +11.13% 415
Oxfordshire -1 51 £39,500 -11.11% 125
Buckinghamshire -28 41 £45,000 - 142
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (10.30%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.66%) Apache
3 5 (1.66%) IIS
4 4 (1.33%) WordPress
5 2 (0.66%) CMS
5 2 (0.66%) Kentico
6 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (5.32%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (5.32%) SAP FI
2 12 (3.99%) NetSuite
2 12 (3.99%) Sage 200
3 11 (3.65%) Sage CRM
4 7 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.99%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (1.33%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 39 (12.96%) Azure
2 38 (12.62%) Power Platform
3 30 (9.97%) Power Automate
4 27 (8.97%) PowerApps
5 11 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.66%) IaaS
7 6 (1.99%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.33%) Google Ads
8 4 (1.33%) SaaS
9 3 (1.00%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.00%) PaaS
10 2 (0.66%) AWS
10 2 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.66%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.66%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.66%) BigCommerce
10 2 (0.66%) ClickUp
10 2 (0.66%) Kontent
10 2 (0.66%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.33%) DNS
1 7 (2.33%) Firewall
2 5 (1.66%) SAN
2 5 (1.66%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.33%) Network Security
4 3 (1.00%) WAN
5 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.66%) VPN
5 2 (0.66%) Wireless
6 1 (0.33%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.33%) LAN
6 1 (0.33%) Modbus
6 1 (0.33%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.33%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.62%) Power BI
2 29 (9.63%) Big Data
3 28 (9.30%) Data Lake
3 28 (9.30%) Tableau
4 22 (7.31%) SQL Server
5 15 (4.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (2.33%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.66%) DTS
7 2 (0.66%) Metadata
7 2 (0.66%) MySQL
7 2 (0.66%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (4.32%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.00%) JIRA
3 2 (0.66%) Git
General
1 188 (62.46%) Social Skills
2 111 (36.88%) Law
3 109 (36.21%) Finance
4 54 (17.94%) Legal
5 50 (16.61%) Influencing Skills
6 44 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (8.64%) Marketing
8 23 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (6.31%) Manufacturing
10 16 (5.32%) Public Sector
11 14 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.99%) Retail
12 9 (2.99%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.99%) Banking
15 5 (1.66%) Advertising
15 5 (1.66%) Back Office
15 5 (1.66%) Local Government
16 4 (1.33%) Automotive
16 4 (1.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 110 (36.54%) Lead
2 91 (30.23%) Senior
3 47 (15.61%) Project Manager
4 26 (8.64%) Analyst
5 17 (5.65%) Senior Manager
6 16 (5.32%) Developer
6 16 (5.32%) Financial Analyst
6 16 (5.32%) IT Analyst
6 16 (5.32%) Senior Analyst
6 16 (5.32%) Senior Financial Analyst
6 16 (5.32%) Service Analyst
7 13 (4.32%) Portal Developer
8 11 (3.65%) IT Manager
8 11 (3.65%) Sage 200 Support
8 11 (3.65%) Sage Support
9 8 (2.66%) ERP Manager
10 7 (2.33%) CRM Manager
10 7 (2.33%) Data Manager
10 7 (2.33%) Programme Manager
11 6 (1.99%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.32%) .NET
1 13 (4.32%) .NET Core
1 13 (4.32%) .NET Framework
1 13 (4.32%) JSON
1 13 (4.32%) React
1 13 (4.32%) XML
2 5 (1.66%) ASP.NET
2 5 (1.66%) SAML
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.98%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.31%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.32%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.65%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.99%) Social Media
8 5 (1.66%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.66%) Digital Media
8 5 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (1.66%) PKI
9 4 (1.33%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.33%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.66%) Acoustics
10 2 (0.66%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.66%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.98%) Windows
2 14 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.66%) Android
4 2 (0.66%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.66%) Linux
4 2 (0.66%) Unix
5 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.33%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (38.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 92 (30.56%) Project Delivery
3 83 (27.57%) Computer Science
4 73 (24.25%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (18.27%) Agile
6 54 (17.94%) Business Case
7 53 (17.61%) Roadmaps
8 52 (17.28%) Mentoring
9 51 (16.94%) Business Intelligence
9 51 (16.94%) Service Management
10 50 (16.61%) ERP
11 49 (16.28%) IT Strategy
11 49 (16.28%) Technology Strategy
12 47 (15.61%) Analytics
13 46 (15.28%) Data Analysis
13 46 (15.28%) Strategic Roadmap
14 39 (12.96%) Risk Management
15 33 (10.96%) CRM
15 33 (10.96%) Data Management
15 33 (10.96%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.62%) SQL
2 7 (2.33%) Python
3 6 (1.99%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.66%) Bash
4 2 (0.66%) Bicep
4 2 (0.66%) C
4 2 (0.66%) C++
4 2 (0.66%) Fortran
5 1 (0.33%) C#
5 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 111 (36.88%) Degree
2 36 (11.96%) PMI Certification
3 34 (11.30%) PMP
4 8 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.66%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.33%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.99%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.66%) CCNA
7 5 (1.66%) CCNP
7 5 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.66%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.66%) HND
7 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.33%) MCSA
8 4 (1.33%) MCSE
9 3 (1.00%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.66%) APMP
10 2 (0.66%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.30%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.33%) SLA
3 6 (1.99%) QA
4 5 (1.66%) GDPR
4 5 (1.66%) PMO
5 4 (1.33%) GMP
6 2 (0.66%) GxP
6 2 (0.66%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.66%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.33%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.66%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (1.66%) ZABBIX
3 1 (0.33%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (0.33%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.33%) Netcool
Vendors
1 85 (28.24%) Microsoft
2 43 (14.29%) SAP
3 26 (8.64%) ServiceNow
4 20 (6.64%) Concur
5 19 (6.31%) Workday
6 12 (3.99%) Oracle
6 12 (3.99%) Sage
7 10 (3.32%) VMware
8 7 (2.33%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.99%) Cisco
9 6 (1.99%) Dell
9 6 (1.99%) Google
9 6 (1.99%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.99%) NetApp
9 6 (1.99%) PeopleSoft
10 5 (1.66%) Veeam
11 4 (1.33%) Adobe
11 4 (1.33%) Apple
12 3 (1.00%) Meraki
13 2 (0.66%) Facebook