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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 30 26
Rank change year-on-year -42 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 144 279 333
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.97% 7.24% 6.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 8.05% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 102 87 156
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,569 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,565 £53,818
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +3.25% -2.15%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £87,125 £92,500 £77,955
South East median annual salary £45,000 £58,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.75% +16.50% -11.54%

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 5,202 3,466 4,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.08% 90.00% 82.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,682 1,470 2,083
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,397 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -12.73% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
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

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -51 68 £55,000 -4.35% 126
Buckinghamshire +10 44 £50,625 +19.44% 85
Oxfordshire -8 32 £45,000 -30.77% 55
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 (6.25%) IIS
2 6 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.39%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.69%) CMS
4 1 (0.69%) Confluence
4 1 (0.69%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (15.97%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (13.19%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (9.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.78%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.69%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.69%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.69%) Shopify
3 1 (0.69%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.19%) Azure
2 9 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (4.86%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.17%) Google Workspace
4 6 (4.17%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.78%) AWS
5 4 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.78%) SaaS
6 2 (1.39%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.39%) GCP
6 2 (1.39%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.39%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.39%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.69%) Intacct
7 1 (0.69%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.69%) Internet
1 1 (0.69%) LAN
1 1 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (0.69%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.69%) WAN
1 1 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.25%) MySQL
2 9 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 7 (4.86%) Power BI
4 2 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.69%) Looker
Development Applications
1 9 (6.25%) Claude Code
1 9 (6.25%) JIRA
1 9 (6.25%) Oracle Forms
1 9 (6.25%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (2.08%) Git
3 2 (1.39%) JUnit
3 2 (1.39%) MLflow
4 1 (0.69%) GitLab
General
1 68 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 33 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (15.97%) Finance
4 20 (13.89%) Marketing
5 16 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (7.64%) Telecoms
7 10 (6.94%) Legal
8 9 (6.25%) Retail
9 8 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (5.56%) Manufacturing
9 8 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (5.56%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.47%) Advertising
10 5 (3.47%) Military
11 4 (2.78%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.08%) Electronics
12 3 (2.08%) Law
12 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (24.31%) Project Manager
2 31 (21.53%) Senior
3 22 (15.28%) Senior Manager
4 16 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 16 (11.11%) Analyst
4 16 (11.11%) Developer
5 15 (10.42%) IT Manager
6 12 (8.33%) Development Manager
6 12 (8.33%) Senior Development Manager
6 12 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
6 12 (8.33%) Support Analyst
7 11 (7.64%) Lead
8 10 (6.94%) Applications Support
9 9 (6.25%) Business Analyst
9 9 (6.25%) VB.NET Developer
10 8 (5.56%) CRM Manager
11 7 (4.86%) ASP.NET Developer
11 7 (4.86%) C# .NET Developer
11 7 (4.86%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 7 (4.86%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.11%) .NET
1 16 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 16 (11.11%) CSS
1 16 (11.11%) HTML
1 16 (11.11%) jQuery
2 9 (6.25%) ASP.NET Web API
2 9 (6.25%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 9 (6.25%) LESS
3 7 (4.86%) .NET Framework
3 7 (4.86%) ASP.NET Core
3 7 (4.86%) Entity Framework
3 7 (4.86%) REST
4 2 (1.39%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.39%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.39%) NumPy
4 2 (1.39%) ONNX
4 2 (1.39%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.39%) Pandas
4 2 (1.39%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.39%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.72%) Driving Licence
2 11 (7.64%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.94%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.56%) Social Media
5 7 (4.86%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (4.17%) Blog
7 4 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.78%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.78%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.39%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.39%) CUDA
9 2 (1.39%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.39%) Synthetic Data
10 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.69%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.69%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.47%) Windows
2 2 (1.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (35.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 49 (34.03%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (25.69%) Agile
4 30 (20.83%) Decision-Making
5 29 (20.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 27 (18.75%) Project Delivery
6 27 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (13.89%) CRM
8 17 (11.81%) Waterfall
9 15 (10.42%) AI
9 15 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (10.42%) Process Improvement
10 14 (9.72%) Budget Management
10 14 (9.72%) Risk Management
11 13 (9.03%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 13 (9.03%) Roadmaps
11 13 (9.03%) Service Delivery
11 13 (9.03%) Test Automation
12 12 (8.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.19%) JavaScript
2 13 (9.03%) SQL
3 9 (6.25%) TypeScript
3 9 (6.25%) VB.NET
4 7 (4.86%) C#
5 6 (4.17%) Java
6 5 (3.47%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.78%) ABAP
8 2 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (33.33%) Degree
2 15 (10.42%) PMP
3 14 (9.72%) PMI Certification
4 10 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.94%) Security Cleared
5 9 (6.25%) HNC
5 9 (6.25%) HND
6 6 (4.17%) APMP
7 5 (3.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (2.78%) ISEB
9 2 (1.39%) GNVQ
9 2 (1.39%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.39%) PhD
10 1 (0.69%) CCNA
10 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.86%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.86%) PMO
3 5 (3.47%) GDPR
3 5 (3.47%) QA
3 5 (3.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.69%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.69%) NIST
6 1 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.69%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 46 (31.94%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.64%) Oracle
3 10 (6.94%) SAP
4 8 (5.56%) Google
5 7 (4.86%) CA Agile Central
6 6 (4.17%) Adobe
6 6 (4.17%) Apple
6 6 (4.17%) Salesforce
7 5 (3.47%) Sage
7 5 (3.47%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.08%) Pega
9 2 (1.39%) EMC
9 2 (1.39%) Thales
9 2 (1.39%) WooCommerce
10 1 (0.69%) Callidus
10 1 (0.69%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.69%) iManage
10 1 (0.69%) Informatica