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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 21 27
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 211 332 259
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.39% 8.91% 8.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.53% 9.89% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 69 191 161
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £34,048
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,866 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,125 £90,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.46% -0.45%

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 3,231 3,357 2,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.51% 90.05% 92.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,733 1,631 2,138
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,463
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £69,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.50% -0.91%

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 December 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 14 December 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 +23 161 £60,000 +6.66% 65
Buckinghamshire -22 38 £37,500 -40.00% 36
Oxfordshire -39 12 £65,000 +29.88% 22
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 6 (2.84%) WordPress
2 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.95%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.95%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.95%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.95%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (0.95%) Elementor
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.95%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 64 (30.33%) SAP MDG
1 64 (30.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (17.54%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.32%) Azure
2 3 (1.42%) Collibra
2 3 (1.42%) Power Platform
2 3 (1.42%) SaaS
3 2 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (0.95%) Google Ads
3 2 (0.95%) Google Analytics
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.47%) Asana
4 1 (0.47%) AWS
4 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (0.47%) OCI
4 1 (0.47%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.47%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.47%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.95%) DHCP
1 2 (0.95%) DNS
1 2 (0.95%) Ethernet
1 2 (0.95%) Firewall
1 2 (0.95%) SSL
1 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
1 2 (0.95%) VLAN
1 2 (0.95%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.84%) Metadata
2 4 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.90%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.42%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.42%) Power BI
3 3 (1.42%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.47%) Big Data
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.42%) ERwin
1 3 (1.42%) PowerDesigner
2 1 (0.47%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
General
1 150 (71.09%) Social Skills
2 103 (48.82%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (30.33%) Finance
4 28 (13.27%) Influencing Skills
5 25 (11.85%) Law
6 21 (9.95%) Legal
7 10 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.74%) Marketing
8 9 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.37%) Local Government
10 5 (2.37%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.90%) Multimedia
12 3 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.42%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.42%) Publishing
12 3 (1.42%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.95%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.95%) Games
13 2 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 81 (38.39%) Lead
2 58 (27.49%) Senior
3 52 (24.64%) Architect
4 40 (18.96%) Solutions Architect
5 19 (9.00%) Project Manager
6 12 (5.69%) Digital Architect
6 12 (5.69%) Lead Architect
7 11 (5.21%) IT Manager
8 7 (3.32%) Service Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Development Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Professional Services Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Senior Manager
10 5 (2.37%) Applications Support
10 5 (2.37%) Development Project Manager
10 5 (2.37%) Senior Development Manager
10 5 (2.37%) Senior Project Manager
10 5 (2.37%) Workstream Lead
11 4 (1.90%) Data Manager
11 4 (1.90%) Delivery Manager
11 4 (1.90%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.95%) Bootstrap
1 2 (0.95%) HTML
1 2 (0.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.27%) Data Centre
2 27 (12.80%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (5.69%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.79%) Blog
5 7 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.84%) FMCG
7 4 (1.90%) e-Learning
7 4 (1.90%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.42%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.95%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.95%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.95%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.95%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.47%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.47%) SCADA
10 1 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.42%) Linux
1 3 (1.42%) Windows
1 3 (1.42%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.95%) Android
2 2 (0.95%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.95%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (43.60%) Business Strategy
2 85 (40.28%) Risk Management
3 67 (31.75%) Source to Pay
4 62 (29.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (19.43%) Change Management
6 41 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (17.54%) ERP
7 37 (17.54%) Indirect Procurement
8 33 (15.64%) Analytics
9 30 (14.22%) Business Transformation
9 30 (14.22%) Procure-to-Pay
10 29 (13.74%) Project Delivery
10 29 (13.74%) Resource Allocation
11 28 (13.27%) Use Case
12 27 (12.80%) Digital Enablement
12 27 (12.80%) Matrix Management
12 27 (12.80%) Revenue Management
13 24 (11.37%) Business Case
13 24 (11.37%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.84%) SQL
2 2 (0.95%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.95%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.47%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 55 (26.07%) Degree
2 23 (10.90%) PMP
3 16 (7.58%) PMI Certification
4 7 (3.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (2.37%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.42%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.95%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.95%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.95%) PhD
8 2 (0.95%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.47%) APMP
9 1 (0.47%) CFA
9 1 (0.47%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.32%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.37%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.42%) GDPR
4 2 (0.95%) PMO
4 2 (0.95%) QA
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 72 (34.12%) SAP
2 37 (17.54%) OpenText
3 27 (12.80%) Ariba
4 7 (3.32%) Microsoft
5 4 (1.90%) HubSpot
5 4 (1.90%) Oracle
6 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.95%) Adobe
7 2 (0.95%) Concur
7 2 (0.95%) Google
7 2 (0.95%) VMware
8 1 (0.47%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.47%) IFS
8 1 (0.47%) NEC
8 1 (0.47%) Planview
8 1 (0.47%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow