Project Management Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Project Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 12 25
Rank change year-on-year -33 +13 -1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,743 3,759 2,495
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.09% 10.45% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.22% 11.73% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,029 1,602 1,758
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,820 £33,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,231 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,922 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.96% - -3.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,410 32,047 30,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.40% 89.07% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 19,288 14,407 22,672
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,971
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.83% -5.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Project Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Project Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the UK excluding London

Project Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
North of England -27 477 £40,000 -26.47% 227
South East -26 456 £57,500 - 387
Midlands -44 289 £45,000 -18.18% 204
North West -28 221 £42,500 -19.05% 113
South West -17 196 £47,500 -8.65% 146
West Midlands -37 193 £45,000 -21.74% 121
Yorkshire -22 165 £40,000 -27.27% 86
Scotland -13 158 £40,000 -27.27% 62
East of England -46 111 £55,000 +10.00% 180
East Midlands -56 96 £47,250 -9.13% 83
North East -6 91 £32,500 -37.50% 35
Wales -33 32 £57,500 +12.75% 45
Northern Ireland -16 28 £55,000 -6.38% 30
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 112 (6.43%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.49%) Confluence
3 19 (1.09%) CMS
4 15 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.80%) Kinematics
6 12 (0.69%) WordPress
7 8 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.29%) Apache
9 3 (0.17%) govService
9 3 (0.17%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.11%) TPMS
11 1 (0.057%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.057%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.057%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.057%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.057%) IIS
11 1 (0.057%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.057%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 293 (16.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (9.29%) Microsoft Office
3 113 (6.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 79 (4.53%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 18 (1.03%) AutoCAD
7 16 (0.92%) SOLIDWORKS
8 14 (0.80%) Trello
9 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.23%) CATIA
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.11%) Elementor
11 2 (0.11%) EPLAN
11 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.11%) Revit
11 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 74 (4.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (3.67%) SAP MDG
3 37 (2.12%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 17 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
4 17 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
5 15 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
6 12 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
7 11 (0.63%) NetSuite
8 10 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
9 9 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
9 9 (0.52%) Shopify
10 8 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
10 8 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
11 6 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
12 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
12 4 (0.23%) SAP BPC
12 4 (0.23%) SAP CO
12 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
12 4 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 120 (6.88%) Azure
2 113 (6.48%) Power Platform
3 87 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (2.98%) AWS
5 50 (2.87%) SaaS
6 22 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (0.92%) GCP
7 16 (0.92%) PowerApps
8 14 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (0.80%) Power Automate
9 13 (0.75%) Asana
9 13 (0.75%) OCI
9 13 (0.75%) Smartsheet
10 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.40%) Entra ID
11 7 (0.40%) Google Workspace
12 6 (0.34%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.29%) ChatGPT
13 5 (0.29%) GitHub
13 5 (0.29%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.38%) Firewall
1 24 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
2 23 (1.32%) WAN
3 20 (1.15%) VPN
4 19 (1.09%) LAN
4 19 (1.09%) Wireless
5 15 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
6 14 (0.80%) SD-WAN
6 14 (0.80%) VLAN
7 11 (0.63%) TCP/IP
8 10 (0.57%) MPLS
8 10 (0.57%) Unified Communications
9 9 (0.52%) BGP
10 8 (0.46%) DNS
10 8 (0.46%) VoIP
11 7 (0.40%) Internet
11 7 (0.40%) Network Security
12 5 (0.29%) Intranet
12 5 (0.29%) OSPF
13 4 (0.23%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (7.46%) Tableau
2 110 (6.31%) Data Mining
3 106 (6.08%) Power BI
4 31 (1.78%) SQL Server
5 14 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.46%) Big Data
8 7 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (0.29%) Data Vault
10 5 (0.29%) Metadata
10 5 (0.29%) SAP BW
11 4 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.23%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.17%) GIS
12 3 (0.17%) MySQL
12 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 66 (3.79%) JIRA
2 7 (0.40%) Git
2 7 (0.40%) GitLab
2 7 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.23%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.23%) Maven
5 3 (0.17%) ERwin
5 3 (0.17%) JIRA Agile
5 3 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.11%) Checkstyle
6 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.11%) Gradle
6 2 (0.11%) JUnit
6 2 (0.11%) Mockito
6 2 (0.11%) Selenium
6 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.11%) Subversion
6 2 (0.11%) TestNG
6 2 (0.11%) Vagrant
General
1 744 (42.69%) Social Skills
2 728 (41.77%) Finance
3 535 (30.69%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (9.52%) Manufacturing
5 132 (7.57%) Marketing
6 97 (5.57%) Retail
7 93 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
7 93 (5.34%) Public Sector
8 85 (4.88%) Legal
9 82 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 82 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
10 76 (4.36%) Law
11 50 (2.87%) Electronics
12 46 (2.64%) Pharmaceutical
13 45 (2.58%) Aviation
14 42 (2.41%) Aerospace
14 42 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
15 40 (2.29%) Telecoms
16 27 (1.55%) Aeronautics
16 27 (1.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 324 (18.59%) Analyst
2 237 (13.60%) Project Manager
3 231 (13.25%) Senior
4 226 (12.97%) Trainee
5 217 (12.45%) Trainee Analyst
6 163 (9.35%) Business Analyst
7 145 (8.32%) Lead
8 143 (8.20%) Senior Manager
9 113 (6.48%) Architect
10 112 (6.43%) Trainee Business Analyst
11 109 (6.25%) Data Analyst
12 105 (6.02%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 92 (5.28%) Development Manager
14 89 (5.11%) IT Manager
15 75 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
16 71 (4.07%) Product Manager
16 71 (4.07%) Systems Manager
17 69 (3.96%) Quality Manager
18 64 (3.67%) Business Manager
18 64 (3.67%) QA Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.32%) CSS
2 17 (0.98%) Middleware
3 12 (0.69%) EDI
3 12 (0.69%) HTML
4 10 (0.57%) .NET
5 8 (0.46%) Web Services
6 7 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.29%) REST
8 4 (0.23%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.17%) Google Maps API
9 3 (0.17%) Pandas
9 3 (0.17%) React
10 2 (0.11%) Bootstrap
10 2 (0.11%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.11%) JavaFX
10 2 (0.11%) Kafka
10 2 (0.11%) OAuth
10 2 (0.11%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.11%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 122 (7.00%) Management Information System
2 79 (4.53%) FMCG
3 74 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
4 69 (3.96%) Robotics
5 68 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 59 (3.38%) Onboarding
7 58 (3.33%) Data Centre
8 47 (2.70%) Driving Licence
9 36 (2.07%) Product Ownership
10 33 (1.89%) Virtual Team
11 22 (1.26%) Blog
12 17 (0.98%) Algorithms
13 15 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.75%) e-Learning
14 13 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.69%) Fibre Optics
15 12 (0.69%) Low-Code
15 12 (0.69%) SCADA
16 11 (0.63%) Life Science
17 10 (0.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.89%) Windows
2 19 (1.09%) Linux
3 9 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.34%) VMS
5 4 (0.23%) Android
5 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.057%) Unix
6 1 (0.057%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 490 (28.11%) Problem-Solving
2 473 (27.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 337 (19.33%) Project Delivery
4 322 (18.47%) Agile
5 301 (17.27%) Change Management
6 278 (15.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 265 (15.20%) Business Analysis
8 259 (14.86%) Analytics
9 256 (14.69%) Decision-Making
10 231 (13.25%) Risk Management
11 194 (11.13%) Process Improvement
12 187 (10.73%) PRINCE2
13 182 (10.44%) Data Analysis
14 178 (10.21%) AI
15 171 (9.81%) ERP
16 153 (8.78%) Coaching
17 144 (8.26%) Business Intelligence
18 133 (7.63%) Budget Management
19 130 (7.46%) Business Strategy
20 128 (7.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 191 (10.96%) SQL
2 167 (9.58%) Python
3 28 (1.61%) C
4 26 (1.49%) C#
5 20 (1.15%) Java
5 20 (1.15%) VBA
6 19 (1.09%) C++
7 12 (0.69%) Perl
8 6 (0.34%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.34%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.29%) Bash
9 5 (0.29%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.23%) Ladder Logic
10 4 (0.23%) PHP
10 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.23%) Ruby
10 4 (0.23%) VB
11 3 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (0.17%) Tcl
11 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 568 (32.59%) Degree
2 160 (9.18%) Security Cleared
3 136 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 126 (7.23%) PMP
5 109 (6.25%) PMI Certification
6 64 (3.67%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
7 63 (3.61%) Master's Degree
8 51 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 33 (1.89%) DBS Check
10 30 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 18 (1.03%) APMP
13 16 (0.92%) CCNP
13 16 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (0.92%) DV Cleared
13 16 (0.92%) HND
14 15 (0.86%) HNC
14 15 (0.86%) MBA
15 13 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
16 12 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (8.15%) QA
2 99 (5.68%) PMO
3 34 (1.95%) GDPR
4 24 (1.38%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (1.26%) ISO 9001
7 19 (1.09%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.57%) IEC 61131
9 9 (0.52%) SLA
10 8 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.46%) NIST
11 5 (0.29%) ISO 13485
11 5 (0.29%) P3O
12 4 (0.23%) GxP
12 4 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.11%) COBIT
13 2 (0.11%) DO-254
13 2 (0.11%) IEC 61508
13 2 (0.11%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.11%) JSP 440
System Software
1 18 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.63%) Docker
3 11 (0.63%) Firmware
4 6 (0.34%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.34%) vSphere
5 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.057%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.057%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 7 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.34%) Terraform
3 5 (0.29%) Ansible
4 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.11%) Grafana
6 2 (0.11%) Nagios
6 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.057%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.057%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.057%) MOM
7 1 (0.057%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 417 (23.92%) Microsoft
2 143 (8.20%) SAP
3 55 (3.16%) Salesforce
4 43 (2.47%) Oracle
5 37 (2.12%) OpenText
6 33 (1.89%) ServiceNow
7 30 (1.72%) Cisco
8 27 (1.55%) Ariba
9 20 (1.15%) Google
10 18 (1.03%) Anaplan
10 18 (1.03%) Genesys
10 18 (1.03%) Verint
11 14 (0.80%) HubSpot
11 14 (0.80%) Siemens
12 13 (0.75%) VMware
13 9 (0.52%) Sage
14 8 (0.46%) Allen-Bradley
14 8 (0.46%) Epicor
14 8 (0.46%) Infor
14 8 (0.46%) Toshiba