Project Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Project Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 27 23 34
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 +19
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,552 6,355 4,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.03% 9.52% 7.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.52% 9.97% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,618 3,179 3,097
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,014 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +1.80%
75th Percentile £63,856 £66,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,882 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.66% +5.24% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,969 63,744 62,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 94.32% 95.54% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 20,494 36,420 42,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,780 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,838 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the UK excluding London

Project Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Project Management in the UK excluding London

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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
South East -6 652 £55,000 - 537
North of England 0 576 £55,000 +5.26% 516
Midlands -1 464 £55,000 +4.76% 375
South West -2 380 £53,500 +7.00% 277
West Midlands -4 342 £55,000 +4.76% 275
North West -7 283 £56,000 +3.70% 274
Yorkshire -1 252 £55,000 +4.76% 182
Scotland -8 183 £55,000 - 165
East of England +1 153 £57,500 +6.48% 272
East Midlands -1 120 £54,000 +2.86% 97
Wales -7 112 £48,523 -2.95% 73
North East +2 41 £52,500 +7.14% 69
Northern Ireland +16 36 £57,500 +23.66% 35
Isle of Man +1 2 £72,500 -
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 81 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 57 (2.23%) SAS
3 48 (1.88%) Confluence
4 22 (0.86%) MS Exchange
5 14 (0.55%) CMS
6 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
6 4 (0.16%) IIS
6 4 (0.16%) Mendix
7 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (0.12%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.078%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.078%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.078%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.078%) Captiva
8 2 (0.078%) Documentum
8 2 (0.078%) Drupal
8 2 (0.078%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.039%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.039%) Luigi
Applications
1 175 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
2 115 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 105 (4.11%) Microsoft Project
4 59 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (1.14%) MS Visio
6 18 (0.71%) AutoCAD
7 15 (0.59%) Trello
8 7 (0.27%) Simulink
9 6 (0.24%) OrCAD
10 5 (0.20%) Autodesk Inventor
10 5 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.16%) CATIA
11 4 (0.16%) LibreOffice
12 2 (0.078%) TargetLink
13 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.039%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 32 (1.25%) Primavera
2 28 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
4 12 (0.47%) Maximo
5 11 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
6 10 (0.39%) Infor M3
7 9 (0.35%) ProductWriter
7 9 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 9 (0.35%) SAP FI
7 9 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 9 (0.35%) SAP MM
8 8 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 8 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 5 (0.20%) Sage X3
9 5 (0.20%) SystmOne
10 4 (0.16%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.16%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.16%) SAP WM
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 331 (12.97%) Azure
2 227 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
3 135 (5.29%) Power Platform
4 126 (4.94%) SaaS
5 121 (4.74%) AWS
6 81 (3.17%) PaaS
7 77 (3.02%) IaaS
8 61 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
11 20 (0.78%) GCP
11 20 (0.78%) PowerApps
12 17 (0.67%) Power Automate
13 15 (0.59%) Smartsheet
14 13 (0.51%) Entra ID
15 12 (0.47%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (0.43%) WhatsApp
17 8 (0.31%) Serverless
18 7 (0.27%) Asana
18 7 (0.27%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 91 (3.57%) SAN
2 70 (2.74%) Firewall
3 60 (2.35%) WAN
4 43 (1.68%) LAN
5 40 (1.57%) VPN
6 29 (1.14%) DNS
7 20 (0.78%) WLAN
8 19 (0.74%) DHCP
8 19 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (0.71%) Internet
9 18 (0.71%) VLAN
9 18 (0.71%) VoIP
9 18 (0.71%) Wireless
10 17 (0.67%) SD-WAN
11 15 (0.59%) TCP/IP
12 13 (0.51%) iSCSI
12 13 (0.51%) NAS
13 10 (0.39%) Network Security
14 9 (0.35%) Fibre Channel
14 9 (0.35%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (3.88%) Power BI
1 99 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 48 (1.88%) Base SAS
3 33 (1.29%) Metadata
4 32 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (0.74%) Relational Database
7 19 (0.74%) Tableau
8 17 (0.67%) GIS
9 16 (0.63%) NoSQL
10 13 (0.51%) Big Data
10 13 (0.51%) Data Hub
10 13 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.43%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 9 (0.35%) MySQL
12 9 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 8 (0.31%) Data Mining
13 8 (0.31%) DB2
14 7 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 129 (5.05%) JIRA
2 51 (2.00%) Git
3 38 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
4 20 (0.78%) MSI
5 18 (0.71%) Jenkins
6 17 (0.67%) AdminStudio
6 17 (0.67%) InstallShield
7 15 (0.59%) Visual Studio Team System
8 6 (0.24%) LabVIEW
8 6 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.16%) Subversion
9 4 (0.16%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.12%) JUnit
11 2 (0.078%) CruiseControl
11 2 (0.078%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.078%) GitLab
11 2 (0.078%) LSMW
11 2 (0.078%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.078%) TestRail
11 2 (0.078%) Vagrant
General
1 1,007 (39.46%) Social Skills
2 640 (25.08%) Finance
3 339 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
4 233 (9.13%) Manufacturing
5 224 (8.78%) Organisational Skills
6 200 (7.84%) Presentation Skills
7 187 (7.33%) Public Sector
8 181 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 131 (5.13%) Retail
10 113 (4.43%) Marketing
11 89 (3.49%) Legal
12 70 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 63 (2.47%) Law
14 60 (2.35%) Automotive
15 56 (2.19%) Aerospace
16 55 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
17 53 (2.08%) Banking
18 51 (2.00%) Telecoms
19 49 (1.92%) Electronics
20 42 (1.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 868 (34.01%) Project Manager
2 314 (12.30%) Senior
3 264 (10.34%) Analyst
4 258 (10.11%) IT Manager
5 192 (7.52%) IT Project Manager
6 173 (6.78%) Senior Manager
7 156 (6.11%) Senior Project Manager
8 150 (5.88%) Lead
9 147 (5.76%) Architect
10 123 (4.82%) Developer
11 117 (4.58%) Consultant
12 80 (3.13%) Infrastructure Architect
13 77 (3.02%) Business Analyst
14 68 (2.66%) Software Engineer
15 62 (2.43%) Infrastructure Manager
16 61 (2.39%) Technical Manager
17 57 (2.23%) Delivery Manager
18 47 (1.84%) Junior
19 46 (1.80%) Solutions Architect
20 41 (1.61%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (3.49%) .NET
2 57 (2.23%) React
3 53 (2.08%) XML
4 48 (1.88%) AngularJS
5 36 (1.41%) REST
6 26 (1.02%) CSS
6 26 (1.02%) HTML
7 24 (0.94%) ASP.NET
8 22 (0.86%) JSON
8 22 (0.86%) React Native
9 21 (0.82%) .NET Framework
9 21 (0.82%) SOAP
10 20 (0.78%) Vue
10 20 (0.78%) Web Services
11 18 (0.71%) RESTful
11 18 (0.71%) Spring
12 17 (0.67%) EDI
13 16 (0.63%) jQuery
14 15 (0.59%) ASP.NET MVC
15 12 (0.47%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 217 (8.50%) Management Information System
2 187 (7.33%) Virtual Team
3 129 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
4 95 (3.72%) Public Cloud
5 89 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 87 (3.41%) Product Ownership
7 70 (2.74%) Data Centre
8 60 (2.35%) Life Science
8 60 (2.35%) Private Cloud
9 59 (2.31%) Driving Licence
10 34 (1.33%) PMI
11 26 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
12 25 (0.98%) Data Structures
13 19 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
14 18 (0.71%) NHS
14 18 (0.71%) Shadow IT
15 15 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.55%) Algorithms
16 14 (0.55%) Operational Technology
17 13 (0.51%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 229 (8.97%) Windows
2 130 (5.09%) Linux
3 52 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 39 (1.53%) Windows 10
5 27 (1.06%) Unix
6 21 (0.82%) Windows 7
7 12 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (0.43%) Android
8 11 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (0.24%) Windows XP
11 5 (0.20%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.12%) VMS
12 3 (0.12%) Windows 2000 Server
13 2 (0.078%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.039%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 959 (37.58%) Agile
2 728 (28.53%) Project Delivery
3 604 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
4 502 (19.67%) PRINCE2
5 413 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 337 (13.21%) Change Management
7 333 (13.05%) Actionable Insight
8 329 (12.89%) ITIL
9 304 (11.91%) SDLC
10 297 (11.64%) Computer Science
11 280 (10.97%) Scrum
12 268 (10.50%) Waterfall
13 233 (9.13%) Mentoring
14 225 (8.82%) ERP
15 223 (8.74%) Service Management
16 205 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
17 198 (7.76%) Decision-Making
18 193 (7.56%) Migration
19 181 (7.09%) DevOps
20 167 (6.54%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 172 (6.74%) SQL
2 119 (4.66%) JavaScript
3 101 (3.96%) Java
4 100 (3.92%) Python
5 99 (3.88%) C#
6 60 (2.35%) PowerShell
7 48 (1.88%) SAS Macro
8 25 (0.98%) C++
9 23 (0.90%) C
10 20 (0.78%) VB
11 18 (0.71%) MATLAB
11 18 (0.71%) T-SQL
12 14 (0.55%) PHP
13 12 (0.47%) Bash
14 11 (0.43%) TypeScript
15 10 (0.39%) R
16 7 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.27%) Perl
17 6 (0.24%) Ruby
17 6 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 719 (28.17%) Degree
2 286 (11.21%) Security Cleared
3 184 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 181 (7.09%) SC Cleared
5 102 (4.00%) PMI Certification
6 89 (3.49%) PMP
7 69 (2.70%) DV Cleared
8 66 (2.59%) DBS Check
9 50 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 45 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 42 (1.65%) Master's Degree
12 40 (1.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 32 (1.25%) Numerate Degree
14 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
15 25 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
16 22 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
17 20 (0.78%) APMP
18 16 (0.63%) Azure Certification
18 16 (0.63%) CISSP
19 15 (0.59%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (8.46%) QA
2 187 (7.33%) PMO
3 48 (1.88%) CDISC
4 27 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (1.02%) SLA
6 22 (0.86%) Accessibility
7 17 (0.67%) GDPR
7 17 (0.67%) ISO 9001
8 15 (0.59%) Data Quality
9 13 (0.51%) NIST
10 12 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.43%) GMP
12 10 (0.39%) COBIT
12 10 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.35%) GxP
14 7 (0.27%) GRC
14 7 (0.27%) MISRA
14 7 (0.27%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.24%) ISO 26262
16 5 (0.20%) HIPAA
System Software
1 100 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 52 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 19 (0.74%) Firmware
5 18 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
6 14 (0.55%) Docker
7 10 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (0.39%) Terminal Server
8 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.24%) vSphere
10 5 (0.20%) BitLocker
10 5 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.078%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.078%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.039%) RACF
Systems Management
1 73 (2.86%) Terraform
2 62 (2.43%) Ansible
3 49 (1.92%) SCCM
4 30 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.90%) WSUS
6 11 (0.43%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.31%) SCOM
8 6 (0.24%) NetBackup
8 6 (0.24%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.24%) Puppet
9 5 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.20%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.12%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.12%) Grafana
11 3 (0.12%) Nessus
12 2 (0.078%) Nagios
12 2 (0.078%) QRadar
Vendors
1 423 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 140 (5.49%) Salesforce
3 134 (5.25%) SAP
4 133 (5.21%) NEC
5 132 (5.17%) Oracle
6 90 (3.53%) ServiceNow
7 70 (2.74%) VMware
8 53 (2.08%) Cisco
9 41 (1.61%) Google
10 33 (1.29%) Dell
11 29 (1.14%) Citrix
12 24 (0.94%) IBM
12 24 (0.94%) Remedy
13 22 (0.86%) HP
14 19 (0.74%) Autodesk
15 15 (0.59%) Sun
16 14 (0.55%) NetApp
17 13 (0.51%) EMC
18 12 (0.47%) Juniper
18 12 (0.47%) Teradata