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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 24 25
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +13
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 5,775 5,195 6,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.19% 8.47% 8.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.70% 8.86% 8.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,892 2,697 3,493
10th Percentile £31,361 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,200 £65,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,796 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.68% +1.82%

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 59,507 58,626 66,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 95.62% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 41,180 30,153 41,508
10th Percentile £27,117 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +14 1,467 £50,000 -9.09% 528
South East +1 1,374 £47,500 -13.64% 546
Midlands +3 1,137 £52,500 -4.55% 443
North West +18 821 £50,000 -9.09% 322
South West +10 756 £47,500 -13.64% 300
West Midlands 0 633 £55,000 - 286
Yorkshire +20 489 £50,000 -8.90% 163
East Midlands +4 465 £47,500 -13.64% 157
East of England +13 443 £50,000 -9.09% 236
Scotland -21 365 £50,000 -9.09% 160
Wales +6 164 £42,500 -22.56% 61
North East +7 157 £52,500 -4.55% 51
Northern Ireland +45 68 £42,500 -10.53% 25
Isle of Man - 8 £37,500 -
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
1 265 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 109 (1.89%) Confluence
3 89 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 87 (1.51%) CMS
5 58 (1.00%) Apache
6 43 (0.74%) IIS
7 40 (0.69%) WebLogic
8 29 (0.50%) WordPress
9 18 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 15 (0.26%) SAS
11 14 (0.24%) ArcGIS
12 10 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 9 (0.16%) Drupal
14 7 (0.12%) MS Project Server
15 6 (0.10%) WebSphere
16 5 (0.087%) JBoss
16 5 (0.087%) Joomla!
16 5 (0.087%) Kentico
16 5 (0.087%) Kinematics
16 5 (0.087%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 387 (6.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 358 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
3 295 (5.11%) Microsoft Project
4 167 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 61 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 55 (0.95%) AutoCAD
7 41 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
8 30 (0.52%) Trello
9 17 (0.29%) Windchill
10 11 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 10 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
11 10 (0.17%) Simulink
12 9 (0.16%) Sketch
13 7 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 7 (0.12%) InDesign
14 5 (0.087%) Adobe XD
14 5 (0.087%) SOLIDWORKS
15 4 (0.069%) InVision
15 4 (0.069%) Solid Edge
15 4 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 41 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 38 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.62%) Primavera
4 29 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
5 23 (0.40%) Magento
6 22 (0.38%) Shopify
6 22 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
7 17 (0.29%) NetSuite
7 17 (0.29%) Teamcenter
8 13 (0.23%) NEC Housing
9 10 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 10 (0.17%) SAP MM
9 10 (0.17%) SAP WM
10 9 (0.16%) Sage 200
11 8 (0.14%) BPCS
12 7 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
12 7 (0.12%) Maximo
12 7 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
12 7 (0.12%) SAP GTS
13 6 (0.10%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 674 (11.67%) Azure
2 421 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
3 391 (6.77%) AWS
4 265 (4.59%) Power Platform
5 219 (3.79%) SaaS
6 193 (3.34%) GCP
7 163 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
8 77 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
9 73 (1.26%) Amazon S3
10 53 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
10 53 (0.92%) PowerApps
11 51 (0.88%) Entra ID
12 44 (0.76%) Power Automate
13 41 (0.71%) Amazon SQS
14 40 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
15 27 (0.47%) Smartsheet
16 24 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
17 22 (0.38%) Amazon Kinesis
17 22 (0.38%) GitHub
18 20 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 189 (3.27%) Firewall
2 123 (2.13%) DNS
3 122 (2.11%) WAN
4 98 (1.70%) VPN
5 92 (1.59%) Intranet
6 88 (1.52%) Internet
7 74 (1.28%) TCP/IP
8 72 (1.25%) Network Security
9 67 (1.16%) LAN
10 63 (1.09%) SSL
11 62 (1.07%) DHCP
12 57 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
13 56 (0.97%) SAN
13 56 (0.97%) SNMP
14 55 (0.95%) IPsec
15 51 (0.88%) SD-WAN
16 47 (0.81%) Wireless
17 46 (0.80%) BGP
18 39 (0.68%) 5G
19 27 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (3.50%) Power BI
2 123 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
3 104 (1.80%) SQL Server
4 97 (1.68%) Relational Database
5 72 (1.25%) BigQuery
5 72 (1.25%) Looker
5 72 (1.25%) MySQL
6 69 (1.19%) RDBMS
7 64 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
8 53 (0.92%) MongoDB
9 52 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
10 49 (0.85%) Big Data
11 45 (0.78%) Oracle Database
11 45 (0.78%) Tableau
12 25 (0.43%) NoSQL
13 22 (0.38%) Data Lake
13 22 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
13 22 (0.38%) GIS
14 21 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
15 18 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 299 (5.18%) JIRA
2 80 (1.39%) Git
3 49 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 24 (0.42%) Postman
5 23 (0.40%) GitLab
6 20 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 15 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.17%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.17%) Subversion
9 9 (0.16%) Selenium
10 8 (0.14%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.14%) JUnit
10 8 (0.14%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.10%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.087%) gulp
13 4 (0.069%) AdminStudio
13 4 (0.069%) InstallShield
13 4 (0.069%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.069%) Maven
13 4 (0.069%) MSI
General
1 2,465 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 1,327 (22.98%) Finance
3 924 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 405 (7.01%) Marketing
5 372 (6.44%) Presentation Skills
6 368 (6.37%) Manufacturing
7 365 (6.32%) Retail
8 364 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
9 359 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 266 (4.61%) Public Sector
11 231 (4.00%) Legal
12 201 (3.48%) Telecoms
13 188 (3.26%) Law
14 140 (2.42%) Aerospace
15 133 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
16 113 (1.96%) Billing
17 107 (1.85%) Banking
18 93 (1.61%) Local Government
19 91 (1.58%) Electronics
20 85 (1.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 2,086 (36.12%) Project Manager
2 671 (11.62%) Senior
3 479 (8.29%) Lead
4 450 (7.79%) IT Manager
5 380 (6.58%) Analyst
6 378 (6.55%) Senior Manager
7 290 (5.02%) Senior Project Manager
8 259 (4.48%) Architect
9 256 (4.43%) IT Project Manager
10 216 (3.74%) Consultant
11 155 (2.68%) Digital Project Manager
12 150 (2.60%) Presales Manager
13 149 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
14 148 (2.56%) Developer
15 135 (2.34%) Coordinator
16 126 (2.18%) Business Analyst
17 122 (2.11%) Engineering Manager
18 109 (1.89%) Data Manager
19 106 (1.84%) Technical Manager
20 100 (1.73%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (2.29%) .NET
2 102 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
3 100 (1.73%) HTML
4 90 (1.56%) CSS
5 77 (1.33%) EDI
6 66 (1.14%) Spring Boot
7 51 (0.88%) React
8 50 (0.87%) YAML
9 45 (0.78%) XML
10 43 (0.74%) JSON
11 39 (0.68%) Spring
12 34 (0.59%) RESTful
13 32 (0.55%) AngularJS
13 32 (0.55%) SOAP
14 31 (0.54%) jQuery
14 31 (0.54%) Web Services
15 29 (0.50%) Laravel
16 23 (0.40%) Vue
17 22 (0.38%) Node.js
17 22 (0.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 487 (8.43%) Management Information System
2 379 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
3 242 (4.19%) Product Ownership
4 192 (3.32%) Data Centre
5 178 (3.08%) Driving Licence
6 156 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 145 (2.51%) PMI
8 120 (2.08%) Public Cloud
9 82 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 77 (1.33%) NHS
11 76 (1.32%) FMCG
11 76 (1.32%) PKI
12 71 (1.23%) Mobile App
13 66 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
14 63 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
15 60 (1.04%) Virtual Team
16 51 (0.88%) IoT
17 45 (0.78%) Social Media
18 40 (0.69%) Algorithms
19 35 (0.61%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 356 (6.16%) Windows
2 257 (4.45%) Linux
3 133 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 75 (1.30%) Windows 10
5 49 (0.85%) Data ONTAP
6 44 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 42 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 37 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
9 32 (0.55%) Android
10 26 (0.45%) Unix
11 21 (0.36%) Apple iOS
12 17 (0.29%) Mac OS
13 16 (0.28%) VMS
14 15 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
15 12 (0.21%) Windows XP
16 11 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (0.14%) AIX
17 8 (0.14%) Solaris
18 7 (0.12%) Ubuntu
18 7 (0.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,824 (31.58%) Agile
2 1,354 (23.45%) Problem-Solving
3 1,275 (22.08%) Project Delivery
4 837 (14.49%) PRINCE2
5 668 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 641 (11.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 631 (10.93%) Mentoring
8 578 (10.01%) Change Management
9 552 (9.56%) Actionable Insight
10 520 (9.00%) Decision-Making
11 483 (8.36%) Risk Management
12 429 (7.43%) Customer Service
13 428 (7.41%) Coaching
14 417 (7.22%) SDLC
15 408 (7.06%) Agile Project Management
16 406 (7.03%) ITIL
17 386 (6.68%) Collaborative Working
18 383 (6.63%) Scrum
19 377 (6.53%) DevOps
20 363 (6.29%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 332 (5.75%) SQL
2 221 (3.83%) Python
3 156 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 134 (2.32%) C#
5 105 (1.82%) PowerShell
6 104 (1.80%) Java
7 75 (1.30%) C
7 75 (1.30%) PHP
8 52 (0.90%) C++
9 38 (0.66%) T-SQL
10 37 (0.64%) VB
11 30 (0.52%) TypeScript
12 26 (0.45%) R
13 24 (0.42%) VBA
14 23 (0.40%) Bash
15 17 (0.29%) MATLAB
16 14 (0.24%) Perl
16 14 (0.24%) VB.NET
17 10 (0.17%) VBScript
18 9 (0.16%) RPG
Qualifications
1 1,391 (24.09%) Degree
2 580 (10.04%) Security Cleared
3 348 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 319 (5.52%) PMI Certification
5 267 (4.62%) PMP
6 137 (2.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 132 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 105 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 92 (1.59%) DBS Check
10 90 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 88 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
12 86 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
13 83 (1.44%) APMP
14 77 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
15 66 (1.14%) Azure Certification
16 65 (1.13%) HNC
17 56 (0.97%) HND
18 53 (0.92%) CCNA
19 51 (0.88%) DV Cleared
20 49 (0.85%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 466 (8.07%) PMO
2 332 (5.75%) QA
3 130 (2.25%) GDPR
4 105 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 77 (1.33%) SLA
6 69 (1.19%) Accessibility
7 56 (0.97%) ISO 9001
8 51 (0.88%) Data Quality
9 43 (0.74%) NIST
10 27 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
10 27 (0.47%) NEBOSH
11 26 (0.45%) NCSC
12 16 (0.28%) GMP
12 16 (0.28%) NIST 800
13 14 (0.24%) GRC
13 14 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 12 (0.21%) COSHH
14 12 (0.21%) GxP
14 12 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 11 (0.19%) ITGC
System Software
1 211 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 169 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 89 (1.54%) Docker
5 32 (0.55%) Firmware
6 26 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 25 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (0.24%) vSphere
10 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.087%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.069%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.069%) pfSense
12 4 (0.069%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.017%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.017%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.017%) NFS
13 1 (0.017%) RACF
13 1 (0.017%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.017%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 127 (2.20%) Ansible
2 88 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.18%) vCenter Server
4 59 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 49 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 44 (0.76%) SCCM
7 41 (0.71%) Terraform
8 27 (0.47%) ZABBIX
9 21 (0.36%) WSUS
10 20 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 20 (0.35%) SCOM
11 14 (0.24%) FortiGate
12 13 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
12 13 (0.23%) Puppet
13 12 (0.21%) NetBackup
13 12 (0.21%) Opsgenie
13 12 (0.21%) VxRail
14 6 (0.10%) Nessus
15 4 (0.069%) Backup Exec
15 4 (0.069%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,058 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 223 (3.86%) Google
3 205 (3.55%) VMware
4 181 (3.13%) SAP
5 158 (2.74%) Oracle
6 128 (2.22%) Cisco
7 101 (1.75%) Salesforce
8 81 (1.40%) Palo Alto
9 61 (1.06%) NetApp
10 60 (1.04%) Red Hat
11 56 (0.97%) Dell
12 55 (0.95%) Adobe
13 52 (0.90%) IFS
14 49 (0.85%) SolidFire
15 47 (0.81%) NEC
16 45 (0.78%) ServiceNow
17 44 (0.76%) Sage
18 43 (0.74%) Veeam
19 41 (0.71%) Sparx
20 35 (0.61%) HP