Project Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Project Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 3,007 5,814 5,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.58% 7.76% 8.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.19% 9.44% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,534 3,901 2,648
10th Percentile £33,825 £31,345 £36,606
25th Percentile £39,013 £39,750 £44,697
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,009 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +1.78%

All Process and 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 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
North of England -13 839 £54,793 +9.59% 530
South East -9 641 £60,000 +26.32% 457
Midlands -9 524 £50,500 -0.98% 353
North West -22 517 £54,793 +9.59% 314
West Midlands -4 331 £55,000 +1.85% 223
South West +1 298 £54,000 +8.00% 217
East of England -15 288 £53,000 +6.00% 198
Scotland +37 254 £42,500 -15.00% 128
Yorkshire -10 210 £54,897 +9.79% 172
East Midlands -26 189 £40,101 -15.58% 127
Wales +5 118 £64,000 +46.29% 53
North East +9 111 £57,000 +8.57% 52
Northern Ireland +17 40 £53,750 +22.86% 66
Isle of Man +11 5 £31,000 -17.33% 2
Channel Islands - 5 £87,500 - 46
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 96 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.60%) Confluence
3 31 (1.03%) CMS
4 23 (0.76%) WordPress
5 21 (0.70%) IIS
6 20 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.40%) Kinematics
8 10 (0.33%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.23%) Kentico
10 6 (0.20%) Apache
11 4 (0.13%) SAP Portal
12 2 (0.067%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.067%) Drupal
12 2 (0.067%) ThingWorx
12 2 (0.067%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.033%) EPiServer
13 1 (0.033%) Moodle
13 1 (0.033%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 207 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
2 188 (6.25%) Simulink
3 100 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 87 (2.89%) Microsoft Project
5 47 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 35 (1.16%) Trello
7 21 (0.70%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.33%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.13%) Revit
11 3 (0.100%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.100%) Final Cut Pro
11 3 (0.100%) Productboard
12 2 (0.067%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.033%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.033%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.033%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.033%) InDesign
13 1 (0.033%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 138 (4.59%) Teamcenter
2 52 (1.73%) NetSuite
3 21 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (0.60%) SAP FI
5 17 (0.57%) Sage 200
6 16 (0.53%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 16 (0.53%) Sage CRM
6 16 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
7 11 (0.37%) Shopify
8 9 (0.30%) Infor CloudSuite
8 9 (0.30%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 8 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.13%) SAP BPC
11 4 (0.13%) SAP Business One
11 4 (0.13%) SAP HR
12 3 (0.100%) Oracle Payables
12 3 (0.100%) Salesforce CRM
13 2 (0.067%) iTrent
13 2 (0.067%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 208 (6.92%) Azure
2 126 (4.19%) Power Platform
3 108 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
4 104 (3.46%) SaaS
5 89 (2.96%) AWS
6 74 (2.46%) Power Automate
7 51 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (1.43%) PowerApps
9 37 (1.23%) Entra ID
10 36 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (1.20%) IaaS
11 29 (0.96%) PaaS
12 28 (0.93%) GitHub
13 26 (0.86%) Serverless
14 21 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
15 19 (0.63%) Azure Service Bus
15 19 (0.63%) Boomi
16 18 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
18 15 (0.50%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.26%) WAN
2 36 (1.20%) Firewall
3 34 (1.13%) DNS
4 26 (0.86%) Network Security
5 25 (0.83%) SD-WAN
6 24 (0.80%) VPN
7 23 (0.76%) Wireless
8 20 (0.67%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.47%) LAN
10 13 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.40%) DHCP
12 11 (0.37%) SAN
13 10 (0.33%) Internet
13 10 (0.33%) SSL
13 10 (0.33%) VLAN
13 10 (0.33%) VoIP
14 9 (0.30%) DMARC
15 8 (0.27%) 5G
15 8 (0.27%) Intranet
15 8 (0.27%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (3.33%) Power BI
2 81 (2.69%) SQL Server
3 75 (2.49%) Big Data
4 45 (1.50%) Data Lake
5 39 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 36 (1.20%) Tableau
7 30 (1.00%) MySQL
8 18 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
9 17 (0.57%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (0.43%) SAP HANA
11 8 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.27%) GIS
12 7 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.17%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
14 4 (0.13%) DB2
14 4 (0.13%) MaxDB
14 4 (0.13%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 151 (5.02%) JIRA
2 139 (4.62%) Rational DOORS
3 47 (1.56%) Git
4 26 (0.86%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.50%) Selenium
6 9 (0.30%) GitLab
7 6 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.17%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.17%) Postman
9 4 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.13%) Subversion
9 4 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.100%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.067%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.067%) Metasploit
12 1 (0.033%) LabVIEW
12 1 (0.033%) Log4Net
12 1 (0.033%) Redmine
12 1 (0.033%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.033%) TeamCity
General
1 1,402 (46.62%) Social Skills
2 1,154 (38.38%) Finance
3 494 (16.43%) Analytical Skills
4 263 (8.75%) Manufacturing
5 220 (7.32%) Marketing
6 215 (7.15%) Aerospace
7 210 (6.98%) Law
8 193 (6.42%) Electronics
9 163 (5.42%) Organisational Skills
10 157 (5.22%) Banking
11 151 (5.02%) Public Sector
12 143 (4.76%) Legal
13 127 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 117 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
15 114 (3.79%) Retail
16 92 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
17 65 (2.16%) Advertising
18 47 (1.56%) Telecoms
19 40 (1.33%) Local Government
20 24 (0.80%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 980 (32.59%) Project Manager
2 656 (21.82%) Senior
3 372 (12.37%) Senior Manager
4 260 (8.65%) Lead
5 254 (8.45%) Senior Project Manager
6 251 (8.35%) Analyst
7 202 (6.72%) Systems Engineer
8 158 (5.25%) Principal Engineer
9 157 (5.22%) Junior
10 151 (5.02%) Delivery Project Manager
11 147 (4.89%) Principal Security Engineer
11 147 (4.89%) Security Engineer
12 138 (4.59%) Junior Systems Engineer
13 130 (4.32%) Engineering Manager
14 111 (3.69%) IT Manager
15 109 (3.62%) Architect
16 105 (3.49%) Developer
17 101 (3.36%) Product Manager
18 92 (3.06%) Development Manager
19 88 (2.93%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (2.03%) .NET
2 53 (1.76%) HTML
3 45 (1.50%) CSS
4 42 (1.40%) XML
5 37 (1.23%) JSON
6 35 (1.16%) .NET Framework
6 35 (1.16%) React
7 20 (0.67%) .NET Core
8 16 (0.53%) RESTful
9 15 (0.50%) Middleware
10 14 (0.47%) ASP.NET
10 14 (0.47%) JWT
10 14 (0.47%) OAuth
11 12 (0.40%) REST
12 10 (0.33%) AngularJS
12 10 (0.33%) Laravel
12 10 (0.33%) SOAP
13 9 (0.30%) ARM Templates
14 8 (0.27%) Bootstrap
14 8 (0.27%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 230 (7.65%) Driving Licence
2 177 (5.89%) Management Information System
3 146 (4.86%) FMCG
4 92 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (2.06%) Product Ownership
6 58 (1.93%) Onboarding
7 56 (1.86%) Data Centre
8 54 (1.80%) Digital Media
8 54 (1.80%) Marketing Technology
9 42 (1.40%) Social Media
10 34 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
11 29 (0.96%) NHS
12 28 (0.93%) Mobile App
13 25 (0.83%) Life Science
14 21 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (0.70%) PMI
15 20 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
16 19 (0.63%) SCADA
17 17 (0.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 79 (2.63%) Windows
2 44 (1.46%) Windows Server
3 18 (0.60%) Linux
4 15 (0.50%) Unix
5 6 (0.20%) Android
5 6 (0.20%) VMS
5 6 (0.20%) Windows Vista
6 5 (0.17%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.13%) AIX
7 4 (0.13%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.100%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.100%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.033%) Solaris
9 1 (0.033%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.033%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.033%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 759 (25.24%) Problem-Solving
2 641 (21.32%) Project Delivery
3 616 (20.49%) Agile
4 566 (18.82%) Risk Management
5 552 (18.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 490 (16.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 342 (11.37%) Mentoring
8 321 (10.68%) Computer Science
9 301 (10.01%) PRINCE2
10 258 (8.58%) Information Security
11 249 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
12 235 (7.82%) Systems Engineering
13 217 (7.22%) Collaborative Working
14 209 (6.95%) User Experience
15 207 (6.88%) Change Management
16 205 (6.82%) Scorecard
17 192 (6.39%) ERP
18 191 (6.35%) SysML
19 190 (6.32%) Balanced Scorecard
20 188 (6.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 165 (5.49%) SQL
2 139 (4.62%) MATLAB
3 71 (2.36%) C#
3 71 (2.36%) Python
4 56 (1.86%) PowerShell
5 55 (1.83%) JavaScript
6 53 (1.76%) Java
7 27 (0.90%) PHP
8 25 (0.83%) C++
9 23 (0.76%) C
10 14 (0.47%) Bicep
10 14 (0.47%) VBA
11 11 (0.37%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.27%) Bash
13 6 (0.20%) ABAP
13 6 (0.20%) Ada
13 6 (0.20%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.17%) R
15 3 (0.100%) Progress 4GL
16 2 (0.067%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 1,056 (35.12%) Degree
2 688 (22.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 230 (7.65%) CISSP
4 152 (5.05%) CISM
5 147 (4.89%) CESG Certified Professional
6 146 (4.86%) PMP
7 126 (4.19%) PMI Certification
8 123 (4.09%) Security Cleared
9 70 (2.33%) Master's Degree
10 60 (2.00%) DBS Check
11 57 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 42 (1.40%) Chartered Engineer
13 40 (1.33%) HNC
14 37 (1.23%) HND
15 31 (1.03%) SC Cleared
16 27 (0.90%) Azure Certification
17 24 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
18 22 (0.73%) APMP
18 22 (0.73%) DV Cleared
18 22 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 190 (6.32%) QA
3 156 (5.19%) NIST
4 147 (4.89%) JSP 440
4 147 (4.89%) RMADS
5 137 (4.56%) Accessibility
6 91 (3.03%) PMO
7 65 (2.16%) NEBOSH
8 63 (2.10%) Data Quality
9 40 (1.33%) GDPR
10 18 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 18 (0.60%) SLA
11 10 (0.33%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.33%) WCAG
12 8 (0.27%) NCSC
12 8 (0.27%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.23%) GMP
14 6 (0.20%) PMBOK
15 5 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 57 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (0.50%) Docker
3 15 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.30%) Firmware
4 9 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.033%) NFS
7 1 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.033%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.033%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (0.60%) Kubernetes
3 18 (0.60%) Terraform
4 12 (0.40%) Ansible
5 5 (0.17%) SCCM
5 5 (0.17%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.13%) Argo
6 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.100%) SCOM
8 2 (0.067%) Nmap
8 2 (0.067%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.033%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.033%) CASB
9 1 (0.033%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.033%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.033%) PingFederate
9 1 (0.033%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.033%) SCSM
9 1 (0.033%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 484 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 152 (5.05%) SAP
3 151 (5.02%) IBM
4 83 (2.76%) Salesforce
5 75 (2.49%) Oracle
6 65 (2.16%) ServiceNow
7 50 (1.66%) MathWorks
8 47 (1.56%) Google
9 32 (1.06%) YouTube
10 26 (0.86%) Cisco
10 26 (0.86%) VMware
11 25 (0.83%) Facebook
12 24 (0.80%) Meraki
13 22 (0.73%) Sage
13 22 (0.73%) Workday
14 21 (0.70%) Concur
14 21 (0.70%) Databricks
15 18 (0.60%) Atlassian
15 18 (0.60%) MuleSoft
16 16 (0.53%) Informatica