Project Analyst Jobs

Project Analyst
UK

The median Project Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 632 810 866
Rank change year-on-year +178 +56 +195
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Analyst 60 86 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.087% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.092% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 37 70 94
10th Percentile £27,750 £23,500 £32,275
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -8.70%
75th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £63,750 - £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Project Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Project Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Analyst.

Salary trend for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +140 49 £52,500 +2.94% 24
UK excluding London +198 40 £52,500 +1.45% 14
Work from Home +179 31 £52,500 +6.06% 21
North of England +97 19 £52,500 +23.53% 2
North West +45 18 £52,500 +23.53% 2
London +91 15 £56,500 +39.51% 15
South East +107 14 £45,000 -11.76% 6
Scotland +136 6 - -
South West +93 1 £57,500 -17.86% 2
Yorkshire +75 1 £29,500 -34.44%

Project Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Project Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (51.67%) Project Management
2 27 (45.00%) Finance
3 26 (43.33%) Agile
4 23 (38.33%) Customer Requirements
5 22 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (30.00%) QA
7 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
8 14 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (23.33%) PMO
9 12 (20.00%) Business Process Analysis
9 12 (20.00%) Project Delivery
9 12 (20.00%) Service Management
10 11 (18.33%) ITSM
10 11 (18.33%) SQL
10 11 (18.33%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (18.33%) Software Testing
10 11 (18.33%) Social Skills
10 11 (18.33%) Product Ownership
10 11 (18.33%) Power Platform
10 11 (18.33%) Translating Business Requirements
10 11 (18.33%) Power BI
11 10 (16.67%) PRINCE2
12 9 (15.00%) Degree
12 9 (15.00%) Decision-Making
12 9 (15.00%) Roadmaps
13 8 (13.33%) Customer Service
13 8 (13.33%) CI/CD
13 8 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
13 8 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap

Project Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (3.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.33%) Power Platform
2 6 (10.00%) Smartsheet
3 4 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.00%) Azure
5 2 (3.33%) Google Sheets
5 2 (3.33%) Lucidchart
5 2 (3.33%) SaaS
6 1 (1.67%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.67%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.33%) Power BI
2 1 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.67%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 27 (45.00%) Finance
2 22 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (18.33%) Social Skills
4 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.67%) Front Office
5 4 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.67%) Legal
5 4 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.67%) Retail
6 3 (5.00%) Banking
6 3 (5.00%) Marketing
7 1 (1.67%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.33%) Middleware
2 3 (5.00%) JSON
2 3 (5.00%) REST
2 3 (5.00%) SOAP
2 3 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.33%) Product Ownership
2 8 (13.33%) Clustering
3 4 (6.67%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.33%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.33%) Linux
1 8 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (13.33%) Solaris
1 8 (13.33%) Unix
1 8 (13.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (51.67%) Project Management
2 26 (43.33%) Agile
3 23 (38.33%) Customer Requirements
4 22 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (20.00%) Business Process Analysis
6 12 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 12 (20.00%) Service Management
7 11 (18.33%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (18.33%) ITSM
7 11 (18.33%) Software Testing
7 11 (18.33%) Translating Business Requirements
8 10 (16.67%) PRINCE2
9 9 (15.00%) Decision-Making
9 9 (15.00%) Roadmaps
10 8 (13.33%) CI/CD
10 8 (13.33%) Customer Service
10 8 (13.33%) Operational Stability
10 8 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
10 8 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (15.00%) Degree
2 4 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (30.00%) QA
2 14 (23.33%) PMO
3 8 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.33%) EMIR
4 2 (3.33%) MiFID
5 1 (1.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (13.33%) Red Hat
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.00%) Google
4 2 (3.33%) Planview
4 2 (3.33%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.67%) Atlassian