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 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 832 842
Rank change year-on-year +172 +10 +214
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Analyst 48 82 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.080% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.084% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28 67 90
10th Percentile £26,250 £19,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £54,875 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,375 £70,000 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +2.00% +6.38%

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 49,581 97,268 88,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,819 69,389 56,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

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 29 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 29 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 +135 39 £55,000 +11.11% 23
UK excluding London +167 22 £42,500 -16.67% 7
London +88 20 £62,500 +86.57% 19
Work from Home +89 15 £51,250 +3.54% 16
South East +92 10 £35,000 -30.35% 1
North of England +44 8 £52,500 +23.53% 3
North West +9 7 £52,500 +23.53% 1
Scotland +125 3 - -
South West +105 1 £57,500 -17.86% 2
Yorkshire +56 1 £29,500 -50.83% 2

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 (64.58%) Finance
2 22 (45.83%) Project Management
3 15 (31.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (27.08%) Agile
5 12 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (22.92%) PMO
7 10 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (20.83%) Microsoft
7 10 (20.83%) Power Platform
7 10 (20.83%) Power BI
7 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
8 9 (18.75%) Degree
9 8 (16.67%) SQL
9 8 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (16.67%) Project Delivery
10 7 (14.58%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Project
10 7 (14.58%) PRINCE2
10 7 (14.58%) Data Analysis
11 6 (12.50%) Logistics
11 6 (12.50%) Financial Modelling
11 6 (12.50%) Financial Analysis
11 6 (12.50%) Front Office
11 6 (12.50%) Change Management
11 6 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
11 6 (12.50%) Budgeting
12 5 (10.42%) Cost Management
12 5 (10.42%) BPSS Clearance

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 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (31.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (4.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (2.08%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.83%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.25%) Azure
3 3 (6.25%) SaaS
4 2 (4.17%) Google Sheets
4 2 (4.17%) Lucidchart
4 2 (4.17%) Smartsheet
5 1 (2.08%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.08%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.83%) Power BI
2 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.08%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 31 (64.58%) Finance
2 15 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
4 6 (12.50%) Front Office
5 5 (10.42%) Legal
5 5 (10.42%) Marketing
6 3 (6.25%) Banking
7 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.08%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.08%) Law
8 1 (2.08%) Local Government
8 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) Middleware
2 1 (2.08%) JSON
2 1 (2.08%) REST
2 1 (2.08%) SOAP
2 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 3 (6.25%) Derivative
2 3 (6.25%) Equities
3 2 (4.17%) Clustering
3 2 (4.17%) Hedge funds
3 2 (4.17%) Market Risk
3 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.08%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (2.08%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Linux
1 2 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (4.17%) Solaris
1 2 (4.17%) Unix
1 2 (4.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (45.83%) Project Management
2 13 (27.08%) Agile
3 12 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 8 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (14.58%) Actionable Insight
7 7 (14.58%) Data Analysis
7 7 (14.58%) PRINCE2
8 6 (12.50%) Budgeting
8 6 (12.50%) Change Management
8 6 (12.50%) Financial Analysis
8 6 (12.50%) Financial Modelling
8 6 (12.50%) Logistics
8 6 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (10.42%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 5 (10.42%) Business Analysis
9 5 (10.42%) Cost Management
9 5 (10.42%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (18.75%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.92%) PMO
2 3 (6.25%) QA
3 2 (4.17%) EMIR
3 2 (4.17%) MiFID
3 2 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.08%) AICPA
4 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.08%) GRC
4 1 (2.08%) GxP
4 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.08%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 10 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.25%) Google
4 2 (4.17%) Planview
4 2 (4.17%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.17%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.17%) Snow
5 1 (2.08%) Atlassian