Project Delivery Jobs

Project Delivery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 59 72
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 +9
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 2,009 3,871 4,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.85% 3.94% 4.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 4.58% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 2,673 2,734
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,765 £52,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +8.12% -10.26% +6.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Delivery 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 -6 1,830 £60,000 +9.09% 1,388
UK excluding London -4 1,425 £56,765 +8.12% 832
Work from Home -11 587 £64,000 +6.67% 632
North of England +3 530 £56,000 +12.00% 222
North West +21 468 £56,000 +12.56% 138
London -24 456 £78,750 +12.50% 627
South East +4 370 £60,000 +15.38% 220
Midlands -24 248 £54,500 +0.93% 124
West Midlands -4 196 £57,000 -0.87% 69
South West -26 115 £56,745 +3.17% 105
East of England -50 73 £50,000 -7.41% 74
Scotland +34 51 £60,000 +20.00% 66
Yorkshire -36 51 £57,500 +9.52% 64
East Midlands -47 50 £50,000 -7.41% 55
Wales -5 21 £55,000 -8.33% 17
Northern Ireland +36 16 £40,221 - 19
North East -16 11 £46,250 -7.50% 23
Channel Islands +4 4 £87,500 -

Project Delivery
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 64 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.59%) Confluence
3 24 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (0.95%) IIS
5 16 (0.80%) CMS
6 11 (0.55%) Kentico
7 8 (0.40%) Apache
8 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.20%) SAP Portal
9 3 (0.15%) WordPress
10 2 (0.100%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.100%) SAS
10 2 (0.100%) ThingWorx
10 2 (0.100%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.050%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.050%) Drupal
11 1 (0.050%) nginx
11 1 (0.050%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.050%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 140 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
2 132 (6.57%) Microsoft Project
3 106 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 83 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (1.34%) Trello
6 25 (1.24%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.75%) AutoCAD
8 12 (0.60%) Maya
9 6 (0.30%) ProjectWise
10 5 (0.25%) Adobe XD
11 4 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.15%) Revit
13 2 (0.100%) Chatbot
13 2 (0.100%) Simulink
13 2 (0.100%) Zemax
14 1 (0.050%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.050%) Autodesk Inventor
14 1 (0.050%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 41 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.55%) Aladdin
4 8 (0.40%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.25%) SAP HR
8 4 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 4 (0.20%) Magento
8 4 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.20%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.15%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.15%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (0.15%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 298 (14.83%) Azure
2 165 (8.21%) Power Platform
3 157 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (6.17%) AWS
5 88 (4.38%) SaaS
6 57 (2.84%) GCP
7 56 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
8 29 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.14%) PaaS
10 20 (1.00%) Serverless
11 19 (0.95%) Entra ID
12 17 (0.85%) IaaS
12 17 (0.85%) PowerApps
12 17 (0.85%) Snowflake
13 15 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (0.75%) Smartsheet
14 13 (0.65%) Amazon S3
15 12 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (3.93%) Firewall
2 44 (2.19%) WAN
3 38 (1.89%) VPN
4 37 (1.84%) DNS
5 29 (1.44%) LAN
5 29 (1.44%) Network Security
6 28 (1.39%) VLAN
7 25 (1.24%) DHCP
8 23 (1.14%) Wireless
9 22 (1.10%) SD-WAN
10 20 (1.00%) TCP/IP
10 20 (1.00%) VoIP
11 18 (0.90%) BGP
11 18 (0.90%) OSPF
12 17 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
13 12 (0.60%) MPLS
14 9 (0.45%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (0.40%) 5G
15 8 (0.40%) WLAN
16 7 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (5.57%) Power BI
2 63 (3.14%) SQL Server
3 27 (1.34%) Data Lake
3 27 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 14 (0.70%) GIS
6 13 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (0.65%) SAP BW
6 13 (0.65%) SAP HANA
7 9 (0.45%) Hadoop
7 9 (0.45%) QlikView
8 8 (0.40%) Big Data
8 8 (0.40%) DB2
8 8 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
8 8 (0.40%) MySQL
8 8 (0.40%) Tableau
9 7 (0.35%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 6 (0.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 120 (5.97%) JIRA
2 27 (1.34%) Git
3 11 (0.55%) GitLab
4 9 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
5 5 (0.25%) Axure RP
5 5 (0.25%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.20%) Subversion
7 3 (0.15%) LSMW
7 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.15%) Selenium
8 2 (0.100%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.050%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.050%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.050%) GCC
9 1 (0.050%) gcov
9 1 (0.050%) GDB
9 1 (0.050%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.050%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.050%) Postman
General
1 789 (39.27%) Social Skills
2 600 (29.87%) Finance
3 261 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 186 (9.26%) Manufacturing
5 163 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 144 (7.17%) Organisational Skills
7 117 (5.82%) Retail
8 113 (5.62%) Legal
9 112 (5.57%) Marketing
10 97 (4.83%) Law
11 91 (4.53%) Telecoms
12 65 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
13 63 (3.14%) Banking
14 61 (3.04%) Electronics
15 60 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
16 35 (1.74%) Local Government
17 29 (1.44%) Aerospace
17 29 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
18 27 (1.34%) Games
Job Titles
1 590 (29.37%) Project Manager
2 290 (14.44%) Senior
3 207 (10.30%) Lead
4 198 (9.86%) Analyst
5 186 (9.26%) Delivery Project Manager
6 118 (5.87%) IT Manager
7 106 (5.28%) Senior Manager
8 92 (4.58%) Architect
9 84 (4.18%) Delivery Manager
10 77 (3.83%) Consultant
11 72 (3.58%) Senior Project Manager
12 67 (3.33%) Developer
13 60 (2.99%) Digital Analyst
14 57 (2.84%) IT Project Manager
15 51 (2.54%) Project Leader
16 48 (2.39%) Business Analyst
17 42 (2.09%) Assistant Project Manager
17 42 (2.09%) Project Engineer
18 34 (1.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 34 (1.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (1.89%) .NET
2 33 (1.64%) HTML
3 21 (1.05%) AngularJS
3 21 (1.05%) CSS
4 17 (0.85%) React
5 16 (0.80%) Middleware
6 15 (0.75%) REST
7 14 (0.70%) Web Services
8 12 (0.60%) JSON
9 11 (0.55%) Kafka
9 11 (0.55%) RESTful
10 10 (0.50%) scikit-learn
11 9 (0.45%) PyTorch
12 8 (0.40%) Node.js
12 8 (0.40%) TensorFlow
13 7 (0.35%) .NET Core
13 7 (0.35%) HTML5
13 7 (0.35%) jQuery
13 7 (0.35%) Vue
14 6 (0.30%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (3.68%) Onboarding
2 68 (3.38%) Management Information System
3 63 (3.14%) Data Centre
4 62 (3.09%) Product Ownership
5 51 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 46 (2.29%) Driving Licence
7 42 (2.09%) PMI
8 38 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (1.79%) Robotics
10 34 (1.69%) Social Media
11 32 (1.59%) Blockchain
12 27 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
13 26 (1.29%) Virtual Team
14 23 (1.14%) NHS
15 18 (0.90%) Cyberattack
16 17 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
16 17 (0.85%) Public Cloud
17 16 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
18 15 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
18 15 (0.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 129 (6.42%) Windows
2 76 (3.78%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.29%) Linux
4 20 (1.00%) Windows 10
5 16 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (0.80%) Windows Vista
6 11 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (0.45%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (0.35%) Android
8 7 (0.35%) Unix
9 4 (0.20%) AIX
9 4 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.100%) VMS
11 1 (0.050%) Debian
11 1 (0.050%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.050%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 998 (49.68%) Project Management
2 573 (28.52%) Agile
3 478 (23.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 390 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
5 315 (15.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 259 (12.89%) Mentoring
7 257 (12.79%) PRINCE2
8 250 (12.44%) Risk Management
9 229 (11.40%) Analytics
10 190 (9.46%) Business Case
11 177 (8.81%) Roadmaps
12 169 (8.41%) Change Management
13 165 (8.21%) Artificial Intelligence
14 159 (7.91%) Waterfall
15 156 (7.77%) Business Intelligence
16 141 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
17 138 (6.87%) Service Delivery
18 136 (6.77%) Coaching
19 128 (6.37%) ITIL
20 122 (6.07%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 151 (7.52%) SQL
2 88 (4.38%) Python
3 54 (2.69%) PowerShell
4 49 (2.44%) C#
5 34 (1.69%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.34%) Java
7 17 (0.85%) C++
8 13 (0.65%) ABAP
8 13 (0.65%) C
8 13 (0.65%) R
9 10 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.45%) Bash
10 9 (0.45%) PHP
11 8 (0.40%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.30%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.25%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.20%) VBA
15 3 (0.15%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.15%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.100%) Swift
Qualifications
1 506 (25.19%) Degree
2 300 (14.93%) BPSS Clearance
3 182 (9.06%) Security Cleared
4 118 (5.87%) PMI Certification
5 83 (4.13%) PMP
6 69 (3.43%) HNC
7 65 (3.24%) SC Cleared
8 64 (3.19%) DBS Check
9 56 (2.79%) DV Cleared
10 47 (2.34%) HND
11 44 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 38 (1.89%) Azure Certification
13 33 (1.64%) Master's Degree
14 32 (1.59%) CISSP
15 31 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
16 28 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (1.29%) Six Sigma Black Belt
18 24 (1.19%) Six Sigma Green Belt
19 21 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
20 20 (1.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (6.42%) QA
2 75 (3.73%) PMO
3 35 (1.74%) Data Quality
4 33 (1.64%) Accessibility
4 33 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.39%) GDPR
6 21 (1.05%) ITGC
7 20 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (0.90%) PMBOK
9 14 (0.70%) SLA
10 12 (0.60%) GxP
11 10 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.45%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.35%) GMP
14 6 (0.30%) NIST
14 6 (0.30%) WCAG
15 4 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.20%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 62 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 50 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (1.54%) Docker
4 30 (1.49%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.35%) vSphere
7 5 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.15%) Firmware
9 1 (0.050%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.050%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.050%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.050%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.050%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.050%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.050%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 53 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.85%) Terraform
4 15 (0.75%) FortiGate
5 14 (0.70%) Ansible
5 14 (0.70%) SCCM
6 6 (0.30%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.25%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.25%) WSUS
7 5 (0.25%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.15%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.100%) Marathon
10 2 (0.100%) SCSM
11 1 (0.050%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.050%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.050%) Autotask
11 1 (0.050%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.050%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.050%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 366 (18.22%) Microsoft
2 153 (7.62%) SAP
3 77 (3.83%) VMware
4 64 (3.19%) Salesforce
5 61 (3.04%) Alteryx
6 58 (2.89%) Cisco
7 42 (2.09%) Oracle
8 36 (1.79%) Google
9 32 (1.59%) Databricks
10 27 (1.34%) ServiceNow
11 26 (1.29%) Meraki
12 22 (1.10%) Atlassian
13 20 (1.00%) NEC
14 19 (0.95%) Fortinet
15 18 (0.90%) Juniper
16 17 (0.85%) IBM
17 16 (0.80%) Adobe
17 16 (0.80%) Veeam
18 11 (0.55%) F5
18 11 (0.55%) YouTube