Project Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Project Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Delivery over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 72 82
Rank change year-on-year +11 +10 +15
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 3,868 4,503 6,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.95% 4.30% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.59% 4.50% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,662 2,762 3,774
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £39,333
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,400 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,450 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% +8.23% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Delivery 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
England +18 3,471 £55,000 -12.00% 1,165
UK excluding London +10 2,746 £52,500 -11.80% 865
Work from Home +11 1,529 £60,000 - 488
London +15 945 £70,000 - 351
North of England +48 653 £50,000 -14.55% 210
South East -2 641 £52,000 -9.57% 208
Midlands +16 510 £54,000 -1.82% 153
South West +44 424 £55,000 - 130
North West +29 359 £49,500 -13.91% 123
West Midlands +8 308 £57,500 +4.55% 87
East of England +30 265 £54,000 -30.32% 81
Yorkshire +43 204 £52,500 -11.80% 64
East Midlands +38 198 £54,000 -6.09% 66
Scotland -55 166 £50,000 -16.67% 75
North East +32 90 £50,000 -9.09% 27
Wales -13 72 £60,000 +4.35% 26
Northern Ireland +30 16 - - 10
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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
1 153 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 85 (2.20%) CMS
3 77 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 54 (1.40%) Confluence
5 40 (1.03%) Kentico
5 40 (1.03%) Umbraco
6 39 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
7 38 (0.98%) Apache Spark
8 36 (0.93%) IIS
9 35 (0.90%) Headless CMS
10 14 (0.36%) WordPress
11 13 (0.34%) SAS
12 12 (0.31%) Anypoint
13 9 (0.23%) Apache
13 9 (0.23%) Drupal
13 9 (0.23%) MS Project Server
14 7 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
14 7 (0.18%) Apache Solr
14 7 (0.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 179 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 178 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
3 148 (3.83%) Microsoft Project
4 106 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 45 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 33 (0.85%) AutoCAD
7 16 (0.41%) Adobe XD
7 16 (0.41%) Revit
8 9 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.23%) Trello
9 7 (0.18%) Simulink
10 6 (0.16%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.078%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.078%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.026%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.026%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 46 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
3 16 (0.41%) SAP SCM
4 15 (0.39%) SAP PP
5 14 (0.36%) SAP WM
6 12 (0.31%) Elite 3E
6 12 (0.31%) SAP SD
7 10 (0.26%) Primavera
8 9 (0.23%) SAP HR
8 9 (0.23%) Shopify
8 9 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
9 8 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
9 8 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
9 8 (0.21%) SAP CX
9 8 (0.21%) SAP ERP
9 8 (0.21%) SAP MM
9 8 (0.21%) Teamcenter
10 7 (0.18%) Magento
11 6 (0.16%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 664 (17.17%) Azure
2 374 (9.67%) Microsoft 365
3 250 (6.46%) AWS
4 220 (5.69%) Power Platform
5 145 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
6 114 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
7 109 (2.82%) SaaS
8 93 (2.40%) Entra ID
9 80 (2.07%) GCP
10 63 (1.63%) PowerApps
11 60 (1.55%) IaaS
12 53 (1.37%) Serverless
13 50 (1.29%) PaaS
14 45 (1.16%) Power Automate
15 40 (1.03%) Kontent
16 28 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
17 26 (0.67%) Amazon S3
18 25 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
19 24 (0.62%) Azure Functions
19 24 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 199 (5.14%) Firewall
2 149 (3.85%) WAN
3 103 (2.66%) LAN
4 101 (2.61%) VPN
5 95 (2.46%) SD-WAN
6 73 (1.89%) Wireless
7 72 (1.86%) DNS
8 63 (1.63%) SAN
8 63 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
9 59 (1.53%) Network Security
10 54 (1.40%) DHCP
11 51 (1.32%) BGP
11 51 (1.32%) VLAN
12 36 (0.93%) Internet
13 35 (0.90%) TCP/IP
14 31 (0.80%) MPLS
15 29 (0.75%) VoIP
16 27 (0.70%) 5G
17 22 (0.57%) Cisco Firepower
18 21 (0.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (3.75%) Power BI
2 137 (3.54%) SQL Server
3 42 (1.09%) Tableau
4 38 (0.98%) Data Lake
5 33 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
7 31 (0.80%) Data Mining
8 30 (0.78%) Relational Database
9 29 (0.75%) NoSQL
10 28 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
11 27 (0.70%) Hadoop
12 26 (0.67%) Apache Ignite
12 26 (0.67%) Big Data
13 23 (0.59%) MySQL
14 21 (0.54%) SAP BW
15 16 (0.41%) DynamoDB
15 16 (0.41%) Metadata
15 16 (0.41%) Oracle Database
16 14 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
17 13 (0.34%) GIS
Development Applications
1 158 (4.08%) JIRA
2 49 (1.27%) Git
3 19 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.41%) GitLab
5 15 (0.39%) Selenium
6 13 (0.34%) Axure RP
6 13 (0.34%) Balsamiq
7 11 (0.28%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.23%) Postman
8 9 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (0.21%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
11 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.10%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.078%) Maven
14 3 (0.078%) Spinnaker
14 3 (0.078%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.078%) Zephyr
15 2 (0.052%) Subversion
General
1 1,362 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 919 (23.76%) Finance
3 456 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
4 347 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 273 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 241 (6.23%) Presentation Skills
7 220 (5.69%) Retail
8 198 (5.12%) Marketing
9 168 (4.34%) Legal
10 152 (3.93%) Telecoms
11 145 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
12 141 (3.65%) Manufacturing
13 128 (3.31%) Law
14 114 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
15 65 (1.68%) Local Government
15 65 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
16 59 (1.53%) Banking
17 49 (1.27%) Billing
18 45 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
19 38 (0.98%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,170 (30.25%) Project Manager
2 598 (15.46%) Senior
3 372 (9.62%) Lead
4 259 (6.70%) Analyst
5 236 (6.10%) Architect
5 236 (6.10%) IT Manager
6 213 (5.51%) Consultant
7 198 (5.12%) Senior Manager
8 183 (4.73%) Presales Manager
9 177 (4.58%) Developer
10 161 (4.16%) IT Project Manager
11 160 (4.14%) Delivery Manager
12 120 (3.10%) Senior Project Manager
13 115 (2.97%) Business Analyst
14 99 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
15 96 (2.48%) IT Support
16 94 (2.43%) IT Engineer
17 90 (2.33%) Network Engineer
18 80 (2.07%) Senior Developer
19 79 (2.04%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (4.29%) .NET
2 85 (2.20%) HTML
3 78 (2.02%) React
3 78 (2.02%) RESTful
4 74 (1.91%) CSS
5 63 (1.63%) ASP.NET
6 59 (1.53%) .NET Framework
7 52 (1.34%) .NET Core
8 47 (1.22%) ASP.NET MVC
9 43 (1.11%) SOAP
10 39 (1.01%) Next.js
11 38 (0.98%) REST
12 37 (0.96%) JSON
13 35 (0.90%) Web Services
14 32 (0.83%) Kafka
15 29 (0.75%) XML
16 27 (0.70%) AngularJS
17 25 (0.65%) EDI
18 23 (0.59%) HTML5 Canvas
19 20 (0.52%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 240 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
2 213 (5.51%) Management Information System
3 153 (3.96%) Driving Licence
4 144 (3.72%) Data Centre
5 143 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 65 (1.68%) Onboarding
6 65 (1.68%) Virtual Team
7 64 (1.65%) PMI
8 62 (1.60%) Public Cloud
9 47 (1.22%) Replication
10 41 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (1.01%) NHS
12 36 (0.93%) FMCG
13 33 (0.85%) Low-Code
14 32 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
15 28 (0.72%) Mobile App
16 26 (0.67%) Operational Technology
17 24 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
18 23 (0.59%) IoT
19 22 (0.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 299 (7.73%) Windows
2 201 (5.20%) Windows Server
3 105 (2.71%) Linux
4 63 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 33 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
6 30 (0.78%) Android
7 23 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (0.49%) Apple iOS
9 18 (0.47%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (0.41%) Ubuntu
11 15 (0.39%) Windows 7
12 14 (0.36%) SUSE
13 11 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.10%) VMS
14 4 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 3 (0.078%) Unix
16 1 (0.026%) CentOS
16 1 (0.026%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,747 (45.17%) Project Management
2 1,344 (34.75%) Agile
3 619 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 498 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 491 (12.69%) Mentoring
6 449 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
7 414 (10.70%) PRINCE2
8 372 (9.62%) Presales
9 320 (8.27%) Roadmaps
10 307 (7.94%) Waterfall
11 304 (7.86%) DevOps
12 303 (7.83%) SDLC
13 302 (7.81%) Customer Service
14 300 (7.76%) Risk Management
15 292 (7.55%) Coaching
16 285 (7.37%) Change Management
17 269 (6.95%) Scrum
18 248 (6.41%) Agile Project Management
19 241 (6.23%) Software Delivery
20 237 (6.13%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 252 (6.51%) SQL
2 180 (4.65%) JavaScript
3 174 (4.50%) C#
4 153 (3.96%) Python
5 75 (1.94%) PowerShell
6 65 (1.68%) Java
7 40 (1.03%) TypeScript
8 33 (0.85%) C++
9 30 (0.78%) T-SQL
10 24 (0.62%) R
11 22 (0.57%) PHP
12 17 (0.44%) C
12 17 (0.44%) Go
12 17 (0.44%) Kotlin
13 15 (0.39%) VBA
14 14 (0.36%) Bash
15 13 (0.34%) MATLAB
15 13 (0.34%) Scala
16 11 (0.28%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 856 (22.13%) Degree
2 402 (10.39%) Security Cleared
3 214 (5.53%) SC Cleared
4 174 (4.50%) PMI Certification
5 155 (4.01%) PMP
6 144 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
7 122 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 103 (2.66%) Master's Degree
9 101 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 92 (2.38%) DBS Check
11 89 (2.30%) CCNP
12 76 (1.96%) CCNA
13 60 (1.55%) Postgraduate
14 59 (1.53%) DV Cleared
15 50 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
15 50 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 49 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 47 (1.22%) AWS Certification
17 47 (1.22%) MCSE
18 45 (1.16%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 254 (6.57%) PMO
2 208 (5.38%) QA
3 70 (1.81%) GDPR
4 55 (1.42%) SLA
5 54 (1.40%) Accessibility
6 46 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 43 (1.11%) Data Quality
8 25 (0.65%) ISO 9001
9 20 (0.52%) NIST
10 18 (0.47%) NCSC
11 17 (0.44%) NEBOSH
12 16 (0.41%) GMP
13 15 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 13 (0.34%) WCAG
15 12 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
16 9 (0.23%) AUTOSAR
16 9 (0.23%) GRC
16 9 (0.23%) IFRS
16 9 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 8 (0.21%) GAAP
System Software
1 244 (6.31%) Active Directory
2 129 (3.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 48 (1.24%) Docker
5 30 (0.78%) vSphere
6 19 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
6 19 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (0.36%) vCloud
9 13 (0.34%) Firmware
9 13 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.10%) pfSense
10 4 (0.10%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.052%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.026%) Lustre
12 1 (0.026%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.026%) NFS
Systems Management
1 84 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (1.99%) Terraform
3 54 (1.40%) Kubernetes
4 27 (0.70%) Functional Safety
5 26 (0.67%) SCCM
6 21 (0.54%) Ansible
6 21 (0.54%) FortiGate
7 15 (0.39%) WSUS
8 12 (0.31%) vCenter Server
9 9 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.23%) AirWatch
9 9 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.18%) SCOM
11 6 (0.16%) Grafana
11 6 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (0.16%) SmoothWall
11 6 (0.16%) vRealize
12 4 (0.10%) Microsoft Clustering
13 3 (0.078%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.078%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 864 (22.34%) Microsoft
2 207 (5.35%) Cisco
3 174 (4.50%) VMware
4 170 (4.40%) SAP
5 85 (2.20%) Oracle
6 81 (2.09%) Salesforce
7 68 (1.76%) Google
8 65 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 63 (1.63%) Veeam
10 62 (1.60%) Juniper
11 57 (1.47%) HP
12 42 (1.09%) EMC
12 42 (1.09%) Meraki
13 41 (1.06%) Sitecore
14 37 (0.96%) Adobe
15 36 (0.93%) Optimizely
16 34 (0.88%) Dell
17 24 (0.62%) Databricks
18 21 (0.54%) Remedy
19 20 (0.52%) CheckPoint