Project Delivery Job Trends

Project Delivery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 72 66
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 -2
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 2,152 1,720 3,694
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.30% 3.86% 3.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 4.17% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,384 1,076 2,644
10th Percentile £35,689 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -9.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,500 £99,273 £86,415
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,652 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.80% +13.62% -12.50%

All Process & 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 68,162 41,264 88,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.90% 92.57% 81.89%
Number of salaries quoted 46,887 22,044 62,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,607
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the UK

Project Delivery
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

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 17 June 2026. 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 +3 1,846 £60,000 -7.69% 905
UK excluding London +10 1,486 £55,000 -7.80% 748
Work from Home +35 738 £60,000 -7.69% 450
London -7 534 £72,500 -9.38% 308
North of England +21 366 £55,000 -1.79% 160
South East -15 346 £47,500 -20.83% 255
Midlands +1 227 £55,000 -7.80% 107
South West -6 181 £70,000 +8.31% 82
North West +14 167 £55,000 -4.40% 95
West Midlands -15 142 £57,500 +1.77% 60
East of England +24 134 £57,500 +12.75% 80
Yorkshire -2 120 £52,500 -4.55% 46
Northern Ireland +23 115 £42,500 -27.66% 23
East Midlands +5 84 £47,500 -20.83% 47
North East +6 79 £45,000 -18.18% 23
Scotland +43 77 £52,500 -8.70% 38
Wales -18 40 £60,000 -6.25% 28
Channel Islands -1 1 - -

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 86 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 67 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 42 (1.95%) Confluence
4 13 (0.60%) CMS
5 9 (0.42%) WordPress
6 8 (0.37%) IIS
7 5 (0.23%) Apache
8 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.19%) Documentum
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.19%) PowerFactory
9 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.14%) FactoryTalk
9 3 (0.14%) OpenEdge
9 3 (0.14%) WinCC
10 2 (0.093%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.093%) SAS
10 2 (0.093%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.093%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.093%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 124 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
2 120 (5.58%) Microsoft Project
3 73 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 56 (2.60%) AutoCAD
5 21 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.98%) Revit
6 20 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.093%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.093%) Sketch
11 1 (0.046%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.046%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.046%) InDesign
11 1 (0.046%) Lightworks
11 1 (0.046%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.046%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 27 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.42%) Fidessa
4 8 (0.37%) SAP Business One
4 8 (0.37%) Shopify
5 7 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.28%) SAP QM
7 5 (0.23%) Primavera
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.14%) Magento
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.14%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.14%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
9 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 366 (17.01%) Azure
2 177 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
3 130 (6.04%) AWS
4 104 (4.83%) Entra ID
5 98 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 75 (3.49%) SaaS
7 54 (2.51%) GCP
8 43 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.25%) PowerApps
11 26 (1.21%) GitHub
12 23 (1.07%) Google Workspace
13 19 (0.88%) PaaS
13 19 (0.88%) Smartsheet
14 18 (0.84%) Power Automate
15 17 (0.79%) Mimecast
15 17 (0.79%) OCI
16 15 (0.70%) IaaS
16 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
17 8 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 150 (6.97%) Firewall
2 65 (3.02%) WAN
3 64 (2.97%) DNS
4 61 (2.83%) DHCP
4 61 (2.83%) LAN
5 60 (2.79%) VLAN
6 55 (2.56%) VPN
7 52 (2.42%) Wireless
8 50 (2.32%) Network Security
9 47 (2.18%) TETRA
10 43 (2.00%) TCP/IP
11 36 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (1.12%) BGP
13 23 (1.07%) OSPF
14 22 (1.02%) SD-WAN
15 18 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
16 17 (0.79%) EIGRP
17 16 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
18 15 (0.70%) SNMP
18 15 (0.70%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (2.42%) SQL Server
2 49 (2.28%) Power BI
3 16 (0.74%) Tableau
4 11 (0.51%) Big Data
4 11 (0.51%) Relational Database
5 10 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.37%) MySQL
7 7 (0.33%) GIS
7 7 (0.33%) Metadata
8 5 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (0.23%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.14%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.093%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.093%) QlikView
11 2 (0.093%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.093%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 97 (4.51%) JIRA
2 43 (2.00%) Git
3 8 (0.37%) GitLab
3 8 (0.37%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.28%) JUnit
5 5 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.23%) Maven
6 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.19%) Mockito
7 3 (0.14%) Selenium
7 3 (0.14%) Storybook
8 2 (0.093%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.093%) TestNG
8 2 (0.093%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.093%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.046%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.046%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.046%) JMeter
9 1 (0.046%) LSMW
9 1 (0.046%) Subversion
General
1 855 (39.73%) Social Skills
2 495 (23.00%) Finance
3 284 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 124 (5.76%) Manufacturing
6 123 (5.72%) Public Sector
7 121 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
8 98 (4.55%) Marketing
9 91 (4.23%) Law
10 80 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
11 77 (3.58%) Banking
12 69 (3.21%) Retail
13 65 (3.02%) Legal
14 46 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
15 37 (1.72%) Telecoms
16 34 (1.58%) Aerospace
16 34 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
17 26 (1.21%) Financial Institution
18 23 (1.07%) Local Government
19 21 (0.98%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 407 (18.91%) Senior
2 368 (17.10%) Project Manager
3 205 (9.53%) Lead
4 186 (8.64%) Senior Manager
5 173 (8.04%) Analyst
6 148 (6.88%) Delivery Manager
7 137 (6.37%) Consultant
8 126 (5.86%) IT Manager
9 124 (5.76%) Senior Project Manager
10 98 (4.55%) IT Support
11 95 (4.41%) Support Engineer
12 89 (4.14%) Business Analyst
13 86 (4.00%) Architect
14 73 (3.39%) Project Delivery Manager
15 72 (3.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 68 (3.16%) IT Engineer
17 66 (3.07%) Development Manager
18 59 (2.74%) Product Manager
19 56 (2.60%) IT Project Manager
20 52 (2.42%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.02%) HTML
2 21 (0.98%) Middleware
3 20 (0.93%) CSS
4 18 (0.84%) .NET
4 18 (0.84%) Node.js
5 17 (0.79%) React
6 16 (0.74%) REST
7 14 (0.65%) JSON
8 13 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
8 13 (0.60%) XML
9 9 (0.42%) RESTful
9 9 (0.42%) Vue
10 8 (0.37%) Web Services
11 7 (0.33%) Matplotlib
11 7 (0.33%) OAuth
11 7 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (0.33%) Seaborn
11 7 (0.33%) YAML
12 6 (0.28%) OpenID
12 6 (0.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 105 (4.88%) Driving Licence
2 99 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 89 (4.14%) Data Centre
4 88 (4.09%) Onboarding
5 57 (2.65%) Product Ownership
5 57 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 49 (2.28%) FMCG
7 36 (1.67%) Cloud Native
8 28 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 28 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (1.12%) Virtual Team
11 22 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (0.98%) Low-Code
13 20 (0.93%) SCADA
14 18 (0.84%) Fixed Income
14 18 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 15 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
16 14 (0.65%) Derivative
17 13 (0.60%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 187 (8.69%) Windows
2 100 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 63 (2.93%) Linux
4 25 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 21 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 8 (0.37%) Android
10 4 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.19%) VMS
11 3 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.093%) Unix
12 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.046%) CentOS
13 1 (0.046%) Rocky
13 1 (0.046%) SUSE
13 1 (0.046%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.046%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (27.42%) Project Management
2 549 (25.51%) Agile
3 432 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
4 399 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 393 (18.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 266 (12.36%) PRINCE2
7 257 (11.94%) Mentoring
8 234 (10.87%) Logistics
9 226 (10.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 216 (10.04%) Coaching
11 192 (8.92%) Roadmaps
12 188 (8.74%) Decision-Making
13 185 (8.60%) Change Management
14 181 (8.41%) ITIL
15 158 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
16 152 (7.06%) Budget Management
17 150 (6.97%) Service Delivery
17 150 (6.97%) Technical Leadership
18 145 (6.74%) DevOps
19 135 (6.27%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 129 (5.99%) SQL
2 83 (3.86%) Python
3 50 (2.32%) PowerShell
4 28 (1.30%) JavaScript
5 26 (1.21%) C#
6 20 (0.93%) Java
6 20 (0.93%) VBA
7 13 (0.60%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.56%) C
9 10 (0.46%) RPG
9 10 (0.46%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.42%) COBOL
11 8 (0.37%) Bash
12 7 (0.33%) C++
12 7 (0.33%) R
13 5 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.19%) Bicep
14 4 (0.19%) PHP
15 3 (0.14%) ABAP
15 3 (0.14%) Dart
Qualifications
1 374 (17.38%) Degree
2 193 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 134 (6.23%) SC Cleared
4 111 (5.16%) PMI Certification
5 107 (4.97%) PMP
6 98 (4.55%) DBS Check
7 87 (4.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 67 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 55 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
10 40 (1.86%) Azure Certification
11 37 (1.72%) CISSP
12 36 (1.67%) DV Cleared
13 35 (1.63%) CCNP
14 34 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 31 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
15 31 (1.44%) CCIE
16 26 (1.21%) Master's Degree
17 20 (0.93%) AWS Certification
18 16 (0.74%) CCNA
19 15 (0.70%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (6.23%) QA
2 112 (5.20%) PMO
3 76 (3.53%) GDPR
4 67 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 60 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 50 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 45 (2.09%) ISO 9001
8 37 (1.72%) SLA
9 31 (1.44%) Data Quality
10 21 (0.98%) NIST
10 21 (0.98%) PCI DSS
11 19 (0.88%) ISO 14001
12 16 (0.74%) Accessibility
12 16 (0.74%) GRC
13 14 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 8 (0.37%) GAAP
14 8 (0.37%) IEC 61131
15 6 (0.28%) IFRS
15 6 (0.28%) MiFID
15 6 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 149 (6.92%) Active Directory
2 65 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.02%) Docker
5 12 (0.56%) Firmware
5 12 (0.56%) ProxySG
5 12 (0.56%) vSphere
6 11 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.19%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.14%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.093%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.093%) UAG
12 1 (0.046%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 63 (2.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (2.04%) Terraform
3 42 (1.95%) Kubernetes
4 35 (1.63%) Ansible
5 25 (1.16%) SCCM
6 17 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
7 13 (0.60%) Autotask
8 12 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 11 (0.51%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.37%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.19%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.19%) Puppet
11 4 (0.19%) SolarWinds Orion
12 3 (0.14%) Argo
12 3 (0.14%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.14%) VxRail
12 3 (0.14%) WSUS
13 2 (0.093%) CASB
Vendors
1 410 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 99 (4.60%) Cisco
3 76 (3.53%) VMware
4 63 (2.93%) SAP
5 52 (2.42%) Fortinet
5 52 (2.42%) Oracle
6 50 (2.32%) ServiceNow
7 43 (2.00%) Google
8 30 (1.39%) SonicWALL
9 29 (1.35%) Motorola
10 28 (1.30%) Meraki
11 27 (1.25%) CheckPoint
12 23 (1.07%) F5
13 21 (0.98%) Palo Alto
13 21 (0.98%) Ubiquiti
14 19 (0.88%) Siemens
14 19 (0.88%) SolarWinds
15 18 (0.84%) Salesforce
16 17 (0.79%) Veeam
17 16 (0.74%) Aruba