Project Management Jobs

Project Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management 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 18 20 29
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 4,581 7,961 7,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.78% 8.09% 7.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.42% 9.41% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,447 5,417 4,532
10th Percentile £36,400 £32,500 £38,047
25th Percentile £43,231 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,430 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.49% -8.70% +1.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Management 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 Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management 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 0 3,981 £56,402 +7.43% 3,564
UK excluding London +6 3,247 £55,000 +10.00% 1,908
Work from Home -2 1,203 £57,500 +4.55% 1,619
North of England +6 1,024 £55,000 +10.00% 531
London -5 1,023 £70,000 +7.69% 1,823
South East 0 686 £57,500 +21.05% 448
North West 0 667 £55,000 +10.00% 330
Midlands -3 608 £52,422 +0.33% 300
West Midlands +1 391 £55,000 - 179
South West +1 308 £52,000 +9.47% 241
East of England -2 269 £53,000 +6.00% 196
Yorkshire -2 233 £55,000 +7.84% 155
East Midlands -12 209 £40,101 -15.58% 113
Scotland +40 202 £47,292 -5.42% 118
North East +10 123 £55,000 +4.76% 54
Wales +4 112 £60,000 +41.18% 45
Northern Ireland +9 33 £53,750 +26.47% 53
Isle of Man +13 7 £43,000 +14.67% 4
Channel Islands - 3 £78,750 - 2

Project Management
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
1 174 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 82 (1.79%) Confluence
3 58 (1.27%) CMS
4 53 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 38 (0.83%) WordPress
6 16 (0.35%) IIS
6 16 (0.35%) Kinematics
7 11 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 11 (0.24%) Kentico
8 10 (0.22%) Apache
9 8 (0.17%) SAS
10 6 (0.13%) Moodle
11 5 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.087%) SAP Portal
12 4 (0.087%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.065%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.065%) Drupal
14 2 (0.044%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.044%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.044%) WinCC
Applications
1 322 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 239 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 197 (4.30%) Simulink
4 172 (3.75%) Microsoft Project
5 123 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 51 (1.11%) Trello
7 48 (1.05%) MS Visio
8 25 (0.55%) AutoCAD
8 25 (0.55%) Maya
9 18 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 15 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
11 12 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
12 9 (0.20%) InDesign
13 8 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
13 8 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
13 8 (0.17%) Photoshop
14 6 (0.13%) Chatbot
14 6 (0.13%) Stata
15 4 (0.087%) Adobe XD
15 4 (0.087%) Notion
Business Applications
1 154 (3.36%) Teamcenter
2 85 (1.86%) NetSuite
3 55 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 37 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
5 23 (0.50%) SAP FI
6 20 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
7 19 (0.41%) Shopify
8 17 (0.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 12 (0.26%) Aladdin
10 9 (0.20%) SAP IBP
11 8 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
12 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 7 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
12 7 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
13 6 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
13 6 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
13 6 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
13 6 (0.13%) Relativity
13 6 (0.13%) SAP CO
14 5 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 374 (8.16%) Azure
2 215 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
3 212 (4.63%) Power Platform
4 161 (3.51%) SaaS
5 144 (3.14%) AWS
6 91 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
7 78 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
8 68 (1.48%) Power Automate
9 57 (1.24%) Entra ID
9 57 (1.24%) GitHub
10 54 (1.18%) PowerApps
11 51 (1.11%) GCP
12 37 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
13 33 (0.72%) IaaS
14 31 (0.68%) Boomi
14 31 (0.68%) Serverless
15 30 (0.65%) Google Analytics
16 27 (0.59%) Google Workspace
16 27 (0.59%) PaaS
16 27 (0.59%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 55 (1.20%) Firewall
2 52 (1.14%) WAN
3 44 (0.96%) DNS
4 43 (0.94%) Network Security
5 34 (0.74%) Wireless
6 32 (0.70%) DHCP
7 31 (0.68%) VPN
8 28 (0.61%) TCP/IP
9 26 (0.57%) SD-WAN
10 22 (0.48%) LAN
11 19 (0.41%) Internet
12 17 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (0.35%) VLAN
14 12 (0.26%) 5G
14 12 (0.26%) Intranet
14 12 (0.26%) VoIP
15 10 (0.22%) SSL
16 8 (0.17%) Ethernet
17 7 (0.15%) DMARC
17 7 (0.15%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (3.30%) Power BI
2 109 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 106 (2.31%) Big Data
4 66 (1.44%) Tableau
5 46 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 43 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 42 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
8 32 (0.70%) Relational Database
9 24 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
10 22 (0.48%) MySQL
11 14 (0.31%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.26%) GIS
12 12 (0.26%) Hadoop
12 12 (0.26%) SAP HANA
13 11 (0.24%) SAP BW
13 11 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.22%) Metadata
14 10 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
15 9 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 260 (5.68%) JIRA
2 148 (3.23%) Rational DOORS
3 74 (1.62%) Git
4 35 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.33%) GitLab
6 10 (0.22%) Postman
6 10 (0.22%) Selenium
7 8 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.17%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.11%) Subversion
8 5 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.065%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.065%) LSMW
10 2 (0.044%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.044%) JMeter
10 2 (0.044%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.022%) Bugzilla
11 1 (0.022%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,152 (46.98%) Social Skills
2 1,654 (36.11%) Finance
3 886 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
4 438 (9.56%) Marketing
5 367 (8.01%) Manufacturing
6 326 (7.12%) Law
7 303 (6.61%) Organisational Skills
8 250 (5.46%) Public Sector
9 243 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 237 (5.17%) Legal
11 227 (4.96%) Retail
12 225 (4.91%) Electronics
13 224 (4.89%) Aerospace
14 187 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
15 155 (3.38%) Banking
16 127 (2.77%) Advertising
17 120 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
18 89 (1.94%) Telecoms
19 66 (1.44%) Local Government
20 54 (1.18%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,416 (30.91%) Project Manager
2 858 (18.73%) Senior
3 555 (12.12%) Senior Manager
4 400 (8.73%) Lead
5 359 (7.84%) Analyst
6 356 (7.77%) Senior Project Manager
7 232 (5.06%) IT Manager
8 217 (4.74%) Systems Engineer
9 171 (3.73%) Junior
10 168 (3.67%) Delivery Project Manager
11 166 (3.62%) Developer
12 165 (3.60%) Consultant
13 159 (3.47%) Principal Engineer
14 149 (3.25%) Security Engineer
15 147 (3.21%) Principal Security Engineer
16 145 (3.17%) Junior Systems Engineer
17 137 (2.99%) Architect
18 124 (2.71%) Product Manager
19 120 (2.62%) Development Manager
20 104 (2.27%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (2.05%) .NET
1 94 (2.05%) HTML
2 79 (1.72%) CSS
3 62 (1.35%) XML
4 55 (1.20%) React
5 51 (1.11%) .NET Framework
6 49 (1.07%) JSON
7 36 (0.79%) Middleware
8 31 (0.68%) OAuth
9 26 (0.57%) EDI
9 26 (0.57%) RESTful
10 24 (0.52%) .NET Core
10 24 (0.52%) ASP.NET
10 24 (0.52%) SAML
11 23 (0.50%) HTML5
11 23 (0.50%) Web Services
12 19 (0.41%) Node.js
13 18 (0.39%) Laravel
14 15 (0.33%) JWT
15 14 (0.31%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 305 (6.66%) Management Information System
2 274 (5.98%) Driving Licence
3 177 (3.86%) FMCG
4 127 (2.77%) Product Ownership
5 116 (2.53%) Onboarding
5 116 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 94 (2.05%) Social Media
7 90 (1.96%) Marketing Technology
8 87 (1.90%) Digital Media
9 78 (1.70%) PMI
10 65 (1.42%) Data Centre
11 60 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
12 58 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
13 44 (0.96%) Life Science
14 42 (0.92%) Virtual Team
15 38 (0.83%) Mobile App
16 36 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
17 33 (0.72%) NHS
17 33 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
18 27 (0.59%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 181 (3.95%) Windows
2 94 (2.05%) Windows Server
3 47 (1.03%) Linux
4 22 (0.48%) Windows Vista
5 21 (0.46%) Unix
6 19 (0.41%) Android
7 18 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.31%) Windows 10
9 12 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.20%) VMS
11 6 (0.13%) AIX
12 5 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.087%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.087%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.065%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.044%) CentOS
15 2 (0.044%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.044%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.022%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,180 (25.76%) Problem-Solving
2 998 (21.79%) Project Delivery
3 968 (21.13%) Agile
4 796 (17.38%) Risk Management
5 771 (16.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 726 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 565 (12.33%) PRINCE2
8 507 (11.07%) Mentoring
9 412 (8.99%) Cybersecurity
10 396 (8.64%) Computer Science
11 385 (8.40%) Collaborative Working
12 360 (7.86%) Roadmaps
13 349 (7.62%) Analytics
14 318 (6.94%) ERP
15 304 (6.64%) Information Security
16 297 (6.48%) Change Management
17 295 (6.44%) Decision-Making
17 295 (6.44%) Strategic Thinking
18 284 (6.20%) Process Improvement
19 279 (6.09%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 262 (5.72%) SQL
2 167 (3.65%) Python
3 150 (3.27%) MATLAB
4 106 (2.31%) C#
5 100 (2.18%) JavaScript
6 82 (1.79%) PowerShell
7 80 (1.75%) Java
8 41 (0.90%) PHP
9 40 (0.87%) C++
10 34 (0.74%) C
11 22 (0.48%) Bash
12 21 (0.46%) R
13 20 (0.44%) TypeScript
14 19 (0.41%) T-SQL
15 16 (0.35%) VBA
16 8 (0.17%) ABAP
16 8 (0.17%) VB
17 7 (0.15%) Ruby
18 6 (0.13%) Ada
18 6 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1,455 (31.76%) Degree
2 745 (16.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 267 (5.83%) CISSP
4 265 (5.78%) PMI Certification
5 252 (5.50%) PMP
6 211 (4.61%) Security Cleared
7 167 (3.65%) CISM
8 147 (3.21%) CESG Certified Professional
9 132 (2.88%) Master's Degree
10 102 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 93 (2.03%) DBS Check
12 72 (1.57%) HNC
13 61 (1.33%) SC Cleared
14 51 (1.11%) HND
15 50 (1.09%) DV Cleared
15 50 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
16 47 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
17 42 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 39 (0.85%) MBA
19 34 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 324 (7.07%) QA
2 217 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 173 (3.78%) PMO
4 162 (3.54%) NIST
5 148 (3.23%) JSP 440
6 147 (3.21%) RMADS
7 114 (2.49%) GDPR
8 105 (2.29%) Data Quality
9 98 (2.14%) Accessibility
10 82 (1.79%) NEBOSH
11 36 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
12 35 (0.76%) SLA
13 18 (0.39%) GxP
13 18 (0.39%) PMBOK
14 17 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 17 (0.37%) WCAG
15 16 (0.35%) Good Clinical Practice
16 15 (0.33%) PCI DSS
17 14 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 14 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 98 (2.14%) Active Directory
2 27 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (0.55%) Docker
4 20 (0.44%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.24%) Firmware
6 8 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.15%) vSphere
8 4 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.065%) DFS Replication
9 3 (0.065%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.044%) KVM
10 2 (0.044%) Postfix
10 2 (0.044%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.044%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.022%) HDFS
11 1 (0.022%) NFS
11 1 (0.022%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 49 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (0.92%) Terraform
3 37 (0.81%) Kubernetes
4 31 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 30 (0.65%) Ansible
6 10 (0.22%) SCCM
7 9 (0.20%) ZABBIX
8 6 (0.13%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.11%) Argo
9 5 (0.11%) QRadar
10 4 (0.087%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.087%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.087%) Puppet
11 3 (0.065%) Functional Safety
12 2 (0.044%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.044%) Grafana
12 2 (0.044%) Nessus
12 2 (0.044%) Nmap
12 2 (0.044%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 791 (17.27%) Microsoft
2 258 (5.63%) SAP
3 153 (3.34%) IBM
4 133 (2.90%) Salesforce
5 119 (2.60%) Google
6 93 (2.03%) Oracle
7 78 (1.70%) ServiceNow
8 64 (1.40%) Cisco
9 54 (1.18%) Adobe
10 50 (1.09%) MathWorks
11 41 (0.90%) VMware
12 40 (0.87%) YouTube
13 31 (0.68%) Workday
14 29 (0.63%) Meraki
15 28 (0.61%) Facebook
16 25 (0.55%) MuleSoft
17 23 (0.50%) Concur
17 23 (0.50%) Siemens
18 22 (0.48%) Informatica
18 22 (0.48%) NEC