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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 20 29
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 4,579 7,959 7,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.80% 8.08% 7.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.43% 9.40% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,447 5,413 4,525
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,980
25th Percentile £43,231 £41,021 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,373 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -8.70% +1.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,950 £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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £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 £76,009 £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 1 May 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 1 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 +1 3,974 £56,430 +7.49% 4,210
UK excluding London +6 3,249 £55,000 +10.00% 2,564
Work from Home -3 1,200 £57,500 +4.55% 1,861
North of England +7 1,026 £55,000 +10.00% 618
London -7 1,018 £70,000 +7.69% 2,114
South East +1 683 £57,500 +21.05% 803
North West 0 667 £55,000 +10.00% 384
Midlands -3 607 £52,500 +0.72% 373
West Midlands +1 391 £55,000 +0.92% 209
South West +3 307 £52,000 +9.47% 300
East of England -3 272 £53,000 +6.00% 292
Yorkshire -2 235 £55,000 +8.91% 179
East Midlands -13 208 £40,101 -15.58% 138
Scotland +37 204 £47,292 -5.42% 139
North East +10 123 £55,000 +4.76% 67
Wales +5 112 £60,000 +41.18% 55
Northern Ireland +9 33 £53,750 +26.47% 60
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
1 173 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 84 (1.83%) Confluence
3 58 (1.27%) CMS
4 51 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 37 (0.81%) 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 7 (0.15%) Moodle
11 5 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.087%) SAP Portal
12 4 (0.087%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.066%) Drupal
14 2 (0.044%) Apache Airflow
14 2 (0.044%) ThingWorx
14 2 (0.044%) WinCC
Applications
1 320 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
2 239 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 197 (4.30%) Simulink
4 172 (3.76%) 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 17 (0.37%) 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 84 (1.83%) NetSuite
3 54 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 37 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
5 23 (0.50%) SAP FI
6 20 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
7 18 (0.39%) 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 (8.17%) Azure
2 212 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
3 211 (4.61%) Power Platform
4 161 (3.52%) SaaS
5 145 (3.17%) AWS
6 90 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
7 76 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
8 67 (1.46%) Power Automate
9 56 (1.22%) GitHub
10 54 (1.18%) Entra ID
11 53 (1.16%) PowerApps
12 51 (1.11%) GCP
13 36 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
14 34 (0.74%) IaaS
15 32 (0.70%) Serverless
16 31 (0.68%) Boomi
16 31 (0.68%) Google Analytics
17 27 (0.59%) Google Workspace
17 27 (0.59%) PaaS
17 27 (0.59%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 56 (1.22%) Firewall
2 52 (1.14%) WAN
3 43 (0.94%) DNS
4 42 (0.92%) Network Security
5 35 (0.76%) Wireless
6 31 (0.68%) DHCP
6 31 (0.68%) VPN
7 28 (0.61%) TCP/IP
8 26 (0.57%) SD-WAN
9 22 (0.48%) LAN
10 18 (0.39%) Internet
11 17 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (0.35%) VLAN
13 13 (0.28%) VoIP
14 12 (0.26%) 5G
14 12 (0.26%) Intranet
15 10 (0.22%) SSL
16 8 (0.17%) Ethernet
17 7 (0.15%) Unified Communications
17 7 (0.15%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (3.32%) Power BI
2 108 (2.36%) SQL Server
3 106 (2.31%) Big Data
4 66 (1.44%) Tableau
5 47 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 42 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
6 42 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 32 (0.70%) Relational Database
8 24 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
9 21 (0.46%) MySQL
10 14 (0.31%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.26%) GIS
11 12 (0.26%) Hadoop
11 12 (0.26%) SAP HANA
12 11 (0.24%) SAP BW
12 11 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (0.22%) Metadata
13 10 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 261 (5.70%) JIRA
2 148 (3.23%) Rational DOORS
3 73 (1.59%) Git
4 34 (0.74%) 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 (0.066%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.066%) 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 2,150 (46.95%) Social Skills
2 1,658 (36.21%) Finance
3 890 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 439 (9.59%) Marketing
5 368 (8.04%) Manufacturing
6 327 (7.14%) Law
7 302 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
8 252 (5.50%) Public Sector
9 244 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 240 (5.24%) Legal
11 230 (5.02%) Retail
12 228 (4.98%) Electronics
13 224 (4.89%) Aerospace
14 189 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
15 155 (3.39%) Banking
16 128 (2.80%) Advertising
17 120 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
18 90 (1.97%) Telecoms
19 65 (1.42%) Local Government
20 54 (1.18%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,417 (30.95%) Project Manager
2 855 (18.67%) Senior
3 555 (12.12%) Senior Manager
4 400 (8.74%) Lead
5 358 (7.82%) Analyst
6 356 (7.77%) Senior Project Manager
7 230 (5.02%) IT Manager
8 217 (4.74%) Systems Engineer
9 173 (3.78%) Junior
10 168 (3.67%) Delivery Project Manager
11 163 (3.56%) Consultant
11 163 (3.56%) Developer
12 159 (3.47%) Principal Engineer
13 149 (3.25%) Security Engineer
14 147 (3.21%) Principal Security Engineer
15 145 (3.17%) Junior Systems Engineer
16 137 (2.99%) Architect
17 123 (2.69%) Product Manager
18 119 (2.60%) Development Manager
19 103 (2.25%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (2.01%) .NET
1 92 (2.01%) HTML
2 77 (1.68%) CSS
3 60 (1.31%) XML
4 53 (1.16%) React
5 50 (1.09%) .NET Framework
6 48 (1.05%) JSON
7 36 (0.79%) Middleware
8 31 (0.68%) OAuth
9 26 (0.57%) EDI
9 26 (0.57%) RESTful
10 25 (0.55%) SAML
11 23 (0.50%) .NET Core
11 23 (0.50%) ASP.NET
11 23 (0.50%) Web Services
12 22 (0.48%) HTML5
13 20 (0.44%) Node.js
14 17 (0.37%) Laravel
15 15 (0.33%) JWT
16 14 (0.31%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 306 (6.68%) Management Information System
2 274 (5.98%) Driving Licence
3 177 (3.87%) FMCG
4 128 (2.80%) Product Ownership
5 115 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
6 114 (2.49%) Onboarding
7 95 (2.07%) Social Media
8 90 (1.97%) Marketing Technology
9 87 (1.90%) Digital Media
10 78 (1.70%) PMI
11 65 (1.42%) Data Centre
12 60 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
13 58 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
14 43 (0.94%) Life Science
14 43 (0.94%) Virtual Team
15 37 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
15 37 (0.81%) Mobile App
16 33 (0.72%) NHS
16 33 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
17 27 (0.59%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 177 (3.87%) Windows
2 91 (1.99%) Windows Server
3 44 (0.96%) Linux
4 22 (0.48%) Windows Vista
5 20 (0.44%) Unix
6 19 (0.41%) Android
7 18 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.31%) Windows 10
9 11 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.17%) 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 (0.066%) 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 Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,181 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
2 999 (21.82%) Project Delivery
3 969 (21.16%) Agile
4 795 (17.36%) Risk Management
5 774 (16.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 726 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 568 (12.40%) PRINCE2
8 507 (11.07%) Mentoring
9 415 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
10 395 (8.63%) Computer Science
11 388 (8.47%) Collaborative Working
12 360 (7.86%) Roadmaps
13 351 (7.67%) Analytics
14 318 (6.94%) ERP
15 305 (6.66%) Information Security
16 297 (6.49%) Change Management
17 296 (6.46%) Decision-Making
17 296 (6.46%) Strategic Thinking
18 283 (6.18%) Process Improvement
19 280 (6.11%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 263 (5.74%) SQL
2 166 (3.63%) Python
3 150 (3.28%) MATLAB
4 105 (2.29%) C#
5 99 (2.16%) JavaScript
6 80 (1.75%) Java
7 78 (1.70%) PowerShell
8 40 (0.87%) C++
8 40 (0.87%) PHP
9 34 (0.74%) C
10 21 (0.46%) Bash
10 21 (0.46%) R
11 20 (0.44%) TypeScript
12 19 (0.41%) T-SQL
13 16 (0.35%) VBA
14 8 (0.17%) ABAP
14 8 (0.17%) VB
15 7 (0.15%) Ruby
16 6 (0.13%) Ada
16 6 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1,452 (31.71%) Degree
2 745 (16.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 270 (5.90%) CISSP
4 265 (5.79%) PMI Certification
5 252 (5.50%) PMP
6 213 (4.65%) Security Cleared
7 168 (3.67%) CISM
8 147 (3.21%) CESG Certified Professional
9 134 (2.93%) Master's Degree
10 101 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 93 (2.03%) DBS Check
12 72 (1.57%) HNC
13 61 (1.33%) SC Cleared
14 51 (1.11%) DV Cleared
14 51 (1.11%) HND
14 51 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
15 48 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
16 42 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 39 (0.85%) MBA
18 35 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 323 (7.05%) QA
2 216 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 172 (3.76%) PMO
4 163 (3.56%) NIST
5 148 (3.23%) JSP 440
6 147 (3.21%) RMADS
7 116 (2.53%) 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 15 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
15 15 (0.33%) PCI DSS
16 14 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 14 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 96 (2.10%) Active Directory
2 28 (0.61%) 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 6 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.13%) vSphere
8 5 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.066%) DFS Replication
9 3 (0.066%) 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 46 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (0.90%) Terraform
3 36 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 32 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 29 (0.63%) Ansible
6 9 (0.20%) SCCM
6 9 (0.20%) ZABBIX
7 6 (0.13%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.11%) Argo
8 5 (0.11%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.11%) QRadar
9 4 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.087%) Puppet
10 3 (0.066%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.066%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.044%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.044%) Nagios
11 2 (0.044%) Nessus
11 2 (0.044%) Nmap
11 2 (0.044%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 789 (17.23%) Microsoft
2 258 (5.63%) SAP
3 154 (3.36%) IBM
4 132 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 122 (2.66%) Google
6 94 (2.05%) Oracle
7 79 (1.73%) ServiceNow
8 64 (1.40%) Cisco
9 53 (1.16%) Adobe
10 50 (1.09%) MathWorks
11 42 (0.92%) VMware
12 40 (0.87%) YouTube
13 31 (0.68%) Workday
14 28 (0.61%) Facebook
14 28 (0.61%) Meraki
15 25 (0.55%) MuleSoft
16 23 (0.50%) Concur
16 23 (0.50%) Siemens
17 22 (0.48%) Informatica
17 22 (0.48%) NEC