Project Management Job Trends in Yorkshire

Project Management
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 19 29
Rank change year-on-year -22 +10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 165 254 251
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.89% 8.16% 7.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.24% 9.00% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 125 113 213
10th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £31,487
25th Percentile £29,250 £43,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £64,875 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £58,532
% change year-on-year -6.96% -1.76% -2.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,643 2,821 2,948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 78.26% 90.62% 89.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,534 1,086 2,314
10th Percentile £27,575 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Project Management
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Yorkshire

Project Management
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
West Yorkshire -22 80 £41,075 -25.32% 35
South Yorkshire -5 37 £40,000 -37.25% 28
East Yorkshire -4 23 £31,000 -27.06% 7
North Yorkshire -13 21 £58,750 -14.55% 14
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 3 (1.82%) Apache
1 3 (1.82%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 39 (23.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (5.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (4.24%) MS Visio
6 6 (3.64%) AutoCAD
6 6 (3.64%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.61%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.61%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 7 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (4.24%) Shopify
2 5 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.82%) SAP CO
3 3 (1.82%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.82%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (1.82%) SAP MM
3 3 (1.82%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Copilot
3 6 (3.64%) SaaS
4 4 (2.42%) AWS
4 4 (2.42%) Azure
4 4 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.82%) Amazon S3
5 3 (1.82%) Amazon SQS
5 3 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (1.82%) AWS Step Functions
5 3 (1.82%) dbt
5 3 (1.82%) GitHub
5 3 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.82%) Serverless
6 1 (0.61%) IaaS
6 1 (0.61%) PaaS
6 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.82%) LAN
1 3 (1.82%) WAN
2 2 (1.21%) BGP
2 2 (1.21%) Firewall
2 2 (1.21%) IPv4
2 2 (1.21%) IPv6
2 2 (1.21%) MPLS
2 2 (1.21%) OSPF
2 2 (1.21%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.21%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.21%) VPN
3 1 (0.61%) Network Security
3 1 (0.61%) RFID
3 1 (0.61%) VoIP
3 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.15%) Tableau
2 24 (14.55%) Data Mining
3 11 (6.67%) Power BI
4 5 (3.03%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (1.82%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.82%) Apache Iceberg
5 3 (1.82%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.82%) Data Vault
5 3 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.21%) JIRA
General
1 96 (58.18%) Finance
2 51 (30.91%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (16.36%) Social Skills
4 21 (12.73%) Manufacturing
5 19 (11.52%) Marketing
6 9 (5.45%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.82%) Law
9 3 (1.82%) Legal
9 3 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.82%) Retail
10 2 (1.21%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.61%) Games
11 1 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (35.76%) Analyst
2 53 (32.12%) Trainee
3 52 (31.52%) Trainee Analyst
4 34 (20.61%) Business Analyst
5 28 (16.97%) Trainee Business Analyst
6 25 (15.15%) Data Analyst
7 24 (14.55%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 22 (13.33%) Project Manager
9 15 (9.09%) Development Manager
10 13 (7.88%) Product Development Manager
10 13 (7.88%) Product Manager
11 12 (7.27%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (7.27%) Senior
12 7 (4.24%) IT Manager
13 6 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
13 6 (3.64%) IT Support
13 6 (3.64%) Senior Automation Engineer
14 5 (3.03%) Architect
14 5 (3.03%) IT Project Manager
15 4 (2.42%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.27%) CSS
2 3 (1.82%) Pandas
3 1 (0.61%) .NET
3 1 (0.61%) Node.js
3 1 (0.61%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.70%) Onboarding
2 13 (7.88%) FMCG
3 7 (4.24%) Blog
4 6 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.03%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.82%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.21%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.21%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.21%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.21%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.61%) PMI
8 1 (0.61%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (36.36%) Business Analysis
2 51 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (30.91%) Project Delivery
3 39 (23.64%) Change Management
3 39 (23.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (19.39%) Agile
4 32 (19.39%) Decision-Making
5 30 (18.18%) Process Improvement
6 29 (17.58%) Analytics
7 25 (15.15%) Data Analysis
8 24 (14.55%) Data Analytics
9 19 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (10.30%) Customer Engagement
11 16 (9.70%) PRINCE2
12 15 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (8.48%) Computer Science
14 13 (7.88%) Chemistry
14 13 (7.88%) Community of Practice
14 13 (7.88%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 36 (21.82%) Python
2 35 (21.21%) SQL
3 8 (4.85%) Perl
4 6 (3.64%) C
4 6 (3.64%) Java
5 2 (1.21%) COBOL
5 2 (1.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 73 (44.24%) Degree
2 8 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (4.85%) PMP
3 7 (4.24%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.64%) HND
4 6 (3.64%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.64%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.21%) CEH
6 2 (1.21%) CISA
6 2 (1.21%) CISSP
6 2 (1.21%) OSCP
6 2 (1.21%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.61%) CCNP
7 1 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.85%) PMO
2 7 (4.24%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.24%) QA
3 6 (3.64%) IEC 61131
4 4 (2.42%) GDPR
5 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.82%) P3O
6 2 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.61%) GRC
7 1 (0.61%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (1.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 51 (30.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.06%) SAP
3 8 (4.85%) Salesforce
4 6 (3.64%) Allen-Bradley
4 6 (3.64%) Siemens
4 6 (3.64%) Toshiba
5 2 (1.21%) Cisco
5 2 (1.21%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.21%) Meraki
6 1 (0.61%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.61%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.61%) Genesys
6 1 (0.61%) Huawei
6 1 (0.61%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle
6 1 (0.61%) Pardot
6 1 (0.61%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.61%) Verint