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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 73 85
Rank change year-on-year +11 +12 +7
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 3,820 4,284 6,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.85% 4.22% 4.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 4.41% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,653 2,654 3,753
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,086 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.41% +3.48% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £90,350 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £59,526 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.80% +13.38% +5.00%

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 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +16 3,430 £55,000 -12.00% 1,156
UK excluding London +13 2,715 £52,500 -11.80% 848
Work from Home +13 1,521 £60,000 - 443
London +18 927 £70,000 -2.24% 341
South East -2 650 £52,000 -9.57% 187
North of England +35 636 £50,000 -15.25% 208
Midlands +14 499 £54,000 -1.82% 171
South West +38 427 £55,000 - 127
North West +19 349 £49,500 -13.91% 124
West Midlands +4 300 £57,500 +4.55% 99
East of England +30 258 £54,000 -22.86% 78
Yorkshire +47 197 £52,500 -11.80% 59
East Midlands +39 194 £54,000 -7.69% 72
Scotland -41 158 £50,000 -16.67% 75
North East +29 90 £50,250 -8.64% 29
Wales -13 72 £60,500 -0.49% 22
Northern Ireland +29 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
1 154 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 87 (2.28%) CMS
3 73 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 55 (1.44%) Confluence
5 40 (1.05%) Kentico
5 40 (1.05%) Umbraco
6 39 (1.02%) Sitecore CMS
7 36 (0.94%) IIS
8 35 (0.92%) Apache Spark
8 35 (0.92%) Headless CMS
9 14 (0.37%) WordPress
10 13 (0.34%) SAS
11 12 (0.31%) Anypoint
12 9 (0.24%) Apache
12 9 (0.24%) Drupal
12 9 (0.24%) MS Project Server
13 7 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
13 7 (0.18%) Apache Solr
13 7 (0.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 5 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 181 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 181 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
2 146 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
3 106 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 31 (0.81%) AutoCAD
6 16 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 16 (0.42%) Revit
7 10 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.24%) Trello
9 7 (0.18%) Simulink
10 6 (0.16%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.079%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.026%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 46 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 16 (0.42%) SAP SCM
5 13 (0.34%) SAP PP
5 13 (0.34%) SAP WM
6 11 (0.29%) Primavera
6 11 (0.29%) SAP SD
7 10 (0.26%) Elite 3E
8 9 (0.24%) SAP ERP
8 9 (0.24%) SAP HR
8 9 (0.24%) Shopify
8 9 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
9 8 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
9 8 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
9 8 (0.21%) Teamcenter
10 7 (0.18%) Magento
10 7 (0.18%) SAP CX
10 7 (0.18%) SAP MM
11 6 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 649 (16.99%) Azure
2 365 (9.55%) Microsoft 365
3 247 (6.47%) AWS
4 221 (5.79%) Power Platform
5 137 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
6 116 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
7 103 (2.70%) SaaS
8 91 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 78 (2.04%) GCP
10 62 (1.62%) PowerApps
11 58 (1.52%) IaaS
12 51 (1.34%) PaaS
12 51 (1.34%) Serverless
13 45 (1.18%) Power Automate
14 40 (1.05%) Kontent
15 27 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
16 25 (0.65%) Amazon S3
17 24 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
17 24 (0.63%) OneDrive
18 23 (0.60%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 193 (5.05%) Firewall
2 156 (4.08%) WAN
3 104 (2.72%) LAN
4 101 (2.64%) SD-WAN
5 96 (2.51%) VPN
6 75 (1.96%) Wireless
7 71 (1.86%) DNS
8 62 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
9 61 (1.60%) Network Security
9 61 (1.60%) SAN
10 54 (1.41%) DHCP
11 51 (1.34%) BGP
12 45 (1.18%) VLAN
13 35 (0.92%) Internet
14 33 (0.86%) TCP/IP
15 32 (0.84%) 5G
16 31 (0.81%) MPLS
17 27 (0.71%) VoIP
18 24 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
19 21 (0.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (3.77%) Power BI
2 134 (3.51%) SQL Server
3 43 (1.13%) Tableau
4 37 (0.97%) NoSQL
5 34 (0.89%) Data Lake
5 34 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (0.79%) Relational Database
7 29 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (0.73%) Data Mining
9 27 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
9 27 (0.71%) Big Data
10 24 (0.63%) Hadoop
10 24 (0.63%) SAP BW
11 23 (0.60%) Apache Ignite
12 22 (0.58%) MySQL
13 16 (0.42%) DynamoDB
13 16 (0.42%) Metadata
13 16 (0.42%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
15 13 (0.34%) GIS
Development Applications
1 157 (4.11%) JIRA
2 51 (1.34%) Git
3 18 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.37%) GitLab
4 14 (0.37%) Selenium
5 13 (0.34%) Axure RP
5 13 (0.34%) Balsamiq
6 10 (0.26%) Cucumber
6 10 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (0.24%) Postman
7 9 (0.24%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
9 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
10 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.10%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.079%) Maven
12 3 (0.079%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.079%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.079%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.052%) Vagrant
General
1 1,357 (35.52%) Social Skills
2 909 (23.80%) Finance
3 453 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
4 313 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 272 (7.12%) Public Sector
6 244 (6.39%) Presentation Skills
7 224 (5.86%) Retail
8 199 (5.21%) Marketing
9 159 (4.16%) Legal
10 145 (3.80%) Telecoms
11 144 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
12 142 (3.72%) Manufacturing
13 125 (3.27%) Law
14 116 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
15 66 (1.73%) Local Government
16 65 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
17 61 (1.60%) Banking
18 44 (1.15%) Billing
19 39 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
19 39 (1.02%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,153 (30.18%) Project Manager
2 564 (14.76%) Senior
3 373 (9.76%) Lead
4 263 (6.88%) Analyst
5 231 (6.05%) Architect
6 228 (5.97%) IT Manager
7 206 (5.39%) Consultant
8 201 (5.26%) Senior Manager
9 183 (4.79%) Presales Manager
10 172 (4.50%) Developer
11 166 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
12 156 (4.08%) IT Project Manager
13 122 (3.19%) Senior Project Manager
14 114 (2.98%) Business Analyst
15 97 (2.54%) IT Engineer
16 96 (2.51%) IT Support
17 95 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
18 89 (2.33%) Network Engineer
19 79 (2.07%) Technical Manager
20 77 (2.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (4.19%) .NET
2 84 (2.20%) HTML
3 76 (1.99%) React
3 76 (1.99%) RESTful
4 74 (1.94%) CSS
5 63 (1.65%) ASP.NET
6 59 (1.54%) .NET Framework
7 51 (1.34%) .NET Core
8 47 (1.23%) ASP.NET MVC
9 39 (1.02%) Next.js
10 38 (0.99%) JSON
10 38 (0.99%) SOAP
11 35 (0.92%) REST
12 34 (0.89%) Web Services
13 29 (0.76%) Kafka
13 29 (0.76%) Middleware
13 29 (0.76%) XML
14 27 (0.71%) AngularJS
15 24 (0.63%) EDI
16 22 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 240 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
2 218 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 144 (3.77%) Data Centre
4 142 (3.72%) Product Ownership
5 120 (3.14%) Driving Licence
6 64 (1.68%) PMI
7 63 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 63 (1.65%) Public Cloud
8 60 (1.57%) Virtual Team
9 44 (1.15%) Replication
10 39 (1.02%) NHS
11 37 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
12 36 (0.94%) FMCG
13 32 (0.84%) Low-Code
13 32 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
14 28 (0.73%) Mobile App
15 26 (0.68%) Operational Technology
16 25 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
17 23 (0.60%) IoT
18 22 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 297 (7.77%) Windows
2 194 (5.08%) Windows Server
3 114 (2.98%) Linux
4 65 (1.70%) Windows 10
5 35 (0.92%) Android
6 31 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 22 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (0.50%) Mac OS
10 18 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
11 15 (0.39%) Ubuntu
12 13 (0.34%) Windows 7
13 12 (0.31%) SUSE
14 9 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 5 (0.13%) VMS
16 4 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
17 3 (0.079%) Unix
18 2 (0.052%) CentOS
19 1 (0.026%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,722 (45.08%) Project Management
2 1,333 (34.90%) Agile
3 623 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
4 499 (13.06%) Mentoring
5 493 (12.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 450 (11.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 413 (10.81%) PRINCE2
8 366 (9.58%) Presales
9 316 (8.27%) Roadmaps
10 305 (7.98%) Customer Service
11 304 (7.96%) Waterfall
12 301 (7.88%) SDLC
13 297 (7.77%) Coaching
13 297 (7.77%) DevOps
14 295 (7.72%) Risk Management
15 286 (7.49%) Change Management
16 274 (7.17%) Scrum
17 245 (6.41%) Agile Project Management
18 242 (6.34%) Collaborative Working
19 237 (6.20%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 256 (6.70%) SQL
2 174 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 170 (4.45%) C#
4 159 (4.16%) Python
5 76 (1.99%) PowerShell
6 72 (1.88%) Java
7 38 (0.99%) TypeScript
8 31 (0.81%) C++
9 29 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 26 (0.68%) Kotlin
11 25 (0.65%) R
12 21 (0.55%) PHP
13 16 (0.42%) Bash
13 16 (0.42%) C
13 16 (0.42%) Go
14 14 (0.37%) VBA
15 13 (0.34%) MATLAB
15 13 (0.34%) Scala
16 9 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 848 (22.20%) Degree
2 402 (10.52%) Security Cleared
3 212 (5.55%) SC Cleared
4 178 (4.66%) PMI Certification
5 159 (4.16%) PMP
6 145 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
7 118 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 103 (2.70%) Master's Degree
9 97 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 95 (2.49%) DBS Check
11 91 (2.38%) CCNP
12 76 (1.99%) CCNA
13 61 (1.60%) DV Cleared
14 50 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 49 (1.28%) AWS Certification
16 47 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
16 47 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 46 (1.20%) APMP
17 46 (1.20%) Chartered Engineer
18 45 (1.18%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (6.73%) PMO
2 204 (5.34%) QA
3 71 (1.86%) GDPR
4 54 (1.41%) Accessibility
4 54 (1.41%) SLA
5 47 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (1.05%) Data Quality
7 24 (0.63%) ISO 9001
8 20 (0.52%) NIST
9 18 (0.47%) NCSC
10 17 (0.45%) NEBOSH
11 16 (0.42%) GMP
12 15 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 13 (0.34%) WCAG
14 12 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
15 9 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
15 9 (0.24%) GAAP
15 9 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 8 (0.21%) GRC
16 8 (0.21%) IFRS
System Software
1 237 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 126 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 49 (1.28%) Docker
5 28 (0.73%) vSphere
6 19 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
6 19 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.34%) Firmware
9 13 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 12 (0.31%) vCloud
11 4 (0.10%) pfSense
11 4 (0.10%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.052%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.026%) Lustre
13 1 (0.026%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.026%) NFS
Systems Management
1 81 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (2.04%) Terraform
3 55 (1.44%) Kubernetes
4 27 (0.71%) Functional Safety
5 25 (0.65%) SCCM
6 23 (0.60%) Ansible
6 23 (0.60%) FortiGate
7 15 (0.39%) WSUS
8 12 (0.31%) vCenter Server
9 9 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.18%) AirWatch
10 7 (0.18%) Grafana
10 7 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.18%) SCOM
11 6 (0.16%) SmoothWall
11 6 (0.16%) vRealize
12 4 (0.10%) Microsoft Clustering
13 3 (0.079%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.079%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 857 (22.43%) Microsoft
2 207 (5.42%) Cisco
3 173 (4.53%) SAP
4 169 (4.42%) VMware
5 86 (2.25%) Oracle
6 81 (2.12%) Salesforce
7 67 (1.75%) Google
8 63 (1.65%) Juniper
9 62 (1.62%) ServiceNow
10 61 (1.60%) Veeam
11 52 (1.36%) HP
12 42 (1.10%) EMC
12 42 (1.10%) Meraki
13 41 (1.07%) Sitecore
14 37 (0.97%) Adobe
15 36 (0.94%) Optimizely
16 33 (0.86%) Dell
17 22 (0.58%) Aruba
17 22 (0.58%) CheckPoint
17 22 (0.58%) Remedy