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

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 20 29
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 4,559 7,951 7,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.44% 8.04% 7.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.00% 9.38% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 5,409 4,572
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,231 £41,200 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -8.70% +2.68%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,800 £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 50,654 84,747 98,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.80% 85.73% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,617 59,812 57,648
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £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 8 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 8 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 -2 3,915 £57,000 +8.57% 4,515
UK excluding London +3 3,253 £55,000 +10.00% 2,704
Work from Home -9 1,224 £57,500 +4.55% 2,357
North of England +5 1,009 £55,000 +10.00% 639
London -9 994 £70,000 +7.69% 2,354
South East -6 672 £58,335 +22.81% 916
North West -6 655 £55,000 +10.00% 389
Midlands -6 594 £52,500 - 367
West Midlands 0 383 £55,000 - 209
South West +4 306 £52,250 +7.73% 304
East of England -11 281 £53,000 +6.00% 300
Scotland +42 242 £45,000 -10.00% 149
Yorkshire -2 230 £55,000 +10.00% 193
East Midlands -15 204 £40,101 -15.58% 135
North East +11 123 £55,000 +4.76% 71
Wales +2 114 £62,000 +45.88% 48
Northern Ireland +7 30 £53,750 +26.47% 68
Isle of Man +12 7 £43,000 +14.67% 4
Channel Islands - 4 £87,500 - 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
1 168 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 84 (1.84%) Confluence
3 56 (1.23%) CMS
4 50 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 37 (0.81%) WordPress
6 18 (0.39%) IIS
7 17 (0.37%) Kinematics
8 11 (0.24%) Apache Spark
9 10 (0.22%) Apache
9 10 (0.22%) Kentico
10 8 (0.18%) SAS
11 7 (0.15%) Moodle
11 7 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.088%) SAP Portal
12 4 (0.088%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.066%) Drupal
14 2 (0.044%) Mule
14 2 (0.044%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.044%) WinCC
Applications
1 313 (6.87%) Microsoft Office
2 238 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 197 (4.32%) Simulink
4 168 (3.69%) Microsoft Project
5 120 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 49 (1.07%) Trello
7 47 (1.03%) MS Visio
8 25 (0.55%) Maya
9 22 (0.48%) AutoCAD
10 18 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 15 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
12 12 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
13 9 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
13 9 (0.20%) InDesign
14 8 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
14 8 (0.18%) Photoshop
15 6 (0.13%) Chatbot
15 6 (0.13%) Stata
16 4 (0.088%) Adobe XD
16 4 (0.088%) Notion
Business Applications
1 154 (3.38%) Teamcenter
2 83 (1.82%) NetSuite
3 50 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 38 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 22 (0.48%) SAP FI
6 18 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
7 17 (0.37%) Shopify
8 16 (0.35%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 12 (0.26%) Aladdin
10 9 (0.20%) SAP IBP
11 8 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
11 8 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
11 8 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
12 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 7 (0.15%) 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 ERP
Cloud Services
1 365 (8.01%) Azure
2 210 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
3 208 (4.56%) Power Platform
4 160 (3.51%) SaaS
5 141 (3.09%) AWS
6 82 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
7 72 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
8 70 (1.54%) Power Automate
9 55 (1.21%) Entra ID
10 54 (1.18%) GitHub
10 54 (1.18%) PowerApps
11 50 (1.10%) GCP
12 36 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
13 35 (0.77%) IaaS
14 33 (0.72%) Google Analytics
15 32 (0.70%) Serverless
16 31 (0.68%) Boomi
17 28 (0.61%) Google Workspace
17 28 (0.61%) PaaS
18 27 (0.59%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 53 (1.16%) Firewall
2 51 (1.12%) WAN
3 43 (0.94%) DNS
4 42 (0.92%) Network Security
5 34 (0.75%) Wireless
6 31 (0.68%) DHCP
7 30 (0.66%) VPN
8 28 (0.61%) TCP/IP
9 25 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 22 (0.48%) LAN
11 17 (0.37%) Internet
11 17 (0.37%) VLAN
12 15 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (0.31%) VoIP
14 13 (0.29%) SSL
15 12 (0.26%) 5G
16 11 (0.24%) Intranet
17 9 (0.20%) DMARC
18 8 (0.18%) SAN
18 8 (0.18%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (3.36%) Power BI
2 106 (2.33%) Big Data
2 106 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 63 (1.38%) Tableau
4 48 (1.05%) Data Lake
5 43 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 30 (0.66%) Relational Database
7 24 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
8 20 (0.44%) MySQL
9 12 (0.26%) GIS
9 12 (0.26%) Hadoop
9 12 (0.26%) SAP HANA
10 11 (0.24%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.24%) SAP BW
10 11 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.22%) Metadata
11 10 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.18%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 261 (5.72%) JIRA
2 148 (3.25%) Rational DOORS
3 70 (1.54%) Git
4 33 (0.72%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.33%) GitLab
6 13 (0.29%) Selenium
7 10 (0.22%) Postman
8 8 (0.18%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.18%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.088%) Subversion
12 3 (0.066%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.044%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.044%) JMeter
13 2 (0.044%) LSMW
13 2 (0.044%) Metasploit
14 1 (0.022%) Bugzilla
14 1 (0.022%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,133 (46.79%) Social Skills
2 1,681 (36.87%) Finance
3 878 (19.26%) Analytical Skills
4 439 (9.63%) Marketing
5 379 (8.31%) Manufacturing
6 338 (7.41%) Law
7 298 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
8 247 (5.42%) Public Sector
9 246 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 235 (5.15%) Legal
11 230 (5.04%) Electronics
12 226 (4.96%) Aerospace
13 217 (4.76%) Retail
14 198 (4.34%) Banking
15 189 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
16 126 (2.76%) Advertising
17 116 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
18 98 (2.15%) Telecoms
19 61 (1.34%) Local Government
20 54 (1.18%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,372 (30.09%) Project Manager
2 889 (19.50%) Senior
3 545 (11.95%) Senior Manager
4 400 (8.77%) Lead
5 354 (7.76%) Analyst
6 346 (7.59%) Senior Project Manager
7 227 (4.98%) IT Manager
8 218 (4.78%) Systems Engineer
9 174 (3.82%) Junior
10 168 (3.69%) Delivery Project Manager
11 159 (3.49%) Developer
11 159 (3.49%) Principal Engineer
12 152 (3.33%) Consultant
13 149 (3.27%) Security Engineer
14 147 (3.22%) Principal Security Engineer
15 145 (3.18%) Junior Systems Engineer
16 136 (2.98%) Architect
17 124 (2.72%) Product Manager
18 117 (2.57%) Development Manager
18 117 (2.57%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (2.00%) HTML
2 87 (1.91%) .NET
3 76 (1.67%) CSS
4 59 (1.29%) XML
5 51 (1.12%) React
6 48 (1.05%) JSON
7 47 (1.03%) .NET Framework
8 36 (0.79%) Middleware
9 31 (0.68%) OAuth
10 26 (0.57%) EDI
10 26 (0.57%) RESTful
11 25 (0.55%) SAML
12 22 (0.48%) .NET Core
12 22 (0.48%) Web Services
13 21 (0.46%) ASP.NET
14 20 (0.44%) HTML5
14 20 (0.44%) Node.js
15 16 (0.35%) Laravel
16 15 (0.33%) JWT
17 14 (0.31%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 305 (6.69%) Management Information System
2 268 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 176 (3.86%) FMCG
4 124 (2.72%) Product Ownership
5 114 (2.50%) Onboarding
5 114 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 95 (2.08%) Social Media
7 89 (1.95%) Marketing Technology
8 87 (1.91%) Digital Media
9 78 (1.71%) PMI
10 65 (1.43%) Data Centre
11 59 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 58 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
13 39 (0.86%) Life Science
14 38 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
14 38 (0.83%) Virtual Team
15 37 (0.81%) Mobile App
16 32 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
17 31 (0.68%) NHS
18 25 (0.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 174 (3.82%) Windows
2 90 (1.97%) Windows Server
3 46 (1.01%) Linux
4 22 (0.48%) Unix
5 20 (0.44%) Windows Vista
6 15 (0.33%) Android
7 14 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.24%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.20%) VMS
10 8 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.13%) AIX
12 5 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.088%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.066%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
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 1,165 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
2 1,011 (22.18%) Agile
3 1,004 (22.02%) Project Delivery
4 816 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 777 (17.04%) Risk Management
6 714 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 559 (12.26%) PRINCE2
8 516 (11.32%) Mentoring
9 414 (9.08%) Cybersecurity
10 393 (8.62%) Computer Science
11 384 (8.42%) Collaborative Working
12 357 (7.83%) Roadmaps
13 344 (7.55%) Analytics
14 315 (6.91%) ERP
15 300 (6.58%) Strategic Thinking
16 298 (6.54%) Decision-Making
16 298 (6.54%) Information Security
17 289 (6.34%) Process Improvement
18 287 (6.30%) Change Management
19 276 (6.05%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 262 (5.75%) SQL
2 164 (3.60%) Python
3 150 (3.29%) MATLAB
4 102 (2.24%) C#
5 98 (2.15%) JavaScript
6 80 (1.75%) Java
7 79 (1.73%) PowerShell
8 40 (0.88%) C++
9 39 (0.86%) PHP
10 33 (0.72%) C
11 21 (0.46%) R
12 19 (0.42%) Bash
12 19 (0.42%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.39%) VBA
14 17 (0.37%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.18%) VB
16 7 (0.15%) ABAP
16 7 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.13%) Ada
17 6 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,443 (31.65%) Degree
2 759 (16.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 270 (5.92%) CISSP
4 267 (5.86%) PMI Certification
5 255 (5.59%) PMP
6 209 (4.58%) Security Cleared
7 166 (3.64%) CISM
8 147 (3.22%) CESG Certified Professional
9 134 (2.94%) Master's Degree
10 100 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 92 (2.02%) DBS Check
12 72 (1.58%) HNC
13 59 (1.29%) SC Cleared
14 51 (1.12%) DV Cleared
14 51 (1.12%) HND
15 49 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
16 47 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
17 41 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 39 (0.86%) MBA
19 34 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 325 (7.13%) QA
2 217 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 169 (3.71%) PMO
4 164 (3.60%) NIST
5 148 (3.25%) JSP 440
6 147 (3.22%) RMADS
7 143 (3.14%) Accessibility
8 115 (2.52%) GDPR
9 107 (2.35%) Data Quality
10 81 (1.78%) NEBOSH
11 38 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
12 33 (0.72%) SLA
13 18 (0.39%) GxP
13 18 (0.39%) PMBOK
13 18 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 18 (0.39%) WCAG
14 16 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 15 (0.33%) PCI DSS
16 14 (0.31%) HIPAA
17 13 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 99 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 28 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (0.55%) Docker
4 21 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.22%) Firmware
6 8 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.13%) vSphere
9 3 (0.066%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.044%) DFS Replication
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 50 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (0.90%) Terraform
3 35 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
4 32 (0.70%) Kubernetes
5 29 (0.64%) Ansible
6 9 (0.20%) SCCM
7 8 (0.18%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.11%) Argo
8 5 (0.11%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.11%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.11%) QRadar
9 4 (0.088%) Puppet
10 3 (0.066%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.066%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.044%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.044%) Grafana
11 2 (0.044%) Nessus
11 2 (0.044%) Nmap
11 2 (0.044%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 784 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 258 (5.66%) SAP
3 156 (3.42%) IBM
4 132 (2.90%) Salesforce
5 126 (2.76%) Google
6 93 (2.04%) Oracle
7 79 (1.73%) ServiceNow
8 61 (1.34%) Cisco
9 53 (1.16%) Adobe
10 50 (1.10%) MathWorks
11 42 (0.92%) VMware
12 40 (0.88%) YouTube
13 30 (0.66%) Facebook
13 30 (0.66%) Workday
14 27 (0.59%) Meraki
15 25 (0.55%) MuleSoft
16 23 (0.50%) Siemens
17 22 (0.48%) Concur
17 22 (0.48%) Informatica
18 19 (0.42%) Atlassian