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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 72 84
Rank change year-on-year +9 +12 +7
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 3,760 4,290 6,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.76% 4.33% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 4.53% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,637 2,668 3,792
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,397
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,382 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,200 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
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 £96,250
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 18 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 18 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 +13 3,390 £55,000 -11.35% 1,202
UK excluding London +15 2,670 £52,500 -12.50% 929
Work from Home +9 1,465 £60,000 - 493
London +12 921 £70,000 - 359
South East -1 650 £51,750 -10.00% 237
North of England +28 625 £50,000 -16.67% 216
Midlands +11 494 £54,000 -1.82% 169
South West +37 416 £55,000 -7.60% 129
North West +14 343 £50,000 -16.67% 117
West Midlands +1 297 £57,500 +4.55% 90
East of England +27 251 £55,000 -21.43% 83
East Midlands +40 192 £54,000 -6.09% 79
Yorkshire +41 190 £51,500 -13.48% 67
Scotland -50 154 £50,000 -16.67% 79
North East +24 92 £51,500 -6.36% 37
Wales -13 68 £62,750 +3.12% 35
Northern Ireland +20 13 - - 13
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
1 152 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 87 (2.31%) CMS
3 74 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 55 (1.46%) Confluence
5 41 (1.09%) Kentico
5 41 (1.09%) Umbraco
6 40 (1.06%) Sitecore CMS
7 37 (0.98%) IIS
8 36 (0.96%) Headless CMS
9 34 (0.90%) Apache Spark
10 14 (0.37%) WordPress
11 13 (0.35%) SAS
12 11 (0.29%) Apache
13 9 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
13 9 (0.24%) Drupal
13 9 (0.24%) MS Project Server
14 7 (0.19%) Apache Solr
14 7 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 5 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 195 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
3 147 (3.91%) Microsoft Project
4 106 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 46 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.82%) AutoCAD
7 16 (0.43%) Adobe XD
7 16 (0.43%) Revit
8 10 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
9 9 (0.24%) Trello
10 7 (0.19%) Simulink
11 6 (0.16%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.080%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.080%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.027%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 46 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 16 (0.43%) SAP SCM
4 13 (0.35%) SAP PP
5 12 (0.32%) SAP WM
6 11 (0.29%) Primavera
7 10 (0.27%) SAP HR
7 10 (0.27%) SAP SD
8 9 (0.24%) Shopify
8 9 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
9 8 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
9 8 (0.21%) Elite 3E
9 8 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
9 8 (0.21%) Teamcenter
10 7 (0.19%) SAP ERP
11 6 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
11 6 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 6 (0.16%) SAP EWM
11 6 (0.16%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 647 (17.21%) Azure
2 359 (9.55%) Microsoft 365
3 244 (6.49%) AWS
4 220 (5.85%) Power Platform
5 136 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
6 116 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
7 101 (2.69%) SaaS
8 92 (2.45%) Entra ID
9 78 (2.07%) GCP
10 62 (1.65%) PowerApps
11 58 (1.54%) IaaS
12 53 (1.41%) PaaS
13 50 (1.33%) Serverless
14 43 (1.14%) Power Automate
15 41 (1.09%) Kontent
16 27 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
17 25 (0.66%) Amazon S3
18 24 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
19 23 (0.61%) Nutanix
19 23 (0.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 189 (5.03%) Firewall
2 159 (4.23%) WAN
3 108 (2.87%) LAN
4 104 (2.77%) SD-WAN
5 93 (2.47%) VPN
6 75 (1.99%) Wireless
7 71 (1.89%) DNS
8 61 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
9 60 (1.60%) SAN
10 59 (1.57%) Network Security
11 55 (1.46%) DHCP
12 51 (1.36%) BGP
13 43 (1.14%) VLAN
14 34 (0.90%) 5G
14 34 (0.90%) Internet
15 32 (0.85%) TCP/IP
16 31 (0.82%) MPLS
17 27 (0.72%) VoIP
18 24 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
19 21 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (3.80%) Power BI
2 131 (3.48%) SQL Server
3 44 (1.17%) Tableau
4 43 (1.14%) NoSQL
5 32 (0.85%) Data Lake
5 32 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (0.77%) Relational Database
7 26 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
7 26 (0.69%) Big Data
8 25 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
8 25 (0.66%) SAP BW
9 23 (0.61%) Data Mining
10 20 (0.53%) Apache Ignite
10 20 (0.53%) Hadoop
11 19 (0.51%) MySQL
12 16 (0.43%) DynamoDB
13 15 (0.40%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
14 14 (0.37%) Metadata
15 13 (0.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 154 (4.10%) JIRA
2 50 (1.33%) Git
3 18 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.37%) Selenium
5 13 (0.35%) Axure RP
5 13 (0.35%) Balsamiq
5 13 (0.35%) GitLab
6 10 (0.27%) Cucumber
6 10 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (0.24%) Postman
7 9 (0.24%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
9 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
10 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.13%) Maven
11 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.080%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.080%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.080%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.053%) Subversion
General
1 1,339 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 918 (24.41%) Finance
3 441 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
4 290 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 253 (6.73%) Presentation Skills
5 253 (6.73%) Public Sector
6 228 (6.06%) Retail
7 199 (5.29%) Marketing
8 159 (4.23%) Legal
9 149 (3.96%) Telecoms
10 139 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
11 134 (3.56%) Manufacturing
12 119 (3.16%) Law
13 110 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
14 67 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
15 64 (1.70%) Banking
16 62 (1.65%) Local Government
17 43 (1.14%) Billing
18 41 (1.09%) Electronics
19 36 (0.96%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,122 (29.84%) Project Manager
2 556 (14.79%) Senior
3 379 (10.08%) Lead
4 260 (6.91%) Analyst
5 221 (5.88%) IT Manager
6 211 (5.61%) Architect
7 203 (5.40%) Senior Manager
8 200 (5.32%) Consultant
9 170 (4.52%) Developer
10 166 (4.41%) Delivery Manager
11 159 (4.23%) Presales Manager
12 152 (4.04%) IT Project Manager
13 124 (3.30%) Senior Project Manager
14 111 (2.95%) Business Analyst
15 98 (2.61%) IT Engineer
16 95 (2.53%) IT Support
17 89 (2.37%) Network Engineer
18 82 (2.18%) Technical Manager
19 78 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
20 76 (2.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (4.26%) .NET
2 81 (2.15%) HTML
3 77 (2.05%) React
4 76 (2.02%) RESTful
5 72 (1.91%) CSS
6 64 (1.70%) ASP.NET
7 59 (1.57%) .NET Framework
8 53 (1.41%) .NET Core
9 47 (1.25%) ASP.NET MVC
10 40 (1.06%) Next.js
11 37 (0.98%) JSON
12 35 (0.93%) SOAP
13 33 (0.88%) Middleware
13 33 (0.88%) REST
14 31 (0.82%) Web Services
15 28 (0.74%) AngularJS
16 27 (0.72%) XML
17 25 (0.66%) Kafka
18 24 (0.64%) EDI
19 21 (0.56%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 239 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
2 216 (5.74%) Management Information System
3 142 (3.78%) Data Centre
3 142 (3.78%) Product Ownership
4 105 (2.79%) Driving Licence
5 66 (1.76%) PMI
6 63 (1.68%) Public Cloud
7 61 (1.62%) Onboarding
7 61 (1.62%) Virtual Team
8 43 (1.14%) Replication
9 39 (1.04%) NHS
10 38 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (0.96%) FMCG
12 32 (0.85%) Low-Code
12 32 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
13 28 (0.74%) Mobile App
14 26 (0.69%) Operational Technology
15 24 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
16 23 (0.61%) IoT
17 22 (0.59%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 290 (7.71%) Windows
2 187 (4.97%) Windows Server
3 115 (3.06%) Linux
4 65 (1.73%) Windows 10
5 34 (0.90%) Android
6 30 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 21 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (0.51%) Mac OS
10 18 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (0.37%) Ubuntu
12 11 (0.29%) SUSE
12 11 (0.29%) Windows 7
13 9 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.13%) VMS
14 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.080%) Unix
17 1 (0.027%) CentOS
17 1 (0.027%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,677 (44.60%) Project Management
2 1,291 (34.34%) Agile
3 633 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
4 503 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 503 (13.38%) Mentoring
5 438 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 412 (10.96%) PRINCE2
7 347 (9.23%) Presales
8 315 (8.38%) Roadmaps
9 308 (8.19%) Customer Service
10 301 (8.01%) DevOps
11 296 (7.87%) Waterfall
12 294 (7.82%) Coaching
13 287 (7.63%) Change Management
14 284 (7.55%) Risk Management
15 280 (7.45%) SDLC
16 277 (7.37%) Scrum
17 231 (6.14%) Collaborative Working
18 229 (6.09%) Line Management
19 226 (6.01%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 260 (6.91%) SQL
2 171 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 167 (4.44%) C#
4 160 (4.26%) Python
5 77 (2.05%) Java
5 77 (2.05%) PowerShell
6 37 (0.98%) TypeScript
7 33 (0.88%) Kotlin
8 29 (0.77%) T-SQL
9 28 (0.74%) C++
10 24 (0.64%) R
11 20 (0.53%) PHP
12 17 (0.45%) C
13 16 (0.43%) Go
14 15 (0.40%) Bash
15 14 (0.37%) Scala
15 14 (0.37%) VBA
16 13 (0.35%) MATLAB
17 9 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 857 (22.79%) Degree
2 388 (10.32%) Security Cleared
3 203 (5.40%) SC Cleared
4 181 (4.81%) PMI Certification
5 160 (4.26%) PMP
6 142 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
7 110 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 103 (2.74%) Master's Degree
9 99 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 97 (2.58%) DBS Check
11 89 (2.37%) CCNP
12 73 (1.94%) CCNA
13 54 (1.44%) DV Cleared
14 52 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 49 (1.30%) AWS Certification
16 48 (1.28%) Azure Certification
17 46 (1.22%) APMP
17 46 (1.22%) Chartered Engineer
18 45 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 45 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 251 (6.68%) PMO
2 205 (5.45%) QA
3 71 (1.89%) GDPR
4 50 (1.33%) SLA
5 45 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 40 (1.06%) Data Quality
8 23 (0.61%) ISO 9001
9 20 (0.53%) NIST
10 17 (0.45%) NCSC
10 17 (0.45%) NEBOSH
11 16 (0.43%) GMP
11 16 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.35%) WCAG
13 12 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
14 9 (0.24%) GAAP
14 9 (0.24%) Good Clinical Practice
14 9 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.21%) IFRS
System Software
1 233 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 124 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 48 (1.28%) Docker
5 26 (0.69%) vSphere
6 20 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
7 19 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.35%) Firmware
9 13 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 11 (0.29%) vCloud
11 4 (0.11%) pfSense
11 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.053%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.027%) Lustre
13 1 (0.027%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.027%) NFS
Systems Management
1 79 (2.10%) Terraform
2 76 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 55 (1.46%) Kubernetes
4 27 (0.72%) Functional Safety
5 25 (0.66%) SCCM
6 22 (0.59%) Ansible
7 21 (0.56%) FortiGate
8 15 (0.40%) WSUS
9 12 (0.32%) vCenter Server
10 9 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.21%) SCOM
12 7 (0.19%) Grafana
13 6 (0.16%) SmoothWall
13 6 (0.16%) vRealize
14 5 (0.13%) AirWatch
15 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
16 3 (0.080%) Failover Clustering
16 3 (0.080%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 857 (22.79%) Microsoft
2 207 (5.51%) Cisco
3 173 (4.60%) SAP
4 166 (4.41%) VMware
5 80 (2.13%) Oracle
6 69 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 67 (1.78%) Google
8 63 (1.68%) Juniper
9 60 (1.60%) Veeam
10 58 (1.54%) ServiceNow
11 45 (1.20%) HP
12 43 (1.14%) Sitecore
13 42 (1.12%) EMC
14 41 (1.09%) Meraki
15 37 (0.98%) Adobe
15 37 (0.98%) Optimizely
16 30 (0.80%) Dell
17 24 (0.64%) Aruba
17 24 (0.64%) Remedy
18 23 (0.61%) Databricks