Project Management job market insights report: Trends and statistics for the UK project professional sector [January 2026]
Based on current data taken from Adzuna, one of the UK's largest job search engines, we've identified the clear trends and figures that define the state of the project management sector job market today. This report was last updated on 27 January 2026.
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- Project management salary trends
- Trends in demand for project management professionals
- Industries hiring project management professionals in 2026
- Common benefits offers for project management roles
- Trends in remote and hybrid working for project management roles
- Demand by location for project management roles
- Where does this data come from and what does it mean?
- Is a project management career for you?
Project management salaries are 43.6% above the national average, and rising
- Mean salaries for project management roles have increased significantly compared to 2024. Although the mean salary experienced a slight dip at the end of 2025, it is slowly increasing again this month, and continuing to exceed the national average.
- The mean salary for project management roles October 2025 to January 2026 (so far) inclusively is £61,448 which represents a 7.2% YoY increase.
1900+ new project management vacancies since the start of 2026
- The total number of unique postings for project management job roles on the Adzuna website, from October 2025 to January 2026: 59,252.
- The number of new postings for project management job roles on the Adzuna website from from October 2025 to January 2026:
47,296. - The dip in unique and new postings at the end of 2025 and very beginning of 2026 is due to seasonal trends - both increase as expected further into January.
Construction and manufacturing industries among the top hiring project management professionals
The top three industries hiring project management professionals are:
- Professional, scientific and technical activities
- Financial and insurance activities
- Information and communication
The demand for project managers continues to increase across diverse sectors, as organisations recognise the critical importance of having project professional to drive, and manage their mission.
As industries evolve and the need for effective project professionals expands, project managers play a pivotal role in planning, coordination, and leadership across various growing fields.
Top benefits for project management roles are flexible working and pension schemes
The data above is calculated from 25,356 (42.8%) unique postings matching our criteria that contained salary information.
26,269 (44.3%) unique postings offered at least one benefit.
Over a third of project management roles are flexible or remote
- 34.23% of project management job roles were listed on Adzuna as hybrid or flexible roles
- 60.05% required on-site work
- 5.72% were fully remote
South East and North West England see high demand for Project Managers
London leads data job demand with 17,524 job openings on Adzuna, reflecting its status as a major business hub. The South East follows with 7013 unique postings, and the North West with 5259 for the period of October 2025 to January 2026.
Where does this data come from and what does it mean?
To create this report, we've partnered with Adzuna, one of the UK's biggest job search engine platforms and an extremely comprehensive source of job market data.
Based on millions of job postings, the Adzuna Intelligence database gives us a better understanding of job or specific role demand in the project management sector.
It also helps us identify trends related to salary, geographic location within the UK, the kinds of benefits that are being offered to project management professionals, and much more.
These insights into the project management job market provide an overview of the period October 2025 to January 2026.
The purpose of this? To give you insight into the job market that can guide your career choices as well as decision about project management courses and training, ensuring better alignment with market demands.
The following project management job titles were included when collecting the data for this report:
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