Project Management job market insights report: Trends and statistics for the UK project professional sector [October 25]
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 in October 2025.
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 Q1,Q2, and Q3 2025.
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:
- IT Project Manager
- Implementation Project Manager
- Procurement Project Manager
- Project Account Manager
- Project Management Officer
- Project Manager
- Agile Project Manager
- Change Project Manager
- Retail Project Manager
- Programme Coordinator
- Change Manager
- Business Change Manager
- Business Change Project Manager
- Construction Project Manager
- Scrum Master
- Agile Business Analyst
- Business Systems Analyst
- Commercial Business Analyst
- Finance Business Analyst
- IT Business Analyst
- Data Analyst
- Commercial Analyst
Project management roles: Salary trend and mean salary
- Mean salaries for project management roles have increased significantly compared to 2024, consistently exceeding the national average. Salaries have also experienced a steady incline since the start of 2025, making roles more competitive to attract certified talent.
- The mean salary for project management roles January to September 2025 inclusively is £59,379 which represents a 8.2% YoY increase.
Project management roles: Demand and interest trend
- The total number of unique postings for project management job roles on the Adzuna website, from January to September 2025:
128,678 - The number of new postings for project management job roles on the Adzuna website from January to September 2025:
116,841
Industries hiring project management professionals
The demand for project managers continues to increase across diverse sectors, in 2025, 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.
Project management roles: Benefits offered
The salary data above is calculated from 57,464 (44.7%) unique postings matching our criteria that contained salary information.
57,986 (45.1%) unique postings offered at least one benefit.
Project management roles: Working patterns
- 33.2% of project management job roles were listed on Adzuna as hybrid or flexible roles
- 60.4% required on-site work
- 6.5% were fully remote
Project management roles: Demand by location
London leads data job demand with 38,579 job openings on Adzuna, reflecting its status as a major business hub. The South East follows with 15,282 unique postings, and the North West with 11,216 for Q1, Q2, and Q3 2025.
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