Project Management Salary and Market Trends Survey
Launched in 2015, the research has provided APM, its members and everyone else interested in the profession with invaluable data on important salary trends within project management and its future outlook.
It takes a bird’s-eye view of the attitudes and opinions of project managers on the key issues affecting their working lives, both current and future.
The salary survey is conducted by global research company YouGov, which undertakes a quantitative survey of project professionals using an online interview administered to subscribers in our database.
APM Salary and Market
Trends Survey 2025
What’s the story for 2025?
The average salary for a project professional has increased by just over 10% since 2023, from £47,500 to £52,500, with pay expected to continue rising.
This is the first time the average salary has risen since pre-COVID-19 times. What’s more, project managers are feeling optimistic about their own careers and the future prospects of the organisations they work for.
Project professionals aren’t just feeling confident – they are behaving confidently too, as the uptick in salaries shows.
Salary and market trends survey 2023
The salary and market trends survey 2023 provides the project profession with an in-depth examination of its levels of salary, confidence, satisfaction, diversity, inclusivity, and resilience when faced with a number of national and international challenges.
It not only contains key details about the current state of the profession but offers a range of insights into the trends that will define the profession for years to come.
Previous salary and market trends survey reports: 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
