The project management software market reaches $11.27 billion in 2026 and is on track to hit $23.09 billion by 2031, a 15.42% compound annual growth rate (Mordor Intelligence, Project Management Software Systems Market 2026). Yet the spending has not fixed the fundamentals: only 31% of projects are delivered on time, on budget, and on scope (Wellingtone, State of Project Management 2025). The public leaders keep compounding, with monday.com posting $1.23 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue at 27% growth and Asana at $723.9 million (company IR filings). Behind the demand sits a labor shortage: PMI projects the world needs 25 million new project professionals by 2030. This analysis consolidates data from PMI, Mordor Intelligence, monday.com and Asana IR filings, Wellingtone, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Gartner, Atlassian, Straits Research, and 6 other primary sources.
TL;DR
- The project management software market is $11.27B in 2026, on track to $23.09B by 2031 at a 15.42% CAGR (Mordor Intelligence, PM Software Systems Market 2026).
- Only 31% of projects finish on time, on budget, and on scope (Wellingtone, State of Project Management 2025).
- monday.com reported $1,232.0M in fiscal 2025 revenue, up 27% year over year (monday.com, Q4 and FY2025 Results).
- Asana reported $723.9M in fiscal 2025 revenue, up 11% year over year (Asana, Q4 and FY2025 Results).
- Atlassian, which owns Jira, closed fiscal 2025 with over $5.2 billion in revenue and 125,000+ Jira customers (Atlassian, FY2025 Results).
- The world needs 25 million new project professionals by 2030, and up to 30 million by 2035 (PMI, Global Project Management Talent Gap).
- US project management specialists earned a median $100,750 in May 2024, across 1,006,160 jobs (US BLS, Occupational Outlook Handbook).
- 80% of PMOs are expected to use AI for decision-making by 2026 (Wellingtone, State of Project Management 2025).
- Projects led by high-business-acumen professionals fail 8% of the time, versus 11% for others (PMI, Pulse of the Profession 2025).
- 21% of teams still run projects on spreadsheets, and 11% of organizations have no PM software at all (Wellingtone, State of Project Management 2025).
- Gartner predicts 30% of generative AI projects are abandoned after proof of concept (Gartner, GenAI press release 2024).
- There are more than 1.6 million active PMP certification holders across 214 countries (PMI, 2025).
1. Market Size and Growth
Estimates for the project management software market diverge widely because firms draw the category boundary differently, but the direction is unanimous: double-digit annual growth into the 2030s. Mordor Intelligence sizes the market at $11.27 billion in 2026, reaching $23.09 billion by 2031 at a 15.42% CAGR. The spread across firms is the story here. Global Growth Insights models a leaner $7.29 billion in 2026, while Straits Research counts a broader $12.24 billion, projecting $47.53 billion by 2034. Treat any single headline figure as one methodology, not gospel. For the wider software backdrop, see our SaaS statistics 2026.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PM software market size, 2026 | $11.27 billion | Mordor Intelligence, PM Software Systems Market 2026 |
| PM software market, 2031 projection | $23.09 billion (15.42% CAGR) | Mordor Intelligence, 2026 |
| Alternative 2026 estimate | $12.24B, to $47.53B by 2034 (18.48% CAGR) | Straits Research, PM Software Market 2026 |
| Alternative 2026 estimate | $10.56B, to $39.16B by 2035 (12.8% CAGR) | Business Research Insights, 2026 |
| North America market share, 2025 | 36.12% | Mordor Intelligence, 2026 |
| Fastest-growing region (Asia-Pacific) | 16.06% CAGR through 2031 | Mordor Intelligence, 2026 |
| Cloud deployment share of 2025 revenue | 74.20% | Mordor Intelligence, 2026 |
Outlier note: the lowest and highest 2026 estimates ($7.29B vs $12.24B) differ by 68%, a reminder to cite the firm and definition, never a lone number.
2. Vendor Revenue: The Public-Company Anchors
The three publicly traded pure-plays give the most auditable read on demand because they file with the SEC every quarter. monday.com led fiscal 2025 with $1,232.0 million in revenue, up 27% year over year, the fastest growth of the three. Its guidance for 2026 tops $1.45 billion. Asana grew a slower 11% to $723.9 million but crossed 817 customers spending $100,000 or more. Atlassian, whose Jira and Trello sit adjacent to the category, dwarfs both at over $5.2 billion. The gap between monday.com’s 27% and Asana’s 11% growth shows the category is consolidating around a few scaled winners.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| monday.com FY2025 revenue | $1,232.0M (+27% YoY) | monday.com, Q4 and FY2025 Results |
| monday.com 2026 revenue guidance | $1,452M-$1,462M (+18-19%) | monday.com, FY2025 Results |
| monday.com customers >$100k ARR | 1,756 (+45% YoY) | monday.com, FY2025 Results |
| monday.com net dollar retention | 110% | monday.com, FY2025 Results |
| Asana FY2025 revenue | $723.9M (+11% YoY) | Asana, Q4 and FY2025 Results |
| Asana customers spending $100k+ | 817 | Asana, FY2025 Results |
| Atlassian FY2025 revenue | Over $5.2 billion | Atlassian, FY2025 Shareholder Letter |
| Atlassian Jira customers | Over 125,000 | Atlassian, FY2025 Results |
Context: Atlassian also reported $3.4 billion in cloud revenue at a 120% cloud net revenue retention rate, plus 2.3 million AI monthly active users across fiscal 2025 (Atlassian, FY2025 Results).
3. Project Success and Failure Rates
Software adoption has not moved the success needle much, and the primary surveys largely agree on why. Wellingtone finds only 31% of projects are delivered on time, on budget, and on scope, and 41% run without any defined methodology. PMI’s 2025 Pulse of the Profession, surveying 2,841 professionals, ties outcomes to skills: projects led by high-business-acumen managers fail 8% of the time versus 11% for the rest, and 18% of professionals qualify as high acumen. The recurring theme across sources is process discipline, not tooling. Wasted meeting and reporting time compounds the drag; see our meeting cost statistics 2026.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Projects delivered on time, budget, and scope | 31% | Wellingtone, State of Project Management 2025 |
| Organizations dissatisfied with PM maturity | 46% | Wellingtone, 2025 |
| Projects run without a defined methodology | 41% | Wellingtone, 2025 |
| Failure rate, high vs low business acumen | 8% vs 11% | PMI, Pulse of the Profession 2025 |
| Professionals with high business acumen | 18% | PMI, Pulse of the Profession 2025 |
| Wasted investment per $1B (most recent) | $122 million | PMI, Pulse of the Profession |
| Project outcomes: successful / challenged / failed | 31% / 50% / 19% | Standish Group, CHAOS Report (most recent, 2020) |
| Projects experiencing scope creep | 52% | PMI, Pulse of the Profession (2018) |
Data flag: the Standish CHAOS figures are the most recent available (Standish Group, 2020), and the 52% scope-creep figure dates to PMI’s 2018 Pulse; both are included for context but predate 2024.
4. AI in Project Management
AI is the loudest theme in the profession and the most oversold. Wellingtone reports 80% of PMOs are expected to use AI for decision-making by 2026, but PMI’s 2024 global survey found only 12% of organizations had adopted AI in a substantial way. The famous Gartner line — that AI would run 80% of today’s project management tasks by 2030 — is a 2019 forecast, and Gartner’s newer data undercuts the hype, predicting 30% of generative AI projects get abandoned after proof of concept. The skills gap is the constraint: only about 20% of professionals report strong practical AI ability. Adjacent tooling is spreading the same way; see our no-code and low-code statistics 2026.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Organizations that adopted AI at least moderately | About one-third | PMI, AI and Project Management Global Survey 2024 |
| Organizations that adopted AI substantially | 12% | PMI, 2024 |
| PMOs expected to use AI for decisions by 2026 | 80% | Wellingtone, State of Project Management 2025 |
| PM tasks AI could run by 2030 (forecast) | 80% | Gartner, 2019 forecast |
| GenAI projects abandoned after proof of concept | 30% | Gartner, press release 2024 |
| AI-in-PM software market, 2025 | $3.58B (from $3.08B in 2024) | The Business Research Company, 2025 |
| Professionals with extensive or good AI skills | About 20% | PMI, Pulse of the Profession 2025 |
| Professionals using GenAI for over half their work | 2 in 5 (86% increase) | PMI, 2024 |
Data flag: the 80%-of-tasks-by-2030 figure is Gartner’s original 2019 forecast and is widely re-quoted; treat it as a directional prediction, not a measured 2026 statistic.
5. The Talent Gap and Jobs
Demand for project managers is running ahead of supply, which is the structural tailwind under the whole software market. PMI projects the world needs 25 million new project professionals by 2030, requiring 2.3 million people to enter the field every year just to keep pace. Unfilled roles could subtract up to $345.5 billion from global GDP by 2030. In the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 1,006,160 project management specialists earning a median $100,750, with 78,200 openings projected annually through 2034. The certification premium is real: PMP holders number over 1.6 million worldwide.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| New project professionals needed by 2030 | 25 million | PMI, Global Project Management Talent Gap |
| New professionals needed by 2035 | Up to 30 million | PMI, Talent Gap 2025 |
| Annual entrants needed to keep pace | 2.3 million per year | PMI, Talent Gap |
| Potential global GDP loss if unfilled by 2030 | $345.5 billion | PMI, Talent Gap |
| US median wage, project management specialists | $100,750 (May 2024) | US BLS, Occupational Outlook Handbook |
| US employment, project management specialists | 1,006,160 | US BLS, OEWS May 2024 |
| Projected US job growth, 2024-2034 | 6% (78,200 openings per year) | US BLS, Occupational Outlook Handbook |
| Active PMP certification holders | Over 1.6 million (214 countries) | PMI, 2025 |
Context: the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 ranked project manager the 12th fastest-growing job role globally, and PMI reports PMP holders earn about 33% more on average across 21 countries.
6. Ways of Working: Methodology, Remote Teams, and Tool Adoption
The methodology and tooling picture explains why success rates stay flat despite market growth. 21% of teams still run projects on spreadsheets and 11% of organizations have no project management software at all, even as 62% expect their project workload to increase (Wellingtone, 2025). Agile is now the default operating model, with more than 70% of organizations using Agile practices and 87% of Agile teams running Scrum. The manual-reporting tax is heavy: 42% of PMOs lose at least one full day a month compiling reports by hand. Distributed teams add coordination overhead; see our remote work statistics 2026.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Organizations expecting more project work | 62% | Wellingtone, State of Project Management 2025 |
| Organizations planning smaller, more agile teams | 53% | Wellingtone, 2025 |
| Organizations expecting the PMO role to expand | 72% | Wellingtone, 2025 |
| Teams still running projects on spreadsheets | 21% | Wellingtone, 2025 |
| Organizations with no PM software at all | 11% | Wellingtone, 2025 |
| PMOs spending 1+ day a month on manual reports | 42% | Wellingtone, 2025 |
| Organizations using Agile practices | Over 70% | Digital.ai, State of Agile Report |
| Agile teams using Scrum | 87% | Digital.ai, State of Agile Report |
Context: roughly 61% of project professionals work remotely at least part of the time, and poor communication is cited as a factor in up to 30% of project failures (industry surveys, 2025).
Summary: Project Management Software by the Numbers
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PM software market size, 2026 | $11.27 billion | Mordor Intelligence, 2026 |
| PM software market, 2031 projection | $23.09 billion (15.42% CAGR) | Mordor Intelligence, 2026 |
| North America market share, 2025 | 36.12% | Mordor Intelligence, 2026 |
| monday.com FY2025 revenue | $1,232.0M (+27%) | monday.com, FY2025 Results |
| Asana FY2025 revenue | $723.9M (+11%) | Asana, FY2025 Results |
| Atlassian FY2025 revenue | Over $5.2 billion | Atlassian, FY2025 Results |
| Atlassian Jira customers | Over 125,000 | Atlassian, FY2025 Results |
| Projects delivered on time, budget, and scope | 31% | Wellingtone, 2025 |
| Failure rate, high vs low business acumen | 8% vs 11% | PMI, Pulse of the Profession 2025 |
| Wasted investment per $1B (most recent) | $122 million | PMI, Pulse of the Profession |
| Projects successful / challenged / failed | 31% / 50% / 19% | Standish Group, CHAOS 2020 |
| Organizations that adopted AI substantially | 12% | PMI, AI Global Survey 2024 |
| PMOs expected to use AI for decisions by 2026 | 80% | Wellingtone, 2025 |
| GenAI projects abandoned after proof of concept | 30% | Gartner, press release 2024 |
| New project professionals needed by 2030 | 25 million | PMI, Talent Gap |
| US median wage, PM specialists | $100,750 (May 2024) | US BLS, OOH |
| US employment, PM specialists | 1,006,160 | US BLS, May 2024 |
| Active PMP certification holders | Over 1.6 million | PMI, 2025 |
| Teams still running projects on spreadsheets | 21% | Wellingtone, 2025 |
| Agile teams using Scrum | 87% | Digital.ai, State of Agile |
Methodology and Sources
Data was gathered by aggregating original reports, SEC and investor-relations filings, government labor statistics, and named industry surveys published primarily in 2025 and 2026, cross-referencing market-size figures across two or more firms wherever definitions diverged. Sources cited:
- Mordor Intelligence, Project Management Software Systems Market (2026)
- Straits Research, Project Management Software Market (2026)
- Business Research Insights, Project Management Software Market (2026)
- The Business Research Company, Project Management Software Global Market Report (2026)
- Global Growth Insights, Project Management Software Market (2026)
- monday.com, Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Results
- Asana, Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Results
- Atlassian, FY2025 Shareholder Letter (SEC Form 8-K)
- PMI, Pulse of the Profession 2025
- PMI, AI and Project Management Global Survey 2024
- PMI, Shortage of Project Talent Endangers Global Growth / Talent Gap (2025)
- PMI, PMP Certification Holders Survey (2025)
- Wellingtone, The State of Project Management Annual Report (2025)
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Project Management Specialists (May 2024)
- Gartner, Generative AI Projects Press Release (2024)
- Gartner, AI and Project Management Forecast (2019)
- Standish Group, CHAOS Report (most recent available, 2020)
- Digital.ai, State of Agile Report
- World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
Data watch: PMI publishes Pulse of the Profession annually, with the next edition expected in early 2027; Wellingtone releases its State of Project Management report each year; monday.com, Asana, and Atlassian report quarterly, with the next fiscal-year results due late 2026 and early 2027; the US BLS refreshes Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics each spring; and Mordor Intelligence updates its market model annually.
Last updated: July 17, 2026. We review and update this page quarterly as new data is published.