Project Manager Jobs in England

Project Manager
UK > England

The median Project Manager salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 96 117
Rank change year-on-year +43 +21 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 3,599 2,901 4,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.96% 3.45% 3.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.18% 3.78% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,623 2,136 3,036
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in England.

Salary trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North of England +67 832 £47,500 -13.64% 173
London +14 768 £60,000 -12.41% 224
Midlands +56 659 £50,000 -13.04% 176
South East -3 613 £52,500 -10.55% 172
North West +79 456 £47,500 -17.39% 114
South West +21 411 £48,500 -7.62% 113
West Midlands +41 350 £50,000 -9.09% 104
East of England +47 289 £54,000 -2.70% 88
East Midlands +57 279 £49,990 -16.68% 72
Yorkshire +55 268 £47,500 -8.01% 41
North East +39 108 £47,500 -11.63% 20
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 2,338 (64.96%) Project Management
2 1,277 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 1,109 (30.81%) Agile
4 965 (26.81%) Project Delivery
5 886 (24.62%) Finance
6 787 (21.87%) PRINCE2
7 691 (19.20%) Degree
8 547 (15.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 435 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
10 370 (10.28%) Risk Management
11 367 (10.20%) Microsoft
12 322 (8.95%) Waterfall
13 321 (8.92%) Change Management
14 296 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
15 293 (8.14%) Budget Management
16 268 (7.45%) Security Cleared
17 245 (6.81%) PMI Certification
18 240 (6.67%) Decision-Making
19 237 (6.59%) PMP
20 236 (6.56%) Retail
20 236 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
21 235 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
22 225 (6.25%) Manufacturing
23 224 (6.22%) Project Planning
24 221 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 217 (6.03%) PMO
26 209 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
27 208 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
27 208 (5.78%) Business Case
28 200 (5.56%) Organisational Skills

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 70 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 58 (1.61%) CMS
3 29 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (0.78%) Confluence
5 12 (0.33%) ArcGIS
5 12 (0.33%) SAS
6 8 (0.22%) Drupal
6 8 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
6 8 (0.22%) WordPress
7 7 (0.19%) MS Project Server
7 7 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.14%) Kentico
9 4 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.083%) ColdFusion
11 2 (0.056%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.056%) Joomla!
12 1 (0.028%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.028%) Documentum
12 1 (0.028%) IIS
Applications
1 235 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 208 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
3 200 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
4 126 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 32 (0.89%) AutoCAD
6 28 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 28 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
7 19 (0.53%) Trello
8 2 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.056%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.056%) CATIA
8 2 (0.056%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.056%) InDesign
8 2 (0.056%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.028%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 27 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.44%) Shopify
3 10 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.28%) Primavera
4 7 (0.19%) Magento
5 5 (0.14%) Maximo
5 5 (0.14%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
6 4 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.083%) BPCS
7 3 (0.083%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.083%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.056%) C-CURE
8 2 (0.056%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.056%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.056%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.028%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.028%) SAP CS
Cloud Services
1 128 (3.56%) Azure
2 93 (2.58%) SaaS
3 85 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (1.03%) Power Platform
6 36 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
7 33 (0.92%) AWS
8 21 (0.58%) Smartsheet
9 12 (0.33%) Slack
10 11 (0.31%) PaaS
11 10 (0.28%) Basecamp
11 10 (0.28%) OCI
12 8 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 8 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.22%) Google Sheets
13 7 (0.19%) GCP
13 7 (0.19%) Mavenlink
13 7 (0.19%) OneDrive
13 7 (0.19%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 61 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
2 46 (1.28%) LAN
3 38 (1.06%) WAN
4 35 (0.97%) Firewall
5 33 (0.92%) Wireless
6 26 (0.72%) Internet
7 21 (0.58%) Intranet
8 20 (0.56%) DNS
9 18 (0.50%) DHCP
9 18 (0.50%) MPLS
9 18 (0.50%) VPN
10 17 (0.47%) Network Security
10 17 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
10 17 (0.47%) VLAN
11 14 (0.39%) Extranet
12 11 (0.31%) 5G
13 10 (0.28%) LTE
13 10 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
13 10 (0.28%) TETRA
14 6 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
2 20 (0.56%) Power BI
2 20 (0.56%) Tableau
3 10 (0.28%) Big Data
4 5 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.14%) Metadata
5 2 (0.056%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.056%) GIS
5 2 (0.056%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.056%) MySQL
5 2 (0.056%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (0.056%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.028%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.028%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.028%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.028%) Impala
6 1 (0.028%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.028%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.028%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.028%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 145 (4.03%) JIRA
2 6 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.083%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.056%) JIRA Agile
4 2 (0.056%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.028%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,277 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 886 (24.62%) Finance
3 296 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
4 236 (6.56%) Retail
5 225 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 221 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 200 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 185 (5.14%) Marketing
9 181 (5.03%) Public Sector
10 149 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
11 145 (4.03%) Legal
12 132 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
13 112 (3.11%) Law
14 99 (2.75%) Telecoms
15 91 (2.53%) Banking
16 74 (2.06%) Games
17 68 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
18 57 (1.58%) Aerospace
19 53 (1.47%) Local Government
20 42 (1.17%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (1.08%) EDI
2 34 (0.94%) .NET
3 17 (0.47%) SOAP
4 16 (0.44%) RESTful
5 10 (0.28%) CSS
5 10 (0.28%) HTML
6 8 (0.22%) ADO
6 8 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (0.19%) Flash
7 7 (0.19%) JSON
8 5 (0.14%) React Native
9 3 (0.083%) FHIR
9 3 (0.083%) Node.js
9 3 (0.083%) React
9 3 (0.083%) REST
10 2 (0.056%) Express.js
10 2 (0.056%) MERN Stack
10 2 (0.056%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.056%) Web Services
10 2 (0.056%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 209 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
2 153 (4.25%) Driving Licence
3 91 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 79 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
5 77 (2.14%) Management Information System
6 76 (2.11%) PMI
7 67 (1.86%) Data Centre
8 65 (1.81%) FMCG
9 63 (1.75%) NHS
10 38 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 25 (0.69%) Robotics
12 19 (0.53%) Life Science
12 19 (0.53%) Public Cloud
13 18 (0.50%) Digital Signage
13 18 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (0.50%) Product Ownership
14 17 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (0.47%) Derivative
14 17 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (0.47%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 32 (0.89%) Windows
2 23 (0.64%) Android
3 13 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.33%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.31%) Linux
6 9 (0.25%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,338 (64.96%) Project Management
2 1,109 (30.81%) Agile
3 965 (26.81%) Project Delivery
4 787 (21.87%) PRINCE2
5 547 (15.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 435 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
7 370 (10.28%) Risk Management
8 322 (8.95%) Waterfall
9 321 (8.92%) Change Management
10 293 (8.14%) Budget Management
11 240 (6.67%) Decision-Making
12 236 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 224 (6.22%) Project Planning
14 208 (5.78%) Business Case
15 195 (5.42%) Mentoring
16 192 (5.33%) SDLC
17 172 (4.78%) Time Management
18 170 (4.72%) Agile Project Management
19 159 (4.42%) ERP
20 158 (4.39%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 24 (0.67%) JavaScript
2 16 (0.44%) SQL
3 13 (0.36%) C#
4 10 (0.28%) Python
5 8 (0.22%) Java
6 4 (0.11%) PHP
7 2 (0.056%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.028%) Ada
8 1 (0.028%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.028%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.028%) Scala
8 1 (0.028%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.028%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 691 (19.20%) Degree
2 268 (7.45%) Security Cleared
3 245 (6.81%) PMI Certification
4 237 (6.59%) PMP
5 164 (4.56%) SC Cleared
6 132 (3.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 132 (3.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 78 (2.17%) HNC
8 45 (1.25%) DV Cleared
9 44 (1.22%) DBS Check
10 38 (1.06%) HND
11 37 (1.03%) APMP
12 26 (0.72%) Master's Degree
13 25 (0.69%) NVQ Level 3
14 17 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
15 15 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
16 13 (0.36%) ACCA
16 13 (0.36%) CAPM
17 12 (0.33%) CIMA
18 10 (0.28%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (6.03%) PMO
2 133 (3.70%) QA
3 45 (1.25%) GDPR
4 37 (1.03%) NEBOSH
5 30 (0.83%) ISO 9001
6 24 (0.67%) Good Clinical Practice
7 18 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (0.42%) SLA
9 11 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.28%) GMP
11 8 (0.22%) GxP
12 7 (0.19%) COSHH
13 6 (0.17%) GAMP
13 6 (0.17%) GLP
14 5 (0.14%) ISO 13485
14 5 (0.14%) ISO 14001
15 4 (0.11%) IEC 62304
15 4 (0.11%) P3O
16 3 (0.083%) PMBOK
System Software
1 23 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.56%) Hyper-V
3 19 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
3 19 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.028%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (0.44%) SCOM
1 16 (0.44%) WSUS
2 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.056%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.028%) FTK
Vendors
1 367 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 74 (2.06%) SAP
3 50 (1.39%) Salesforce
4 40 (1.11%) Cisco
5 36 (1.00%) Oracle
6 34 (0.94%) IFS
7 32 (0.89%) Google
8 28 (0.78%) VMware
9 27 (0.75%) Adobe
10 22 (0.61%) Progress
11 20 (0.56%) NEC
12 18 (0.50%) Workday
13 16 (0.44%) BT
13 16 (0.44%) Ruckus Wireless
14 15 (0.42%) CheckPoint
15 12 (0.33%) Sage
16 10 (0.28%) Apple
16 10 (0.28%) Autodesk
17 6 (0.17%) Aruba
17 6 (0.17%) Atlassian