Project Manager Jobs in Birmingham

Project Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Project Manager salary in Birmingham is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 64 80
Rank change year-on-year +30 +16 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 150 83 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.56% 4.09% 3.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.90% 4.38% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 127 63 105
10th Percentile £37,950 £43,710 £43,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,000 £71,450 £67,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,541 1,895 3,055
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 93.49% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,078 1,440 2,390
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,538 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 Birmingham region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 92 (61.33%) Project Management
2 64 (42.67%) Finance
3 63 (42.00%) Social Skills
4 46 (30.67%) PRINCE2
5 33 (22.00%) Agile
6 28 (18.67%) Microsoft
6 28 (18.67%) PMO
7 27 (18.00%) Project Delivery
8 26 (17.33%) Resource Management
9 23 (15.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 21 (14.00%) Microsoft Excel
10 21 (14.00%) Degree
11 19 (12.67%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (12.00%) CRM
13 17 (11.33%) Waterfall
13 17 (11.33%) Budget Management
13 17 (11.33%) Deadline-Driven
14 16 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
15 15 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
16 14 (9.33%) Public Sector
16 14 (9.33%) Microsoft Project
17 13 (8.67%) CheckPoint
17 13 (8.67%) Project Planning
17 13 (8.67%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (8.00%) Resource Allocation
18 12 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
18 12 (8.00%) Dependency Management
18 12 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
18 12 (8.00%) Retail

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 6 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.67%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 21 (14.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (9.33%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.67%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (2.67%) Trello
6 3 (2.00%) AutoCAD
6 3 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.33%) Azure
1 11 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (5.33%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (5.33%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.33%) Power Automate
4 5 (3.33%) PowerApps
5 4 (2.67%) Google Docs
5 4 (2.67%) Google Sheets
5 4 (2.67%) Mavenlink
6 1 (0.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.00%) WebEx
2 2 (1.33%) 4G
2 2 (1.33%) 5G
2 2 (1.33%) Firewall
3 1 (0.67%) LAN
3 1 (0.67%) VoIP
3 1 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.67%) Metadata
2 3 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.67%) JIRA
General
1 64 (42.67%) Finance
2 63 (42.00%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.33%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.67%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (8.00%) Retail
6 8 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.33%) Legal
6 8 (5.33%) Local Government
7 6 (4.00%) Billing
7 6 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.00%) Marketing
8 5 (3.33%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.00%) German Language
9 3 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.00%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.33%) Law
11 1 (0.67%) Advertising
11 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.33%) .NET
1 2 (1.33%) RESTful
1 2 (1.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.33%) PMI
2 9 (6.00%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.67%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.67%) Photography
4 4 (2.67%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.33%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.67%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.67%) iPad
6 1 (0.67%) NHS
6 1 (0.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (61.33%) Project Management
2 46 (30.67%) PRINCE2
3 33 (22.00%) Agile
4 27 (18.00%) Project Delivery
5 26 (17.33%) Resource Management
6 19 (12.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (12.00%) CRM
8 17 (11.33%) Budget Management
8 17 (11.33%) Deadline-Driven
8 17 (11.33%) Waterfall
9 15 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (8.67%) Project Planning
11 12 (8.00%) Change Management
11 12 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (8.00%) Dependency Management
11 12 (8.00%) Resource Allocation
11 12 (8.00%) Risk Management
12 11 (7.33%) Change Control
12 11 (7.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (15.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 21 (14.00%) Degree
3 11 (7.33%) PMI Certification
4 6 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.67%) PMP
6 3 (2.00%) CAPM
6 3 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.67%) APMP
7 1 (0.67%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (18.67%) PMO
2 1 (0.67%) GDPR
2 1 (0.67%) P3O
Vendors
1 28 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.67%) CheckPoint
3 8 (5.33%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.67%) Adobe
4 4 (2.67%) Google
5 1 (0.67%) SAP