Project Manager Jobs in Chester

Project Manager
Cheshire > Chester

The median Project Manager salary in Chester is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 33 9
Rank change year-on-year +12 -24 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 12 4 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 5.58% 1.96% 10.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.85% 2.56% 12.82%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 13
10th Percentile £26,750 £40,600 £44,400
25th Percentile £31,063 £41,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -28.33% +118.18%
75th Percentile £55,625 £51,950 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,500 £57,319 -
Cheshire median annual salary £45,250 £56,700 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.19% +3.09% +29.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 205 156 117
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.35% 76.47% 84.78%
Number of salaries quoted 174 86 65
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,000 £31,400
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,735 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,674 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £69,500
Cheshire median annual salary £46,074 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - +5.56%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Chester

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Chester

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Chester

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Chester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Chester over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Chester

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Chester region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Project Management
2 7 (58.33%) Retail
3 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (41.67%) Project Delivery
4 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Time Management
6 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (25.00%) FMCG
7 2 (16.67%) Agile
7 2 (16.67%) Finance
8 1 (8.33%) GIS
8 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
8 1 (8.33%) ERP
8 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (8.33%) PMP
8 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
8 1 (8.33%) SAP PP
8 1 (8.33%) AutoCAD
8 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (8.33%) SAP
8 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
8 1 (8.33%) Scrum
8 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
8 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
8 1 (8.33%) Kanban
8 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) AutoCAD
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP PP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) GIS
General
1 7 (58.33%) Retail
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) FMCG
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Project Management
2 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (41.67%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Time Management
6 2 (16.67%) Agile
7 1 (8.33%) Behavioural Change
7 1 (8.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 1 (8.33%) Cost Control
7 1 (8.33%) Dependency Management
7 1 (8.33%) ERP
7 1 (8.33%) Kanban
7 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
7 1 (8.33%) Programme Delivery
7 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
7 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 1 (8.33%) Scrum
7 1 (8.33%) Technical Analysis
7 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
7 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (8.33%) PMP
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) SAP