Lead Project Manager Jobs in England

Lead Project Manager
UK > England

The median Lead Project Manager salary in England is £73,805 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 807 889 1070
Rank change year-on-year +82 +181 -210
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 40 43 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.047% 0.048% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.052% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 39 38 55
10th Percentile £36,250 £50,275 £45,900
25th Percentile £37,099 £63,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% +33.33% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,772 £90,000 £71,875
90th Percentile £77,750 £100,000 £91,000
UK median annual salary £73,805 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.44% +33.33% -12.50%

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 81,185 82,540 127,939
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.53% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,576 52,509 74,661
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,288 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in England

Lead Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Project Manager in England

Lead Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Project Manager in England

Lead 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 Lead Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 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 +66 16 £73,805 +1.80% 2
South East +8 13 £37,500 -44.44% 3
North West - 11 £73,805 - 1
London +111 6 £85,000 -5.56% 3
Yorkshire +85 5 £73,805 +1.80% 1
South West - 3 £37,099 - 1
West Midlands +22 2 £70,000 +14.75% 1
Midlands -6 2 £70,000 +14.75% 1
Lead Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Lead 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 Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 32 (80.00%) Project Management
2 23 (57.50%) Agile
2 23 (57.50%) Project Delivery
3 22 (55.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (50.00%) Line Management
5 18 (45.00%) Mentoring
5 18 (45.00%) Community of Practice
6 16 (40.00%) Coaching
6 16 (40.00%) Finance
6 16 (40.00%) Public Sector
6 16 (40.00%) Cost Reduction
7 15 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
9 9 (22.50%) Service Management
9 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (22.50%) Revenue Recognition
9 9 (22.50%) Decision-Making
9 9 (22.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 9 (22.50%) Business Forecasting
9 9 (22.50%) Strategic Thinking
9 9 (22.50%) Customer-Centricity
9 9 (22.50%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (22.50%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (22.50%) Business Strategy
9 9 (22.50%) Customer Experience
10 4 (10.00%) Budget Management
10 4 (10.00%) CRM
10 4 (10.00%) Scrum
11 3 (7.50%) Banking
11 3 (7.50%) C#

Lead 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.50%) SaaS
General
1 16 (40.00%) Finance
1 16 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (22.50%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Banking
4 3 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.50%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (80.00%) Project Management
2 23 (57.50%) Agile
2 23 (57.50%) Project Delivery
3 22 (55.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (50.00%) Line Management
5 18 (45.00%) Community of Practice
5 18 (45.00%) Mentoring
6 16 (40.00%) Coaching
6 16 (40.00%) Cost Reduction
7 15 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (22.50%) Business Forecasting
8 9 (22.50%) Business Strategy
8 9 (22.50%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (22.50%) Customer Experience
8 9 (22.50%) Customer-Centricity
8 9 (22.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 9 (22.50%) Decision-Making
8 9 (22.50%) Revenue Recognition
8 9 (22.50%) Service Management
8 9 (22.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) PMO
2 2 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.50%) SAP