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 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 100 110
Rank change year-on-year +46 +10 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 3,545 3,042 4,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.16% 3.30% 3.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.40% 3.60% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,607 2,182 2,959
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 £63,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £51,388 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.35% +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 80,497 84,397 127,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,179 53,484 75,704
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £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 £71,809 £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%

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 4 May 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 4 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 +76 824 £47,500 -9.52% 189
London +20 773 £60,556 -13.49% 285
Midlands +67 648 £50,000 -13.04% 146
South East -4 579 £52,500 -10.08% 221
North West +71 443 £47,500 -17.39% 113
South West +43 410 £48,750 -7.14% 97
West Midlands +49 343 £50,000 -9.09% 88
East of England +45 287 £54,000 -1.82% 87
East Midlands +68 274 £50,000 -16.67% 56
Yorkshire +78 271 £47,500 -7.77% 64
North East +48 110 £47,500 -9.52% 17
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 2,364 (66.69%) Project Management
2 1,264 (35.66%) Social Skills
3 1,174 (33.12%) Agile
4 999 (28.18%) Project Delivery
5 900 (25.39%) Finance
6 791 (22.31%) PRINCE2
7 696 (19.63%) Degree
8 554 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 447 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
10 367 (10.35%) Risk Management
11 356 (10.04%) Microsoft
12 342 (9.65%) Waterfall
13 327 (9.22%) Change Management
14 302 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
15 282 (7.95%) Budget Management
16 265 (7.48%) Security Cleared
17 244 (6.88%) Decision-Making
18 235 (6.63%) PMI Certification
19 234 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
19 234 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
20 229 (6.46%) PMP
21 228 (6.43%) Retail
22 225 (6.35%) PMO
23 217 (6.12%) Business Case
24 215 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 213 (6.01%) SDLC
26 211 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
27 210 (5.92%) Project Planning
27 210 (5.92%) Microsoft Project
28 209 (5.90%) Manufacturing

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 83 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 58 (1.64%) CMS
3 35 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (0.85%) Confluence
5 12 (0.34%) SAS
6 10 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.23%) Drupal
7 8 (0.23%) Office Communications Server
7 8 (0.23%) WordPress
8 7 (0.20%) MS Project Server
8 7 (0.20%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.14%) Kentico
10 4 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.085%) ColdFusion
11 3 (0.085%) Documentum
11 3 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.056%) Alfresco
12 2 (0.056%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.056%) Captiva
12 2 (0.056%) Joomla!
Applications
1 234 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 210 (5.92%) Microsoft Project
3 200 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
4 124 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 39 (1.10%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.87%) AutoCAD
7 27 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
8 19 (0.54%) Trello
9 5 (0.14%) InDesign
9 5 (0.14%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.056%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.056%) CATIA
10 2 (0.056%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.028%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.45%) Shopify
4 10 (0.28%) Primavera
5 9 (0.25%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.23%) Magento
6 8 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
7 7 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.085%) BPCS
9 3 (0.085%) Dynamics GP
9 3 (0.085%) Maximo
9 3 (0.085%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.085%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.085%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.085%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.056%) C-CURE
10 2 (0.056%) SAP BRIM
11 1 (0.028%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 140 (3.95%) Azure
2 100 (2.82%) SaaS
3 93 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (1.13%) AWS
5 40 (1.13%) Power Platform
6 38 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (0.59%) Smartsheet
8 12 (0.34%) Slack
9 10 (0.28%) Basecamp
10 9 (0.25%) PaaS
11 8 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 8 (0.23%) Google Sheets
12 7 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.20%) GCP
12 7 (0.20%) Mavenlink
12 7 (0.20%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.20%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.17%) Asana
13 6 (0.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 69 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
2 47 (1.33%) LAN
3 44 (1.24%) WAN
4 40 (1.13%) Firewall
5 34 (0.96%) Wireless
6 26 (0.73%) Internet
7 24 (0.68%) DNS
8 23 (0.65%) DHCP
9 22 (0.62%) MPLS
10 21 (0.59%) Intranet
10 21 (0.59%) VLAN
10 21 (0.59%) VPN
11 20 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
12 14 (0.39%) Extranet
13 13 (0.37%) 5G
14 12 (0.34%) Network Security
15 10 (0.28%) LTE
15 10 (0.28%) TETRA
16 7 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
16 7 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (0.65%) Power BI
2 22 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
3 20 (0.56%) Tableau
4 10 (0.28%) Big Data
5 6 (0.17%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.14%) Metadata
7 3 (0.085%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.056%) EDMS
8 2 (0.056%) GIS
8 2 (0.056%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.056%) MySQL
8 2 (0.056%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.028%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.028%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.028%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.028%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.028%) Impala
9 1 (0.028%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.028%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 151 (4.26%) JIRA
2 6 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.085%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.056%) JIRA Agile
4 2 (0.056%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.028%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,264 (35.66%) Social Skills
2 900 (25.39%) Finance
3 302 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
4 228 (6.43%) Retail
5 215 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 209 (5.90%) Manufacturing
6 209 (5.90%) Organisational Skills
7 186 (5.25%) Public Sector
8 183 (5.16%) Marketing
9 159 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
10 131 (3.70%) Legal
11 126 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
12 106 (2.99%) Law
13 99 (2.79%) Telecoms
14 83 (2.34%) Banking
15 73 (2.06%) Games
16 69 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 53 (1.50%) Aerospace
18 50 (1.41%) Local Government
19 39 (1.10%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (1.10%) EDI
2 37 (1.04%) .NET
3 20 (0.56%) SOAP
4 19 (0.54%) RESTful
5 10 (0.28%) CSS
5 10 (0.28%) HTML
6 7 (0.20%) ADO
6 7 (0.20%) Flash
6 7 (0.20%) JSON
7 3 (0.085%) FHIR
7 3 (0.085%) Node.js
7 3 (0.085%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.085%) React
7 3 (0.085%) REST
8 2 (0.056%) Express.js
8 2 (0.056%) MERN Stack
8 2 (0.056%) Web Services
8 2 (0.056%) XML
9 1 (0.028%) XSD
9 1 (0.028%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 211 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
2 141 (3.98%) Driving Licence
3 92 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 78 (2.20%) PMI
5 76 (2.14%) Management Information System
5 76 (2.14%) Renewable Energy
6 65 (1.83%) FMCG
7 64 (1.81%) Data Centre
7 64 (1.81%) NHS
8 37 (1.04%) Virtual Team
9 27 (0.76%) Robotics
10 18 (0.51%) Digital Signage
10 18 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (0.51%) Product Ownership
10 18 (0.51%) Public Cloud
11 17 (0.48%) Derivative
11 17 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.39%) Social Media
13 13 (0.37%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.10%) Windows
2 18 (0.51%) Android
3 15 (0.42%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.31%) Linux
6 9 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,364 (66.69%) Project Management
2 1,174 (33.12%) Agile
3 999 (28.18%) Project Delivery
4 791 (22.31%) PRINCE2
5 554 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 447 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
7 367 (10.35%) Risk Management
8 342 (9.65%) Waterfall
9 327 (9.22%) Change Management
10 282 (7.95%) Budget Management
11 244 (6.88%) Decision-Making
12 234 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 217 (6.12%) Business Case
14 213 (6.01%) SDLC
15 210 (5.92%) Project Planning
16 192 (5.42%) Mentoring
17 187 (5.28%) Agile Project Management
18 182 (5.13%) Scrum
19 172 (4.85%) Time Management
20 164 (4.63%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 27 (0.76%) JavaScript
2 16 (0.45%) SQL
3 13 (0.37%) C#
4 10 (0.28%) Python
5 8 (0.23%) Java
6 4 (0.11%) PHP
7 1 (0.028%) Ada
7 1 (0.028%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.028%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.028%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.028%) Scala
7 1 (0.028%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.028%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 696 (19.63%) Degree
2 265 (7.48%) Security Cleared
3 235 (6.63%) PMI Certification
4 229 (6.46%) PMP
5 165 (4.65%) SC Cleared
6 134 (3.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 119 (3.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 75 (2.12%) HNC
9 42 (1.18%) DV Cleared
10 40 (1.13%) DBS Check
11 37 (1.04%) HND
12 35 (0.99%) APMP
13 30 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 17 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
15 16 (0.45%) NVQ Level 3
16 14 (0.39%) RIBA
17 13 (0.37%) CAPM
18 12 (0.34%) ACCA
18 12 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
18 12 (0.34%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (6.35%) PMO
2 128 (3.61%) QA
3 45 (1.27%) GDPR
4 37 (1.04%) NEBOSH
5 29 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 18 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.39%) SLA
9 13 (0.37%) Good Clinical Practice
10 10 (0.28%) GMP
11 8 (0.23%) GxP
12 7 (0.20%) COSHH
12 7 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.17%) GAMP
13 6 (0.17%) GLP
14 5 (0.14%) Data Quality
15 4 (0.11%) GRC
15 4 (0.11%) IEC 62304
15 4 (0.11%) ISO 13485
15 4 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 30 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 23 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 22 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
3 22 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.028%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 19 (0.54%) WSUS
2 13 (0.37%) SCOM
3 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.056%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.028%) SCCM
5 1 (0.028%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 356 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 80 (2.26%) SAP
3 56 (1.58%) Salesforce
4 41 (1.16%) Cisco
5 40 (1.13%) Google
6 32 (0.90%) Oracle
6 32 (0.90%) VMware
7 30 (0.85%) Adobe
7 30 (0.85%) IFS
8 22 (0.62%) Progress
9 19 (0.54%) Ruckus Wireless
10 17 (0.48%) BT
10 17 (0.48%) NEC
11 16 (0.45%) Workday
12 15 (0.42%) CheckPoint
13 14 (0.39%) Sage
14 11 (0.31%) Northgate
15 10 (0.28%) Apple
15 10 (0.28%) Autodesk
15 10 (0.28%) Civica