Software Project Manager Jobs in England

Software Project Manager
UK > England

The median Software Project Manager salary in England is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 732 819 962
Rank change year-on-year +87 +143 -211
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 108 134 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 97 128 146
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £84,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £61,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.77% +8.33% +4.35%

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 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Project Manager in England

Software 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 Software Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +86 45 £60,000 -7.69% 4
North West +37 34 £62,500 -3.85% 4
London +97 25 £75,000 - 6
South East +11 20 £58,750 -4.08% 2
Yorkshire +103 11 £57,500 -20.69%
West Midlands +31 11 £46,500 +9.41% 1
Midlands +4 11 £46,500 -21.85% 2
South West 0 6 £47,500 - 3
East of England +11 1 £80,000 +23.08% 1
Software Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Software 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 Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 75 (69.44%) Project Management
2 61 (56.48%) Agile
3 41 (37.96%) Project Delivery
4 36 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 34 (31.48%) PRINCE2
6 31 (28.70%) Degree
7 29 (26.85%) Finance
8 25 (23.15%) PMP
9 24 (22.22%) Azure
10 22 (20.37%) DevOps
10 22 (20.37%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (18.52%) Software Delivery
12 18 (16.67%) Software Engineering
13 16 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (14.81%) Security Cleared
13 16 (14.81%) Computer Science
14 13 (12.04%) User Acceptance Testing
14 13 (12.04%) .NET
15 12 (11.11%) JavaScript
15 12 (11.11%) SOAP
15 12 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
15 12 (11.11%) SC Cleared
15 12 (11.11%) RESTful
15 12 (11.11%) Agile Project Management
15 12 (11.11%) SDLC
15 12 (11.11%) Presales
15 12 (11.11%) Virtual Team
15 12 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
16 10 (9.26%) Software Deployment
16 10 (9.26%) Waterfall

Software 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 3 (2.78%) Confluence
2 2 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 24 (22.22%) Azure
2 22 (20.37%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (5.56%) SaaS
4 3 (2.78%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.93%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.78%) Power BI
2 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 36 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 29 (26.85%) Finance
3 6 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.85%) Banking
7 1 (0.93%) Back Office
7 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.93%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.04%) .NET
2 12 (11.11%) RESTful
2 12 (11.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.11%) Virtual Team
2 2 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.93%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.85%) Android
1 2 (1.85%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.93%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (69.44%) Project Management
2 61 (56.48%) Agile
3 41 (37.96%) Project Delivery
4 34 (31.48%) PRINCE2
5 22 (20.37%) DevOps
6 20 (18.52%) Software Delivery
7 18 (16.67%) Software Engineering
8 16 (14.81%) Computer Science
8 16 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (12.04%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (11.11%) Agile Project Management
10 12 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
10 12 (11.11%) Presales
10 12 (11.11%) SDLC
10 12 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
11 10 (9.26%) Software Deployment
11 10 (9.26%) Waterfall
12 9 (8.33%) Decision-Making
12 9 (8.33%) Fintech
13 8 (7.41%) Requirements Workshops
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.93%) C#
2 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (28.70%) Degree
2 25 (23.15%) PMP
3 16 (14.81%) Security Cleared
4 12 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.85%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.70%) QA
2 1 (0.93%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (3.70%) CheckPoint
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft