Software Development Project Manager Jobs in England

Project Manager - Software Development
UK > England

The median Project Manager - Software Development salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 813 919 1095
Rank change year-on-year +106 +176 -272
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Project Manager 9 22 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.024% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.026% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 9 22 36
10th Percentile £50,600 £43,375 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,250 £61,250 £53,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

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 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Software Development Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Project Manager in England

Software Development Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Development Project Manager in England

Software Development Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Development Project Manager in England

Software Development 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 Development Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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 +42 4 £55,500 -17.78%
North West +5 4 £55,500 -17.78%
South East +27 3 £60,000 +14.29%
London +136 2 £73,750 +13.46%
Software Development Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Software Development 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 Development Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Project Management
2 6 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
4 4 (44.44%) Waterfall
4 4 (44.44%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Scrum
5 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
6 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (11.11%) Burndown Charts
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) SDLC
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 1 (11.11%) Kanban
6 1 (11.11%) Confluence
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) JIRA
6 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
6 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
6 1 (11.11%) PMP

Software Development 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Project Management
2 6 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) Waterfall
4 2 (22.22%) Scrum
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Burndown Charts
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Kanban
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
5 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (11.11%) SDLC
5 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP