Project Manager Jobs in London

Project Manager
England > London

The median Project Manager salary in London is £60,556 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 109 165
Rank change year-on-year +22 +56 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 774 1,126 1,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.28% 3.20% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.49% 3.37% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 557 897 1,262
10th Percentile £40,058 £48,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,556 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.49% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,181 33,417 64,405
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.02% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,675 24,567 34,955
10th Percentile £38,084 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Central London +44 121 £75,000 +5.26% 26
South London +10 22 £39,000 -35.86% 4
West London -27 15 £57,000 -8.80% 15
North London +2 8 £70,000 +19.66% 7
East London -10 6 £61,000 +10.91% 17
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 472 (60.98%) Project Management
2 279 (36.05%) Agile
3 260 (33.59%) Social Skills
4 202 (26.10%) Project Delivery
5 197 (25.45%) Finance
6 146 (18.86%) Degree
7 131 (16.93%) PRINCE2
8 127 (16.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 112 (14.47%) Microsoft
10 99 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
11 94 (12.14%) Budget Management
12 68 (8.79%) Waterfall
13 67 (8.66%) QA
14 66 (8.53%) Project Planning
15 65 (8.40%) Risk Management
16 62 (8.01%) Microsoft Excel
16 62 (8.01%) Continuous Improvement
17 59 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
18 57 (7.36%) Retail
19 54 (6.98%) PMI Certification
19 54 (6.98%) Change Management
20 52 (6.72%) Scrum
20 52 (6.72%) Marketing
21 50 (6.46%) Microsoft Office
22 48 (6.20%) PMP
23 46 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
24 42 (5.43%) Process Improvement
25 40 (5.17%) Banking
26 39 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
26 39 (5.04%) SharePoint

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 39 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (2.07%) CMS
4 14 (1.81%) Confluence
5 6 (0.78%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.52%) Drupal
6 4 (0.52%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.39%) WordPress
8 2 (0.26%) Joomla!
8 2 (0.26%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) Documentum
9 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 62 (8.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (6.46%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (3.36%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.52%) Trello
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.78%) Shopify
4 5 (0.65%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.65%) Primavera
5 3 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.39%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.26%) BPCS
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.26%) Magento
6 2 (0.26%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.13%) Relativity
7 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP SM
Cloud Services
1 34 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (4.13%) Azure
3 30 (3.88%) SaaS
4 19 (2.45%) Power Platform
5 13 (1.68%) AWS
6 11 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (0.78%) GCP
9 5 (0.65%) Google Analytics
9 5 (0.65%) PaaS
10 4 (0.52%) Basecamp
10 4 (0.52%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.52%) Slack
11 3 (0.39%) ClickUp
12 2 (0.26%) Contentful
12 2 (0.26%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.26%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.26%) Smartsheet
12 2 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.62%) Wi-Fi
2 27 (3.49%) WAN
3 26 (3.36%) LAN
4 24 (3.10%) Firewall
5 23 (2.97%) DHCP
5 23 (2.97%) DNS
6 21 (2.71%) VPN
7 20 (2.58%) VLAN
8 19 (2.45%) MPLS
8 19 (2.45%) Remote Desktop
9 10 (1.29%) 5G
10 5 (0.65%) Network Security
11 4 (0.52%) SAN
11 4 (0.52%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
13 1 (0.13%) Cisco Firepower
13 1 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
13 1 (0.13%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 1 (0.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.90%) Power BI
2 5 (0.65%) Tableau
3 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.13%) Metadata
4 1 (0.13%) MySQL
4 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 33 (4.26%) JIRA
2 3 (0.39%) Eclipse
General
1 260 (33.59%) Social Skills
2 197 (25.45%) Finance
3 59 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (7.36%) Retail
5 52 (6.72%) Marketing
6 46 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (5.17%) Banking
8 38 (4.91%) Legal
9 34 (4.39%) Law
10 32 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (4.13%) Public Sector
11 31 (4.01%) Pharmaceutical
12 30 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (3.75%) Manufacturing
14 27 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (2.07%) French Language
16 15 (1.94%) Spanish Language
17 14 (1.81%) German Language
18 13 (1.68%) Advertising
18 13 (1.68%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.03%) .NET
2 4 (0.52%) ADO
3 2 (0.26%) Express.js
3 2 (0.26%) MERN Stack
3 2 (0.26%) Node.js
3 2 (0.26%) React
4 1 (0.13%) ATL
4 1 (0.13%) EDI
4 1 (0.13%) JSON
4 1 (0.13%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.13%) REST
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.13%) SOAP
4 1 (0.13%) Swagger
4 1 (0.13%) WSDL
4 1 (0.13%) XML
4 1 (0.13%) XSD
4 1 (0.13%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.04%) Onboarding
2 35 (4.52%) Data Centre
3 33 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (2.71%) PMI
5 17 (2.20%) Public Cloud
6 16 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.94%) Robotics
8 14 (1.81%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.55%) NHS
10 11 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
11 10 (1.29%) Social Media
12 9 (1.16%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.65%) Animation
14 4 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
14 4 (0.52%) EPoS
14 4 (0.52%) Hedge funds
14 4 (0.52%) Life Science
14 4 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
15 3 (0.39%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.33%) Windows
2 12 (1.55%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.52%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.13%) Android
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (60.98%) Project Management
2 279 (36.05%) Agile
3 202 (26.10%) Project Delivery
4 131 (16.93%) PRINCE2
5 127 (16.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 99 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
7 94 (12.14%) Budget Management
8 68 (8.79%) Waterfall
9 66 (8.53%) Project Planning
10 65 (8.40%) Risk Management
11 62 (8.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 54 (6.98%) Change Management
13 52 (6.72%) Scrum
14 42 (5.43%) Process Improvement
15 39 (5.04%) Decision-Making
16 38 (4.91%) Time Management
17 36 (4.65%) CRM
17 36 (4.65%) Project Governance
18 29 (3.75%) Migration
19 27 (3.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.16%) SQL
2 8 (1.03%) C#
3 4 (0.52%) PHP
4 2 (0.26%) Python
5 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 146 (18.86%) Degree
2 54 (6.98%) PMI Certification
3 48 (6.20%) PMP
4 32 (4.13%) Security Cleared
5 20 (2.58%) Master's Degree
6 18 (2.33%) APMP
7 17 (2.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 16 (2.07%) SC Cleared
9 14 (1.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 12 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.55%) HNC
11 10 (1.29%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.29%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.90%) MRICS
12 7 (0.90%) NVQ Level 3
13 6 (0.78%) ACCA
13 6 (0.78%) HND
13 6 (0.78%) MBA
14 5 (0.65%) CIMA
15 4 (0.52%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.66%) QA
2 29 (3.75%) PMO
3 6 (0.78%) GDPR
4 5 (0.65%) GAMP
4 5 (0.65%) GMP
5 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.52%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.39%) GRC
6 3 (0.39%) P3O
7 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.26%) NEBOSH
7 2 (0.26%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (3.75%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
3 19 (2.45%) Hyper-V
3 19 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (2.45%) WSUS
2 4 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 112 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.88%) Cisco
3 28 (3.62%) SAP
4 22 (2.84%) VMware
5 19 (2.45%) Ruckus Wireless
6 15 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.16%) Google
8 7 (0.90%) Apple
9 5 (0.65%) Adobe
10 4 (0.52%) Cadence
10 4 (0.52%) NEC
10 4 (0.52%) Optimizely
10 4 (0.52%) Progress
10 4 (0.52%) Sitecore
10 4 (0.52%) Vectorworks
11 3 (0.39%) Marketo
11 3 (0.39%) Oracle
12 2 (0.26%) Epicor
12 2 (0.26%) JD Edwards
12 2 (0.26%) Sage