The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Project Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Project Manager
Rank 173 168 169
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 16 8 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.391% 0.220% 0.180%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.409% 0.228% 0.187%
Number of salaries quoted 16 8 2
Average salary £35,500 £36,250 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.06% -27.50%
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £45,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
-4.44% -2.70%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3915 3514 3743
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.56% 96.51% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3397 3134 3425
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £56,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Project Manager
North West

Software Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Project Manager across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Manchester Software Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Project Manager across the Manchester region.

Manchester Software Project Manager Salary Trend

Software Project Manager
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Project Manager within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Altrincham - 6 £42,500 -
Stockport -8 3 £35,500 -1.73%
Software Project Manager
North West

Software Project Manager
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Software Project Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Project Manager in their job title.

1 20 (95.24%) Project Management
2 14 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 13 (61.90%) Finance
4 11 (52.38%) Programme Management
4 11 (52.38%) QA
5 6 (28.57%) Business Development
5 6 (28.57%) Degree
5 6 (28.57%) Intranet
6 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
6 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
6 2 (9.524%) MS Project
6 2 (9.524%) Scrum
7 1 (4.762%) Twitter
7 1 (4.762%) Biotechnology
7 1 (4.762%) .NET
7 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.762%) Project Planning

Software Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Software Project Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
1 2 (9.524%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Intranet
General
1 13 (61.90%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Biotechnology
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Project Management
2 14 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 11 (52.38%) Programme Management
4 6 (28.57%) Business Development
5 2 (9.524%) Scrum
6 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (4.762%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) Twitter
Altrincham, Cheshire
Software Project Manager with extensive experience of software project management, requirements gathering and software implementation or package solutions is required by a leading software company based in south...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stockport, North West
You will have a good foundation knowledge of project management skills, including methodologies processes and tools, and any knowledge of Microsoft Project or Prince 2 would be useful.
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £31000 - £40000 per annum + bens + flexitime
Posted: 29 April 2013