The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 17 21 25
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 8 21 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 3.865% 6.625% 4.762%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.233% 7.167% 4.878%
Number of salaries quoted 6 19 14
Average salary £60,000 £42,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.17% -26.08%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £27,500 £42,300
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,500 £61,750
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +1.01%
All Job Titles
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
189 293 287
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 91.30% 92.43% 97.62%
Number of salaries quoted 127 227 210
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £80,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Project Manager
England

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Midlands Project Manager Salary Trend

Project Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Midlands Project Manager Salary Histogram

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
5 2 (15.38%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) Java
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
5 2 (15.38%) Legal
5 2 (15.38%) ITSM
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (15.38%) Retail
6 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.692%) C#
6 1 (7.692%) Back Office
6 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
6 1 (7.692%) Scrum
6 1 (7.692%) ERP
6 1 (7.692%) B2B
6 1 (7.692%) SQL
6 1 (7.692%) .NET
6 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
6 1 (7.692%) E-business

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Legal
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 1 (7.692%) Back Office
3 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) SaaS
1 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.692%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
3 2 (15.38%) ITSM
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
3 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
4 1 (7.692%) Scrum
4 1 (7.692%) ERP
4 1 (7.692%) B2B
4 1 (7.692%) E-business
4 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.692%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Java
2 1 (7.692%) C#
2 1 (7.692%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA