The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Project Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 24 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Project Manager
Rank 225 232 224
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 18 15 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.251% 0.211% 0.146%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.262% 0.220% 0.152%
Number of salaries quoted 18 15 3
Average salary £39,000 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £45,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
-4.44% -2.70%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6864 6805 6559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.53% 95.87% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5816 6001 5810
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Project Manager
England

Software Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Software Project Manager Salary Trend

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Project Manager across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Software Project Manager Salary Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester -11 16 £35,500 -2.06%
Cheshire +2 2 £45,000 +28.57%
Software Project Manager
England

Software Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 (71.43%) Project Management
2 17 (60.71%) PRINCE2
3 12 (42.86%) Finance
4 10 (35.71%) Programme Management
4 10 (35.71%) QA
5 6 (21.43%) Intranet
5 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (21.43%) Business Development
6 5 (17.86%) Degree
7 3 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (10.71%) Scrum
7 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
7 3 (10.71%) Analytics
8 2 (7.143%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (7.143%) Waterfall
8 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
8 2 (7.143%) EDI
8 2 (7.143%) B2B
8 2 (7.143%) XML
8 2 (7.143%) PHP
8 2 (7.143%) .NET
8 2 (7.143%) MS Project
9 1 (3.571%) Ajax
9 1 (3.571%) Project Planning
9 1 (3.571%) Retail
9 1 (3.571%) Automotive
9 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
9 1 (3.571%) ASP
9 1 (3.571%) CSS
9 1 (3.571%) SQL Server

Software Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 2 (7.143%) EDI
1 2 (7.143%) XML
1 2 (7.143%) .NET
2 1 (3.571%) Ajax
2 1 (3.571%) ASP
2 1 (3.571%) CSS
2 1 (3.571%) HTML5
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
1 2 (7.143%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (3.571%) Retail
2 1 (3.571%) Automotive
2 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.571%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) Biotechnology
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (71.43%) Project Management
2 17 (60.71%) PRINCE2
3 10 (35.71%) Programme Management
4 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (21.43%) Business Development
5 3 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (10.71%) Scrum
5 3 (10.71%) Analytics
6 2 (7.143%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (7.143%) Waterfall
6 2 (7.143%) B2B
7 1 (3.571%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.571%) RUP
7 1 (3.571%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.143%) PHP
2 1 (3.571%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.571%) 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: 22 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
Chester, Cheshire
This role exists within an established provider of B2B Systems Integration services to their UK customer base... Working within this highly competitive B2B vertical it is essential that...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 50,000 + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013