Project Leader Jobs in the North West

Project Lead
England > North West

The median Project Lead salary in the North West is £40,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 290 321
Rank change year-on-year +4 +31 -77
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader 7 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.073% 0.087% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.098% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 1
10th Percentile £32,250 - -
25th Percentile £36,750 £52,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £54,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +22.73% -43.23%
75th Percentile £43,750 £56,000 £44,500
90th Percentile £55,200 £66,600 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 9,135 7,168 9,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 89.18% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7,031 4,138 5,506
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,650 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Project Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in the North West

Project Leader
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Leader in the North West.

Salary trend for Project Leader in the North West

Project Leader
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in the North West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Leader in the North West

Project Leader
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 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
Lancashire - 5 £40,500 - 3
Manchester +36 2 £46,950 -41.31%
Project Leader
England

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Project Leader 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 North West region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) APMG
4 1 (14.29%) Line Management
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) Business Forecasting

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Accounts Receivable
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Business Case
3 1 (14.29%) Business Forecasting
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (14.29%) Revenue Recognition
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) APMG
1 1 (14.29%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft