Project Manager Jobs in the North West

Project Manager
England > North West

The median Project Manager salary in the North West is £47,500 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 46 118 98
Rank change year-on-year +72 -20 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 440 233 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.57% 2.90% 3.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.82% 3.25% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 352 162 192
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,023
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,987 £42,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +3.77% +17.78%
75th Percentile £58,813 £63,750 £61,375
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,375 £67,500
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
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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
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 Manager 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
Manchester +55 189 £50,000 -9.09% 46
Lancashire +29 86 £41,774 -30.38% 10
Cheshire +42 77 £45,500 -13.33% 25
Merseyside +49 67 £41,250 -25.00% 11
Cumbria +7 19 £35,000 -30.62% 5
Project Manager
England

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

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

1 293 (66.59%) Project Management
2 140 (31.82%) Agile
3 139 (31.59%) Social Skills
4 128 (29.09%) Project Delivery
5 94 (21.36%) PRINCE2
6 66 (15.00%) Degree
7 63 (14.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 54 (12.27%) Finance
9 53 (12.05%) PMP
10 49 (11.14%) SDLC
11 48 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
12 47 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
13 46 (10.45%) Mentoring
14 44 (10.00%) Agile Project Management
15 39 (8.86%) Microsoft
16 38 (8.64%) Coaching
16 38 (8.64%) Presales
16 38 (8.64%) Actionable Insight
17 36 (8.18%) ERP
17 36 (8.18%) Risk Management
18 32 (7.27%) PMI Certification
18 32 (7.27%) Software Delivery
19 31 (7.05%) Change Management
20 29 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
21 27 (6.14%) Public Sector
22 26 (5.91%) Decision-Making
22 26 (5.91%) PMO
22 26 (5.91%) Retail
23 25 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
24 24 (5.45%) Manufacturing

Project Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.68%) CMS
1 3 (0.68%) WordPress
2 2 (0.45%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.14%) Shopify
3 2 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) BPCS
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.23%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 20 (4.55%) SaaS
2 13 (2.95%) Azure
3 10 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 4 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.68%) Slack
8 2 (0.45%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.45%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.23%) AWS
9 1 (0.23%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.23%) GCP
9 1 (0.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (2.05%) WAN
3 8 (1.82%) LAN
4 3 (0.68%) Wireless
5 2 (0.45%) Extranet
5 2 (0.45%) Internet
5 2 (0.45%) Intranet
6 1 (0.23%) Firewall
6 1 (0.23%) MPLS
6 1 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.23%) SAN
6 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.45%) GIS
1 2 (0.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (1.82%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 139 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 54 (12.27%) Finance
3 48 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (6.14%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.91%) Retail
6 25 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (5.45%) Manufacturing
8 18 (4.09%) Marketing
9 15 (3.41%) Legal
10 14 (3.18%) Law
11 13 (2.95%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.59%) Automotive
14 6 (1.36%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.36%) Social Housing
15 4 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.91%) Local Government
16 3 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.45%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.14%) CSS
1 5 (1.14%) HTML
1 5 (1.14%) JSON
2 4 (0.91%) .NET
2 4 (0.91%) RESTful
2 4 (0.91%) SOAP
3 1 (0.23%) Node.js
3 1 (0.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (2.50%) Driving Licence
1 11 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (1.82%) Onboarding
3 7 (1.59%) PMI
4 6 (1.36%) Biopharmaceutical
5 5 (1.14%) Management Information System
6 4 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (0.91%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.68%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (0.68%) FMCG
8 2 (0.45%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.45%) Life Science
8 2 (0.45%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.45%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.23%) EMV
9 1 (0.23%) NHS
9 1 (0.23%) Robotics
9 1 (0.23%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.45%) Windows
1 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (66.59%) Project Management
2 140 (31.82%) Agile
3 128 (29.09%) Project Delivery
4 94 (21.36%) PRINCE2
5 63 (14.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 49 (11.14%) SDLC
7 47 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (10.45%) Mentoring
9 44 (10.00%) Agile Project Management
10 38 (8.64%) Actionable Insight
10 38 (8.64%) Coaching
10 38 (8.64%) Presales
11 36 (8.18%) ERP
11 36 (8.18%) Risk Management
12 32 (7.27%) Software Delivery
13 31 (7.05%) Change Management
14 29 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (5.91%) Decision-Making
16 23 (5.23%) Budget Management
16 23 (5.23%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.27%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.23%) Ada
2 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
2 1 (0.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (15.00%) Degree
2 53 (12.05%) PMP
3 32 (7.27%) PMI Certification
4 21 (4.77%) Security Cleared
5 20 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 20 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 6 (1.36%) HNC
7 6 (1.36%) HND
8 3 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.45%) APMP
9 2 (0.45%) CAPM
9 2 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.45%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.45%) PgMP
10 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.23%) CCNA
10 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.23%) MRICS
10 1 (0.23%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.91%) PMO
2 24 (5.45%) QA
3 7 (1.59%) GxP
4 6 (1.36%) GLP
4 6 (1.36%) Good Clinical Practice
5 4 (0.91%) GMP
6 3 (0.68%) GDPR
6 3 (0.68%) SLA
7 2 (0.45%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) GAMP
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 39 (8.86%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.27%) SAP
3 6 (1.36%) Adobe
4 5 (1.14%) Cisco
5 4 (0.91%) Meraki
6 2 (0.45%) Apple
6 2 (0.45%) BT
6 2 (0.45%) CA
6 2 (0.45%) Openreach
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle
6 2 (0.45%) VMware
6 2 (0.45%) WooCommerce
7 1 (0.23%) Aderant
7 1 (0.23%) Avaloq
7 1 (0.23%) Ceridian
7 1 (0.23%) Epicor
7 1 (0.23%) Genesys
7 1 (0.23%) Infor
7 1 (0.23%) Juniper
7 1 (0.23%) Planview