Project Manager Jobs in the South East

Project Manager
England > South East

The median Project Manager salary in the South East is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 73 76
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 574 584 836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.45% 3.89% 4.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.68% 4.30% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 414 358 572
10th Percentile £33,475 £40,000 £40,025
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,300 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,250 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,600 13,575 19,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.54% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,294 8,525 12,666
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +2 212 £52,500 - 78
Hampshire +15 122 £52,500 +5.00% 50
Berkshire +45 105 £57,500 +26.10% 28
Kent +61 100 £45,000 -25.00% 15
Surrey -26 88 £55,000 -12.00% 19
Oxfordshire +11 57 £50,000 +0.05% 21
Buckinghamshire -38 50 £44,000 -23.51% 29
West Sussex -9 24 £54,151 -19.18% 12
Sussex - 10 £60,750 -
East Sussex -10 5 £66,250 +15.22% 7
Middlesex - 2 - -
Isle of Wight - 2 £55,000 - 1
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 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 South East region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 397 (69.16%) Project Management
2 200 (34.84%) Social Skills
3 197 (34.32%) Agile
4 173 (30.14%) Project Delivery
5 138 (24.04%) PRINCE2
6 122 (21.25%) Finance
7 120 (20.91%) Degree
8 80 (13.94%) Stakeholder Management
9 78 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
10 71 (12.37%) Waterfall
11 64 (11.15%) Microsoft
12 56 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
13 47 (8.19%) Microsoft Office
14 46 (8.01%) Self-Motivation
15 44 (7.67%) Decision-Making
16 43 (7.49%) Security Cleared
17 42 (7.32%) Risk Management
17 42 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
17 42 (7.32%) Budget Management
17 42 (7.32%) Business Case
18 41 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
18 41 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
18 41 (7.14%) PMI Certification
19 39 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
19 39 (6.79%) Change Management
19 39 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 38 (6.62%) E-Commerce
20 38 (6.62%) EDI
21 37 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
22 36 (6.27%) Manufacturing

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 11 (1.92%) CMS
2 10 (1.74%) SAS
3 9 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.52%) Confluence
5 2 (0.35%) Kentico
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 56 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
2 47 (8.19%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.96%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.87%) Trello
6 2 (0.35%) CATIA
7 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.52%) Sage 200
1 3 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.35%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.17%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 22 (3.83%) Azure
2 20 (3.48%) SaaS
3 15 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (0.87%) Asana
5 5 (0.87%) AWS
5 5 (0.87%) Smartsheet
6 4 (0.70%) OneDrive
6 4 (0.70%) Slack
7 3 (0.52%) Basecamp
7 3 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.52%) Intacct
8 2 (0.35%) Kontent
8 2 (0.35%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.35%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.74%) Wireless
2 5 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (0.70%) LAN
4 3 (0.52%) Firewall
4 3 (0.52%) Internet
5 2 (0.35%) Network Security
5 2 (0.35%) WAN
5 2 (0.35%) WLAN
6 1 (0.17%) SAN
6 1 (0.17%) SMS
6 1 (0.17%) SSL
6 1 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.74%) Big Data
2 4 (0.70%) Tableau
3 2 (0.35%) Power BI
4 1 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.17%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.17%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.17%) Impala
4 1 (0.17%) MySQL
4 1 (0.17%) Power Query
4 1 (0.17%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 23 (4.01%) JIRA
2 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 200 (34.84%) Social Skills
2 122 (21.25%) Finance
3 41 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
6 36 (6.27%) Manufacturing
7 29 (5.05%) Retail
8 28 (4.88%) Public Sector
9 21 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (2.96%) Legal
11 14 (2.44%) Marketing
12 12 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.74%) Korean Language
13 10 (1.74%) Military
13 10 (1.74%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.39%) Banking
14 8 (1.39%) Local Government
15 5 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.70%) Corporate Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.62%) EDI
2 7 (1.22%) Flash
3 4 (0.70%) .NET
4 2 (0.35%) CSS
4 2 (0.35%) HTML
4 2 (0.35%) Web Services
5 1 (0.17%) ADO
5 1 (0.17%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.17%) JSON
5 1 (0.17%) Kafka
5 1 (0.17%) Leaflet
5 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.01%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (6.10%) Onboarding
3 27 (4.70%) Driving Licence
4 20 (3.48%) PMI
5 11 (1.92%) FMCG
6 9 (1.57%) NHS
7 4 (0.70%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.52%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.52%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.52%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.35%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.35%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Reality
10 1 (0.17%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.17%) PropTech
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.87%) Linux
2 1 (0.17%) Android
2 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (69.16%) Project Management
2 197 (34.32%) Agile
3 173 (30.14%) Project Delivery
4 138 (24.04%) PRINCE2
5 80 (13.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 78 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (12.37%) Waterfall
8 44 (7.67%) Decision-Making
9 42 (7.32%) Budget Management
9 42 (7.32%) Business Case
9 42 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
9 42 (7.32%) Risk Management
10 41 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (6.79%) Change Management
12 38 (6.62%) E-Commerce
13 32 (5.57%) Mentoring
13 32 (5.57%) Project Governance
13 32 (5.57%) SDLC
14 31 (5.40%) Programme Management
15 30 (5.23%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
1 2 (0.35%) Python
1 2 (0.35%) SQL
2 1 (0.17%) C#
2 1 (0.17%) Java
2 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 120 (20.91%) Degree
2 43 (7.49%) Security Cleared
3 41 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 35 (6.10%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.18%) PMP
6 19 (3.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 17 (2.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 13 (2.26%) DV Cleared
9 12 (2.09%) DBS Check
9 12 (2.09%) HNC
10 5 (0.87%) NVQ Level 3
11 4 (0.70%) APMP
11 4 (0.70%) HND
11 4 (0.70%) MAPM
12 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.70%) PMO
2 16 (2.79%) GDPR
3 9 (1.57%) NEBOSH
4 7 (1.22%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.22%) Good Clinical Practice
5 6 (1.05%) QA
6 4 (0.70%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.17%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
1 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.17%) Firmware
2 1 (0.17%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 8 (1.39%) SCOM
2 2 (0.35%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 64 (11.15%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.26%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.57%) NEC
4 5 (0.87%) Civica
4 5 (0.87%) Google
5 4 (0.70%) BT
5 4 (0.70%) Sage
5 4 (0.70%) YouTube
6 3 (0.52%) Adobe
6 3 (0.52%) IFS
6 3 (0.52%) Northgate
6 3 (0.52%) SAP
7 2 (0.35%) Aruba
7 2 (0.35%) Sun
7 2 (0.35%) VMware
8 1 (0.17%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.17%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.17%) Marketo
8 1 (0.17%) QinetiQ
8 1 (0.17%) Thales