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 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 71 77
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 578 587 832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.46% 3.92% 4.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.68% 4.33% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 415 361 567
10th Percentile £33,800 £40,000 £40,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,300 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,386 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.08% +6.16% +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 15,697 13,541 19,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 90.51% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11,361 8,490 12,618
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +5 215 £52,500 - 82
Hampshire +18 122 £52,500 +5.00% 51
Berkshire +47 108 £57,500 +26.10% 36
Kent +61 100 £45,000 -25.99% 16
Surrey -35 87 £55,000 -12.00% 16
Oxfordshire +9 57 £50,000 - 20
Buckinghamshire -34 50 £44,000 -26.67% 26
West Sussex -10 26 £54,151 -19.18% 9
Sussex - 10 £60,750 -
East Sussex -6 5 £66,250 +15.22% 5
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 2 May 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.

1 398 (68.86%) Project Management
2 202 (34.95%) Social Skills
3 198 (34.26%) Agile
4 174 (30.10%) Project Delivery
5 137 (23.70%) PRINCE2
6 124 (21.45%) Finance
7 118 (20.42%) Degree
8 81 (14.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 81 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (12.11%) Waterfall
10 64 (11.07%) Microsoft
11 56 (9.69%) Microsoft Project
12 47 (8.13%) Microsoft Office
13 46 (7.96%) Risk Management
13 46 (7.96%) Self-Motivation
14 45 (7.79%) Collaborative Working
15 44 (7.61%) Decision-Making
16 42 (7.27%) Budget Management
16 42 (7.27%) Business Case
16 42 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 42 (7.27%) Security Cleared
17 41 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
18 39 (6.75%) Change Management
18 39 (6.75%) Microsoft Excel
18 39 (6.75%) PMI Certification
19 38 (6.57%) E-Commerce
19 38 (6.57%) EDI
20 37 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
21 36 (6.23%) Onboarding

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 (1.90%) CMS
2 10 (1.73%) SAS
3 9 (1.56%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.52%) Confluence
5 2 (0.35%) Kentico
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 56 (9.69%) Microsoft Project
2 47 (8.13%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (6.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.94%) 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 (3.81%) Azure
2 20 (3.46%) SaaS
3 15 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (0.87%) Asana
5 5 (0.87%) AWS
5 5 (0.87%) Smartsheet
6 4 (0.69%) OneDrive
6 4 (0.69%) 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 (1.73%) Wireless
2 6 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (0.69%) LAN
4 3 (0.52%) Firewall
4 3 (0.52%) Internet
5 2 (0.35%) Network Security
5 2 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.73%) Big Data
2 4 (0.69%) 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 (3.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 202 (34.95%) Social Skills
2 124 (21.45%) Finance
3 42 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 41 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
6 36 (6.23%) Manufacturing
7 30 (5.19%) Retail
8 27 (4.67%) Public Sector
9 21 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.46%) Legal
11 16 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (2.60%) Marketing
12 15 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.73%) Banking
13 10 (1.73%) Korean Language
13 10 (1.73%) Military
13 10 (1.73%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.38%) Local Government
15 5 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.57%) EDI
2 7 (1.21%) Flash
3 4 (0.69%) .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 (7.96%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (6.23%) Onboarding
3 27 (4.67%) Driving Licence
4 19 (3.29%) PMI
5 11 (1.90%) FMCG
6 9 (1.56%) NHS
7 4 (0.69%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.69%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
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%) CCTV
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%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.87%) Linux
2 1 (0.17%) Android
2 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (68.86%) Project Management
2 198 (34.26%) Agile
3 174 (30.10%) Project Delivery
4 137 (23.70%) PRINCE2
5 81 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (14.01%) Stakeholder Management
6 70 (12.11%) Waterfall
7 46 (7.96%) Risk Management
8 45 (7.79%) Collaborative Working
9 44 (7.61%) Decision-Making
10 42 (7.27%) Budget Management
10 42 (7.27%) Business Case
11 41 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 39 (6.75%) Change Management
13 38 (6.57%) E-Commerce
14 35 (6.06%) Mentoring
15 32 (5.54%) Agile Project Management
15 32 (5.54%) SDLC
16 31 (5.36%) Project Governance
17 30 (5.19%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.52%) Java
2 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.35%) Python
2 2 (0.35%) SQL
3 1 (0.17%) C#
3 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 118 (20.42%) Degree
2 42 (7.27%) Security Cleared
3 39 (6.75%) PMI Certification
4 34 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 23 (3.98%) PMP
6 18 (3.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 17 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 13 (2.25%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.25%) DV Cleared
9 12 (2.08%) HNC
10 5 (0.87%) NVQ Level 3
11 4 (0.69%) APMP
11 4 (0.69%) HND
11 4 (0.69%) MAPM
12 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.17%) BICSI RCDD
13 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.67%) PMO
2 16 (2.77%) GDPR
3 9 (1.56%) NEBOSH
4 7 (1.21%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.21%) Good Clinical Practice
5 6 (1.04%) QA
6 4 (0.69%) 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 11 (1.90%) SCOM
2 2 (0.35%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 64 (11.07%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.25%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.56%) NEC
4 5 (0.87%) Civica
4 5 (0.87%) Google
5 4 (0.69%) BT
5 4 (0.69%) Sage
5 4 (0.69%) 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