Project Manager Jobs in the South West

Project Manager
England > South West

The median Project Manager salary in the South West is £48,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 87 96
Rank change year-on-year +37 +9 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 410 229 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.44% 3.31% 3.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.62% 3.70% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 262 165 158
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,100 £36,175
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £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
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,876 6,184 7,746
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 89.27% 96.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6,472 3,844 5,158
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,925 £77,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bristol +45 122 £50,000 -8.42% 31
Dorset +33 87 £47,500 -5.00% 4
Gloucestershire +12 67 £50,000 -16.67% 19
Cornwall +14 44 £39,005 -14.04% 1
Wiltshire -7 36 £47,500 -4.04% 12
Somerset +14 22 £46,750 -18.70% 12
Devon -22 21 £46,958 -6.09% 18
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 West region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 294 (71.71%) Project Management
2 142 (34.63%) Finance
3 134 (32.68%) Agile
4 127 (30.98%) Degree
4 127 (30.98%) Social Skills
5 119 (29.02%) Project Delivery
6 102 (24.88%) PRINCE2
7 98 (23.90%) Security Cleared
8 72 (17.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 59 (14.39%) SC Cleared
9 59 (14.39%) Decision-Making
10 54 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
11 53 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 48 (11.71%) Change Management
13 47 (11.46%) Microsoft Excel
14 40 (9.76%) Telecoms
15 39 (9.51%) Waterfall
16 38 (9.27%) Games
17 37 (9.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
18 36 (8.78%) Budget Management
19 35 (8.54%) Project Planning
19 35 (8.54%) Microsoft Project
20 33 (8.05%) Earned Value Management
20 33 (8.05%) Organisational Skills
21 32 (7.80%) Customer Service
21 32 (7.80%) Risk Management
22 30 (7.32%) Law
23 28 (6.83%) Banking
24 27 (6.59%) Investment Banking

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 18 (4.39%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.44%) ArcGIS
3 8 (1.95%) CMS
4 5 (1.22%) Confluence
5 4 (0.98%) Drupal
6 3 (0.73%) ColdFusion
6 3 (0.73%) Kentico
7 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (11.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (9.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (8.54%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.93%) MS Visio
6 10 (2.44%) AutoCAD
7 9 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.49%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.98%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.49%) Primavera
3 1 (0.24%) Magento
3 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (2.44%) Azure
2 9 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (0.98%) AWS
3 4 (0.98%) SaaS
4 3 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (0.73%) Basecamp
4 3 (0.73%) Kontent
4 3 (0.73%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (0.49%) Figma
5 2 (0.49%) IaaS
5 2 (0.49%) Lucidchart
5 2 (0.49%) Nutanix
5 2 (0.49%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.24%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.73%) Internet
2 2 (0.49%) VoIP
2 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.24%) 4G
3 1 (0.24%) 5G
3 1 (0.24%) Broadband
3 1 (0.24%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.90%) Electronic Patient Records
2 11 (2.68%) Tableau
3 3 (0.73%) Power BI
4 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 21 (5.12%) JIRA
General
1 142 (34.63%) Finance
2 127 (30.98%) Social Skills
3 72 (17.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.76%) Telecoms
6 38 (9.27%) Games
7 33 (8.05%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (7.32%) Law
9 28 (6.83%) Banking
10 27 (6.59%) Investment Banking
11 22 (5.37%) Aerospace
12 21 (5.12%) Public Sector
13 20 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (4.15%) Manufacturing
16 15 (3.66%) Marketing
17 14 (3.41%) Front Office
18 12 (2.93%) Retail
19 9 (2.20%) Legal
20 8 (1.95%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.95%) .NET
2 2 (0.49%) RESTful
2 2 (0.49%) SOAP
3 1 (0.24%) CSS
3 1 (0.24%) HTML
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.85%) NHS
2 22 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (4.88%) FMCG
4 19 (4.63%) Renewable Energy
5 18 (4.39%) Driving Licence
6 15 (3.66%) Management Information System
7 14 (3.41%) Derivative
8 11 (2.68%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.44%) Data Centre
9 10 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
10 7 (1.71%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.22%) Housing Association
12 4 (0.98%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.98%) Photovoltaics
12 4 (0.98%) PMI
13 3 (0.73%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.73%) Product Ownership
14 2 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.22%) Linux
2 4 (0.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (71.71%) Project Management
2 134 (32.68%) Agile
3 119 (29.02%) Project Delivery
4 102 (24.88%) PRINCE2
5 59 (14.39%) Decision-Making
6 54 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 48 (11.71%) Change Management
9 39 (9.51%) Waterfall
10 36 (8.78%) Budget Management
11 35 (8.54%) Project Planning
12 33 (8.05%) Earned Value Management
13 32 (7.80%) Customer Service
13 32 (7.80%) Risk Management
14 27 (6.59%) Agile Project Management
14 27 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (5.61%) Software Delivery
16 22 (5.37%) Actionable Insight
16 22 (5.37%) Programme Management
16 22 (5.37%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.98%) C#
1 4 (0.98%) Java
1 4 (0.98%) Python
2 2 (0.49%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.24%) SQL
Qualifications
1 127 (30.98%) Degree
2 98 (23.90%) Security Cleared
3 59 (14.39%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.12%) PMP
5 20 (4.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 19 (4.63%) PMI Certification
7 17 (4.15%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.46%) CAPM
10 6 (1.46%) Tableau Certification
11 4 (0.98%) APMP
11 4 (0.98%) HNC
12 3 (0.73%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.49%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.24%) CIPD
14 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.24%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.15%) PMO
2 13 (3.17%) QA
3 10 (2.44%) NEBOSH
4 8 (1.95%) GDPR
5 2 (0.49%) SLA
6 1 (0.24%) GxP
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.24%) TickIT
Vendors
1 27 (6.59%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.44%) Autodesk
3 8 (1.95%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.46%) Oracle
5 5 (1.22%) Google
6 4 (0.98%) Civica
6 4 (0.98%) ConnectWise
6 4 (0.98%) Northgate
7 3 (0.73%) Adobe
7 3 (0.73%) SAP
8 2 (0.49%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.24%) BT
9 1 (0.24%) Facebook
9 1 (0.24%) IFS
9 1 (0.24%) Infor
9 1 (0.24%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.24%) Progress
9 1 (0.24%) Sage
9 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.24%) Splunk