Software Project Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 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 663 674 713
Rank change year-on-year +11 +39 -103
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 93 81 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.13% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 80 76 107
10th Percentile £45,874 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,938 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £84,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,712 54,809 67,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.23% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,259 31,113 42,994
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Project Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Project Manager within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +79 45 £60,000 -7.69% 3
North West +30 34 £62,500 -3.85% 3
South East +2 20 £58,750 -4.08% 2
West Midlands +31 12 £46,500 +9.41% 1
Midlands +4 12 £46,500 -22.50% 3
Yorkshire +102 11 £57,500 -20.69%
Scotland -55 8 £60,000 +11.63%
South West -25 6 £47,500 - 3
East of England +13 1 £80,000 +23.08% 1
Wales - 1 - - 1
Software Project Manager
UK

Software Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Software 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 66 (70.97%) Project Management
2 54 (58.06%) Agile
3 34 (36.56%) Project Delivery
4 30 (32.26%) PRINCE2
5 29 (31.18%) Degree
6 27 (29.03%) Social Skills
7 23 (24.73%) PMP
7 23 (24.73%) Finance
8 22 (23.66%) Azure
8 22 (23.66%) DevOps
8 22 (23.66%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (22.58%) Software Delivery
10 16 (17.20%) Software Engineering
11 15 (16.13%) Presales
12 14 (15.05%) Computer Science
13 13 (13.98%) User Acceptance Testing
13 13 (13.98%) .NET
13 13 (13.98%) Agile Project Management
14 12 (12.90%) Technical Architecture
14 12 (12.90%) RESTful
14 12 (12.90%) Virtual Team
14 12 (12.90%) Customer Requirements
14 12 (12.90%) JavaScript
14 12 (12.90%) SOAP
15 10 (10.75%) SDLC
15 10 (10.75%) Software Deployment
15 10 (10.75%) SC Cleared
15 10 (10.75%) Security Cleared
16 8 (8.60%) Fintech
16 8 (8.60%) Requirements Workshops

Software Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (4.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 22 (23.66%) Azure
1 22 (23.66%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (8.60%) SaaS
3 1 (1.08%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.08%) Power BI
1 1 (1.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 27 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 23 (24.73%) Finance
3 6 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.23%) Marketing
5 2 (2.15%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.15%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.08%) Banking
6 1 (1.08%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.98%) .NET
2 12 (12.90%) RESTful
2 12 (12.90%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.90%) Virtual Team
2 1 (1.08%) Life Science
2 1 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.08%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (70.97%) Project Management
2 54 (58.06%) Agile
3 34 (36.56%) Project Delivery
4 30 (32.26%) PRINCE2
5 22 (23.66%) DevOps
6 21 (22.58%) Software Delivery
7 16 (17.20%) Software Engineering
8 15 (16.13%) Presales
9 14 (15.05%) Computer Science
10 13 (13.98%) Agile Project Management
10 13 (13.98%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (12.90%) Customer Requirements
11 12 (12.90%) Technical Architecture
12 10 (10.75%) SDLC
12 10 (10.75%) Software Deployment
13 8 (8.60%) Fintech
13 8 (8.60%) Requirements Workshops
13 8 (8.60%) Sprint Planning
13 8 (8.60%) Sprint Retrospective
13 8 (8.60%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.90%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.08%) C#
2 1 (1.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (31.18%) Degree
2 23 (24.73%) PMP
3 10 (10.75%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.75%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 4 (4.30%) CheckPoint
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft