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 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 673 670 717
Rank change year-on-year -3 +47 -98
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 90 78 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 77 71 103
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £46,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,125 £50,000
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 £81,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

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 67,828 52,627 68,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.17% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 47,933 30,028 42,497
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 17 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 17 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 +78 42 £62,500 -3.85% 3
North West +21 34 £62,500 -3.85% 3
South East -17 19 £60,000 -2.04% 1
Midlands -10 14 £46,500 -15.45% 4
West Midlands +17 12 £46,500 +3.33% 2
Yorkshire +80 8 £56,250 -22.41%
Scotland -55 8 £60,000 +11.63%
South West -16 6 £47,500 - 2
East Midlands -16 2 £47,500 -23.39% 2
Wales - 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 17 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 60 (66.67%) Project Management
2 49 (54.44%) Agile
3 31 (34.44%) PRINCE2
4 29 (32.22%) Project Delivery
5 27 (30.00%) Social Skills
6 26 (28.89%) Degree
7 23 (25.56%) PMP
8 22 (24.44%) Finance
9 19 (21.11%) Azure
9 19 (21.11%) DevOps
9 19 (21.11%) Software Delivery
9 19 (21.11%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (15.56%) Software Engineering
11 12 (13.33%) Presales
12 11 (12.22%) Computer Science
13 10 (11.11%) .NET
13 10 (11.11%) Agile Project Management
14 9 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
14 9 (10.00%) RESTful
14 9 (10.00%) Virtual Team
14 9 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
14 9 (10.00%) JavaScript
14 9 (10.00%) SOAP
14 9 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
15 8 (8.89%) SC Cleared
15 8 (8.89%) Security Cleared
15 8 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
15 8 (8.89%) Sprint Retrospective
15 8 (8.89%) Sprint Planning
15 8 (8.89%) Software Deployment

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 6 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 19 (21.11%) Azure
1 19 (21.11%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (7.78%) SaaS
3 1 (1.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.11%) JIRA
General
1 27 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (24.44%) Finance
3 4 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.33%) Marketing
5 2 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.22%) Law
5 2 (2.22%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.11%) Banking
6 1 (1.11%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.11%) .NET
2 9 (10.00%) RESTful
2 9 (10.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (1.11%) Life Science
2 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.11%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (66.67%) Project Management
2 49 (54.44%) Agile
3 31 (34.44%) PRINCE2
4 29 (32.22%) Project Delivery
5 19 (21.11%) DevOps
5 19 (21.11%) Software Delivery
6 14 (15.56%) Software Engineering
7 12 (13.33%) Presales
8 11 (12.22%) Computer Science
9 10 (11.11%) Agile Project Management
10 9 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
10 9 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
10 9 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (8.89%) Fintech
11 8 (8.89%) Requirements Workshops
11 8 (8.89%) SDLC
11 8 (8.89%) Software Deployment
11 8 (8.89%) Sprint Planning
11 8 (8.89%) Sprint Retrospective
11 8 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.11%) C#
2 1 (1.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (28.89%) Degree
2 23 (25.56%) PMP
3 8 (8.89%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.89%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 4 (4.44%) CheckPoint
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft