Lead Project Manager
UK

The median Lead Project Manager salary in the UK is £73,805 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 835 927 1158
Rank change year-on-year +92 +231 -267
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 43 45 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.044% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.049% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 40 39 63
10th Percentile £36,250 £50,600 £44,143
25th Percentile £37,099 £63,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% +33.33% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,772 £90,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,625 £100,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,805 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.34% +35.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in the UK

Lead Project Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Project Manager.

Salary trend for Lead Project Manager in the UK

Lead Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Project Manager over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Project Manager in the UK

Lead Project Manager
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +102 40 £73,805 +5.44% 11
UK excluding London +4 35 £73,805 +9.34% 8
Work from Home +79 20 £73,805 +9.34% 2
North of England +65 16 £73,805 +1.80% 2
South East +12 13 £37,500 -44.44% 3
North West - 11 £73,805 - 1
London +96 6 £85,000 -5.56% 3
Yorkshire +87 5 £73,805 +1.80% 1
South West - 3 £37,099 - 1
West Midlands +15 2 £70,000 +14.75% 1
Midlands -3 2 £70,000 +14.75% 1
Wales - 1 £60,500 - 1

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Lead 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 featuring Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 32 (74.42%) Project Management
2 24 (55.81%) Agile
2 24 (55.81%) Project Delivery
3 23 (53.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (46.51%) Line Management
5 18 (41.86%) Mentoring
5 18 (41.86%) Community of Practice
6 16 (37.21%) Public Sector
6 16 (37.21%) Cost Reduction
6 16 (37.21%) Coaching
6 16 (37.21%) Finance
7 15 (34.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
9 9 (20.93%) Service Management
9 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (20.93%) Revenue Recognition
9 9 (20.93%) Business Forecasting
9 9 (20.93%) Strategic Thinking
9 9 (20.93%) Customer-Centricity
9 9 (20.93%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (20.93%) Decision-Making
9 9 (20.93%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 9 (20.93%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (20.93%) Business Strategy
9 9 (20.93%) Customer Experience
10 4 (9.30%) Budget Management
10 4 (9.30%) PRINCE2
10 4 (9.30%) CRM
10 4 (9.30%) Scrum
11 3 (6.98%) Banking

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.33%) Azure
2 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) GIS
General
1 16 (37.21%) Finance
1 16 (37.21%) Public Sector
2 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (20.93%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Banking
4 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (74.42%) Project Management
2 24 (55.81%) Agile
2 24 (55.81%) Project Delivery
3 23 (53.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (46.51%) Line Management
5 18 (41.86%) Community of Practice
5 18 (41.86%) Mentoring
6 16 (37.21%) Coaching
6 16 (37.21%) Cost Reduction
7 15 (34.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (20.93%) Business Forecasting
8 9 (20.93%) Business Strategy
8 9 (20.93%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (20.93%) Customer Experience
8 9 (20.93%) Customer-Centricity
8 9 (20.93%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 9 (20.93%) Decision-Making
8 9 (20.93%) Revenue Recognition
8 9 (20.93%) Service Management
8 9 (20.93%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.98%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (4.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) PMO
2 2 (4.65%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.65%) Workday
2 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.33%) SAP
2 1 (2.33%) Sitecore