Project Lead
UK
The median Project Lead salary in the UK is £52,500 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 | 766 | 822 | 1053 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +56 | +231 | -209 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader | 148 | 142 | 183 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.14% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.16% | 0.15% | 0.12% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 115 | 99 | 75 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £47,500 | £41,412 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £52,000 | £42,275 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | -25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £68,875 | £73,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,500 | £82,500 | £91,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £55,000 | £44,850 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +22.63% | -0.33% |
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 | 93,221 | 94,676 | 150,515 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.51% | 96.07% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,838 | 59,581 | 85,408 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Project Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Project Leader
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Leader.
Project Leader
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Leader over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
Project Leader
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +113 | 147 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 35 |
| UK excluding London | +9 | 135 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 32 |
| South East | +41 | 46 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +52 | 41 | £50,000 | -23.49% | 13 |
| North of England | +57 | 30 | £52,500 | -2.78% | 9 |
| East of England | +24 | 30 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 4 |
| South West | -18 | 22 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 4 |
| North East | +6 | 14 | £70,000 | +12.00% | |
| London | +120 | 13 | £63,035 | -3.54% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +84 | 9 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 1 |
| North West | +13 | 7 | £40,500 | -25.00% | 8 |
| Midlands | -4 | 6 | £65,400 | -9.17% | 3 |
| West Midlands | -2 | 4 | £70,000 | -7.89% | 3 |
| East Midlands | -10 | 2 | £51,200 | -6.91% | |
| Wales | - | 1 | £60,500 | - | 1 |
Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Project Leader 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 Project Leader in the job title.
|
|
Project Leader 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||