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This section looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProject Manager
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank2422
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads1238413591
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.036 %6.073 %
As % of the category below6.513 %6.532 %
Salaries quoted989110682
Average minimum salary£49,124£50,800
Average salary£53,400£54,770
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Average maximum salary£57,676£58,739
UK excluding London average salary£48,516£48,878
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
Job Titles UKJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads190154208054
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled92.69 %92.97 %
Salaries quoted155180163985
Average minimum salary£39,656£40,853
Average salary£43,408£44,624
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Average maximum salary£47,161£48,395
UK excluding London average salary£38,630£39,089
% change on same period last year-1.17 %

Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Project Manager across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Project Manager Demand Trend

Project Manager
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Project Manager across the UK.

Project Manager Salary Trend

Project Manager
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Project Manager across the UK over the past 3 months.

Project Manager Salary Histogram

Project Manager
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+111636£53,309-2.48 %
2LondonDown-15366£59,791-3.31 %
3South EastDown-82226£49,687+0.43 %
4City of LondonDown-51307£63,747-10.52 %
5North WestUp+11022£46,370-10.27 %
6East of EnglandDown-8696£47,098+1.26 %
7BerkshireDown-3688£49,426+1.28 %
8YorkshireDown-4686£45,024+6.65 %
9South WestDown-4636£44,468-1.95 %
10SurreyDown-1512£52,600+3.38 %
11West MidlandsDown-8393£49,262+8.35 %
12ManchesterDown-3368£48,808-13.95 %
13CheshireUp+7359£47,587-2.03 %
13East MidlandsUp+9359£43,974+0.03 %
14West YorkshireUp+2354£44,937+3.81 %
15HampshireDown-14334£46,926-3.42 %
16LeedsUp+5269£46,800+9.49 %
17HertfordshireNo change0259£50,136+5.51 %
18ReadingUp+6238£47,423+4.47 %
19North YorkshireDown-4232£45,013+7.09 %
20BuckinghamshireNo change0215£48,223+8.38 %
21CambridgeshireDown-6198£45,740+5.44 %
21ScotlandUp+5198£44,905+3.73 %
22BirminghamUp+17176£52,981+11.76 %
23DorsetUp+5156£46,263+3.47 %
24Docklands, LondonUp+11150£63,383+2.12 %
25BristolDown-8142£44,405-2.39 %
26YorkDown-9140£44,977+5.22 %
27WiltshireDown-6138£42,658-9.63 %
28CambridgeUp+7135£46,684+6.74 %

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Project Manager also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Project Manager.

112581 (52.05 %)Project Management
29251 (38.27 %)PRINCE2
36813 (28.19 %)Finance
43093 (12.80 %)Banking
52332 (9.648 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61785 (7.385 %)Degree
71741 (7.203 %)Microsoft
81722 (7.124 %)MS Project
91705 (7.054 %).NET
101557 (6.441 %)Retail
111466 (6.065 %)SAP
121454 (6.015 %)Java
131415 (5.854 %)Oracle
141407 (5.821 %)PRINCE
151392 (5.759 %)Stakeholder Management
161377 (5.697 %)Telecoms
171319 (5.457 %)Pensions
181307 (5.407 %)Risk Management
191251 (5.175 %)Health
201234 (5.105 %)Project Planning
211225 (5.068 %)E-Commerce
221168 (4.832 %)Change Management
231162 (4.807 %)ITIL
241149 (4.753 %)Business Analysis
251103 (4.563 %)Insurance
261098 (4.542 %)PMI
271086 (4.493 %)MS Excel
281007 (4.166 %)Investment Banking
29968 (4.005 %)ERP
30915 (3.785 %)Programme Management

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Project Manager also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Project Manager. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11705 (7.054 %).NET
2723 (2.991 %)J2EE
3325 (1.345 %)HTML
4309 (1.278 %)ASP.NET
5254 (1.051 %)XML
6190 (0.786 %)WebSphere
7145 (0.600 %)WebServices
8139 (0.575 %)CSS
9131 (0.542 %)ASP
10123 (0.509 %)Middleware
1184 (0.348 %).NET Framework
1259 (0.244 %)AJAX
1344 (0.182 %)XHTML
1437 (0.153 %)SOAP
1437 (0.153 %)JSP
1535 (0.145 %)COM
1535 (0.145 %)Spring
1633 (0.137 %)EJB
1727 (0.112 %)Hibernate
1826 (0.108 %)XSLT
Application Platforms
1335 (1.386 %)SharePoint
2255 (1.055 %)CMS
3236 (0.976 %)MS Exchange
4182 (0.753 %)BizTalk Server
591 (0.376 %)IIS
690 (0.372 %)WebLogic
775 (0.310 %)Lotus Notes
863 (0.261 %)Exchange Server 2003
958 (0.240 %)SAS
1053 (0.219 %)Exchange Server 2007
1149 (0.203 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1240 (0.165 %)NetWeaver
1332 (0.132 %)Commerce Server
1429 (0.120 %)Office Project Server
1522 (0.091 %)WebLogic Portal
1621 (0.087 %)Tuxedo
1720 (0.083 %)Apache
1819 (0.079 %)Oracle Workflow
1918 (0.074 %)Documentum
2015 (0.062 %)ColdFusion
Applications
11722 (7.124 %)MS Project
21086 (4.493 %)MS Excel
3475 (1.965 %)MS Visio
4446 (1.845 %)MS Office
5135 (0.558 %)MS PowerPoint
677 (0.319 %)CA Clarity
745 (0.186 %)Photoshop
812 (0.050 %)Fireworks
99 (0.037 %)AutoCAD
107 (0.029 %)MATLAB
107 (0.029 %)Adobe Illustrator
115 (0.021 %)InfoPath
124 (0.017 %)Niku Workbench
124 (0.017 %)SPSS
124 (0.017 %)Acrobat
133 (0.012 %)3ds Max
133 (0.012 %)CATIA
142 (0.008 %)Open Workbench
151 (0.004 %)Pro/ENGINEER
151 (0.004 %)S-PLUS
Business Applications
1168 (0.695 %)SAP HR
2159 (0.658 %)Oracle EBS
3152 (0.629 %)Dynamics AX
4138 (0.571 %)Axapta
5128 (0.530 %)Oracle Applications
6113 (0.467 %)Navision
791 (0.376 %)Oracle Financials
886 (0.356 %)Summit
977 (0.319 %)Oracle ERP
1060 (0.248 %)SAP CO
1060 (0.248 %)SAP FI/CO
1060 (0.248 %)SAP FI
1159 (0.244 %)Dynamics CRM
1258 (0.240 %)SAP Retail
1353 (0.219 %)SAP ERP
1452 (0.215 %)Microsoft CRM
1550 (0.207 %)SAP Payroll
1642 (0.174 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1741 (0.170 %)SAP IS-U
1837 (0.153 %)Fidessa
Communications & Networking
1842 (3.483 %)Internet
2370 (1.531 %)WAN
3365 (1.510 %)LAN
4344 (1.423 %)SAN
5181 (0.749 %)Wireless
6146 (0.604 %)VoIP
7136 (0.563 %)Intranet
8127 (0.525 %)Firewall
8127 (0.525 %)BSS
9114 (0.472 %)Broadband
9114 (0.472 %)WINS
1083 (0.343 %)TCP/IP
1083 (0.343 %)MPLS
1171 (0.294 %)IP Telephony
1253 (0.219 %)GSM
1352 (0.215 %)3G
1446 (0.190 %)Extranet
1545 (0.186 %)DNS
1641 (0.170 %)CTI
1641 (0.170 %)SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1596 (2.466 %)SQL Server
2332 (1.373 %)Datawarehouse
3150 (0.621 %)BusinessObjects
4118 (0.488 %)ETL
5103 (0.426 %)RDBMS
690 (0.372 %)Oracle 8/8i
777 (0.319 %)SQL Server 2005
868 (0.281 %)Crystal Reports
965 (0.269 %)MySQL
1059 (0.244 %)Oracle 10g
1143 (0.178 %)SAP BW
1242 (0.174 %)SQL Server 2000
1337 (0.153 %)DB2
1434 (0.141 %)SQL Server 7
1533 (0.137 %)SAP BI
1533 (0.137 %)GIS
1632 (0.132 %)Oracle Reports
1731 (0.128 %)Data Mining
1829 (0.120 %)Reference Data
1920 (0.083 %)BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1125 (0.517 %)Flash
259 (0.244 %)Visual Studio
320 (0.083 %)Dreamweaver
418 (0.074 %)TestDirector
418 (0.074 %)ClearQuest
514 (0.058 %)JUnit
613 (0.054 %)ClearCase
710 (0.041 %)WinRunner
89 (0.037 %)Eclipse
98 (0.033 %)COOL2E
107 (0.029 %)Synon
116 (0.025 %)Rational Rose
116 (0.025 %)Rational Robot
116 (0.025 %)COOL:Gen
125 (0.021 %)PowerBuilder
134 (0.017 %)RequisitePro
134 (0.017 %)QuickTest Pro
134 (0.017 %)Subversion
142 (0.008 %)Zend Studio
142 (0.008 %)Oracle Forms
General
16813 (28.19 %)Finance
23093 (12.80 %)Banking
31557 (6.441 %)Retail
41377 (5.697 %)Telecoms
51319 (5.457 %)Pensions
61251 (5.175 %)Health
71103 (4.563 %)Insurance
81007 (4.166 %)Investment Banking
9887 (3.670 %)Marketing
10678 (2.805 %)Front Office
11575 (2.379 %)Government
12570 (2.358 %)Back Office
13480 (1.986 %)Education
14308 (1.274 %)Legal
15261 (1.080 %)Games
16247 (1.022 %)Manufacturing
17240 (0.993 %)Retail Banking
18231 (0.956 %)Financial Institution
19199 (0.823 %)Construction
20192 (0.794 %)Publishing
Miscellaneous
11098 (4.542 %)PMI
2861 (3.562 %)Derivative
3439 (1.816 %)Asset Management
4405 (1.675 %)Mainframe
5370 (1.531 %)Equities
6301 (1.245 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7247 (1.022 %)NHS
8241 (0.997 %)Equity Derivative
9238 (0.985 %)Fixed Income
10204 (0.844 %)Management Information System
11183 (0.757 %)Credit Derivative
12165 (0.683 %)Credit Risk
13143 (0.592 %)Fund Management
14125 (0.517 %)Interest Rate Derivative
15123 (0.509 %)Mathematics
16112 (0.463 %)EPoS
17109 (0.451 %)French Language
18108 (0.447 %)Computer Science
1990 (0.372 %)Market Risk
2088 (0.364 %)IVR
Operating Systems
1850 (3.516 %)Unix
2709 (2.933 %)Windows
3219 (0.906 %)Linux
4154 (0.637 %)Solaris
559 (0.244 %)Windows 2000
655 (0.228 %)Windows XP
746 (0.190 %)Windows NT
832 (0.132 %)AIX
926 (0.108 %)HPUX
1025 (0.103 %)Windows Server 2003
1122 (0.091 %)Symbian OS
1216 (0.066 %)Windows Mobile
138 (0.033 %)Windows CE
144 (0.017 %)VxWorks
151 (0.004 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
112581 (52.05 %)Project Management
29251 (38.27 %)PRINCE2
31407 (5.821 %)PRINCE
41392 (5.759 %)Stakeholder Management
51307 (5.407 %)Risk Management
61234 (5.105 %)Project Planning
71225 (5.068 %)E-Commerce
81168 (4.832 %)Change Management
91162 (4.807 %)ITIL
101149 (4.753 %)Business Analysis
11968 (4.005 %)ERP
12915 (3.785 %)Programme Management
13769 (3.181 %)CRM
14692 (2.863 %)Agile Software Development
15644 (2.664 %)Service Delivery
16607 (2.511 %)RUP
17576 (2.383 %)Matrix Management
18527 (2.180 %)Web Development
18527 (2.180 %)Migration
19515 (2.131 %)Scrum
Programming Languages
11454 (6.015 %)Java
2855 (3.537 %)C#
3733 (3.032 %)SQL
4416 (1.721 %)C
5384 (1.589 %)C++
6195 (0.807 %)JavaScript
7186 (0.769 %)VB
8128 (0.530 %)VB.NET
984 (0.348 %)PHP
1065 (0.269 %)Perl
1157 (0.236 %)VBA
1242 (0.174 %)DHTML
1337 (0.153 %)RPG
1433 (0.137 %)VBScript
1433 (0.137 %)VC++
1529 (0.120 %)PL/SQL
1624 (0.099 %)Shell Script
1721 (0.087 %)VB6
1721 (0.087 %)Transact-SQL
1816 (0.066 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
12332 (9.648 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21785 (7.385 %)Degree
3908 (3.756 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
4896 (3.707 %)PMI Certification
5757 (3.132 %)PMP
6202 (0.836 %)ITIL Certification
7197 (0.815 %)ISEB
8156 (0.645 %)Microsoft Certification
9123 (0.509 %)MCSE
1089 (0.368 %)Cisco Certification
1182 (0.339 %)CCNA
1269 (0.285 %)MBA
1349 (0.203 %)Citrix Certification
1446 (0.190 %)HND
1545 (0.186 %)MCSA
1642 (0.174 %)CCEA
1739 (0.161 %)CISSP
1739 (0.161 %)HNC
1830 (0.124 %)CIMA
1928 (0.116 %)MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1428 (1.771 %)QA
2182 (0.753 %)SLA
3153 (0.633 %)Basel II
4144 (0.596 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
565 (0.269 %)MiFID
663 (0.261 %)ISO9001
728 (0.116 %)ISO9000
825 (0.103 %)TickIT
920 (0.083 %)HL7
1012 (0.050 %)COBIT
1111 (0.046 %)ISO27001
1210 (0.041 %)SNOMED CT
139 (0.037 %)DICOM
139 (0.037 %)GCP
146 (0.025 %)BS7799
146 (0.025 %)JSP 440
146 (0.025 %)ISO/IEC 20000
153 (0.012 %)GMP
162 (0.008 %)PCI DSS
System Software
1278 (1.150 %)Active Directory
29 (0.037 %)VMware Server
37 (0.029 %)Terminal Services
44 (0.017 %)Terminal Server
53 (0.012 %)NetBackup
62 (0.008 %)AquaLogic
62 (0.008 %)MailMarshal
62 (0.008 %)ISA Server
62 (0.008 %)VMware ESX
71 (0.004 %)Backup Exec
71 (0.004 %)NDS
Systems Management
173 (0.302 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
224 (0.099 %)AutoSys
322 (0.091 %)Tivoli
46 (0.025 %)EMC NetWorker
55 (0.021 %)MOM
55 (0.021 %)Netcool
63 (0.012 %)CiscoWorks
63 (0.012 %)Legato
63 (0.012 %)SCOM
72 (0.008 %)OpenView Configuration Management
81 (0.004 %)MAILsweeper
Vendors
11741 (7.203 %)Microsoft
21466 (6.065 %)SAP
31415 (5.854 %)Oracle
4394 (1.630 %)Cisco
5222 (0.918 %)Citrix
6174 (0.720 %)Siebel
7170 (0.703 %)Sun
8153 (0.633 %)Sybase
9150 (0.621 %)Business Objects
10137 (0.567 %)IBM
11133 (0.550 %)VMware
12129 (0.534 %)PeopleSoft
13121 (0.501 %)JD Edwards
14114 (0.472 %)Cognos
15108 (0.447 %)Murex
1695 (0.393 %)HP
1786 (0.356 %)Nortel
1786 (0.356 %)Informatica
1883 (0.343 %)Lotus
1883 (0.343 %)Charles River
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