The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 44 44 38
Rank change year-on-year
0 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 5471 6101 6552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 5.023% 5.062% 5.104%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.321% 5.330% 5.422%
Number of salaries quoted 4466 5304 5485
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% -
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £38,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102828 114458 120840
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.97% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 85533 98230 102542
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Project Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Project Manager Salary Trend

Project Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Project Manager over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Project Manager Salary Histogram

Project Manager
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +3 5157 £52,500 -4.54% 678
London -2 2515 £60,000 - 307
South East -8 1050 £47,500 -9.52% 121
City of London -8 631 £62,500 - 117
East of England 0 337 £50,000 - 41
North West +31 324 £45,000 +12.50% 47
Yorkshire +3 282 £45,000 - 53
Surrey +3 257 £52,500 -1.86% 25
Berkshire +13 232 £52,500 - 20
South West +34 226 £42,500 -5.55% 39
West Midlands -16 222 £50,000 +7.52% 25
West Yorkshire -4 173 £47,500 +5.55% 40
Manchester +17 171 £43,250 +8.12% 19
Scotland -2 163 £47,500 +5.55% 42
Hampshire -13 154 £47,500 - 27
Hertfordshire +13 133 £55,000 - 13
Leeds -1 127 £48,000 +6.66% 27
East Midlands -28 123 £50,000 +9.89% 22
Reading +17 109 £48,500 -7.61% 11
Oxfordshire -4 103 £42,500 -5.55% 14
Buckinghamshire -11 95 £45,000 -10.00% 13
Bristol +30 85 £45,000 -5.26% 16
Cheshire +33 84 £44,000 -2.22% 13
Cambridgeshire -13 79 £50,000 -0.99% 12
Edinburgh -11 77 £50,000 +11.11% 19
Oxford -10 72 £42,500 -5.55% 6
Birmingham -25 67 £52,500 +16.66% 10
Kent +4 65 £40,000 +6.66% 8
North Yorkshire +37 64 £42,500 -20.93% 8
West Sussex -26 61 £45,000 -15.09% 3

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Project Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Project Manager in their job title.

1 6552 (62.38%) Project Management
2 4369 (41.60%) PRINCE2
3 3370 (32.09%) Finance
4 1650 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 1525 (14.52%) Agile Software Development
6 1342 (12.78%) Degree
7 1273 (12.12%) Scrum
8 1173 (11.17%) E-Commerce
9 1091 (10.39%) Microsoft
10 1053 (10.03%) PMI Certification
11 1018 (9.692%) Retail
12 980 (9.331%) Banking
13 978 (9.312%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 944 (8.988%) MS Project
15 860 (8.188%) MS Excel
16 859 (8.179%) Project Planning
17 815 (7.760%) Change Management
18 721 (6.865%) Waterfall
19 667 (6.351%) PMP
20 647 (6.160%) ITIL
21 615 (5.855%) Business Analysis
22 604 (5.751%) Oracle
23 584 (5.560%) .NET
24 575 (5.475%) Risk Management
25 572 (5.446%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
26 557 (5.303%) PMI
27 555 (5.284%) SAP
28 550 (5.237%) Java
29 523 (4.980%) ERP
30 520 (4.951%) PRINCE

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Project Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 584 (5.560%) .NET
2 132 (1.257%) HTML
3 123 (1.171%) CSS
4 105 (1.000%) J2EE
5 97 (0.924%) ASP.NET
6 94 (0.895%) WebSphere
6 94 (0.895%) XML
7 93 (0.885%) HTML5
8 90 (0.857%) Web Services
9 46 (0.438%) Middleware
9 46 (0.438%) LAMP
9 46 (0.438%) Velocity
10 32 (0.305%) Ajax
11 31 (0.295%) ASP
11 31 (0.295%) .NET Framework
12 29 (0.276%) Flash
13 27 (0.257%) CGI
14 26 (0.248%) jQuery
15 20 (0.190%) COM
16 18 (0.171%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 326 (3.104%) SharePoint
2 199 (1.895%) CMS
3 58 (0.552%) SharePoint 2010
4 45 (0.428%) MS Exchange
5 44 (0.419%) Sitecore CMS
6 43 (0.409%) MS Project Server
6 43 (0.409%) MQSeries
7 37 (0.352%) Drupal
8 31 (0.295%) Lync
9 30 (0.286%) Magento
9 30 (0.286%) WebLogic
10 28 (0.267%) Exchange Server 2010
11 27 (0.257%) SharePoint Server
12 23 (0.219%) IIS
13 22 (0.209%) Confluence
13 22 (0.209%) Umbraco
13 22 (0.209%) Tomcat
14 21 (0.200%) Windows Azure
15 20 (0.190%) Alfresco
15 20 (0.190%) Apache
Applications
1 944 (8.988%) MS Project
2 860 (8.188%) MS Excel
3 376 (3.580%) MS Office
4 221 (2.104%) MS PowerPoint
5 193 (1.838%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.114%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.095%) Office 365
8 6 (0.057%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.048%) Niku Workbench
9 5 (0.048%) Open Workbench
10 4 (0.038%) PowerPivot
10 4 (0.038%) Mingle
11 3 (0.029%) InfoPath
12 2 (0.019%) Google Apps
12 2 (0.019%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.019%) S-PLUS
12 2 (0.019%) SPSS
13 1 (0.010%) 3ds Max
Business Applications
1 128 (1.219%) Dynamics AX
2 91 (0.866%) Dynamics CRM
3 89 (0.847%) Oracle EBS
4 58 (0.552%) Oracle EBS R12
5 46 (0.438%) Dynamics NAV
6 44 (0.419%) Oracle ERP
7 39 (0.371%) Agresso
8 30 (0.286%) SAP HR
9 22 (0.209%) SAP BPC
9 22 (0.209%) SAP FI
10 20 (0.190%) Google Analytics
11 19 (0.181%) SAP FI/CO
11 19 (0.181%) Lawson
11 19 (0.181%) SAP ERP
11 19 (0.181%) SAP CO
12 16 (0.152%) Oracle HRMS
13 15 (0.143%) SAP CRM
13 15 (0.143%) Oracle BPM
14 14 (0.133%) Oracle Financials
14 14 (0.133%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 229 (2.180%) Internet
2 217 (2.066%) WAN
3 142 (1.352%) LAN
4 123 (1.171%) Unified Communications
5 117 (1.114%) Intranet
6 109 (1.038%) SAN
7 90 (0.857%) HTTP
8 68 (0.647%) Firewall
9 58 (0.552%) Extranet
10 53 (0.505%) VoIP
11 49 (0.467%) Broadband
12 41 (0.390%) BSS
13 37 (0.352%) MPLS
14 33 (0.314%) Wireless
14 33 (0.314%) IP Telephony
14 33 (0.314%) Network Security
15 22 (0.209%) ATM
16 20 (0.190%) NAS
17 19 (0.181%) TCP/IP
17 19 (0.181%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (2.180%) SQL Server
2 207 (1.971%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (0.524%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 54 (0.514%) DB2
5 49 (0.467%) Oracle 8/8i
6 35 (0.333%) Oracle Reports
7 33 (0.314%) MySQL
8 28 (0.267%) RDBMS
9 26 (0.248%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (0.238%) SQL Server 2005
11 24 (0.229%) SQL Server 2008
12 21 (0.200%) EDRMS
12 21 (0.200%) Big Data
12 21 (0.200%) Oracle BI EE
13 18 (0.171%) SAP BW
14 14 (0.133%) Data Mart
15 12 (0.114%) BusinessObjects
16 11 (0.105%) Oracle 11g
16 11 (0.105%) QlikView
17 9 (0.086%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 107 (1.019%) JIRA
2 31 (0.295%) Subversion
3 27 (0.257%) Team Foundation Server
4 22 (0.209%) Rational DOORS
5 19 (0.181%) Visual Studio
6 15 (0.143%) Basecamp
7 11 (0.105%) Selenium
8 10 (0.095%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.086%) Hudson
10 8 (0.076%) GitHub
11 7 (0.067%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.067%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.048%) JUnit
12 5 (0.048%) Git (software)
13 4 (0.038%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.038%) RequisitePro
14 3 (0.029%) Axure RP
14 3 (0.029%) FogBugz
15 2 (0.019%) Maven
16 1 (0.010%) LoadRunner
General
1 3370 (32.09%) Finance
2 1018 (9.692%) Retail
3 980 (9.331%) Banking
4 517 (4.922%) Marketing
5 441 (4.199%) Telecoms
6 339 (3.228%) Investment Banking
7 265 (2.523%) Front Office
8 252 (2.399%) Legal
9 242 (2.304%) Manufacturing
10 197 (1.876%) Advertising
11 194 (1.847%) Back Office
12 179 (1.704%) Publishing
13 178 (1.695%) Games
14 164 (1.561%) Law
15 117 (1.114%) Billing
16 102 (0.971%) German Language
17 98 (0.933%) French Language
18 80 (0.762%) Financial Institution
19 73 (0.695%) Pharmaceutical
20 69 (0.657%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 557 (5.303%) PMI
2 267 (2.542%) Management Information System
3 212 (2.018%) Computer Science
4 181 (1.723%) Mobile App
5 171 (1.628%) SaaS
6 161 (1.533%) Enterprise Software
7 146 (1.390%) Derivative
8 142 (1.352%) Digital Media
9 121 (1.152%) Credit Risk
10 118 (1.123%) FMCG
11 113 (1.076%) Social Media
12 98 (0.933%) Fixed Income
13 79 (0.752%) EPoS
14 78 (0.743%) Equities
15 72 (0.686%) Market Risk
16 70 (0.666%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 69 (0.657%) NHS
18 66 (0.628%) Client/Server
19 62 (0.590%) Open Source
20 60 (0.571%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 370 (3.523%) Windows
2 232 (2.209%) UNIX
3 215 (2.047%) Linux
4 75 (0.714%) Android
5 73 (0.695%) Apple iOS
6 61 (0.581%) AIX
7 52 (0.495%) Windows 7
8 40 (0.381%) Windows Server 2008
9 39 (0.371%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 31 (0.295%) Windows Server 2003
11 30 (0.286%) Solaris
12 15 (0.143%) Windows Server 2012
13 14 (0.133%) Windows XP
14 11 (0.105%) SUSE
15 8 (0.076%) Windows Phone
16 6 (0.057%) VMS
17 5 (0.048%) Windows Mobile
18 4 (0.038%) Windows 2000 Server
19 3 (0.029%) Mac OS X
20 2 (0.019%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6552 (62.38%) Project Management
2 4369 (41.60%) PRINCE2
3 1650 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 1525 (14.52%) Agile Software Development
5 1273 (12.12%) Scrum
6 1173 (11.17%) E-Commerce
7 859 (8.179%) Project Planning
8 815 (7.760%) Change Management
9 721 (6.865%) Waterfall
10 647 (6.160%) ITIL
11 615 (5.855%) Business Analysis
12 575 (5.475%) Risk Management
13 523 (4.980%) ERP
14 520 (4.951%) PRINCE
15 510 (4.856%) Programme Management
16 505 (4.808%) Change Control
17 458 (4.361%) CRM
18 432 (4.113%) Business Intelligence
19 390 (3.713%) Migration
20 327 (3.113%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 550 (5.237%) Java
2 356 (3.390%) SQL
3 295 (2.809%) C#
4 151 (1.438%) JavaScript
5 129 (1.228%) C
6 117 (1.114%) PHP
7 85 (0.809%) C++
8 31 (0.295%) Perl
8 31 (0.295%) VB
9 27 (0.257%) Python
10 24 (0.229%) PL/SQL
11 19 (0.181%) Ruby
12 18 (0.171%) VB.NET
13 16 (0.152%) VB6
14 10 (0.095%) ABAP
15 9 (0.086%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.067%) ActionScript
16 7 (0.067%) Objective-C
17 5 (0.048%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.048%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1342 (12.78%) Degree
2 1053 (10.03%) PMI Certification
3 978 (9.312%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 667 (6.351%) PMP
5 572 (5.446%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 208 (1.980%) Security Cleared
7 131 (1.247%) SC Cleared
8 96 (0.914%) ITIL Certification
9 74 (0.705%) APMP
10 64 (0.609%) ISEB
11 33 (0.314%) Microsoft Certification
12 31 (0.295%) MBA
13 22 (0.209%) CIMA
14 21 (0.200%) DV Cleared
15 20 (0.190%) MCITP
16 19 (0.181%) CISSP
17 18 (0.171%) Cisco Certification
18 15 (0.143%) MCSE
18 15 (0.143%) ACCA
19 12 (0.114%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 479 (4.561%) QA
2 87 (0.828%) ISO 9001
3 67 (0.638%) SLA
4 50 (0.476%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (0.438%) Basel III
6 22 (0.209%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 19 (0.181%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.152%) COBIT
9 15 (0.143%) FATCA
10 9 (0.086%) ISO 9000
10 9 (0.086%) Basel II
11 6 (0.057%) GMP
12 5 (0.048%) MiFID
12 5 (0.048%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.048%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.029%) GxP
13 3 (0.029%) TickIT
13 3 (0.029%) BS7799
13 3 (0.029%) WAI
14 2 (0.019%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 119 (1.133%) VMware Infrastructure
2 107 (1.019%) Active Directory
3 29 (0.276%) Hyper-V
4 16 (0.152%) vSphere
5 11 (0.105%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (0.086%) XenApp
7 7 (0.067%) Terminal Services
7 7 (0.067%) XenServer
8 3 (0.029%) VMware Server
8 3 (0.029%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.019%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.019%) Xen
9 2 (0.019%) VMware ESX
10 1 (0.010%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 32 (0.305%) Control-M
2 22 (0.209%) HP Quality Center
3 16 (0.152%) Puppet
3 16 (0.152%) Tivoli
4 10 (0.095%) SCCM
5 8 (0.076%) Cisco UCCX
6 7 (0.067%) Cisco IPCC
7 6 (0.057%) Oracle Identity Management
7 6 (0.057%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (0.057%) BMC PATROL
8 5 (0.048%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.038%) Cisco UCCE
9 4 (0.038%) SCOM
10 2 (0.019%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 2 (0.019%) Splunk
10 2 (0.019%) Oracle Identity Manager
10 2 (0.019%) WSUS
10 2 (0.019%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.010%) Netcool
11 1 (0.010%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 1091 (10.39%) Microsoft
2 604 (5.751%) Oracle
3 555 (5.284%) SAP
4 231 (2.199%) Cisco
5 223 (2.123%) VMware
6 131 (1.247%) Citrix
7 99 (0.943%) IBM
8 92 (0.876%) Salesforce.com
9 87 (0.828%) HP
10 65 (0.619%) Siebel
11 64 (0.609%) EMC
12 56 (0.533%) Cognos
13 49 (0.467%) Sitecore
14 47 (0.447%) Sage
15 45 (0.428%) PeopleSoft
16 42 (0.400%) JD Edwards
16 42 (0.400%) Avaya
17 40 (0.381%) Business Objects
18 39 (0.371%) Red Hat
18 39 (0.371%) Google
Manchester, Lancashire
An excellent Project Management position has arisen within a large and established organisation based in the North West, commutable from Lancashire and Cheshire with excellent motorway access... Prince...
Robert Walters
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Norwich
Prince2, Agile etc.Participates in day-to-day management of stakeholders and clients through the project life-cycleHas some experience of Business Analysis as part of the wider...
I4 Rec
Salary: £37.5k - 45k per year + bonus, package
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Prince2, Agile etc.Participates in day-to-day management of stakeholders and clients through the project life-cycleHas some experience of Business Analysis as part of the wider...
I4 Rec
Salary: £37.5k - 45k per year + bonus, package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Leading Logistics Company has an opportunity for an experienced project manager to join their team.The role is responsible for applying Project Management knowledge, skills, tools and techniques...
IT Retail People Ltd
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum 15% Bonus, Health, Car, Pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
Swindon, South West
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in Project Management with a good understanding of a project management methodology such as Prince 2 or similar e...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £40000.00 - £47500.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Focus IT Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Norwich, Norfolk
I4 Recruitment
Salary: £37.5k - 45k per year + bonus, package
Posted: 17 June 2013
South East London
I4 Recruitment
Salary: £37.5k - 45k per year + bonus, package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Surrey, South East
High Finance Group
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP45000 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
England
eChoice Consulting
Salary: £40k - 50k per year + car allowance + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + Bonus up to 20%
Posted: 23 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Integrity IT Solutions
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum Excellent
Posted: 14 June 2013
Chertsey, Surrey
The Source
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum plus car allowance and excellent ben
Posted: 17 June 2013
Central London / West End
The Source
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum plus car allowance and excellent ben
Posted: 18 June 2013
North London
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Competivite Salary - Negoitbale on application
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Annapurna HR
Posted: 28 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Mint
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Leicestershire
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
West Sussex
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 Per Annum Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Transport For London (TFL)
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 4 June 2013
West Midlands
Michael Page International
Salary: GBP50000 to GBP55000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Winchester, Hampshire
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Car allowance
Posted: 17 June 2013
Woking, Surrey
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Hudson IT London
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 June 2013
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