The first part of the 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 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Project Manager
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank423630
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Down-6
Matching permanent IT job ads609263755148
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK5.052 %5.199 %5.392 %
As % of the Job Titles category5.334 %5.518 %5.779 %
Number of salaries quoted525353244260
Average salary£55,000£55,000£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.76 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£38,500£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£77,500£82,500£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£50,000£47,500
% change year-on-year
-+5.26 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Project Manager
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

Project Manager
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Project Manager over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-55681£55,000-
LondonDown-63037£60,000-
South EastUp+31167£50,000-
City of LondonNo change0802£61,500-5.38 %
East of EnglandDown-26340£50,000-
SurreyUp+4288£53,500+7.00 %
YorkshireUp+9231£45,000+5.88 %
West MidlandsUp+5231£47,500+5.55 %
North WestDown-15224£40,000-5.88 %
BerkshireDown-21217£52,500-12.50 %
HampshireUp+27201£47,500+5.55 %
East MidlandsUp+18201£47,500+5.55 %
South WestDown-23177£45,000+0.55 %
ScotlandDown-6166£45,000-
West YorkshireUp+19165£42,500-5.55 %
ManchesterDown-16127£40,000-11.11 %
CambridgeshireDown-1113£50,000+4.16 %
HertfordshireDown-20109£55,000-
BuckinghamshireNo change0108£50,000-
LeedsUp+8100£41,500-7.77 %
EdinburghUp+194£44,500-11.00 %
West SussexDown-1492£50,000-
BirminghamUp+1091£45,000-5.26 %
NottinghamshireUp+2090£45,000+0.55 %
NottinghamUp+1583£45,000+0.55 %
WalesUp+2075£45,000-2.70 %
SouthamptonUp+371£44,000-2.22 %
OxfordshireUp+1270£40,000-15.78 %
ReadingDown-1270£55,000-
South WalesUp+1668£45,000-

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

16887 (57.35 %)Project Management
24624 (38.50 %)PRINCE2
34194 (34.92 %)Finance
41620 (13.49 %)Stakeholder Management
51520 (12.66 %)Agile Software Development
61325 (11.03 %)Banking
71258 (10.48 %)Scrum
81223 (10.18 %)Microsoft
91215 (10.12 %)Degree
101213 (10.10 %)E-Commerce
111165 (9.701 %)PMI Certification
121094 (9.110 %)Retail
131086 (9.043 %)PRINCE2 Certification
14868 (7.228 %)MS Project
15851 (7.086 %)Java
16829 (6.903 %).NET
17809 (6.737 %)PMP
18806 (6.712 %)Change Management
19803 (6.687 %)Oracle
20802 (6.678 %)MS Excel
21801 (6.670 %)Risk Management
22697 (5.804 %)Project Planning
23662 (5.513 %)Business Analysis
24639 (5.321 %)ITIL
25638 (5.313 %)PRINCE
26637 (5.304 %)ERP
27613 (5.105 %)Telecoms
28600 (4.996 %)Marketing
29589 (4.905 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
30570 (4.746 %)CRM

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1829 (6.903 %).NET
2287 (2.390 %)J2EE
3222 (1.849 %)HTML
4167 (1.391 %)XML
5154 (1.282 %)CSS
6130 (1.083 %)ASP.NET
7112 (0.933 %)WebSphere
8100 (0.833 %)Web Services
983 (0.691 %)Middleware
1068 (0.566 %).NET Framework
1163 (0.525 %)Flash
1259 (0.491 %)jQuery
1356 (0.466 %)EDI
1433 (0.275 %)LAMP
1532 (0.266 %)Ajax
1630 (0.250 %)Velocity
1630 (0.250 %)XSLT
1729 (0.241 %)ASP
1828 (0.233 %)Oracle Fusion
1925 (0.208 %)XHTML
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1335 (2.790 %)SharePoint
2199 (1.657 %)CMS
378 (0.650 %)MS Exchange
460 (0.500 %)Drupal
551 (0.425 %)IIS
649 (0.408 %)MQSeries
737 (0.308 %)BizTalk Server
835 (0.291 %)SharePoint Server
835 (0.291 %)SharePoint 2010
933 (0.275 %)Exchange Server 2010
1029 (0.241 %)Confluence
1128 (0.233 %)Office Project Server
1128 (0.233 %)Apache
1226 (0.217 %)WebLogic
1323 (0.192 %)Commerce Server
1422 (0.183 %)Tomcat
1520 (0.167 %)Umbraco
1619 (0.158 %)SAS
1718 (0.150 %)Magento
1817 (0.142 %)Sitecore CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1868 (7.228 %)MS Project
2802 (6.678 %)MS Excel
3396 (3.298 %)MS Office
4372 (3.098 %)MS Visio
5144 (1.199 %)MS PowerPoint
631 (0.258 %)Photoshop
727 (0.225 %)Spreadsheet
813 (0.108 %)Google Apps
97 (0.058 %)Office 365
105 (0.042 %)Adobe Illustrator
114 (0.033 %)InfoPath
114 (0.033 %)Acrobat
123 (0.025 %)AutoCAD
132 (0.017 %)Open Workbench
132 (0.017 %)Mingle
141 (0.008 %)InDesign
141 (0.008 %)OmniGraffle
141 (0.008 %)QuarkXPress
141 (0.008 %)Fireworks
141 (0.008 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1153 (1.274 %)Oracle EBS
2136 (1.132 %)Dynamics CRM
399 (0.824 %)Oracle ERP
491 (0.758 %)Dynamics AX
584 (0.699 %)Oracle EBS R12
645 (0.375 %)Dynamics NAV
739 (0.325 %)SAP HR
838 (0.316 %)SAP ERP
838 (0.316 %)SAP Oil and Gas
935 (0.291 %)Oracle Applications
1024 (0.200 %)SAP R/3
1120 (0.167 %)HFM
1218 (0.150 %)Agresso
1317 (0.142 %)Oracle BPM
1416 (0.133 %)Endur
1416 (0.133 %)SAP Business One
1515 (0.125 %)SAP CO
1515 (0.125 %)SAP FI
1515 (0.125 %)SAP SD
1515 (0.125 %)Oracle Financials
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1365 (3.039 %)Internet
2329 (2.740 %)WAN
3227 (1.890 %)LAN
4182 (1.516 %)SAN
5140 (1.166 %)Intranet
662 (0.516 %)Firewall
761 (0.508 %)Wireless
856 (0.466 %)HTTP
951 (0.425 %)Extranet
1047 (0.391 %)VoIP
1143 (0.358 %)MPLS
1239 (0.325 %)BSS
1335 (0.291 %)Broadband
1432 (0.266 %)Unified Communications
1530 (0.250 %)IP Telephony
1627 (0.225 %)NAS
1627 (0.225 %)3G
1726 (0.217 %)TCP/IP
1824 (0.200 %)VPN
1824 (0.200 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1283 (2.357 %)SQL Server
2204 (1.699 %)Data Warehouse
367 (0.558 %)ETL
448 (0.400 %)MySQL
540 (0.333 %)Oracle Reports
636 (0.300 %)Oracle 8/8i
735 (0.291 %)Oracle BI EE
829 (0.241 %)RDBMS
829 (0.241 %)Oracle 10g
925 (0.208 %)SAP BW
925 (0.208 %)DB2
1022 (0.183 %)MS Access
1022 (0.183 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1120 (0.167 %)Data Mining
1219 (0.158 %)SQL Server 2008
1318 (0.150 %)QlikView
1417 (0.142 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1417 (0.142 %)OLTP
1515 (0.125 %)Oracle 11g
1612 (0.100 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
176 (0.633 %)JIRA
225 (0.208 %)Team Foundation Server
225 (0.208 %)Synon
324 (0.200 %)QuickTest Pro
416 (0.133 %)LoadRunner
514 (0.117 %)Visual Studio
514 (0.117 %)Subversion
611 (0.092 %)Eclipse
78 (0.067 %)Dreamweaver
78 (0.067 %)NetBeans
87 (0.058 %)RequisitePro
96 (0.050 %)Introscope
96 (0.050 %)WinRunner
96 (0.050 %)Hudson
105 (0.042 %)Ant
105 (0.042 %)Rational Rose
105 (0.042 %)NUnit
114 (0.033 %)ERwin
114 (0.033 %)Oracle APEX
114 (0.033 %)Axure RP
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14194 (34.92 %)Finance
21325 (11.03 %)Banking
31094 (9.110 %)Retail
4613 (5.105 %)Telecoms
5600 (4.996 %)Marketing
6403 (3.356 %)Investment Banking
7356 (2.964 %)Back Office
8237 (1.974 %)Front Office
9214 (1.782 %)Publishing
10213 (1.774 %)Games
11212 (1.765 %)Legal
11212 (1.765 %)Manufacturing
12206 (1.715 %)Advertising
13175 (1.457 %)Law
14120 (0.999 %)Financial Institution
15116 (0.966 %)Retail Banking
16105 (0.874 %)Automotive
1789 (0.741 %)Billing
1883 (0.691 %)French Language
1968 (0.566 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1561 (4.671 %)PMI
2216 (1.799 %)Social Media
3211 (1.757 %)Management Information System
4169 (1.407 %)Derivative
5132 (1.099 %)FMCG
6128 (1.066 %)Digital Media
7127 (1.058 %)Computer Science
8125 (1.041 %)SaaS
9121 (1.008 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
10105 (0.874 %)New Media
11101 (0.841 %)Credit Risk
1288 (0.733 %)Hedge funds
1384 (0.699 %)SWIFT
1483 (0.691 %)EPoS
1483 (0.691 %)Fixed Income
1572 (0.600 %)Online Games
1662 (0.516 %)Cloud Computing
1760 (0.500 %)Online Banking
1858 (0.483 %)Equities
1955 (0.458 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1442 (3.681 %)Windows
2250 (2.082 %)UNIX
3160 (1.332 %)Linux
4111 (0.924 %)Windows 7
564 (0.533 %)Windows Server 2008
654 (0.450 %)Solaris
752 (0.433 %)AIX
843 (0.358 %)Windows Server 2003
942 (0.350 %)Android
1033 (0.275 %)Apple iOS
1125 (0.208 %)Windows XP
1224 (0.200 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1315 (0.125 %)SUSE
1410 (0.083 %)Windows NT
158 (0.067 %)Windows 2000 Server
167 (0.058 %)HPUX
175 (0.042 %)Windows Mobile
183 (0.025 %)Windows 2000
183 (0.025 %)Oracle Linux
192 (0.017 %)Mac OS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16887 (57.35 %)Project Management
24624 (38.50 %)PRINCE2
31620 (13.49 %)Stakeholder Management
41520 (12.66 %)Agile Software Development
51258 (10.48 %)Scrum
61213 (10.10 %)E-Commerce
7806 (6.712 %)Change Management
8801 (6.670 %)Risk Management
9697 (5.804 %)Project Planning
10662 (5.513 %)Business Analysis
11639 (5.321 %)ITIL
12638 (5.313 %)PRINCE
13637 (5.304 %)ERP
14570 (4.746 %)CRM
15554 (4.613 %)Waterfall
16473 (3.939 %)Programme Management
17419 (3.489 %)Change Control
18409 (3.406 %)Business Intelligence
19403 (3.356 %)Migration
20351 (2.923 %)Service Delivery
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1851 (7.086 %)Java
2426 (3.547 %)SQL
3346 (2.881 %)C#
4189 (1.574 %)C++
5165 (1.374 %)PHP
6139 (1.157 %)JavaScript
7117 (0.974 %)C
868 (0.566 %)Python
958 (0.483 %)VB
1048 (0.400 %)PL/SQL
1145 (0.375 %)T-SQL
1242 (0.350 %)Perl
1330 (0.250 %)VB.NET
1425 (0.208 %)Shell Script
1425 (0.208 %)Ruby
1524 (0.200 %)RPG
1613 (0.108 %)Objective-C
1710 (0.083 %)VBA
1710 (0.083 %)Delphi
188 (0.067 %)R
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11215 (10.12 %)Degree
21165 (9.701 %)PMI Certification
31086 (9.043 %)PRINCE2 Certification
4809 (6.737 %)PMP
5589 (4.905 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
6210 (1.749 %)Security Cleared
7145 (1.207 %)ITIL Certification
8132 (1.099 %)ISEB
8132 (1.099 %)APMP
959 (0.491 %)SC Cleared
1041 (0.341 %)MBA
1140 (0.333 %)DV Cleared
1238 (0.316 %)Microsoft Certification
1323 (0.192 %)Cisco Certification
1422 (0.183 %)CIMA
1422 (0.183 %)ACCA
1519 (0.158 %)MCSE
1519 (0.158 %)MAPM
1618 (0.150 %)HNC
1717 (0.142 %)ISEB Practitioner
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1433 (3.606 %)QA
2100 (0.833 %)Solvency II
389 (0.741 %)Basel II
469 (0.575 %)ISO 9001
551 (0.425 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
650 (0.416 %)Basel III
748 (0.400 %)SLA
826 (0.217 %)ISO/IEC 27001
917 (0.142 %)COBIT
917 (0.142 %)PCI DSS
1015 (0.125 %)ISO 9000
1114 (0.117 %)Data Quality
128 (0.067 %)TickIT
135 (0.042 %)MiFID
144 (0.033 %)WCAG
153 (0.025 %)CDISC
153 (0.025 %)ISO 14001
153 (0.025 %)FATCA
153 (0.025 %)IEC 61508
153 (0.025 %)DO-178B
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1171 (1.424 %)VMware Infrastructure
2115 (0.958 %)Active Directory
334 (0.283 %)Hyper-V
424 (0.200 %)vSphere
523 (0.192 %)VMware ESX
622 (0.183 %)Xen
718 (0.150 %)XenApp
85 (0.042 %)XenDesktop
93 (0.025 %)VMware Server
93 (0.025 %)XenServer
93 (0.025 %)Terminal Services
102 (0.017 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
131 (0.258 %)Tivoli
223 (0.192 %)OpenView
321 (0.175 %)BMC PATROL
419 (0.158 %)HP Quality Center
510 (0.083 %)SCOM
69 (0.075 %)SCCM
75 (0.042 %)Norton AntiVirus
75 (0.042 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
84 (0.033 %)Puppet
93 (0.025 %)Cisco IPCC
102 (0.017 %)Netcool
102 (0.017 %)HP SIM
111 (0.008 %)Ionix
111 (0.008 %)ChangeBASE
111 (0.008 %)AppDNA
111 (0.008 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
111 (0.008 %)NetBackup
111 (0.008 %)WMI
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11223 (10.18 %)Microsoft
2803 (6.687 %)Oracle
3555 (4.622 %)SAP
4309 (2.573 %)VMware
5273 (2.273 %)Cisco
6175 (1.457 %)HP
7162 (1.349 %)Citrix
8103 (0.858 %)Siebel
994 (0.783 %)IBM
1085 (0.708 %)TIBCO
1182 (0.683 %)EMC
1259 (0.491 %)Sun
1353 (0.441 %)NetApp
1449 (0.408 %)Adobe
1546 (0.383 %)Google
1546 (0.383 %)Facebook
1645 (0.375 %)JD Edwards
1739 (0.325 %)Informatica
1838 (0.316 %)Sage
1838 (0.316 %)Business Objects