The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Project Manager
Rank 701 756 733
Rank change year-on-year
+55 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 157 140 138
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.146% 0.116% 0.112%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.154% 0.122% 0.119%
Number of salaries quoted 135 128 112
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -1.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £38,300 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,900 £82,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-4.44% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Software Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Software Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Software Project Manager Salary Trend

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Project Manager over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Software Project Manager Salary Histogram

Software 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 Software Project Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 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
England +38 145 £47,500 -
London +32 41 £50,000 -13.04%
South East -5 30 £55,000 +22.22%
East of England +5 19 £42,000 -6.66%
North West +5 17 £35,500 -32.38%
Manchester -11 16 £35,500 -17.68%
West Midlands -10 12 £43,000 -3.91%
City of London +10 11 £50,000 -13.04%
Hertfordshire +14 10 £42,500 -15.00%
Scotland - 10 £42,500 -
Surrey +9 9 £57,500 +4.54%
South West 0 9 £47,500 +5.55%
Yorkshire -14 9 £41,000 -3.52%
East Midlands +5 8 £44,000 -4.86%
Bristol -3 8 £48,750 +8.33%
Hampshire +7 7 £65,000 +64.55%
Cambridgeshire +1 7 £41,500 -7.77%
Staffordshire -1 7 £41,500 -
Edinburgh - 7 £51,000 -
Redhill +11 6 £57,500 -4.16%
Leicestershire -3 6 £44,000 -
Altrincham - 6 £42,500 -
Oxfordshire - 6 £47,500 -
Berkshire +12 5 £45,000 +50.00%
Southampton - 5 £65,000 -
North Yorkshire - 5 £39,500 -
West Yorkshire -1 4 £41,000 -3.52%
Cannock - 4 £43,000 -
York - 4 £44,750 -
Leicester +1 3 £40,000 -

Software Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Project Manager in their job title.

1 232 (69.46%) Project Management
2 174 (52.10%) PRINCE2
3 110 (32.93%) Finance
4 85 (25.45%) Scrum
5 77 (23.05%) Agile Software Development
6 70 (20.96%) Waterfall
7 61 (18.26%) MS Project
8 59 (17.66%) Degree
9 52 (15.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 43 (12.87%) .NET
11 40 (11.98%) Microsoft
12 37 (11.08%) MS Excel
13 36 (10.78%) QA
13 36 (10.78%) Programme Management
14 35 (10.48%) PMI Certification
15 32 (9.581%) MS Office
16 25 (7.485%) Java
17 24 (7.186%) E-Commerce
17 24 (7.186%) PMP
18 21 (6.287%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 21 (6.287%) C#
19 20 (5.988%) Risk Management
19 20 (5.988%) Retail
20 19 (5.689%) Business Analysis
21 18 (5.389%) SharePoint
21 18 (5.389%) SaaS
22 17 (5.090%) Marketing
22 17 (5.090%) Software Testing
22 17 (5.090%) PMI
22 17 (5.090%) PRINCE2 Certification

Software Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 43 (12.87%) .NET
2 9 (2.695%) ASP.NET
3 8 (2.395%) Web Services
4 7 (2.096%) J2EE
4 7 (2.096%) .NET Framework
5 6 (1.796%) XML
6 3 (0.898%) HTML
7 2 (0.599%) CSS
8 1 (0.299%) WCF
8 1 (0.299%) HTML5
8 1 (0.299%) ASP
8 1 (0.299%) COM
8 1 (0.299%) XSLT
8 1 (0.299%) XHTML
8 1 (0.299%) EDI
8 1 (0.299%) LAMP
8 1 (0.299%) Spring
8 1 (0.299%) Ajax
8 1 (0.299%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 18 (5.389%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.796%) Magento
3 4 (1.198%) CMS
3 4 (1.198%) Drupal
4 3 (0.898%) Joomla!
5 2 (0.599%) Documentum
5 2 (0.599%) ColdFusion
5 2 (0.599%) FileNet
6 1 (0.299%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.299%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.299%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 61 (18.26%) MS Project
2 37 (11.08%) MS Excel
3 32 (9.581%) MS Office
4 9 (2.695%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.198%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.299%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.898%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (0.898%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (0.599%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.299%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.299%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.395%) Intranet
2 3 (0.898%) Extranet
3 2 (0.599%) BSS
3 2 (0.599%) Internet
3 2 (0.599%) Broadband
4 1 (0.299%) HTTP
4 1 (0.299%) LDAP
4 1 (0.299%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.796%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.898%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (0.898%) EDMS
2 3 (0.898%) MySQL
3 2 (0.599%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.299%) OLTP
4 1 (0.299%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.299%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (2.994%) JIRA
2 7 (2.096%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.796%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (1.796%) Hudson
4 4 (1.198%) Subversion
4 4 (1.198%) Git (software)
General
1 110 (32.93%) Finance
2 20 (5.988%) Retail
3 17 (5.090%) Marketing
4 9 (2.695%) Telecoms
5 6 (1.796%) Manufacturing
5 6 (1.796%) Advertising
5 6 (1.796%) Publishing
5 6 (1.796%) Games
5 6 (1.796%) Music
5 6 (1.796%) Banking
6 5 (1.497%) Electronics
7 3 (0.898%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (0.898%) Military
7 3 (0.898%) Legal
7 3 (0.898%) Music Industry
7 3 (0.898%) Investment Banking
7 3 (0.898%) French Language
7 3 (0.898%) German Language
8 2 (0.599%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.299%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.389%) SaaS
2 17 (5.090%) PMI
3 12 (3.593%) Computer Science
4 9 (2.695%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.096%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (1.796%) Wiki
6 6 (1.796%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.198%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.198%) Social Media
8 3 (0.898%) Open Source
8 3 (0.898%) EPoS
8 3 (0.898%) DTV
8 3 (0.898%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.599%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.599%) IPTV
9 2 (0.599%) Mathematics
10 1 (0.299%) Physics
10 1 (0.299%) Biotechnology
10 1 (0.299%) Data Integration
10 1 (0.299%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.695%) Windows
2 7 (2.096%) Linux
3 1 (0.299%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (69.46%) Project Management
2 174 (52.10%) PRINCE2
3 85 (25.45%) Scrum
4 77 (23.05%) Agile Software Development
5 70 (20.96%) Waterfall
6 52 (15.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (10.78%) Programme Management
8 24 (7.186%) E-Commerce
9 20 (5.988%) Risk Management
10 19 (5.689%) Business Analysis
11 17 (5.090%) Software Testing
12 15 (4.491%) Service Delivery
12 15 (4.491%) ITIL
13 14 (4.192%) Project Planning
14 13 (3.892%) Analytics
15 12 (3.593%) Resource Management
15 12 (3.593%) Software Engineering
16 11 (3.293%) Performance Management
16 11 (3.293%) PRINCE
16 11 (3.293%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.485%) Java
2 21 (6.287%) C#
3 14 (4.192%) SQL
4 13 (3.892%) C++
4 13 (3.892%) C
5 8 (2.395%) Python
5 8 (2.395%) Perl
6 4 (1.198%) PHP
6 4 (1.198%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.898%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.599%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.299%) Tcl
9 1 (0.299%) Delphi
9 1 (0.299%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 59 (17.66%) Degree
2 35 (10.48%) PMI Certification
3 24 (7.186%) PMP
4 21 (6.287%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 17 (5.090%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 8 (2.395%) APMP
7 6 (1.796%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.497%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.599%) PhD
10 1 (0.299%) ISEB
10 1 (0.299%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.78%) QA
2 8 (2.395%) SLA
3 1 (0.299%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 40 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.395%) Oracle
3 6 (1.796%) ATG
3 6 (1.796%) hybris
4 5 (1.497%) SAP
5 3 (0.898%) HP
5 3 (0.898%) Google
6 2 (0.599%) Avaya
6 2 (0.599%) Genesys
6 2 (0.599%) IBM
6 2 (0.599%) Sybase
6 2 (0.599%) Omniture
6 2 (0.599%) Facebook
7 1 (0.299%) Twitter
7 1 (0.299%) Demandware
7 1 (0.299%) Intel
7 1 (0.299%) Adobe
7 1 (0.299%) Niku
7 1 (0.299%) Metastorm
7 1 (0.299%) Pega
Bury St. Edmunds, East Anglia
My clients, based in Bury St.Edmunds, are looking to bring on an experienced Software Project Manager to help steer them through an exciting period of growth. The...
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
City, London
Based in Central London my client is a well respected and regarded player in the music production world. They produce music for over 250 global broadcasters, distributers, record...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £42000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Based in Central London my client is a well respected and regarded player in the music production world. They produce music for over 250 global broadcasters, distributers, record...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £42000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Experience of leading teams of at least 8 software developers - Remote management of software teams - Ideally an IT related degree - Software Developer experience , before you moved into a...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £55k +
Posted: 14 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Software Project Manager with extensive experience of software project management, requirements gathering and software implementation or package solutions is required by a leading software company based in south...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
South West London
You’ll be tasked with full Project Management responsibilities and must have the following skills / experience - 5 years Software Project Management experience... Our client will require you to...
Focus Select Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, North West
You will have a good foundation knowledge of project management skills, including methodologies processes and tools, and any knowledge of Microsoft Project or Prince 2 would be useful.
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £31000 - £40000 per annum + bens + flexitime
Posted: 29 April 2013
Redhill, Surrey
Software Project Manager with extensive experience of software project management, requirements gathering and software implementation or package solutions is required by a leading software company based in Redhill...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
They have an excellent working environment where people regularly stay later than needed due to the exciting projects they are working on (although this is not expected.) As...
Hudson
Salary: £37000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Shares
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
To be considered the Project Manager must have significant IT Project Management experience preferably within an ITIL enterprise scale environment... Any candidates with PMP or Prince 2 experience...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
Applications are sought from experienced Project Managers with a Degree or equivalent in Computer Science or similar and a project management qualification... + Prince 2 / Prince2 + Large project experience...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Extensive experience as a SCRUM master... Scrum Master Certified would be useful... + As the client work with some government organisations, the ability to gain SC clearance would be...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
e) Continuous improvement of Project Management and delivery process and procedures... j) Quality assurance of final project deliverables... c) Critical thinking and problem solving... DESIRABLE SKILLS / EXPERIENCE: a)...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 40000 - 45000
Posted: 14 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
This role exists within an established provider of B2B Systems Integration services to their UK customer base... Working within this highly competitive B2B vertical it is essential that...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 50,000 + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
UK
As the Software Business Analyst with Project Management skills you will be required to work in the hybrid capacity, so versatility and a comprehensive skillset is a must...
Crimson Ltd
Salary: £4000 - £42001 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Chertsey, South East
Must be able and willing to travel within Europe and elsewhere when required Resilience, ability to work under pressure and a good sense of humour Good client facing...
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 2 May 2013