Project Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Project Manager salary in the West Midlands is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 97 69
Rank change year-on-year +54 -28 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 340 217 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.70% 3.22% 4.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% 3.58% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 247 167 250
10th Percentile £37,004 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,500 £70,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,800 6,065 6,843
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 90.05% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,148 3,375 4,753
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,313 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Birmingham +32 149 £52,500 -8.70% 29
Staffordshire -9 42 £43,098 -25.05% 6
Warwickshire +60 29 £54,000 +5.37% 9
Shropshire +20 21 £46,500 - 4
Herefordshire +16 19 £35,000 -22.22% 2
Worcestershire -10 15 £53,500 +1.90% 9
Solihull +5 10 £47,500 -2.56% 3
Walsall +24 4 £47,500 -9.52%
Wolverhampton +12 4 £45,000 -10.80%
Coventry +23 1 £55,000 - 6
Dudley - 1 £53,500 -
Halesowen - 1 £38,000 - 1
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Project Manager 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 221 (65.00%) Project Management
2 157 (46.18%) Social Skills
3 118 (34.71%) Finance
4 97 (28.53%) PRINCE2
5 92 (27.06%) Degree
6 81 (23.82%) Agile
7 69 (20.29%) Project Delivery
8 58 (17.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (15.59%) Risk Management
10 47 (13.82%) Change Management
11 43 (12.65%) Security Cleared
11 43 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
12 40 (11.76%) PMO
13 36 (10.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 36 (10.59%) ERP
13 36 (10.59%) Budget Management
13 36 (10.59%) Customer Requirements
14 35 (10.29%) Microsoft
15 34 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
16 33 (9.71%) Waterfall
16 33 (9.71%) Retail
17 32 (9.41%) Mentoring
17 32 (9.41%) Resource Management
17 32 (9.41%) Influencing Skills
18 31 (9.12%) Organisational Skills
18 31 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
19 30 (8.82%) CRM
20 28 (8.24%) PMI Certification
20 28 (8.24%) Management Information System
20 28 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.18%) CMS
3 4 (1.18%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (0.59%) Alfresco
4 2 (0.59%) Captiva
4 2 (0.59%) Documentum
Applications
1 31 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (2.65%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.47%) Trello
7 3 (0.88%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.88%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.59%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Maximo
2 2 (0.59%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (7.35%) Azure
2 14 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (3.82%) Smartsheet
4 11 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.35%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.06%) Mavenlink
7 5 (1.47%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.47%) PowerApps
7 5 (1.47%) SaaS
8 4 (1.18%) Google Docs
8 4 (1.18%) Google Sheets
9 2 (0.59%) AWS
10 1 (0.29%) Discord
10 1 (0.29%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.29%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.47%) Intranet
2 3 (0.88%) Extranet
2 3 (0.88%) Internet
2 3 (0.88%) WebEx
3 2 (0.59%) 4G
3 2 (0.59%) 5G
3 2 (0.59%) Firewall
3 2 (0.59%) LAN
3 2 (0.59%) WAN
4 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.18%) Metadata
2 3 (0.88%) Power BI
3 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.59%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 11 (3.24%) JIRA
General
1 157 (46.18%) Social Skills
2 118 (34.71%) Finance
3 34 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.71%) Retail
5 32 (9.41%) Influencing Skills
6 31 (9.12%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (7.35%) Manufacturing
9 24 (7.06%) Public Sector
10 18 (5.29%) Games
11 17 (5.00%) Marketing
12 15 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (3.53%) Legal
13 12 (3.53%) Local Government
13 12 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (2.06%) Billing
14 7 (2.06%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.76%) Electronics
16 3 (0.88%) German Language
16 3 (0.88%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.65%) .NET
1 9 (2.65%) RESTful
1 9 (2.65%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.24%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (4.12%) Driving Licence
4 14 (4.12%) PMI
5 10 (2.94%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.18%) NHS
7 4 (1.18%) Photography
8 3 (0.88%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.88%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.29%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.29%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.29%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.29%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.29%) iPad
9 1 (0.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.47%) Windows
2 3 (0.88%) Android
2 3 (0.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (65.00%) Project Management
2 97 (28.53%) PRINCE2
3 81 (23.82%) Agile
4 69 (20.29%) Project Delivery
5 58 (17.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (15.59%) Risk Management
7 47 (13.82%) Change Management
8 43 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (10.59%) Budget Management
9 36 (10.59%) Customer Requirements
9 36 (10.59%) ERP
10 33 (9.71%) Waterfall
11 32 (9.41%) Mentoring
11 32 (9.41%) Resource Management
12 30 (8.82%) CRM
13 24 (7.06%) Programme Management
13 24 (7.06%) Resource Allocation
14 22 (6.47%) Customer Service
15 21 (6.18%) Systems Engineering
16 19 (5.59%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.65%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (27.06%) Degree
2 43 (12.65%) Security Cleared
3 36 (10.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 28 (8.24%) PMI Certification
5 20 (5.88%) PMP
6 19 (5.59%) SC Cleared
7 17 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (2.65%) HNC
9 6 (1.76%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.76%) MBA
10 5 (1.47%) CAPM
11 4 (1.18%) HND
11 4 (1.18%) RIBA
12 2 (0.59%) APMP
13 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.76%) PMO
2 1 (0.29%) GDPR
2 1 (0.29%) P3O
Vendors
1 35 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.76%) IFS
3 16 (4.71%) Workday
4 14 (4.12%) CheckPoint
5 12 (3.53%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.76%) Adobe
7 5 (1.47%) SAP
8 4 (1.18%) Google
9 3 (0.88%) Sage
10 2 (0.59%) EMC
11 1 (0.29%) Citrix
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle
11 1 (0.29%) Wrike