The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. 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 23 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 advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 50 37 41
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 236 229 176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.712% 5.044% 4.168%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.911% 5.261% 4.353%
Number of salaries quoted 199 195 151
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £36,150
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4806 4353 4043
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.97% 95.88% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3989 3821 3443
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Project Manager
England

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Project Manager Salary Trend

Project Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Project Manager across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands Project Manager Salary Histogram

Project Manager
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Birmingham -24 63 £52,500 +16.66%
Warwickshire +11 46 £53,750 +13.15%
Staffordshire +23 45 £43,000 -1.14%
Coventry -19 22 £52,500 -6.66%
Solihull - 8 £41,750 -
Worcestershire +12 7 £40,000 +5.26%
Dudley +7 4 £41,500 -
Shropshire -7 4 £45,000 -
Wolverhampton -1 1 £37,500 -
Walsall -17 1 £39,000 -13.33%
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £41,000 -
Project Manager
England

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

1 314 (66.24%) Project Management
2 247 (52.11%) PRINCE2
3 149 (31.43%) Finance
4 99 (20.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (10.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 51 (10.76%) Retail
5 51 (10.76%) Degree
6 49 (10.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 47 (9.916%) Microsoft
8 46 (9.705%) MS Project
9 45 (9.494%) SAP
10 41 (8.650%) ERP
11 39 (8.228%) Change Management
11 39 (8.228%) Agile Software Development
12 37 (7.806%) ITIL
13 36 (7.595%) Manufacturing
14 34 (7.173%) PRINCE
14 34 (7.173%) PMI Certification
15 29 (6.118%) E-Commerce
16 28 (5.907%) Risk Management
17 27 (5.696%) MS Excel
17 27 (5.696%) Project Planning
18 26 (5.485%) QA
18 26 (5.485%) Scrum
18 26 (5.485%) SaaS
19 23 (4.852%) Change Control
20 22 (4.641%) Business Analysis
21 21 (4.430%) Logistics
21 21 (4.430%) .NET
22 20 (4.219%) Service Management

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 21 (4.430%) .NET
2 4 (0.844%) Spring
2 4 (0.844%) J2EE
3 3 (0.633%) WCF
3 3 (0.633%) WPF
4 2 (0.422%) HTML5
4 2 (0.422%) CSS
4 2 (0.422%) XML
5 1 (0.211%) CGI
5 1 (0.211%) HTML
5 1 (0.211%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.211%) COM
5 1 (0.211%) Flash
5 1 (0.211%) Ajax
5 1 (0.211%) JSON
5 1 (0.211%) jQuery
5 1 (0.211%) LAMP
5 1 (0.211%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.211%) CSS3
5 1 (0.211%) Adobe AIR
Application Platforms
1 9 (1.899%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.266%) CMS
3 3 (0.633%) NetWeaver
4 2 (0.422%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.211%) IIS
5 1 (0.211%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (0.211%) ESB
5 1 (0.211%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.211%) Windows Azure
5 1 (0.211%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (0.211%) Drupal
Applications
1 46 (9.705%) MS Project
2 27 (5.696%) MS Excel
3 17 (3.586%) MS Office
4 15 (3.165%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.266%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (3.797%) Dynamics AX
2 8 (1.688%) SyteLine
3 6 (1.266%) Sage 1000
3 6 (1.266%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.633%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.422%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.422%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.422%) Agresso
6 1 (0.211%) Movex
6 1 (0.211%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.211%) Infor M3
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.688%) WAN
2 7 (1.477%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.055%) HTTP
3 5 (1.055%) LAN
4 4 (0.844%) Intranet
5 3 (0.633%) DMZ
6 2 (0.422%) NetScaler
6 2 (0.422%) Firewall
6 2 (0.422%) SAN
6 2 (0.422%) Internet
7 1 (0.211%) Wireless
7 1 (0.211%) MPLS
7 1 (0.211%) VoIP
7 1 (0.211%) VPN
7 1 (0.211%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.211%) PABX
7 1 (0.211%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.110%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.055%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.211%) DB2
3 1 (0.211%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.211%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.211%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.211%) Git (software)
General
1 149 (31.43%) Finance
2 51 (10.76%) Retail
3 36 (7.595%) Manufacturing
4 17 (3.586%) Automotive
5 12 (2.532%) Marketing
5 12 (2.532%) Banking
6 11 (2.321%) Legal
7 10 (2.110%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.266%) Games
9 5 (1.055%) Local Government
9 5 (1.055%) Publishing
9 5 (1.055%) Back Office
9 5 (1.055%) Billing
10 4 (0.844%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.633%) German Language
12 2 (0.422%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.211%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.211%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.211%) Dutch Language
13 1 (0.211%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.485%) SaaS
2 20 (4.219%) NHS
3 17 (3.586%) PMI
4 7 (1.477%) Mathematics
4 7 (1.477%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (1.477%) Social Media
5 6 (1.266%) Digital Media
5 6 (1.266%) EPoS
6 5 (1.055%) FMCG
7 4 (0.844%) Blog
8 3 (0.633%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.633%) e-Health
9 2 (0.422%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.422%) iPhone
9 2 (0.422%) Open Source
9 2 (0.422%) CMDB
9 2 (0.422%) N-Tier
10 1 (0.211%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.211%) CCTV
10 1 (0.211%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.110%) Windows
2 5 (1.055%) UNIX
3 4 (0.844%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.633%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.633%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.211%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (66.24%) Project Management
2 247 (52.11%) PRINCE2
3 99 (20.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (8.650%) ERP
5 39 (8.228%) Change Management
5 39 (8.228%) Agile Software Development
6 37 (7.806%) ITIL
7 34 (7.173%) PRINCE
8 29 (6.118%) E-Commerce
9 28 (5.907%) Risk Management
10 27 (5.696%) Project Planning
11 26 (5.485%) Scrum
12 23 (4.852%) Change Control
13 22 (4.641%) Business Analysis
14 21 (4.430%) Logistics
15 20 (4.219%) Service Management
15 20 (4.219%) Resource Management
15 20 (4.219%) Waterfall
16 18 (3.797%) Matrix Management
17 16 (3.376%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 17 (3.586%) Java
2 15 (3.165%) C
3 9 (1.899%) C#
4 8 (1.688%) SQL
5 3 (0.633%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.422%) VB
6 2 (0.422%) ABAP
6 2 (0.422%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.211%) C++
7 1 (0.211%) VB6
Qualifications
1 51 (10.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 51 (10.76%) Degree
2 49 (10.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 34 (7.173%) PMI Certification
4 18 (3.797%) PMP
5 9 (1.899%) CCNA
5 9 (1.899%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.477%) CCNP
7 6 (1.266%) APMP
8 4 (0.844%) Security Cleared
8 4 (0.844%) ISEB
8 4 (0.844%) ACCA
8 4 (0.844%) CIMA
9 3 (0.633%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.633%) MCSE
9 3 (0.633%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.422%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.211%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.485%) QA
2 8 (1.688%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (1.266%) SLA
4 2 (0.422%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.211%) BS7799
5 1 (0.211%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.211%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.211%) BS25999
System Software
1 6 (1.266%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.055%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 47 (9.916%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.494%) SAP
3 16 (3.376%) Salesforce.com
4 14 (2.954%) Cisco
4 14 (2.954%) Baan
4 14 (2.954%) JD Edwards
5 12 (2.532%) Oracle
6 11 (2.321%) Infor
7 9 (1.899%) CheckPoint
8 7 (1.477%) Juniper
9 6 (1.266%) Sage
10 5 (1.055%) Citrix
10 5 (1.055%) Epicor
10 5 (1.055%) PeopleSoft
10 5 (1.055%) VMware
11 4 (0.844%) Sybase
12 3 (0.633%) Facebook
13 2 (0.422%) F5
13 2 (0.422%) Fujitsu
13 2 (0.422%) Business Objects
West Midlands
We are currently looking to recruit an IT Project Manager for our client based in the West Midlands-This is an ideal role for someone who has strong...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP0 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Warwickshire
This role would suit a Project Manager with approx 2-5 years experience who is looking for a company where their career can be massively pushed forward with...
Consult Solutions
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The Digital Project Manager will be required to demonstrate full life cycle experiences within the digital sector covering all aspects of Project Management... - Be certified in Prince 2...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £55,000 to £75,000 per annum plus excellent benefits!
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Midlands
A new role to lead software/solution implementation projects across multiple clients UK wide (and internationally if the middle east is of interest to you)- This is an...
Michael Page International
Salary: GBP50000 to GBP55000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Warwickshire
This company plays a big part in the Financial services sector, working with well known clients and providing evolutionary products. You will ideally have a technical background and...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £55000 - £65000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Korus are currently working with one of the leading providers in customer focused managed services who have been established in the market place for over 15 years.Our...
Salary: £40000 - £42000 per annum + Car,Pension, Health care
Posted: 1 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
The Role Reporting to the Operations Director the candidate will be responsible for the management of project, implementation and maintenance of the project execution processes in accordance with...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 17 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
The company h as a strong internet presence in B2C and B2B... Ideal candidate: - Experience in IT - Experience with supply chain and warehouse management systems - Worked with Databases...
TechnoRecruit
Salary: From £35,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
We are currently looking to recruit an Infrastructure Project Manager for our client based in the West Midlands-This is an ideal role for someone who has a...
GSA Techsource
Salary: Negotiable DOE + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
West (North West, West Midlands & Wales)
Certifications in APMP, BPMG, PRINCE2... Strong familiarity with project management software, such as MS Project. Familiar with programming languages, including C#.Net, Java, VB. Database and operating systems...
Centrica
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 (depending on experience)
Posted: 23 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Senior Project Manager - Software Delivery - PRINCE2 - Global Software House... PRINCE2 Practitioner or significant experience with PRINCE2. Desirable: ITIL experience. Technical understanding of database structures (ideally data warehousing and...
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + Car + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Staffordshire
Infrastructure Project Manager (NHS) required by Staffordshire based NHS Trust to effectively project and technically manage the delivery of a single and simplified network infrastructure into the Trust ...
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Warwickshire
Use project tools based primarily on PRINCE 2 methodologies Relevant Skills and Behaviours for the Project Manager role: Familiar with the MS Suite of products... Advantageous to have...
Robert Walters
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Package up to £45k plus car, fuel, smartphone, laptop... If from a software house, they should have documented Microsoft certification in at least one application area in AX...
Rapport Group
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Walsall, West Midlands (County)
Experience required: *Overseeing customer projects *The development of client relationships *Technical understanding - software systems *Business Process Management *Change management *Business process reviews *Managing the software implementation process *Strong...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + 10% bonus, pension, 25 days hol
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
To be considered for this role you will need to have a HR and Payroll system background, a demonstrable experience of Process Analysis / Business Analysis and a strong...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
Team Lead (Enterprise Application Integration) Walsgrave, Coventry £attractive As Team Lead (Enterprise Application Integration), you will ensure that integration components, within the Central/Channels portfolio of IT projects...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Warwickshire and West Midlands
A leading financials organisation based in Warwickshire and the West Midlands are looking for Project Managers to work within an exciting environment, providing strategic products to the market...
Jumar Solutions
Salary: Market rate depending upon experience
Posted: 10 May 2013