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 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 94 67
Rank change year-on-year +53 -27 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 343 218 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.72% 3.32% 4.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.01% 3.68% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 250 171 249
10th Percentile £37,376 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
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 6,846 5,918 6,926
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 90.23% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,177 3,357 4,791
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,117 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +29 151 £52,500 -8.70% 33
Staffordshire -20 42 £43,098 -21.64% 12
Warwickshire +51 29 £54,000 +5.37% 12
Shropshire +15 21 £46,500 - 3
Herefordshire +14 19 £35,000 -24.32% 1
Worcestershire -8 15 £53,500 +1.90% 8
Solihull +7 11 £47,500 -2.56% 4
Walsall +21 4 £47,500 -9.52%
Wolverhampton +8 4 £45,000 -25.99%
Coventry +24 1 £55,000 -4.35% 9
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 6 May 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.

1 224 (65.31%) Project Management
2 158 (46.06%) Social Skills
3 116 (33.82%) Finance
4 98 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 91 (26.53%) Degree
6 85 (24.78%) Agile
7 69 (20.12%) Project Delivery
8 59 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (15.45%) Risk Management
10 47 (13.70%) Change Management
11 46 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
12 43 (12.54%) Security Cleared
13 40 (11.66%) PMO
14 37 (10.79%) Waterfall
15 36 (10.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 36 (10.50%) ERP
15 36 (10.50%) Budget Management
15 36 (10.50%) Customer Requirements
16 35 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
17 34 (9.91%) Retail
18 33 (9.62%) Microsoft
18 33 (9.62%) Influencing Skills
19 32 (9.33%) Mentoring
20 31 (9.04%) Resource Management
20 31 (9.04%) Microsoft Excel
20 31 (9.04%) Organisational Skills
21 30 (8.75%) CRM
22 28 (8.16%) PMI Certification
22 28 (8.16%) Management Information System
22 28 (8.16%) 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 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.17%) CMS
3 4 (1.17%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (0.58%) Alfresco
4 2 (0.58%) Captiva
4 2 (0.58%) Documentum
Applications
1 31 (9.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (4.96%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (2.62%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.46%) Trello
7 3 (0.87%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.58%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Maximo
2 2 (0.58%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (6.71%) Azure
2 14 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (3.79%) Smartsheet
4 11 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.33%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.04%) Mavenlink
7 6 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.75%) SaaS
8 5 (1.46%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.46%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.17%) Google Docs
9 4 (1.17%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.29%) AWS
10 1 (0.29%) Discord
10 1 (0.29%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.29%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.46%) Intranet
2 3 (0.87%) Extranet
2 3 (0.87%) Internet
2 3 (0.87%) WebEx
3 2 (0.58%) 4G
3 2 (0.58%) 5G
3 2 (0.58%) Firewall
3 2 (0.58%) LAN
3 2 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.17%) Metadata
2 3 (0.87%) Power BI
3 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.58%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 11 (3.21%) JIRA
General
1 158 (46.06%) Social Skills
2 116 (33.82%) Finance
3 35 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.91%) Retail
5 33 (9.62%) Influencing Skills
6 31 (9.04%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (7.29%) Manufacturing
9 24 (7.00%) Public Sector
10 18 (5.25%) Games
11 17 (4.96%) Marketing
12 15 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (3.50%) Legal
14 11 (3.21%) Local Government
14 11 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (2.04%) Billing
15 7 (2.04%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.75%) Electronics
17 3 (0.87%) German Language
17 3 (0.87%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.62%) .NET
1 9 (2.62%) RESTful
1 9 (2.62%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.16%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (4.08%) Driving Licence
4 14 (4.08%) PMI
5 10 (2.92%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.17%) NHS
7 4 (1.17%) Photography
8 3 (0.87%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.87%) 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%) iPad
9 1 (0.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.46%) Windows
2 3 (0.87%) Android
2 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (65.31%) Project Management
2 98 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 85 (24.78%) Agile
4 69 (20.12%) Project Delivery
5 59 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (15.45%) Risk Management
7 47 (13.70%) Change Management
8 46 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (10.79%) Waterfall
10 36 (10.50%) Budget Management
10 36 (10.50%) Customer Requirements
10 36 (10.50%) ERP
11 32 (9.33%) Mentoring
12 31 (9.04%) Resource Management
13 30 (8.75%) CRM
14 24 (7.00%) Programme Management
14 24 (7.00%) Resource Allocation
15 22 (6.41%) Customer Service
16 21 (6.12%) Systems Engineering
17 19 (5.54%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.62%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (26.53%) Degree
2 43 (12.54%) Security Cleared
3 36 (10.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 28 (8.16%) PMI Certification
5 20 (5.83%) PMP
6 19 (5.54%) SC Cleared
7 16 (4.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (2.62%) HNC
9 6 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.75%) MBA
10 5 (1.46%) CAPM
11 4 (1.17%) HND
11 4 (1.17%) RIBA
12 2 (0.58%) APMP
13 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.66%) PMO
2 1 (0.29%) P3O
Vendors
1 33 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.71%) IFS
3 16 (4.66%) Workday
4 14 (4.08%) CheckPoint
5 12 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.75%) Adobe
7 5 (1.46%) SAP
8 4 (1.17%) Google
9 3 (0.87%) Sage
10 2 (0.58%) EMC
11 1 (0.29%) Citrix
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle
11 1 (0.29%) Wrike