Project Management Jobs in the West Midlands

Project Management
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 17 17
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +9
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 628 806 728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.68% 11.93% 10.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.44% 12.32% 10.54%
Number of salaries quoted 468 326 496
10th Percentile £35,100 £37,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,334
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £74,375
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,018 6,541 6,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.16% 96.83% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,538 3,284 4,735
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the West Midlands

Project Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Management in the West Midlands

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the West Midlands

Project Management
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 Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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 +12 245 £55,000 -3.93% 93
Warwickshire -9 89 £50,000 -4.76% 46
Staffordshire -9 72 £52,500 -8.70% 27
Shropshire +11 38 £50,000 -13.04% 8
Wolverhampton +27 29 £53,500 -2.73% 5
Solihull -1 21 £47,500 -2.56% 5
Worcestershire -22 19 £45,000 -6.47% 14
Herefordshire +2 16 £35,000 -22.22% 3
Coventry +18 8 £45,000 -15.09% 21
Walsall +25 5 £47,500 -9.52% 3
Dudley - 4 £53,500 - 1
Halesowen - 4 £35,000 - 1
Wednesbury -3 2 £83,250 +202.73% 2
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Project Management
England

Project Management
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 37 (5.89%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.91%) Confluence
3 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.43%) WordPress
5 7 (1.11%) CMS
6 4 (0.64%) Office Communications Server
7 2 (0.32%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.32%) Captiva
7 2 (0.32%) Documentum
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.16%) Mendix
Applications
1 45 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (2.07%) AutoCAD
6 10 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (1.43%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.96%) Trello
9 4 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.64%) InDesign
9 4 (0.64%) Simulink
10 2 (0.32%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.32%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.32%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.48%) ProductWriter
3 3 (0.48%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.48%) Sage 300 ERP
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.32%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.32%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.32%) Shopify
5 1 (0.16%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.16%) Epicor Vantage
5 1 (0.16%) Magento
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 61 (9.71%) Azure
2 50 (7.96%) Power Platform
3 45 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (4.14%) SaaS
5 25 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (3.50%) AWS
7 19 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (2.87%) Power Automate
9 13 (2.07%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.07%) Smartsheet
10 10 (1.59%) IaaS
10 10 (1.59%) PaaS
11 9 (1.43%) GitHub
11 9 (1.43%) Google Drive
12 8 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.11%) Mavenlink
14 5 (0.80%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (0.80%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.80%) GCP
14 5 (0.80%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.27%) Firewall
1 8 (1.27%) Intranet
2 7 (1.11%) WAN
3 5 (0.80%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.64%) DHCP
4 4 (0.64%) DNS
4 4 (0.64%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (0.64%) iSCSI
4 4 (0.64%) SNMP
5 3 (0.48%) Extranet
5 3 (0.48%) Internet
5 3 (0.48%) LAN
5 3 (0.48%) Network Security
5 3 (0.48%) WebEx
6 2 (0.32%) 4G
6 2 (0.32%) 5G
6 2 (0.32%) FlexRay
6 2 (0.32%) HTTP
6 2 (0.32%) SAN
6 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.01%) Power BI
2 15 (2.39%) MySQL
3 11 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.27%) Data Lake
4 8 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.96%) Data Mining
6 6 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.80%) Metadata
8 4 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.64%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.48%) Tableau
10 2 (0.32%) EDMS
10 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 33 (5.25%) JIRA
2 15 (2.39%) Git
3 8 (1.27%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.80%) Postman
4 5 (0.80%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.32%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.32%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.32%) gulp
5 2 (0.32%) LSMW
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 291 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 205 (32.64%) Finance
3 108 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (10.67%) Manufacturing
5 63 (10.03%) Organisational Skills
6 46 (7.32%) Marketing
7 44 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (7.01%) Influencing Skills
8 39 (6.21%) Retail
9 30 (4.78%) Legal
10 29 (4.62%) Automotive
11 24 (3.82%) Telecoms
12 23 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (3.50%) Public Sector
14 16 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (2.55%) Games
15 15 (2.39%) Environmental Health
16 12 (1.91%) Local Government
17 11 (1.75%) Law
18 9 (1.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 221 (35.19%) Project Manager
2 58 (9.24%) Senior
3 57 (9.08%) Lead
4 43 (6.85%) IT Manager
5 35 (5.57%) Consultant
6 32 (5.10%) Senior Manager
7 24 (3.82%) Delivery Manager
8 23 (3.66%) Coordinator
9 22 (3.50%) Developer
10 21 (3.34%) Analyst
10 21 (3.34%) Infrastructure Manager
11 20 (3.18%) IT Project Manager
11 20 (3.18%) Technical Manager
12 18 (2.87%) Head of IT
12 18 (2.87%) Senior Project Manager
13 16 (2.55%) Applications Manager
14 15 (2.39%) Technical Project Manager
15 14 (2.23%) Business Manager
15 14 (2.23%) Software Manager
16 13 (2.07%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.07%) .NET
2 11 (1.75%) HTML
2 11 (1.75%) RESTful
3 10 (1.59%) CSS
4 9 (1.43%) JSON
4 9 (1.43%) SOAP
5 8 (1.27%) ARM Templates
5 8 (1.27%) Azure Blueprints
6 6 (0.96%) Laravel
6 6 (0.96%) XML
7 5 (0.80%) Node.js
7 5 (0.80%) Web Services
8 4 (0.64%) Spring
8 4 (0.64%) Spring Boot
9 3 (0.48%) Jest
10 2 (0.32%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 2 (0.32%) HTML5
10 2 (0.32%) Next.js
10 2 (0.32%) React
10 2 (0.32%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 78 (12.42%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.62%) PMI
2 29 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.14%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.71%) NHS
6 15 (2.39%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.39%) Driving Licence
7 12 (1.91%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.43%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.43%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.43%) Photography
9 9 (1.43%) SCADA
10 7 (1.11%) CCTV
11 6 (0.96%) Augmented Reality
11 6 (0.96%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 6 (0.96%) Industry 4.0
11 6 (0.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.10%) Windows
2 13 (2.07%) Windows 10
3 8 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.80%) Android
4 5 (0.80%) Linux
5 4 (0.64%) VMS
6 3 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.16%) CentOS
7 1 (0.16%) Debian
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Scientific Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.16%) Unix
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (26.27%) Agile
2 131 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
3 123 (19.59%) Project Delivery
4 107 (17.04%) PRINCE2
5 106 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 87 (13.85%) Risk Management
7 85 (13.54%) Mentoring
8 84 (13.38%) Change Management
9 81 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 64 (10.19%) Customer Service
11 60 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
12 53 (8.44%) Decision-Making
13 47 (7.48%) Analytics
13 47 (7.48%) Coaching
14 46 (7.32%) ERP
14 46 (7.32%) Waterfall
15 45 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
16 42 (6.69%) DevOps
16 42 (6.69%) Roadmaps
16 42 (6.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.78%) SQL
2 27 (4.30%) JavaScript
3 13 (2.07%) PHP
4 7 (1.11%) C
5 5 (0.80%) C#
5 5 (0.80%) Java
5 5 (0.80%) MATLAB
6 4 (0.64%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.48%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.48%) Python
7 3 (0.48%) VB
8 1 (0.16%) ABAP
8 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.16%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.16%) SAPscript
8 1 (0.16%) SOQL
8 1 (0.16%) Tcl
8 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 171 (27.23%) Degree
2 62 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 53 (8.44%) PMI Certification
4 39 (6.21%) PMP
5 27 (4.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 24 (3.82%) SC Cleared
7 19 (3.03%) APMP
8 16 (2.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 11 (1.75%) HND
10 10 (1.59%) CAPM
10 10 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.59%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.27%) APMG
11 8 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.96%) MBA
13 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.80%) PgMP
14 4 (0.64%) CISA
14 4 (0.64%) CISSP
14 4 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.64%) PMO
2 30 (4.78%) GDPR
3 28 (4.46%) QA
4 21 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.27%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.27%) NCSC
6 4 (0.64%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.64%) ISO 26262
6 4 (0.64%) SLA
7 3 (0.48%) GMP
7 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.32%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.32%) IFRS
8 2 (0.32%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.32%) MISRA
8 2 (0.32%) NIST
8 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.32%) SOX 404
System Software
1 8 (1.27%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.27%) Docker
1 8 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (0.96%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.64%) pfSense
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (1.91%) Terraform
2 8 (1.27%) Ansible
2 8 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.32%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 101 (16.08%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.34%) IFS
3 20 (3.18%) SAP
4 16 (2.55%) Workday
5 15 (2.39%) Google
6 13 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.91%) Adobe
8 11 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.43%) CheckPoint
9 9 (1.43%) Xero
10 8 (1.27%) VMware
11 7 (1.11%) Siemens
12 6 (0.96%) Cisco
12 6 (0.96%) Dell
13 4 (0.64%) Brocade
13 4 (0.64%) EMC
13 4 (0.64%) Oracle
13 4 (0.64%) QNAP
13 4 (0.64%) Ubiquiti
13 4 (0.64%) Veeam