Project Manager Jobs in Birmingham

Project Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Project Manager salary in Birmingham is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 35 63
Rank change year-on-year -35 +28 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 36 152 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.66% 5.15% 4.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.82% 5.45% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 28 125 63
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £40,925
25th Percentile £47,631 £42,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £65,625 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,750 £72,500 £66,250
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,278 2,791 1,704
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 94.61% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 724 2,250 1,342
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,809 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,625 £84,964 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 32 (88.89%) Project Management
2 23 (63.89%) Finance
3 22 (61.11%) Social Skills
4 15 (41.67%) Project Delivery
5 11 (30.56%) Business Case
5 11 (30.56%) Agile
6 10 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (25.00%) PRINCE2
8 7 (19.44%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (19.44%) Change Control
8 7 (19.44%) Work Breakdown Structure
9 6 (16.67%) Waterfall
10 5 (13.89%) Degree
10 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
10 5 (13.89%) Customer Service
10 5 (13.89%) Commercial Awareness
11 4 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
11 4 (11.11%) Driving Licence
11 4 (11.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 4 (11.11%) Budgeting
11 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
11 4 (11.11%) Military
11 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
11 4 (11.11%) Law
11 4 (11.11%) Business Analysis
12 3 (8.33%) Salesforce
12 3 (8.33%) Risk Management
12 3 (8.33%) Budget Management
12 3 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (8.33%) NEBOSH

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.78%) SaaS
2 1 (2.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (2.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 23 (63.89%) Finance
2 22 (61.11%) Social Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Law
4 4 (11.11%) Military
4 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Advertising
7 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (88.89%) Project Management
2 15 (41.67%) Project Delivery
3 11 (30.56%) Agile
3 11 (30.56%) Business Case
4 10 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (25.00%) PRINCE2
6 7 (19.44%) Change Control
6 7 (19.44%) Work Breakdown Structure
7 6 (16.67%) Waterfall
8 5 (13.89%) Commercial Awareness
8 5 (13.89%) Customer Service
9 4 (11.11%) Budgeting
9 4 (11.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 4 (11.11%) Business Analysis
9 4 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
10 3 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (8.33%) Risk Management
10 3 (8.33%) User Stories
10 3 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.56%) PMP
3 1 (2.78%) HNC
3 1 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) NEBOSH
1 3 (8.33%) PMO
2 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.78%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Salesforce