Project Manager Jobs in Bolton

Project Manager
Manchester > Bolton

The median Project Manager salary in Bolton is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 25 36
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 10 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 6.41% 4.35% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.81% 4.39% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +57.14% -22.22%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £37,500
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% +3.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bolton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title 128 114 123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.05% 99.13% 81.46%
Number of salaries quoted 106 80 28
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,375 £28,225
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,125 £52,500
90th Percentile - £75,000 £55,250
Manchester median annual salary £59,000 £54,700 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.86% -4.87% +4.55%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Bolton

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Bolton

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Bolton

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 Bolton region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) PMP
1 10 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 10 (100.00%) Project Management
1 10 (100.00%) Change Management
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 10 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 10 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 10 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 10 (100.00%) Social Media
1 10 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 10 (100.00%) Business Case
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 6 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (60.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 6 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 6 (60.00%) Budget Management
2 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (60.00%) Trello
2 6 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 6 (60.00%) Demand Management
2 6 (60.00%) Business Transformation
2 6 (60.00%) Resource Management
2 6 (60.00%) QA
2 6 (60.00%) JIRA

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (60.00%) MS Visio
1 6 (60.00%) Trello
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Social Media
2 4 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) Business Case
1 10 (100.00%) Change Management
1 10 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 10 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 10 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 10 (100.00%) Project Management
1 10 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 6 (60.00%) Budget Management
2 6 (60.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 6 (60.00%) Business Transformation
2 6 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (60.00%) Demand Management
2 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 6 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 6 (60.00%) Project Planning
2 6 (60.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 6 (60.00%) Resource Management
2 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
1 10 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 10 (100.00%) PMP
2 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft