Project Manager Jobs in Central London

Project Manager
London > Central London

The median Project Manager salary in Central London is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 79 128
Rank change year-on-year -19 +49 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 62 119 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.45% 3.15% 2.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.69% 3.31% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 31 74 96
10th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,125 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +1.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,563 £87,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £100,000
London median annual salary £65,000 £61,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.56% -12.86% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,305 3,595 5,095
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 95.16% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 2,829 4,254
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £111,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
City of London -21 47 £67,500 -10.00% 30
Lambeth +7 7 - -
City of Westminster -11 6 - - 1
Camden -7 5 - -
Southwark - 1 - - 1
Project Manager
London

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Central London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 44 (70.97%) Project Management
2 29 (46.77%) Agile
3 22 (35.48%) Finance
4 19 (30.65%) Project Delivery
5 18 (29.03%) PRINCE2
6 15 (24.19%) Risk Management
7 14 (22.58%) Microsoft
8 13 (20.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
10 11 (17.74%) Budget Management
10 11 (17.74%) PMI Certification
11 10 (16.13%) PMP
11 10 (16.13%) Degree
11 10 (16.13%) Waterfall
12 9 (14.52%) JIRA
12 9 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (12.90%) Process Improvement
13 8 (12.90%) Azure
13 8 (12.90%) SQL
14 7 (11.29%) Change Management
14 7 (11.29%) Migration
14 7 (11.29%) Power Platform
14 7 (11.29%) User Experience
14 7 (11.29%) Power BI
15 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
15 6 (9.68%) Strategic Thinking
15 6 (9.68%) Legal
15 6 (9.68%) PMI
15 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 5 (8.06%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.61%) CMS
3 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.61%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) Azure
2 7 (11.29%) Power Platform
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.06%) SaaS
4 4 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (4.84%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.84%) Zapier
6 2 (3.23%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.61%) AWS
7 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.61%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) LAN
2 2 (3.23%) WAN
2 2 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.29%) Power BI
2 5 (8.06%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.84%) Tableau
4 1 (1.61%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 9 (14.52%) JIRA
General
1 22 (35.48%) Finance
2 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 9 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.68%) Legal
5 4 (6.45%) Law
5 4 (6.45%) Local Government
5 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.84%) Banking
6 3 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Retail
7 2 (3.23%) Front Office
7 2 (3.23%) Humanities
7 2 (3.23%) Marketing
8 1 (1.61%) Advertising
8 1 (1.61%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.61%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.61%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) Middleware
2 1 (1.61%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) PMI
2 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.84%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.23%) Cyberattack
4 2 (3.23%) NHS
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.61%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.61%) Life Science
5 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.61%) Social Media
5 1 (1.61%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Windows
1 3 (4.84%) Windows 10
1 3 (4.84%) Windows Server
1 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2016
1 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (70.97%) Project Management
2 29 (46.77%) Agile
3 19 (30.65%) Project Delivery
4 18 (29.03%) PRINCE2
5 15 (24.19%) Risk Management
6 13 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (20.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (17.74%) Budget Management
8 10 (16.13%) Waterfall
9 8 (12.90%) Process Improvement
10 7 (11.29%) Change Management
10 7 (11.29%) Migration
10 7 (11.29%) User Experience
11 6 (9.68%) Artificial Intelligence
11 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (9.68%) Strategic Thinking
12 5 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (8.06%) Customer Experience
12 5 (8.06%) ERP
12 5 (8.06%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (17.74%) PMI Certification
2 10 (16.13%) Degree
2 10 (16.13%) PMP
3 3 (4.84%) Postgraduate
3 3 (4.84%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.23%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.23%) MBA
5 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) PMBOK
2 1 (1.61%) PMO
2 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.61%) Google
3 1 (1.61%) IBM
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle
3 1 (1.61%) Progress
3 1 (1.61%) SAP