Project Manager Job Trends in Cheltenham

Project Manager
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Project Manager salary in Cheltenham is £45,564 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 36 53
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 5 3 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 2.78% 1.97% 4.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% 2.07% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 15
10th Percentile £29,300 £52,050 £46,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,564 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.64% -6.67% +13.62%
75th Percentile £47,652 £63,625 £73,250
90th Percentile £61,811 £65,950 £77,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £32,500 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -38.68% -7.83% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 175 145 360
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.22% 95.39% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 138 71 225
10th Percentile £31,850 £27,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,313 £45,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,125 £90,000 £83,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £52,800 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% +5.60% -4.76%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Cheltenham

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Cheltenham

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Agile Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Coaching
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) APMP
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Business Case
4 1 (20.00%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Agile Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Coaching
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Business Case
4 1 (20.00%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) APMP
2 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft