Project Management Jobs in Cheshire

Project Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -52 +5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 25 136 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.18% 8.34% 8.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.78% 10.79% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 14 107 54
10th Percentile £35,204 £27,650 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,926 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,013 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.55% -12.70% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,125 £63,125 £60,899
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £71,375
North West median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.59% -9.09% +3.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 662 1,261 838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.33% 77.31% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 226 942 457
10th Percentile £20,280 £25,500 £25,420
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% - -
75th Percentile £55,938 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,375 £74,782 £89,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Cheshire

Project Management
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Project Management in Cheshire

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Cheshire

Project Management
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Crewe -7 5 £60,000 +4.35% 6
Warrington -9 5 £55,000 +15.79% 138
Northwich - 5 £34,755 -
Macclesfield -2 3 £37,500 -6.25% 2
Chester -2 1 - - 106
Ellesmere Port -6 1 £45,000 -35.71%
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (16.00%) Azure
3 3 (12.00%) AWS
3 3 (12.00%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (12.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (12.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) Power BI
2 3 (12.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (4.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Retail
3 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (20.00%) Finance
5 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (12.00%) Back Office
6 3 (12.00%) Front Office
6 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (12.00%) Legal
6 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (8.00%) Automotive
7 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (4.00%) Local Government
8 1 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (28.00%) Senior
2 7 (28.00%) Senior Manager
2 7 (28.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 4 (16.00%) Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Insight Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Applications Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Applications Support
4 3 (12.00%) Applications Support Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) IT Manager
4 3 (12.00%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Support Specialist
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Automation Test Lead
6 1 (4.00%) Contracts Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Test Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Test Automation Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.00%) PMI
3 1 (4.00%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (32.00%) Project Delivery
2 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (24.00%) CRM
4 5 (20.00%) Agile
4 5 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 4 (16.00%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (16.00%) Customer Experience
5 4 (16.00%) Customer Service
5 4 (16.00%) Dashboard Development
5 4 (16.00%) Data Governance
5 4 (16.00%) Data Privacy
5 4 (16.00%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (16.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (16.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (16.00%) User Experience
5 4 (16.00%) UX Design
5 4 (16.00%) Validation
5 4 (16.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) C#
2 1 (4.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) DBS Check
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (8.00%) PMP
5 1 (4.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (4.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) Data Quality
1 4 (16.00%) QA
2 3 (12.00%) IEC 61508
3 1 (4.00%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Functional Safety
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (16.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (12.00%) Blue Prism
2 3 (12.00%) Databricks
2 3 (12.00%) Facebook
2 3 (12.00%) UiPath