Project Management Job Trends in Cheshire

Project Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 17 26
Rank change year-on-year -32 +9 -8
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 25 53 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 1.94% 9.23% 7.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 10.37% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 16 42 34
10th Percentile £30,500 £37,650 £27,575
25th Percentile £32,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -2.22% +26.80%
75th Percentile £59,063 £60,000 £61,519
90th Percentile £65,625 £77,500 £64,625
North West median annual salary £42,442 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.16% -4.55% +4.76%

All Process & 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 1,084 511 463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.03% 89.02% 82.09%
Number of salaries quoted 430 257 379
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £67,070
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,250 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Project Management
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

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 9 January 2026. 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
Warrington -10 9 £55,000 - 12
Knutsford -4 8 £44,500 -36.43% 2
Crewe -13 4 £33,000 -42.61% 2
Chester -8 3 £47,000 -18.26% 5
Nantwich - 1 £62,500 -
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) CMS
2 3 (12.00%) Umbraco
2 3 (12.00%) WordPress
3 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (8.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) ResourceLink
2 1 (4.00%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) Azure
1 5 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (12.00%) Contentful
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.00%) Slack
3 2 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (8.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) GCP
4 1 (4.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (44.00%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Finance
3 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (24.00%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (24.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (16.00%) Automotive
7 3 (12.00%) Retail
8 2 (8.00%) Legal
8 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (4.00%) Electronics
9 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (16.00%) Data Scientist
2 4 (16.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.00%) Account Manager
3 3 (12.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (12.00%) MIS Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Systems Support
5 1 (4.00%) Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Junior
5 1 (4.00%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Product Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Project Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Life Science
1 6 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.00%) IoT
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (24.00%) Agile
4 5 (20.00%) Change Management
4 5 (20.00%) ITIL
4 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (16.00%) AI
5 4 (16.00%) Analytics
5 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (16.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 4 (16.00%) Data Science
5 4 (16.00%) Economics
5 4 (16.00%) Process Improvement
5 4 (16.00%) Qualitative Analysis
5 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (12.00%) Data Governance
6 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (12.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (12.00%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) DBS Check
3 3 (12.00%) CIPD
3 3 (12.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (12.00%) PMP
4 1 (4.00%) HNC
4 1 (4.00%) HND
4 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) GDPR
2 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.00%) SLA
3 1 (4.00%) PMO
3 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) HubSpot
3 1 (4.00%) SAP