Project Manager Jobs in the City of London

Project Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Project Manager salary in the City of London is £66,250 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 94 84 146
Rank change year-on-year -10 +62 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 47 109 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.32% 3.27% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 3.40% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 30 68 72
10th Percentile £51,375 £41,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,375 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +1.69% +1.72%
75th Percentile £77,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £82,750 £95,750 £97,375
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,884 3,204 4,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 96.07% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 2,534 3,707
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,750
% change year-on-year - -1.69% +1.72%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the City of London

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the City of London.

Salary trend for Project Manager in the City of London

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the City of London

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

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 City of London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 36 (76.60%) Project Management
2 25 (53.19%) Agile
3 19 (40.43%) Finance
4 18 (38.30%) PRINCE2
5 17 (36.17%) Project Delivery
6 15 (31.91%) Social Skills
6 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
7 12 (25.53%) PMI Certification
8 11 (23.40%) PMP
8 11 (23.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (23.40%) Waterfall
9 10 (21.28%) JIRA
9 10 (21.28%) Risk Management
10 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (14.89%) PMI
11 7 (14.89%) Azure
12 6 (12.77%) Migration
12 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (12.77%) Process Improvement
12 6 (12.77%) ERP
12 6 (12.77%) Budget Management
13 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
13 5 (10.64%) Commercial Awareness
13 5 (10.64%) Law
13 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
13 5 (10.64%) ITIL
13 5 (10.64%) DevOps
13 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
13 5 (10.64%) SaaS
13 5 (10.64%) Artificial Intelligence

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 4 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.13%) CMS
3 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.13%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.89%) Azure
2 5 (10.64%) SaaS
3 4 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (8.51%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.26%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.26%) Smartsheet
5 1 (2.13%) AWS
5 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.13%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) LAN
1 2 (4.26%) WAN
1 2 (4.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (8.51%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 10 (21.28%) JIRA
General
1 19 (40.43%) Finance
2 15 (31.91%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Law
4 4 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (8.51%) Marketing
4 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.38%) Banking
5 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Retail
6 2 (4.26%) Front Office
6 2 (4.26%) Legal
6 2 (4.26%) Military
6 2 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.13%) Advertising
7 1 (2.13%) Billing
7 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.13%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) PMI
2 3 (6.38%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.38%) Social Media
3 2 (4.26%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.13%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.13%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.13%) Life Science
4 1 (2.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Windows
1 2 (4.26%) Windows 10
1 2 (4.26%) Windows Server
1 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (76.60%) Project Management
2 25 (53.19%) Agile
3 18 (38.30%) PRINCE2
4 17 (36.17%) Project Delivery
5 11 (23.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (23.40%) Waterfall
6 10 (21.28%) Risk Management
7 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (12.77%) Budget Management
8 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (12.77%) ERP
8 6 (12.77%) Migration
8 6 (12.77%) Process Improvement
9 5 (10.64%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (10.64%) Commercial Awareness
9 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
9 5 (10.64%) DevOps
9 5 (10.64%) ITIL
10 4 (8.51%) Robotic Process Automation
10 4 (8.51%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (25.53%) PMI Certification
2 11 (23.40%) PMP
3 4 (8.51%) Degree
4 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.26%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) PMBOK
1 1 (2.13%) PMO
1 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.13%) Google
3 1 (2.13%) IBM
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) Progress
3 1 (2.13%) SAP