Project Manager Jobs in Cumbria

Project Manager
North West > Cumbria

The median Project Manager salary in Cumbria is £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 30 25
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 236 17 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 11.60% 3.37% 5.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.90% 3.57% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 202 9 8
10th Percentile £40,748 £34,400 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,818 - £55,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £35,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -42.43% +15.81%
75th Percentile £58,500 £36,000 £60,825
90th Percentile £65,000 £52,750 £60,899
North West median annual salary £56,000 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +17.89% -17.39% +8.49%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 1,983 476 192
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.44% 94.26% 99.48%
Number of salaries quoted 955 363 91
10th Percentile £7,000 £26,600 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -5.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £59,150
90th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £70,600
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Cumbria

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Cumbria

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Cumbria

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Cumbria over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Cumbria

Project Manager
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 31 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 33 £56,000 - 3
Grange-over-Sands - 31 £56,000 -
Millom - 30 £56,000 -
Kirkby-in-Furness - 29 £56,000 -
Dalton-in-Furness - 28 £56,000 -
Ulverston - 27 £56,000 -
Broughton-in-Furness - 27 £56,000 -
Whitehaven - 2 - - 1
Project Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Cumbria region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 202 (85.59%) BPSS Clearance
2 183 (77.54%) Project Management
3 175 (74.15%) Project Delivery
4 106 (44.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 79 (33.47%) Microsoft Office
6 74 (31.36%) Risk Management
7 71 (30.08%) Manufacturing
8 43 (18.22%) Microsoft Project
9 42 (17.80%) Microsoft Excel
9 42 (17.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 38 (16.10%) Finance
11 37 (15.68%) SAP
11 37 (15.68%) Microsoft
11 37 (15.68%) Business Case
12 28 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 26 (11.02%) Social Skills
13 26 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (10.59%) Line Management
15 21 (8.90%) Performance Metrics
15 21 (8.90%) Bill of Materials
15 21 (8.90%) Configuration Management
15 21 (8.90%) SharePoint
15 21 (8.90%) ERP
16 20 (8.47%) Programme Delivery
16 20 (8.47%) Innovative Thinking
17 16 (6.78%) Change Control
17 16 (6.78%) Critical Path Analysis
17 16 (6.78%) APMP
18 8 (3.39%) NEC
18 8 (3.39%) PRINCE2

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 21 (8.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 79 (33.47%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (18.22%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (17.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (17.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.42%) Trello
Development Applications
1 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 71 (30.08%) Manufacturing
2 38 (16.10%) Finance
3 26 (11.02%) Social Skills
4 5 (2.12%) Retail
5 1 (0.42%) Banking
5 1 (0.42%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (77.54%) Project Management
2 175 (74.15%) Project Delivery
3 106 (44.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 74 (31.36%) Risk Management
5 37 (15.68%) Business Case
6 28 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (10.59%) Line Management
9 21 (8.90%) Bill of Materials
9 21 (8.90%) Configuration Management
9 21 (8.90%) ERP
9 21 (8.90%) Performance Metrics
10 20 (8.47%) Innovative Thinking
10 20 (8.47%) Programme Delivery
11 16 (6.78%) Change Control
11 16 (6.78%) Critical Path Analysis
12 8 (3.39%) PRINCE2
12 8 (3.39%) Systems Engineering
13 5 (2.12%) Facilities Management
14 3 (1.27%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 202 (85.59%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (6.78%) APMP
3 1 (0.42%) Degree
Vendors
1 37 (15.68%) Microsoft
1 37 (15.68%) SAP
2 8 (3.39%) NEC