Lead Project Manager Jobs in England

Lead Project Manager
UK > England

The median Lead Project Manager salary in England is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 802 860
Rank change year-on-year +130 +58 +242
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 13 41 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.046% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.048% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 12 40 32
10th Percentile - £36,250 £51,375
25th Percentile £54,793 £37,099 £64,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £73,805 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +3.95% +35.24%
75th Percentile £77,813 £75,772 £90,000
90th Percentile £84,375 £77,625 £100,000
UK median annual salary £73,750 £71,250 £71,000
% change year-on-year +3.51% +0.35% +35.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in England

Lead Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Project Manager in England

Lead Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Project Manager in England

Lead Project Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Project Manager within the England 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
Yorkshire +60 5 £54,793 -25.76% 1
North of England +41 5 £54,793 -25.76% 2
London +111 3 £72,500 -14.71% 2
Midlands +87 3 £75,000 +7.14% 1
West Midlands +58 2 £92,500 +32.14% 1
South West +102 1 £77,500 +68.30% 1
South East +76 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
Lead Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Lead 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 England region featuring Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Project Management
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (46.15%) Project Delivery
4 5 (38.46%) Project Governance
5 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
5 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
5 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
5 4 (30.77%) Earned Value Management
5 4 (30.77%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (30.77%) Change Control
5 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (30.77%) Contract Management
5 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
6 3 (23.08%) Project Planning
6 3 (23.08%) JIRA
6 3 (23.08%) Tableau
6 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (15.38%) ERP
7 2 (15.38%) SaaS
7 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
7 2 (15.38%) Insurtech
7 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (15.38%) Fintech
7 2 (15.38%) User Experience

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (15.38%) SaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Tableau
2 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
1 7 (53.85%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Project Delivery
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (38.46%) Project Governance
4 4 (30.77%) Change Control
4 4 (30.77%) Contract Management
4 4 (30.77%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
4 4 (30.77%) Earned Value Management
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
5 3 (23.08%) Project Planning
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
6 2 (15.38%) ERP
6 2 (15.38%) Fintech
6 2 (15.38%) Line Management
6 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
6 2 (15.38%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) VMware