Lead Project Manager Jobs in England

Lead Project Manager
UK > England

The median Lead Project Manager salary in England is £73,805 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 785 894 1059
Rank change year-on-year +109 +165 -221
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 37 47 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.044% 0.050% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.055% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 36 42 56
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,546 £46,750
25th Percentile £36,887 £63,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% +33.33% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,772 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,125 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £73,805 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.44% +21.74% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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
North of England +59 16 £73,805 +1.80% 1
South East +27 13 £37,500 -44.44% 2
North West - 11 £73,805 -
London +123 5 £85,000 - 2
Yorkshire +100 5 £73,805 +1.80% 1
South West - 3 £37,099 - 1
Lead Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 29 (78.38%) Project Management
2 22 (59.46%) Project Delivery
3 21 (56.76%) Agile
4 20 (54.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (51.35%) Line Management
6 18 (48.65%) Mentoring
7 17 (45.95%) Community of Practice
8 16 (43.24%) Public Sector
8 16 (43.24%) Cost Reduction
8 16 (43.24%) Coaching
9 15 (40.54%) Finance
10 14 (37.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
12 9 (24.32%) Service Management
12 9 (24.32%) Business Strategy
12 9 (24.32%) Customer Experience
12 9 (24.32%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
12 9 (24.32%) Revenue Recognition
12 9 (24.32%) Business Forecasting
12 9 (24.32%) Strategic Thinking
12 9 (24.32%) Customer-Centricity
12 9 (24.32%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (24.32%) Decision-Making
12 9 (24.32%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 3 (8.11%) DevOps
13 3 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
13 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
13 3 (8.11%) Banking
13 3 (8.11%) Scrum

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 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
General
1 16 (43.24%) Public Sector
2 15 (40.54%) Finance
3 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
4 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (24.32%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Banking
6 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (78.38%) Project Management
2 22 (59.46%) Project Delivery
3 21 (56.76%) Agile
4 20 (54.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (51.35%) Line Management
6 18 (48.65%) Mentoring
7 17 (45.95%) Community of Practice
8 16 (43.24%) Coaching
8 16 (43.24%) Cost Reduction
9 14 (37.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (24.32%) Business Forecasting
10 9 (24.32%) Business Strategy
10 9 (24.32%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (24.32%) Customer Experience
10 9 (24.32%) Customer-Centricity
10 9 (24.32%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 9 (24.32%) Decision-Making
10 9 (24.32%) Revenue Recognition
10 9 (24.32%) Service Management
10 9 (24.32%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) PMO
1 2 (5.41%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) SAP