Project Leader Jobs in England

Project Lead
UK > England

The median Project Lead salary in England is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 631 683 800
Rank change year-on-year +52 +117 +216
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader 52 159 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.19% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 37 114 81
10th Percentile £51,250 £36,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £54,793 £40,313 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £76,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% -8.33%

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 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £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 £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
South East +47 14 £60,000 +14.29% 11
South West +108 13 £67,500 +12.50% 5
Midlands +62 8 £67,500 +3.21% 4
East of England +21 7 £70,000 +55.56% 5
London +113 6 £85,000 +34.85% 13
West Midlands +64 4 £85,000 +21.43% 3
Yorkshire +57 4 £54,793 +4.37% 2
East Midlands +41 4 £67,500 +31.84% 1
North of England +14 4 £54,793 +4.37% 5
Project Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Project Leader 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 Project Leader in the job title.

1 31 (59.62%) Project Management
2 24 (46.15%) Agile
3 21 (40.38%) Project Delivery
4 20 (38.46%) Security Cleared
5 18 (34.62%) Mentoring
6 17 (32.69%) Waterfall
7 16 (30.77%) Software Engineering
8 15 (28.85%) Validation
9 14 (26.92%) SC Cleared
10 13 (25.00%) Degree
11 12 (23.08%) VMware
12 11 (21.15%) Programme Management
12 11 (21.15%) Aerospace
12 11 (21.15%) MongoDB
12 11 (21.15%) Kafka
12 11 (21.15%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (21.15%) API Integration
12 11 (21.15%) Def Stans
12 11 (21.15%) Social Skills
12 11 (21.15%) Systems Engineering
12 11 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (19.23%) Roadmaps
13 10 (19.23%) PRINCE2
14 9 (17.31%) WAN
14 9 (17.31%) PMO
14 9 (17.31%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (15.38%) Conflict Resolution
15 8 (15.38%) SD-WAN
15 8 (15.38%) Self-Motivation

Project Leader 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.77%) Azure
2 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.92%) IaaS
2 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.31%) WAN
2 8 (15.38%) 5G
2 8 (15.38%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.92%) LAN
3 1 (1.92%) VPN
3 1 (1.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.15%) MongoDB
2 3 (5.77%) Tableau
3 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) JIRA
1 1 (1.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (21.15%) Aerospace
1 11 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.31%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.38%) Electronics
3 8 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (13.46%) Finance
5 6 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.85%) Aviation
6 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.92%) Military
7 1 (1.92%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.15%) Kafka
2 1 (1.92%) .NET
2 1 (1.92%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.92%) CSS
2 1 (1.92%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) Self-Driving Car
1 8 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.77%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.85%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (3.85%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
1 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (59.62%) Project Management
2 24 (46.15%) Agile
3 21 (40.38%) Project Delivery
4 18 (34.62%) Mentoring
5 17 (32.69%) Waterfall
6 16 (30.77%) Software Engineering
7 15 (28.85%) Validation
8 11 (21.15%) API Integration
8 11 (21.15%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (21.15%) Programme Management
8 11 (21.15%) Systems Engineering
9 10 (19.23%) PRINCE2
9 10 (19.23%) Roadmaps
10 8 (15.38%) B2B
10 8 (15.38%) Computer Science
10 8 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (15.38%) Defect Tracking
10 8 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.54%) Ada
1 6 (11.54%) C
1 6 (11.54%) C++
2 3 (5.77%) ABAP
3 1 (1.92%) C#
3 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 14 (26.92%) SC Cleared
3 13 (25.00%) Degree
4 4 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (5.77%) CISSP
5 3 (5.77%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (3.85%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.15%) Def Stans
2 9 (17.31%) PMO
3 4 (7.69%) QA
4 3 (5.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (3.85%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.92%) NIST
6 1 (1.92%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (11.54%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (11.54%) Firmware
2 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (23.08%) VMware
2 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 7 (13.46%) SAP