Project Manager Job Trends in England

Project Manager
UK > England

The median Project Manager salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 44 63
Rank change year-on-year -134 +19 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 723 2,352 2,652
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.25% 5.22% 4.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 5.70% 4.23%
Number of salaries quoted 466 989 2,045
10th Percentile £44,375 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% +1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.07% +1.82% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 52,790 41,241 62,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 91.55% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 33,765 21,574 50,021
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in England

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in England

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 Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. 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
London -70 222 £80,000 +23.08% 147
North of England -80 207 £57,500 +4.55% 103
North West -42 132 £56,000 +1.82% 53
Midlands -110 108 £55,000 +1.85% 78
South East -140 85 £67,750 +14.83% 149
West Midlands -64 70 £60,000 +9.09% 45
Yorkshire -89 61 £58,250 +5.91% 40
South West -118 44 £60,000 +15.38% 51
East Midlands -93 38 £45,000 -16.67% 33
East of England -79 36 £70,000 +29.63% 49
North East -33 14 £63,076 +13.65% 14
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 February 2026, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 343 (47.44%) Project Management
2 262 (36.24%) Agile
3 259 (35.82%) Project Delivery
4 187 (25.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 154 (21.30%) PRINCE2
6 147 (20.33%) Microsoft
7 113 (15.63%) PMI Certification
8 112 (15.49%) Degree
9 109 (15.08%) PMP
10 99 (13.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 94 (13.00%) Change Management
12 87 (12.03%) Risk Management
13 84 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
14 82 (11.34%) Budget Management
15 76 (10.51%) Waterfall
16 74 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
17 67 (9.27%) Coaching
18 65 (8.99%) Azure
19 64 (8.85%) Microsoft Project
20 55 (7.61%) Decision-Making
21 53 (7.33%) Business Case
22 52 (7.19%) Mentoring
23 50 (6.92%) Analytics
24 45 (6.22%) AI
24 45 (6.22%) ERP
24 45 (6.22%) Migration
25 43 (5.95%) Budgeting
26 41 (5.67%) Programme Management
26 41 (5.67%) Project Planning
27 40 (5.53%) JIRA

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 20 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.07%) Confluence
3 1 (0.14%) CMS
3 1 (0.14%) LiveLink
Applications
1 64 (8.85%) Microsoft Project
2 28 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.55%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.41%) Trello
7 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.83%) Shopify
4 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.14%) Primavera
5 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.14%) TRIRIGA
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 65 (8.99%) Azure
2 34 (4.70%) Power Platform
3 28 (3.87%) AWS
4 27 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (2.90%) SaaS
6 16 (2.21%) GCP
7 14 (1.94%) PowerApps
8 13 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (1.11%) ChatGPT
10 8 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (1.11%) PaaS
11 4 (0.55%) Asana
12 3 (0.41%) Miro
12 3 (0.41%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 2 (0.28%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.11%) Network Security
2 7 (0.97%) WAN
3 5 (0.69%) LAN
4 4 (0.55%) Firewall
5 3 (0.41%) WebEx
6 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.28%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.28%) Wireless
7 1 (0.14%) Broadband
7 1 (0.14%) DHCP
7 1 (0.14%) DNS
7 1 (0.14%) Internet
7 1 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.14%) MPLS
7 1 (0.14%) VLAN
7 1 (0.14%) VoIP
7 1 (0.14%) VPN
7 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.63%) Power BI
2 8 (1.11%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.14%) GIS
4 1 (0.14%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.14%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (5.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.14%) Git
2 1 (0.14%) Plastic SCM
General
1 265 (36.65%) Finance
2 259 (35.82%) Social Skills
3 94 (13.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 84 (11.62%) Law
5 51 (7.05%) Military
6 49 (6.78%) Back Office
7 47 (6.50%) Legal
8 44 (6.09%) Influencing Skills
9 38 (5.26%) Public Sector
10 37 (5.12%) Local Government
11 31 (4.29%) Telecoms
12 30 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
13 26 (3.60%) Pharmaceutical
14 25 (3.46%) Banking
15 23 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (2.77%) Retail
17 13 (1.80%) Advertising
18 12 (1.66%) Manufacturing
19 10 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
20 9 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.28%) ModSecurity
1 2 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (0.28%) Web Services
2 1 (0.14%) .NET
2 1 (0.14%) Middleware
2 1 (0.14%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.43%) Driving Licence
2 22 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (3.04%) Onboarding
3 20 (2.77%) Data Centre
4 17 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (2.07%) Low-Code
6 14 (1.94%) Legacy Applications
6 14 (1.94%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.66%) PMI
8 11 (1.52%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.24%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.24%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.24%) Reinsurance
10 8 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.83%) Digital Signage
12 6 (0.83%) Social Media
13 5 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.69%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.21%) Windows
2 2 (0.28%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.14%) Linux
3 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (47.44%) Project Management
2 262 (36.24%) Agile
3 259 (35.82%) Project Delivery
4 187 (25.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 154 (21.30%) PRINCE2
6 99 (13.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 94 (13.00%) Change Management
8 87 (12.03%) Risk Management
9 84 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 82 (11.34%) Budget Management
11 76 (10.51%) Waterfall
12 74 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
13 67 (9.27%) Coaching
14 55 (7.61%) Decision-Making
15 53 (7.33%) Business Case
16 52 (7.19%) Mentoring
17 50 (6.92%) Analytics
18 45 (6.22%) AI
18 45 (6.22%) ERP
18 45 (6.22%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (1.94%) VBA
2 4 (0.55%) SQL
3 1 (0.14%) C#
3 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.14%) PHP
3 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 113 (15.63%) PMI Certification
2 112 (15.49%) Degree
3 109 (15.08%) PMP
4 29 (4.01%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 16 (2.21%) SC Cleared
6 12 (1.66%) CAPM
6 12 (1.66%) HND
7 11 (1.52%) DBS Check
7 11 (1.52%) HNC
8 10 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.24%) APMP
10 8 (1.11%) IIBA
10 8 (1.11%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.97%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.41%) BC Cleared
15 2 (0.28%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.28%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.84%) COSHH
2 32 (4.43%) PMO
3 26 (3.60%) QA
4 12 (1.66%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.97%) GDPR
6 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.69%) NEBOSH
8 4 (0.55%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.55%) MiFID
9 2 (0.28%) Basel III
9 2 (0.28%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.28%) NCSC
9 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.14%) FINRA
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
10 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (0.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.14%) Grafana
Vendors
1 147 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.12%) Salesforce
3 33 (4.56%) Cisco
4 25 (3.46%) SAP
5 12 (1.66%) Google
5 12 (1.66%) NEC
6 8 (1.11%) Alteryx
6 8 (1.11%) Anaplan
6 8 (1.11%) Atlassian
7 7 (0.97%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.69%) Fortinet
8 5 (0.69%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (0.55%) Oracle
10 3 (0.41%) Workday
11 2 (0.28%) Civica
11 2 (0.28%) Databricks
11 2 (0.28%) IFS
11 2 (0.28%) Medallia
11 2 (0.28%) Planview