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 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 37 74
Rank change year-on-year -157 +37 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 653 2,816 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.26% 5.68% 3.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 6.11% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 448 1,086 1,296
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £50,938 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,938 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.20% -6.77% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £70,253
90th Percentile £89,000 £76,875 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.12% -7.50% -

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 47,162 46,092 43,112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.67% 92.95% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,558 24,542 33,827
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,205 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -101 219 £78,500 +20.77% 225
North of England -89 157 £55,000 - 124
Midlands -114 97 £53,688 -0.58% 67
North West -61 96 £55,000 - 75
South East -136 89 £67,500 +16.38% 120
West Midlands -77 61 £55,000 - 44
Yorkshire -73 53 £55,116 +4.98% 42
South West -110 48 £55,000 +7.84% 37
East Midlands -94 36 £50,000 -6.10% 23
East of England -112 32 £58,000 +5.45% 53
North East -25 8 £53,750 +3.37% 10
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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.

1 335 (51.30%) Project Management
2 250 (38.28%) Agile
3 241 (36.91%) Project Delivery
4 184 (28.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 156 (23.89%) PRINCE2
6 124 (18.99%) Microsoft
7 118 (18.07%) Degree
8 97 (14.85%) Change Management
9 96 (14.70%) PMP
10 94 (14.40%) PMI Certification
11 92 (14.09%) Waterfall
12 91 (13.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 84 (12.86%) Risk Management
14 79 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
14 79 (12.10%) Problem-Solving
15 76 (11.64%) Budget Management
16 67 (10.26%) Business Case
17 65 (9.95%) Azure
18 61 (9.34%) Microsoft Project
19 49 (7.50%) Project Planning
20 48 (7.35%) Decision-Making
20 48 (7.35%) ERP
20 48 (7.35%) JIRA
21 47 (7.20%) Coaching
22 46 (7.04%) Scrum
23 43 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
23 43 (6.58%) Migration
23 43 (6.58%) Project Governance
24 42 (6.43%) Analytics
25 40 (6.13%) CRM

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 33 (5.05%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.45%) Confluence
3 3 (0.46%) CMS
4 2 (0.31%) TPMS
5 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.15%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (9.34%) Microsoft Project
2 43 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.61%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.61%) Trello
6 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.53%) Shopify
3 8 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.15%) iTrent
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
5 1 (0.15%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.15%) TRIRIGA
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 65 (9.95%) Azure
2 33 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (4.59%) AWS
4 21 (3.22%) Power Platform
5 18 (2.76%) SaaS
6 14 (2.14%) GCP
7 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
8 11 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.07%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.07%) Smartsheet
11 5 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (0.77%) ChatGPT
11 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (0.77%) PaaS
12 4 (0.61%) Asana
12 4 (0.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
14 2 (0.31%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.23%) Network Security
2 6 (0.92%) WAN
3 4 (0.61%) Firewall
3 4 (0.61%) LAN
3 4 (0.61%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.61%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.46%) WebEx
5 2 (0.31%) Wireless
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
6 1 (0.15%) DHCP
6 1 (0.15%) DNS
6 1 (0.15%) Internet
6 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.15%) MPLS
6 1 (0.15%) Skype
6 1 (0.15%) VLAN
6 1 (0.15%) VoIP
6 1 (0.15%) VPN
6 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.76%) Power BI
2 6 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (7.35%) JIRA
General
1 268 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 259 (39.66%) Finance
3 78 (11.94%) Law
4 72 (11.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (7.81%) Military
6 43 (6.58%) Telecoms
7 42 (6.43%) Legal
8 40 (6.13%) Back Office
9 36 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
10 34 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (3.68%) Local Government
13 22 (3.37%) Banking
14 21 (3.22%) Manufacturing
14 21 (3.22%) Public Sector
15 20 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 20 (3.06%) Retail
16 17 (2.60%) Marketing
17 12 (1.84%) Advertising
18 10 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.61%) Web Services
2 2 (0.31%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.15%) .NET
3 1 (0.15%) EDI
3 1 (0.15%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.21%) Driving Licence
2 22 (3.37%) Onboarding
3 17 (2.60%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.30%) Management Information System
5 12 (1.84%) Product Ownership
5 12 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.68%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.23%) PMI
7 8 (1.23%) Reinsurance
7 8 (1.23%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.07%) Wiki
9 6 (0.92%) Derivative
9 6 (0.92%) Hedge funds
9 6 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.77%) AI Agents
10 5 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (0.77%) Equities
10 5 (0.77%) Social Media
11 4 (0.61%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.61%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.45%) Windows
2 2 (0.31%) VMS
2 2 (0.31%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.15%) Linux
3 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (51.30%) Project Management
2 250 (38.28%) Agile
3 241 (36.91%) Project Delivery
4 184 (28.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 156 (23.89%) PRINCE2
6 97 (14.85%) Change Management
7 92 (14.09%) Waterfall
8 91 (13.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 84 (12.86%) Risk Management
10 79 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 79 (12.10%) Problem-Solving
11 76 (11.64%) Budget Management
12 67 (10.26%) Business Case
13 49 (7.50%) Project Planning
14 48 (7.35%) Decision-Making
14 48 (7.35%) ERP
15 47 (7.20%) Coaching
16 46 (7.04%) Scrum
17 43 (6.58%) Migration
17 43 (6.58%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.23%) SQL
2 2 (0.31%) R
3 1 (0.15%) ABAP
3 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.15%) PHP
3 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 118 (18.07%) Degree
2 96 (14.70%) PMP
3 94 (14.40%) PMI Certification
4 21 (3.22%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 15 (2.30%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.68%) APMP
8 10 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.53%) CAPM
8 10 (1.53%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.38%) HND
9 9 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 6 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.92%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.92%) HNC
12 5 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.77%) IIBA
13 3 (0.46%) CCNA
13 3 (0.46%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.82%) PMO
2 34 (5.21%) QA
3 23 (3.52%) COSHH
4 13 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.38%) GDPR
6 7 (1.07%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.77%) MiFID
7 5 (0.77%) NEBOSH
8 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.31%) Basel III
9 2 (0.31%) GRC
9 2 (0.31%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.31%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) FINRA
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Grafana
Vendors
1 124 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.59%) Salesforce
3 29 (4.44%) Cisco
4 23 (3.52%) SAP
5 11 (1.68%) NEC
6 10 (1.53%) Google
7 9 (1.38%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.07%) Workday
9 5 (0.77%) Alteryx
9 5 (0.77%) Anaplan
9 5 (0.77%) Fortinet
9 5 (0.77%) Oracle
9 5 (0.77%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.61%) Civica
10 4 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.46%) Guidewire
12 2 (0.31%) Adobe
12 2 (0.31%) Kronos
12 2 (0.31%) Marketo
12 2 (0.31%) Meraki