Project Manager Jobs in England

Project Manager
UK > England

The median Project Manager salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 104 112
Rank change year-on-year +50 +8 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 3,546 3,051 4,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.18% 3.27% 3.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.43% 3.57% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,609 2,168 2,940
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,701 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,154 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.17% +4.35% +4.55%

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 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 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 +89 828 £47,500 -9.52% 192
London +15 782 £61,000 -12.86% 262
Midlands +69 643 £50,000 -12.28% 128
South East +2 571 £52,500 -8.70% 211
North West +81 443 £47,500 -13.64% 107
South West +54 409 £48,500 -3.00% 99
West Midlands +53 340 £50,000 -9.09% 79
East of England +47 287 £54,000 -1.82% 87
Yorkshire +82 276 £47,500 -5.00% 69
East Midlands +61 272 £50,000 -15.97% 47
North East +47 109 £47,500 -9.52% 21
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 2,363 (66.64%) Project Management
2 1,262 (35.59%) Social Skills
3 1,175 (33.14%) Agile
4 1,004 (28.31%) Project Delivery
5 901 (25.41%) Finance
6 785 (22.14%) PRINCE2
7 701 (19.77%) Degree
8 556 (15.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 437 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
10 362 (10.21%) Risk Management
11 359 (10.12%) Microsoft
12 341 (9.62%) Waterfall
13 329 (9.28%) Change Management
14 303 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
15 284 (8.01%) Budget Management
16 268 (7.56%) Security Cleared
17 242 (6.82%) Decision-Making
18 240 (6.77%) Continuous Improvement
19 234 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
20 233 (6.57%) PMI Certification
21 227 (6.40%) PMP
22 223 (6.29%) PMO
23 221 (6.23%) Retail
24 218 (6.15%) Business Case
25 214 (6.03%) SDLC
26 212 (5.98%) Microsoft Project
27 210 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
27 210 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
28 208 (5.87%) Manufacturing
29 207 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity

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:

Application Platforms
1 83 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 56 (1.58%) CMS
3 35 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (0.85%) Confluence
5 12 (0.34%) SAS
6 10 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.23%) Drupal
7 8 (0.23%) Office Communications Server
7 8 (0.23%) WordPress
8 7 (0.20%) MS Project Server
8 7 (0.20%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.14%) Kentico
10 4 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.085%) ColdFusion
11 3 (0.085%) Documentum
11 3 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.056%) Alfresco
12 2 (0.056%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.056%) Captiva
12 2 (0.056%) Joomla!
Applications
1 234 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 212 (5.98%) Microsoft Project
3 202 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
4 123 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 39 (1.10%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.87%) AutoCAD
7 27 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
8 19 (0.54%) Trello
9 6 (0.17%) InDesign
9 6 (0.17%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.056%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.056%) CATIA
10 2 (0.056%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.028%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.48%) Shopify
3 10 (0.28%) Primavera
4 9 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.23%) Magento
5 8 (0.23%) SAP ERP
5 8 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.085%) BPCS
7 3 (0.085%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.085%) Maximo
7 3 (0.085%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.085%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.085%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.085%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.056%) C-CURE
8 2 (0.056%) SAP BRIM
9 1 (0.028%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 142 (4.00%) Azure
2 99 (2.79%) SaaS
3 91 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (1.16%) AWS
5 41 (1.16%) Power Platform
6 40 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (0.59%) Smartsheet
8 12 (0.34%) Slack
9 10 (0.28%) Basecamp
10 9 (0.25%) PaaS
11 8 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 8 (0.23%) Google Sheets
12 7 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.20%) GCP
12 7 (0.20%) Mavenlink
12 7 (0.20%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.20%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.17%) Intacct
13 6 (0.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 67 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
2 45 (1.27%) LAN
3 43 (1.21%) WAN
4 40 (1.13%) Firewall
5 32 (0.90%) Wireless
6 26 (0.73%) Internet
7 24 (0.68%) DNS
8 23 (0.65%) DHCP
9 22 (0.62%) MPLS
10 21 (0.59%) Intranet
10 21 (0.59%) VLAN
10 21 (0.59%) VPN
11 20 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
12 14 (0.39%) 5G
13 13 (0.37%) Extranet
14 11 (0.31%) Network Security
15 10 (0.28%) LTE
15 10 (0.28%) TETRA
16 8 (0.23%) VoIP
17 6 (0.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (0.68%) Power BI
2 22 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
3 20 (0.56%) Tableau
4 10 (0.28%) Big Data
5 7 (0.20%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.14%) Metadata
7 4 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.056%) EDMS
8 2 (0.056%) GIS
8 2 (0.056%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.056%) MySQL
8 2 (0.056%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.028%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.028%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.028%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.028%) Impala
9 1 (0.028%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.028%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.028%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 153 (4.31%) JIRA
2 6 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.085%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.056%) JIRA Agile
4 2 (0.056%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.028%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,262 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 901 (25.41%) Finance
3 303 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
4 221 (6.23%) Retail
5 210 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
6 208 (5.87%) Manufacturing
7 207 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 189 (5.33%) Public Sector
9 179 (5.05%) Marketing
10 161 (4.54%) Presentation Skills
11 126 (3.55%) Legal
12 120 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
13 102 (2.88%) Law
14 101 (2.85%) Telecoms
15 79 (2.23%) Banking
16 73 (2.06%) Games
17 64 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
18 53 (1.49%) Aerospace
19 52 (1.47%) Local Government
20 39 (1.10%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (1.10%) .NET
1 39 (1.10%) EDI
2 22 (0.62%) SOAP
3 21 (0.59%) RESTful
4 10 (0.28%) CSS
4 10 (0.28%) HTML
5 7 (0.20%) ADO
5 7 (0.20%) Flash
5 7 (0.20%) JSON
6 3 (0.085%) FHIR
6 3 (0.085%) Node.js
6 3 (0.085%) React
6 3 (0.085%) REST
7 2 (0.056%) Express.js
7 2 (0.056%) MERN Stack
7 2 (0.056%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.056%) Web Services
7 2 (0.056%) XML
8 1 (0.028%) XSD
8 1 (0.028%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 210 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
2 141 (3.98%) Driving Licence
3 93 (2.62%) Onboarding
4 79 (2.23%) PMI
5 75 (2.12%) Management Information System
5 75 (2.12%) Renewable Energy
6 64 (1.80%) FMCG
6 64 (1.80%) NHS
7 60 (1.69%) Data Centre
8 39 (1.10%) Virtual Team
9 29 (0.82%) Robotics
10 18 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (0.51%) Product Ownership
10 18 (0.51%) Public Cloud
11 17 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (0.45%) Derivative
12 16 (0.45%) Digital Signage
13 14 (0.39%) Social Media
14 12 (0.34%) Credit Risk
14 12 (0.34%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.02%) Windows
2 17 (0.48%) Android
3 14 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.34%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.31%) Linux
6 10 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,363 (66.64%) Project Management
2 1,175 (33.14%) Agile
3 1,004 (28.31%) Project Delivery
4 785 (22.14%) PRINCE2
5 556 (15.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 437 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
7 362 (10.21%) Risk Management
8 341 (9.62%) Waterfall
9 329 (9.28%) Change Management
10 284 (8.01%) Budget Management
11 242 (6.82%) Decision-Making
12 240 (6.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 218 (6.15%) Business Case
14 214 (6.03%) SDLC
15 204 (5.75%) Project Planning
16 187 (5.27%) Scrum
17 186 (5.25%) Agile Project Management
17 186 (5.25%) Mentoring
18 172 (4.85%) Time Management
19 166 (4.68%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 29 (0.82%) JavaScript
2 16 (0.45%) SQL
3 13 (0.37%) C#
4 10 (0.28%) Python
5 6 (0.17%) Java
6 4 (0.11%) PHP
7 1 (0.028%) Ada
7 1 (0.028%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.028%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.028%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.028%) Scala
7 1 (0.028%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.028%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 701 (19.77%) Degree
2 268 (7.56%) Security Cleared
3 233 (6.57%) PMI Certification
4 227 (6.40%) PMP
5 168 (4.74%) SC Cleared
6 132 (3.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 114 (3.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 75 (2.12%) HNC
9 44 (1.24%) DV Cleared
10 40 (1.13%) DBS Check
11 37 (1.04%) HND
12 31 (0.87%) APMP
13 30 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 16 (0.45%) NVQ Level 3
15 15 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (0.39%) RIBA
17 13 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
17 13 (0.37%) CAPM
18 12 (0.34%) MBA
19 11 (0.31%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (6.29%) PMO
2 125 (3.53%) QA
3 46 (1.30%) GDPR
4 37 (1.04%) NEBOSH
5 29 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 19 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.39%) SLA
9 13 (0.37%) Good Clinical Practice
10 10 (0.28%) GMP
11 8 (0.23%) GxP
12 7 (0.20%) COSHH
13 6 (0.17%) GAMP
13 6 (0.17%) GLP
13 6 (0.17%) GRC
14 5 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.14%) Data Quality
15 4 (0.11%) IEC 62304
15 4 (0.11%) ISO 13485
15 4 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 30 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 23 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 22 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (0.25%) Firmware
6 1 (0.028%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 19 (0.54%) WSUS
2 8 (0.23%) SCOM
3 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.056%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.028%) SCCM
5 1 (0.028%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 359 (10.12%) Microsoft
2 80 (2.26%) SAP
3 55 (1.55%) Salesforce
4 40 (1.13%) Cisco
4 40 (1.13%) Google
5 31 (0.87%) Adobe
5 31 (0.87%) Oracle
5 31 (0.87%) VMware
6 30 (0.85%) IFS
7 21 (0.59%) Progress
8 19 (0.54%) Ruckus Wireless
9 17 (0.48%) BT
9 17 (0.48%) NEC
10 16 (0.45%) Workday
11 15 (0.42%) CheckPoint
11 15 (0.42%) Sage
12 11 (0.31%) Northgate
13 10 (0.28%) Apple
13 10 (0.28%) Autodesk
13 10 (0.28%) Civica