Project Manager Jobs in England

Project Manager
UK > England

The median Project Manager salary in England is £52,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 90 110
Rank change year-on-year +36 +20 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 2,997 2,535 4,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.82% 3.57% 3.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.04% 3.89% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,900 2,056 3,224
10th Percentile £36,000 £40,875 £41,331
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,539 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.92% +2.56% +6.36%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £51,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +4.35% +4.55%

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 74,198 65,186 140,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.70% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 51,681 46,119 77,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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
London -14 662 £65,000 -3.70% 85
North of England +45 581 £47,500 -13.64% 91
Midlands +42 564 £50,000 -9.09% 83
South East +11 515 £52,500 -8.70% 108
North West +46 336 £47,500 -13.64% 63
South West +25 334 £47,000 -10.48% 45
East of England +47 324 £50,000 -16.67% 42
East Midlands +60 276 £50,000 -11.11% 36
West Midlands +19 269 £50,000 -9.09% 46
Yorkshire +41 183 £48,742 -2.52% 20
North East +15 62 £42,500 -22.73% 8
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 2,018 (67.33%) Project Management
2 1,170 (39.04%) Social Skills
3 827 (27.59%) Agile
4 737 (24.59%) Degree
5 726 (24.22%) Project Delivery
6 668 (22.29%) Finance
7 636 (21.22%) PRINCE2
8 473 (15.78%) Stakeholder Management
9 328 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
10 301 (10.04%) Risk Management
11 290 (9.68%) Microsoft
12 274 (9.14%) Change Management
13 251 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
14 242 (8.07%) Budget Management
15 241 (8.04%) Waterfall
16 231 (7.71%) QA
17 224 (7.47%) Project Planning
18 216 (7.21%) Security Cleared
19 202 (6.74%) Budgeting
20 200 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
21 196 (6.54%) Manufacturing
21 196 (6.54%) PMI Certification
22 192 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
23 181 (6.04%) Retail
24 179 (5.97%) HNC
25 175 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
26 173 (5.77%) PMP
27 166 (5.54%) Decision-Making
28 160 (5.34%) Driving Licence
28 160 (5.34%) Microsoft Project

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 62 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.13%) CMS
3 29 (0.97%) Confluence
4 23 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.50%) ArcGIS
6 8 (0.27%) Office Communications Server
7 7 (0.23%) MS Project Server
8 6 (0.20%) Kentico
9 5 (0.17%) WordPress
10 4 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.067%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.067%) ColdFusion
11 2 (0.067%) Drupal
11 2 (0.067%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.033%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.033%) Documentum
12 1 (0.033%) IIS
12 1 (0.033%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 175 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 160 (5.34%) Microsoft Project
3 149 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
4 106 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (1.13%) AutoCAD
6 27 (0.90%) MS Visio
7 16 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 12 (0.40%) Trello
9 5 (0.17%) SketchUp
10 2 (0.067%) CATIA
10 2 (0.067%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.033%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.033%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 23 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.40%) Shopify
4 11 (0.37%) Primavera
5 10 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.23%) Magento
7 6 (0.20%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
8 4 (0.13%) Elite 3E
8 4 (0.13%) Maximo
9 3 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.10%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.10%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.067%) BPCS
10 2 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.067%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.067%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.067%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.067%) SAP FI/CO
11 1 (0.033%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 92 (3.07%) Azure
2 59 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (1.97%) SaaS
3 32 (1.07%) Power Platform
4 28 (0.93%) AWS
4 28 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (0.53%) Smartsheet
7 13 (0.43%) OCI
8 12 (0.40%) PaaS
9 11 (0.37%) Asana
10 8 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 7 (0.23%) Basecamp
11 7 (0.23%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (0.23%) GCP
11 7 (0.23%) WhatsApp
12 6 (0.20%) Kontent
13 5 (0.17%) Miro
13 5 (0.17%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 49 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
2 46 (1.53%) LAN
3 40 (1.33%) WAN
4 28 (0.93%) Firewall
5 24 (0.80%) Network Security
6 21 (0.70%) 5G
7 20 (0.67%) Wireless
8 19 (0.63%) DNS
9 17 (0.57%) MPLS
9 17 (0.57%) VLAN
9 17 (0.57%) VPN
10 16 (0.53%) DHCP
10 16 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
11 14 (0.47%) Internet
11 14 (0.47%) TETRA
12 13 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
13 9 (0.30%) Intranet
14 7 (0.23%) Extranet
14 7 (0.23%) LTE
15 5 (0.17%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (0.63%) Power BI
2 17 (0.57%) Electronic Patient Records
2 17 (0.57%) Tableau
3 4 (0.13%) Big Data
4 3 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.10%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.10%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.067%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.067%) GIS
5 2 (0.067%) MySQL
5 2 (0.067%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.067%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.033%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.033%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.033%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.033%) Impala
6 1 (0.033%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.033%) Power Query
6 1 (0.033%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 110 (3.67%) JIRA
2 5 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.033%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.033%) GitLab
3 1 (0.033%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.033%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1,170 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 668 (22.29%) Finance
3 251 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
4 200 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 196 (6.54%) Manufacturing
6 181 (6.04%) Retail
7 155 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
8 147 (4.90%) Marketing
9 136 (4.54%) Legal
10 131 (4.37%) Public Sector
11 116 (3.87%) Law
12 106 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
13 98 (3.27%) Banking
13 98 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
14 76 (2.54%) Telecoms
15 60 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
16 56 (1.87%) Games
17 50 (1.67%) Aerospace
18 46 (1.53%) Local Government
19 31 (1.03%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.13%) EDI
2 21 (0.70%) .NET
3 12 (0.40%) HTML
4 10 (0.33%) CSS
5 9 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (0.23%) JSON
7 6 (0.20%) ADO
8 5 (0.17%) React Native
8 5 (0.17%) SOAP
8 5 (0.17%) V-Ray
9 4 (0.13%) RESTful
10 3 (0.10%) REST
11 2 (0.067%) Middleware
11 2 (0.067%) OLE
11 2 (0.067%) SailPoint
11 2 (0.067%) Web Services
11 2 (0.067%) XML
12 1 (0.033%) Flash
12 1 (0.033%) XSD
12 1 (0.033%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 160 (5.34%) Driving Licence
2 157 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
3 87 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 76 (2.54%) Management Information System
5 63 (2.10%) Data Centre
6 59 (1.97%) PMI
7 53 (1.77%) FMCG
8 43 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
9 42 (1.40%) NHS
10 27 (0.90%) Robotics
11 26 (0.87%) Life Science
11 26 (0.87%) Virtual Team
12 21 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
12 21 (0.70%) Derivative
13 19 (0.63%) Digital Signage
13 19 (0.63%) Freedom of Information
14 18 (0.60%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.50%) CCTV
15 15 (0.50%) Mobile App
15 15 (0.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 25 (0.83%) Windows
2 18 (0.60%) Android
3 10 (0.33%) Linux
3 10 (0.33%) Windows 10
4 8 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.20%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,018 (67.33%) Project Management
2 827 (27.59%) Agile
3 726 (24.22%) Project Delivery
4 636 (21.22%) PRINCE2
5 473 (15.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 328 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
7 301 (10.04%) Risk Management
8 274 (9.14%) Change Management
9 242 (8.07%) Budget Management
10 241 (8.04%) Waterfall
11 224 (7.47%) Project Planning
12 202 (6.74%) Budgeting
13 192 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 166 (5.54%) Decision-Making
15 158 (5.27%) Mentoring
16 149 (4.97%) Business Case
17 135 (4.50%) SDLC
18 132 (4.40%) Coaching
18 132 (4.40%) ERP
19 127 (4.24%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (0.43%) SQL
2 12 (0.40%) JavaScript
3 6 (0.20%) C#
3 6 (0.20%) Python
4 5 (0.17%) Java
5 2 (0.067%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.033%) Ada
6 1 (0.033%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.033%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.033%) Scala
6 1 (0.033%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.033%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 737 (24.59%) Degree
2 216 (7.21%) Security Cleared
3 196 (6.54%) PMI Certification
4 179 (5.97%) HNC
5 173 (5.77%) PMP
6 123 (4.10%) SC Cleared
7 109 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 96 (3.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 41 (1.37%) DBS Check
10 36 (1.20%) DV Cleared
11 35 (1.17%) APMP
12 34 (1.13%) HND
13 25 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
14 24 (0.80%) NVQ Level 3
15 17 (0.57%) Master's Degree
16 16 (0.53%) RIBA
17 13 (0.43%) ACCA
18 12 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
18 12 (0.40%) CIMA
19 8 (0.27%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (7.71%) QA
2 144 (4.80%) PMO
3 109 (3.64%) NEBOSH
4 27 (0.90%) GDPR
5 24 (0.80%) ISO 9001
6 22 (0.73%) Good Clinical Practice
7 15 (0.50%) SLA
8 14 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.23%) GMP
11 7 (0.23%) GxP
12 6 (0.20%) GLP
13 3 (0.10%) COSHH
13 3 (0.10%) GAMP
13 3 (0.10%) ISO 14001
13 3 (0.10%) ISO 9000
13 3 (0.10%) P3O
14 2 (0.067%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.067%) PMBOK
System Software
1 21 (0.70%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.63%) Hyper-V
3 18 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
3 18 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.30%) Firmware
5 1 (0.033%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (0.53%) WSUS
2 9 (0.30%) SCOM
3 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.067%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.033%) FTK
5 1 (0.033%) Grafana
Vendors
1 290 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 139 (4.64%) NEC
3 60 (2.00%) SAP
4 47 (1.57%) Salesforce
5 33 (1.10%) Cisco
5 33 (1.10%) IFS
6 30 (1.00%) Oracle
7 26 (0.87%) Adobe
7 26 (0.87%) VMware
8 20 (0.67%) Workday
9 19 (0.63%) Google
10 16 (0.53%) Ruckus Wireless
11 13 (0.43%) BT
12 10 (0.33%) Autodesk
13 7 (0.23%) Facebook
13 7 (0.23%) Sage
14 6 (0.20%) Aruba
14 6 (0.20%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.20%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.17%) Cadence