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 17 May 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 102 114
Rank change year-on-year +48 +12 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 3,530 2,909 4,403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.09% 3.29% 3.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.32% 3.60% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,611 2,131 2,948
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £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 £63,250 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £80,000
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

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 81,669 80,804 129,735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.51% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,824 51,446 74,737
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +76 823 £47,500 -13.64% 168
London +27 767 £60,000 -13.60% 238
Midlands +63 643 £50,000 -13.04% 155
South East -5 580 £52,500 -10.08% 204
North West +69 446 £47,500 -17.39% 101
South West +35 407 £48,500 -7.62% 85
West Midlands +48 338 £50,000 -9.91% 93
East of England +47 284 £54,500 -1.36% 75
East Midlands +64 274 £49,990 -16.68% 60
Yorkshire +73 265 £47,500 -9.52% 53
North East +42 112 £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 17 May 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 2,322 (65.78%) Project Management
2 1,261 (35.72%) Social Skills
3 1,135 (32.15%) Agile
4 972 (27.54%) Project Delivery
5 884 (25.04%) Finance
6 793 (22.46%) PRINCE2
7 683 (19.35%) Degree
8 544 (15.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 433 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
10 365 (10.34%) Risk Management
11 361 (10.23%) Microsoft
12 337 (9.55%) Waterfall
13 321 (9.09%) Change Management
14 298 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
15 288 (8.16%) Budget Management
16 258 (7.31%) Security Cleared
17 246 (6.97%) PMI Certification
18 243 (6.88%) Decision-Making
19 240 (6.80%) PMP
20 235 (6.66%) Microsoft Excel
20 235 (6.66%) Continuous Improvement
21 231 (6.54%) Retail
22 221 (6.26%) PMO
23 217 (6.15%) Project Planning
24 215 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 213 (6.03%) Manufacturing
26 209 (5.92%) Microsoft Project
27 208 (5.89%) Business Case
28 207 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
29 205 (5.81%) Organisational Skills

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 79 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 59 (1.67%) CMS
3 30 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (0.82%) 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
12 2 (0.057%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.057%) Documentum
12 2 (0.057%) Joomla!
13 1 (0.028%) Alfresco
13 1 (0.028%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.028%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 235 (6.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 209 (5.92%) Microsoft Project
3 204 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
4 124 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 39 (1.10%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.88%) AutoCAD
7 28 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
8 19 (0.54%) Trello
9 2 (0.057%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.057%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.057%) CATIA
9 2 (0.057%) Gliffy
9 2 (0.057%) InDesign
9 2 (0.057%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.028%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.45%) Shopify
3 10 (0.28%) Primavera
4 9 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
6 7 (0.20%) Magento
7 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.14%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
9 4 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.085%) BPCS
10 3 (0.085%) Dynamics GP
10 3 (0.085%) Maximo
10 3 (0.085%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.057%) C-CURE
11 2 (0.057%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.057%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.057%) SAP FI/CO
12 1 (0.028%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 137 (3.88%) Azure
2 96 (2.72%) SaaS
3 94 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (1.13%) AWS
6 37 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
6 37 (1.05%) Power Platform
7 21 (0.59%) Smartsheet
8 12 (0.34%) Slack
9 10 (0.28%) Basecamp
9 10 (0.28%) PaaS
10 9 (0.25%) OCI
11 8 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 8 (0.23%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (0.23%) Google Sheets
12 7 (0.20%) GCP
12 7 (0.20%) Mavenlink
12 7 (0.20%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.20%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 65 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
2 48 (1.36%) LAN
3 41 (1.16%) WAN
4 36 (1.02%) Firewall
5 34 (0.96%) Wireless
6 26 (0.74%) Internet
7 21 (0.59%) DNS
7 21 (0.59%) Intranet
8 20 (0.57%) MPLS
9 19 (0.54%) DHCP
9 19 (0.54%) VLAN
9 19 (0.54%) VPN
10 18 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
11 15 (0.42%) Network Security
12 14 (0.40%) Extranet
13 12 (0.34%) 5G
14 10 (0.28%) LTE
14 10 (0.28%) TETRA
15 9 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
16 7 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
2 20 (0.57%) Power BI
2 20 (0.57%) Tableau
3 10 (0.28%) Big Data
4 5 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.14%) Metadata
5 3 (0.085%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.057%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.057%) GIS
6 2 (0.057%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.057%) MySQL
6 2 (0.057%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.028%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.028%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.028%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.028%) Impala
7 1 (0.028%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.028%) Power Query
7 1 (0.028%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.028%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 143 (4.05%) JIRA
2 6 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.085%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.057%) JIRA Agile
4 2 (0.057%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.028%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,261 (35.72%) Social Skills
2 884 (25.04%) Finance
3 298 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
4 231 (6.54%) Retail
5 215 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 213 (6.03%) Manufacturing
7 205 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
8 185 (5.24%) Marketing
9 183 (5.18%) Public Sector
10 160 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
11 133 (3.77%) Legal
12 123 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
13 109 (3.09%) Law
14 100 (2.83%) Telecoms
15 85 (2.41%) Banking
16 73 (2.07%) Games
17 67 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
18 54 (1.53%) Aerospace
19 49 (1.39%) Local Government
20 41 (1.16%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (1.10%) EDI
2 35 (0.99%) .NET
3 18 (0.51%) SOAP
4 17 (0.48%) RESTful
5 10 (0.28%) CSS
5 10 (0.28%) HTML
6 8 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (0.20%) Flash
7 7 (0.20%) JSON
8 6 (0.17%) ADO
9 5 (0.14%) React Native
10 3 (0.085%) FHIR
10 3 (0.085%) Node.js
10 3 (0.085%) React
10 3 (0.085%) REST
11 2 (0.057%) Express.js
11 2 (0.057%) MERN Stack
11 2 (0.057%) Web Services
11 2 (0.057%) XML
12 1 (0.028%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 207 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
2 145 (4.11%) Driving Licence
3 92 (2.61%) Onboarding
4 77 (2.18%) Renewable Energy
5 76 (2.15%) PMI
6 75 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 64 (1.81%) FMCG
7 64 (1.81%) NHS
8 63 (1.78%) Data Centre
9 39 (1.10%) Virtual Team
10 25 (0.71%) Robotics
11 18 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
11 18 (0.51%) Digital Signage
11 18 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (0.51%) Product Ownership
11 18 (0.51%) Public Cloud
12 17 (0.48%) Derivative
12 17 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (0.48%) Mobile App
13 16 (0.45%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 34 (0.96%) Windows
2 23 (0.65%) Android
3 13 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.34%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.31%) Linux
5 11 (0.31%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,322 (65.78%) Project Management
2 1,135 (32.15%) Agile
3 972 (27.54%) Project Delivery
4 793 (22.46%) PRINCE2
5 544 (15.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 433 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
7 365 (10.34%) Risk Management
8 337 (9.55%) Waterfall
9 321 (9.09%) Change Management
10 288 (8.16%) Budget Management
11 243 (6.88%) Decision-Making
12 235 (6.66%) Continuous Improvement
13 217 (6.15%) Project Planning
14 208 (5.89%) Business Case
15 195 (5.52%) SDLC
16 192 (5.44%) Mentoring
17 176 (4.99%) Scrum
18 173 (4.90%) Time Management
19 170 (4.82%) Agile Project Management
20 164 (4.65%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 25 (0.71%) JavaScript
2 17 (0.48%) SQL
3 13 (0.37%) C#
4 10 (0.28%) Python
5 8 (0.23%) Java
6 4 (0.11%) PHP
7 2 (0.057%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.028%) Ada
8 1 (0.028%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.028%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.028%) Scala
8 1 (0.028%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.028%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 683 (19.35%) Degree
2 258 (7.31%) Security Cleared
3 246 (6.97%) PMI Certification
4 240 (6.80%) PMP
5 160 (4.53%) SC Cleared
6 140 (3.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 124 (3.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 75 (2.12%) HNC
9 40 (1.13%) DBS Check
10 39 (1.10%) DV Cleared
11 37 (1.05%) HND
12 36 (1.02%) APMP
13 26 (0.74%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.54%) NVQ Level 3
15 17 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
16 13 (0.37%) ACCA
16 13 (0.37%) CAPM
17 12 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
17 12 (0.34%) CIMA
18 10 (0.28%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (6.26%) PMO
2 131 (3.71%) QA
3 45 (1.27%) GDPR
4 37 (1.05%) NEBOSH
5 29 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 18 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (0.42%) SLA
8 13 (0.37%) Good Clinical Practice
9 11 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
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
14 5 (0.14%) ISO 13485
15 4 (0.11%) IEC 62304
15 4 (0.11%) P3O
16 3 (0.085%) Data Quality
16 3 (0.085%) PMBOK
System Software
1 25 (0.71%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.59%) Hyper-V
3 20 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
3 20 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.028%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 17 (0.48%) WSUS
2 13 (0.37%) SCOM
3 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.057%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.028%) FTK
Vendors
1 361 (10.23%) Microsoft
2 78 (2.21%) SAP
3 56 (1.59%) Salesforce
4 41 (1.16%) Cisco
5 40 (1.13%) Google
6 38 (1.08%) Oracle
7 31 (0.88%) IFS
8 29 (0.82%) VMware
9 27 (0.76%) Adobe
10 22 (0.62%) Progress
11 18 (0.51%) NEC
12 17 (0.48%) Ruckus Wireless
12 17 (0.48%) Workday
13 16 (0.45%) BT
14 15 (0.42%) CheckPoint
15 13 (0.37%) Sage
16 11 (0.31%) Northgate
17 10 (0.28%) Apple
17 10 (0.28%) Autodesk
17 10 (0.28%) Civica