Software Project Manager Jobs in England

Software Project Manager
UK > England

The median Software Project Manager salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2025.

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

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 724 796
Rank change year-on-year +54 +72 +194
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 23 99 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.046% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 11 88 117
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,402 £46,250
25th Percentile - £50,938 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £84,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £79,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -7.69% +8.33%

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 45,134 81,676 80,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.55% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,494 60,830 51,454
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,126 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Project Manager in England

Software 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 Software Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. 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
East of England - 9 £95,000 - 6
South East +76 5 £50,000 -16.67% 6
South West +107 4 - - 6
London +98 2 £60,000 -20.00% 7
North of England +5 2 £57,500 -8.00% 5
Yorkshire +59 1 £47,500 -15.56% 3
Midlands +51 1 £39,500 -15.05%
West Midlands +37 1 £39,500 -15.05%
North West -34 1 £67,500 +8.00% 2
Software Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Software 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 Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 15 (65.22%) Agile
2 14 (60.87%) Project Management
2 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
3 13 (56.52%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (56.52%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (47.83%) Project Delivery
5 10 (43.48%) Software Delivery
5 10 (43.48%) Finance
5 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (39.13%) PRINCE2
6 9 (39.13%) SaaS
6 9 (39.13%) Budget Management
7 8 (34.78%) Customer Experience
7 8 (34.78%) Public Sector
7 8 (34.78%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (34.78%) Google Workspace
7 8 (34.78%) Business Transformation
7 8 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (34.78%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (34.78%) Salesforce
7 8 (34.78%) Change Management
7 8 (34.78%) Local Government
7 8 (34.78%) Google
8 6 (26.09%) SDLC
9 5 (21.74%) Resource Allocation
9 5 (21.74%) Retail
9 5 (21.74%) Logistics
9 5 (21.74%) Software Engineering
10 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
10 4 (17.39%) Product Roadmap

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) SaaS
2 8 (34.78%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Azure API Management
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 13 (56.52%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (43.48%) Finance
4 8 (34.78%) Local Government
4 8 (34.78%) Public Sector
5 5 (21.74%) Retail
6 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Marketing
6 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.35%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Life Science
2 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.35%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Agile
2 14 (60.87%) Project Management
3 13 (56.52%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (47.83%) Project Delivery
5 10 (43.48%) Software Delivery
5 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (39.13%) Budget Management
6 9 (39.13%) PRINCE2
7 8 (34.78%) Business Transformation
7 8 (34.78%) Change Management
7 8 (34.78%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (34.78%) Customer Experience
8 6 (26.09%) SDLC
9 5 (21.74%) Logistics
9 5 (21.74%) Resource Allocation
9 5 (21.74%) Software Engineering
10 4 (17.39%) Product Roadmap
10 4 (17.39%) Product Strategy
10 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Google
1 8 (34.78%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft