Software Project Manager Job Trends in England

Software Project Manager
UK > England

The median Software Project Manager salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 652 595
Rank change year-on-year +44 -57 +219
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 9 27 85
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.017% 0.056% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.061% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 79
10th Percentile £54,500 £43,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £48,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -11.54% +1.56%
75th Percentile - £61,250 £72,500
90th Percentile - £74,100 £87,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £56,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +42.22% -13.46% +0.78%

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 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Software Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Software Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Software Project Manager job vacancies in England

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 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
East of England +23 5 £80,000 -11.11% 5
London +52 1 - - 2
South East +29 1 £50,000 -16.67% 3
North West +18 1 £70,000 +23.35%
South West +10 1 - -
North of England +6 1 £70,000 +47.37% 1
Software Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Software 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 Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) SDLC
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
4 1 (11.11%) Azure
4 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
4 1 (11.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (11.11%) CAPM
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (11.11%) Confluence
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Contract Management
4 1 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) DSDM
4 1 (11.11%) Epics
4 1 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) ITSM
4 1 (11.11%) JIRA
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project

Software 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Games
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) SDLC
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (11.11%) Contract Management
4 1 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (11.11%) Epics
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) CAPM
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft