Project Manager Jobs in Lancashire

Project Manager
North West > Lancashire

The median Project Manager salary in Lancashire is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 20 40
Rank change year-on-year -82 +20 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 65 88 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.80% 6.69% 5.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% 7.20% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 54 83 31
10th Percentile £47,683 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £48,262 £36,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £41,774 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.17% -30.38% +0.42%
75th Percentile - £56,875 £62,500
90th Percentile - £63,750 £67,500
North West median annual salary £55,500 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.84% -17.39% +8.49%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 2,209 1,223 576
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 93.00% 82.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 1,040 369
10th Percentile £41,250 £27,975 £27,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,249 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -4.74% +11.11%
75th Percentile £54,793 £60,741 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,000 £66,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Lancashire

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Lancashire

Project Manager
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Preston -26 14 £54,793 -0.38% 8
Blackpool -28 14 £54,793 +13.24% 2
Lytham St Annes - 12 £54,793 -
Blackburn -25 11 £54,793 +21.76% 4
Burnley +6 1 £45,000 +28.57%
Nelson -3 1 £45,000 -14.29%
Project Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 Lancashire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 65 (100.00%) Project Management
2 45 (69.23%) Degree
3 31 (47.69%) Finance
4 30 (46.15%) Manufacturing
4 30 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (46.15%) Quality Management
4 30 (46.15%) HNC
4 30 (46.15%) Business Case
4 30 (46.15%) NEBOSH
4 30 (46.15%) Customer Requirements
5 19 (29.23%) Agile
5 19 (29.23%) Waterfall
6 18 (27.69%) Programme Management
7 17 (26.15%) Application Packaging
7 17 (26.15%) Atlassian
7 17 (26.15%) ITIL
7 17 (26.15%) PMP
7 17 (26.15%) PRINCE
7 17 (26.15%) Confluence
8 16 (24.62%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (23.08%) Budget Management
9 15 (23.08%) Microsoft
10 14 (21.54%) Social Skills
11 13 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (20.00%) IT Strategy
11 13 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
11 13 (20.00%) ERP
12 4 (6.15%) PRINCE2
13 3 (4.62%) Project Delivery

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 17 (26.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.08%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
General
1 31 (47.69%) Finance
2 30 (46.15%) Manufacturing
3 16 (24.62%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (21.54%) Social Skills
5 13 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (100.00%) Project Management
2 30 (46.15%) Business Case
2 30 (46.15%) Customer Requirements
2 30 (46.15%) Quality Management
2 30 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (29.23%) Agile
3 19 (29.23%) Waterfall
4 18 (27.69%) Programme Management
5 17 (26.15%) Application Packaging
5 17 (26.15%) ITIL
5 17 (26.15%) PRINCE
6 15 (23.08%) Budget Management
7 13 (20.00%) ERP
7 13 (20.00%) IT Strategy
8 4 (6.15%) PRINCE2
9 3 (4.62%) Project Delivery
10 2 (3.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (3.08%) Energy Management
10 2 (3.08%) Knowledge Transfer
10 2 (3.08%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 45 (69.23%) Degree
2 30 (46.15%) HNC
3 17 (26.15%) PMP
4 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (46.15%) NEBOSH
2 2 (3.08%) PMO
Vendors
1 17 (26.15%) Atlassian
2 15 (23.08%) Microsoft