Project Manager Jobs in Leeds

Project Manager
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Project Manager salary in Leeds is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 34 101
Rank change year-on-year -28 +67 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 14 129 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.80% 5.44% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 5.64% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7 83 48
10th Percentile £42,250 £37,500 £38,813
25th Percentile £49,125 £40,988 £42,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £57,350 £58,125
90th Percentile £61,100 £62,250 £67,875
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 733 2,287 2,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 96.38% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 482 1,652 1,636
10th Percentile £28,525 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,900 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -0.18% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £69,914 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,250 £84,959 £86,875
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +9.62%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Leeds

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Leeds

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Leeds over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Leeds region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) Project Management
2 4 (28.57%) Law
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (21.43%) NEBOSH
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (14.29%) User Stories
4 2 (14.29%) Databricks
4 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) Burndown Charts
4 2 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
4 2 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (14.29%) Sprint Review
4 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (14.29%) Backlog Refinement
4 2 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
4 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
4 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
4 2 (14.29%) Legal
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Scrum
4 2 (14.29%) ERP
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.14%) CRM
5 1 (7.14%) SharePoint

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
General
1 4 (28.57%) Law
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Legal
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Local Government
3 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Project Management
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (14.29%) Backlog Refinement
4 2 (14.29%) Burndown Charts
4 2 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) ERP
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
4 2 (14.29%) Scrum
4 2 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
4 2 (14.29%) Sprint Review
4 2 (14.29%) User Stories
4 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
5 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) NEBOSH
2 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Databricks