Project Manager Jobs in London

Project Manager
England > London

The median Project Manager salary in London is £70,000 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 188 96 109
Rank change year-on-year -92 +13 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 235 768 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.85% 3.20% 3.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 3.39% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 124 541 833
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,058 £48,550
25th Percentile £58,750 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £99,625 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,293 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.96% -12.85% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London -29 49 £67,500 -10.00% 20
West London +19 12 £53,250 -4.48% 48
South London -13 9 - - 5
East London -20 3 £115,000 +88.52% 3
Project Manager
England

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

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 London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 158 (67.23%) Project Management
2 100 (42.55%) Finance
3 99 (42.13%) Agile
4 90 (38.30%) Project Delivery
5 83 (35.32%) Social Skills
6 69 (29.36%) PRINCE2
7 51 (21.70%) Degree
8 50 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (18.30%) Microsoft
9 43 (18.30%) Risk Management
9 43 (18.30%) Stakeholder Management
10 38 (16.17%) Waterfall
11 35 (14.89%) PMP
11 35 (14.89%) PMI Certification
12 33 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 28 (11.91%) Microsoft Project
13 28 (11.91%) JIRA
14 24 (10.21%) Strategic Thinking
15 23 (9.79%) Change Management
16 22 (9.36%) QA
16 22 (9.36%) Budget Management
16 22 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
17 21 (8.94%) Banking
17 21 (8.94%) Salesforce
18 20 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
19 19 (8.09%) Migration
20 18 (7.66%) Legal
20 18 (7.66%) Project Planning
21 17 (7.23%) Azure
21 17 (7.23%) Security Cleared

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.55%) Confluence
3 2 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (11.91%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.28%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Adobe Campaign
1 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.43%) Relativity
2 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.43%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.23%) Azure
2 14 (5.96%) Dynamics 365
3 13 (5.53%) Power Platform
4 12 (5.11%) SaaS
5 7 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.55%) AWS
7 4 (1.70%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.70%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.70%) Zapier
8 3 (1.28%) Asana
8 3 (1.28%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.28%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.85%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.43%) Amazon Kinesis
10 1 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.43%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.43%) Matillion
10 1 (0.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.70%) WAN
2 3 (1.28%) Wireless
3 2 (0.85%) LAN
3 2 (0.85%) MQTT
4 1 (0.43%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (4.26%) Power BI
3 6 (2.55%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.70%) Tableau
5 3 (1.28%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.43%) Big Data
6 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.43%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (11.91%) JIRA
2 2 (0.85%) MSI
General
1 100 (42.55%) Finance
2 83 (35.32%) Social Skills
3 33 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.94%) Banking
6 18 (7.66%) Legal
7 12 (5.11%) Marketing
7 12 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (4.68%) Retail
9 10 (4.26%) Front Office
10 9 (3.83%) Law
11 8 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.40%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.55%) Back Office
12 6 (2.55%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.55%) Multimedia
13 5 (2.13%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.70%) Public Sector
15 3 (1.28%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.13%) Middleware
2 3 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.43%) .NET
3 1 (0.43%) EDI
3 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.68%) Cyberattack
1 11 (4.68%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.26%) PMI
3 8 (3.40%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.98%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.55%) Derivative
5 6 (2.55%) Social Media
6 5 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.70%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.28%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.28%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.28%) Equities
8 3 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.85%) CCTV
9 2 (0.85%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.43%) Linux
2 1 (0.43%) Unix
2 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (67.23%) Project Management
2 99 (42.13%) Agile
3 90 (38.30%) Project Delivery
4 69 (29.36%) PRINCE2
5 50 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (18.30%) Risk Management
6 43 (18.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (16.17%) Waterfall
8 24 (10.21%) Strategic Thinking
9 23 (9.79%) Change Management
10 22 (9.36%) Budget Management
11 19 (8.09%) Migration
12 18 (7.66%) Project Planning
13 17 (7.23%) ERP
13 17 (7.23%) Mentoring
14 16 (6.81%) Business Case
14 16 (6.81%) CRM
15 14 (5.96%) Budgeting
15 14 (5.96%) Cost Management
15 14 (5.96%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.81%) SQL
2 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (21.70%) Degree
2 35 (14.89%) PMI Certification
2 35 (14.89%) PMP
3 17 (7.23%) Security Cleared
4 13 (5.53%) DBS Check
5 12 (5.11%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.55%) CCNP
6 6 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.13%) CCIE
7 5 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.70%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.28%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.85%) MBA
11 1 (0.43%) APMP
11 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.43%) RIBA
11 1 (0.43%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.36%) QA
2 15 (6.38%) PMO
3 11 (4.68%) PMBOK
4 3 (1.28%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.28%) MiFID
4 3 (1.28%) NEBOSH
5 2 (0.85%) EMIR
5 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 43 (18.30%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.94%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.26%) Oracle
4 9 (3.83%) SAP
5 6 (2.55%) Cisco
5 6 (2.55%) NEC
5 6 (2.55%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.70%) Google
7 3 (1.28%) OpenText
8 2 (0.85%) Adobe
8 2 (0.85%) GoldenSource
8 2 (0.85%) Marketo
8 2 (0.85%) Workday
9 1 (0.43%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.43%) Avaloq
9 1 (0.43%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.43%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.43%) IBM
9 1 (0.43%) Planview
9 1 (0.43%) Wrike