Project Management Job Trends in Manchester

Project Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 22 50
Rank change year-on-year -28 +28 -6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 98 230 115
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.55% 8.38% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.38% 9.00% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 80 112 95
10th Percentile £26,000 £38,750 £38,850
25th Percentile £29,250 £45,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £56,021
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -6.29% +1.86%
75th Percentile £52,000 £64,063 £69,332
90th Percentile £69,000 £81,925 £85,000
North West median annual salary £42,442 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.16% -4.55% +1.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,236 2,555 2,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 80.90% 93.15% 92.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 1,196 1,664
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,815
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,964
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

Project Management
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Manchester

Project Management
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bolton +10 5 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Stockport +2 4 £32,500 -48.00% 4
Oldham -2 2 £45,221 -13.04% 7
Salford - 2 £75,000 - 7
Altrincham - 2 £35,000 -
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.04%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 18 (18.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (11.22%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.04%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (2.04%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (2.04%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (2.04%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.02%) Global One
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.14%) Azure
1 7 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.10%) SaaS
3 3 (3.06%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.04%) AWS
4 2 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.04%) GCP
4 2 (2.04%) Intacct
4 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (2.04%) OCI
4 2 (2.04%) Workato
5 1 (1.02%) dbt
5 1 (1.02%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.29%) Tableau
2 11 (11.22%) Data Mining
3 7 (7.14%) Power BI
4 5 (5.10%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.04%) Big Data
5 2 (2.04%) Data Vault
5 2 (2.04%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.04%) MySQL
6 1 (1.02%) DB2
6 1 (1.02%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (1.02%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.04%) GitLab
1 2 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 50 (51.02%) Finance
2 27 (27.55%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (27.55%) Social Skills
3 9 (9.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (9.18%) Law
3 9 (9.18%) Legal
3 9 (9.18%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.14%) Retail
5 6 (6.12%) Banking
5 6 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.10%) Advertising
6 5 (5.10%) Marketing
7 4 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.06%) Dutch Language
8 3 (3.06%) Investment Banking
8 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.04%) Games
9 2 (2.04%) General Ledger
9 2 (2.04%) Military
9 2 (2.04%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (26.53%) Project Manager
2 25 (25.51%) Analyst
3 22 (22.45%) Trainee
3 22 (22.45%) Trainee Analyst
4 12 (12.24%) Business Analyst
4 12 (12.24%) Senior
5 11 (11.22%) Data Analyst
5 11 (11.22%) Trainee Business Analyst
5 11 (11.22%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 8 (8.16%) IT Manager
6 8 (8.16%) Senior Manager
7 7 (7.14%) Architect
8 6 (6.12%) IT Project Manager
9 5 (5.10%) Commercial Manager
9 5 (5.10%) Commercial Project Manager
10 4 (4.08%) Developer
10 4 (4.08%) Service Manager
10 4 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (4.08%) Technologist
11 3 (3.06%) Installations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) .NET
1 3 (3.06%) Google Maps API
2 2 (2.04%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.04%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.04%) Middleware
2 2 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.14%) Blog
2 6 (6.12%) Digital Signage
2 6 (6.12%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.10%) Social Media
4 3 (3.06%) Home Automation
4 3 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.06%) Smart Home
5 2 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.04%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.02%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.02%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.02%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.02%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (24.49%) Business Analysis
3 21 (21.43%) AI
3 21 (21.43%) Change Management
4 19 (19.39%) Analytics
4 19 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (19.39%) Project Delivery
5 18 (18.37%) Agile
5 18 (18.37%) Data Analysis
6 17 (17.35%) PRINCE2
6 17 (17.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (15.31%) Budget Management
7 15 (15.31%) Data Analytics
7 15 (15.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (12.24%) Process Improvement
9 10 (10.20%) Business Case
9 10 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (10.20%) Risk Management
10 9 (9.18%) Time Management
10 9 (9.18%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.37%) SQL
2 17 (17.35%) Python
3 3 (3.06%) Java
4 2 (2.04%) ANSI SQL
4 2 (2.04%) C#
4 2 (2.04%) PHP
4 2 (2.04%) Scala
5 1 (1.02%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.02%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (36.73%) Degree
2 17 (17.35%) PMP
3 10 (10.20%) PMI Certification
4 5 (5.10%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.08%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.06%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.04%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.02%) CCA
8 1 (1.02%) CISA
8 1 (1.02%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (1.02%) CRISC
8 1 (1.02%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.02%) MCSE
8 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.14%) QA
2 2 (2.04%) ISO 14001
2 2 (2.04%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.04%) PMO
3 1 (1.02%) COBIT
3 1 (1.02%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.02%) GDPR
3 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.02%) ITGC
3 1 (1.02%) NEBOSH
3 1 (1.02%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.02%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) AirWatch
1 1 (1.02%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (1.02%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (22.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.10%) Oracle
3 3 (3.06%) Google
4 2 (2.04%) Adobe
4 2 (2.04%) Anaplan
4 2 (2.04%) Concur
4 2 (2.04%) Genesys
4 2 (2.04%) Sage
4 2 (2.04%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.04%) Verint
5 1 (1.02%) Citrix
5 1 (1.02%) Databricks
5 1 (1.02%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.02%) Ivanti
5 1 (1.02%) SAP
5 1 (1.02%) VMware