Project Manager Jobs in Manchester

Project Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Project Manager salary in Manchester is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 117 132
Rank change year-on-year +52 +15 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 194 145 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.79% 2.91% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% 3.18% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 167 103 107
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,600 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,303 £44,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% +11.58%
75th Percentile £61,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £67,500
North West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +3.77% +17.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,849 4,561 5,495
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.66% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,758 2,666 3,708
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,425
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Manchester

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Manchester

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Manchester

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Rochdale +15 4 £45,000 -25.00%
Stockport +27 3 £60,000 -
Stalybridge - 3 £47,500 -
Salford +13 2 £29,000 -47.27% 1
Bolton +12 2 £55,000 +57.14% 5
Cheadle - 2 £50,000 - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £47,500 -
Bury - 1 £54,000 - 2
Project Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 Manchester region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 154 (79.38%) Project Management
2 69 (35.57%) Social Skills
3 62 (31.96%) Agile
3 62 (31.96%) Project Delivery
4 37 (19.07%) PRINCE2
5 32 (16.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (12.37%) Agile Project Management
7 22 (11.34%) Mentoring
7 22 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (11.34%) SDLC
7 22 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (11.34%) Presales
8 21 (10.82%) Degree
9 20 (10.31%) Microsoft
10 19 (9.79%) PMP
10 19 (9.79%) Finance
10 19 (9.79%) Actionable Insight
11 17 (8.76%) Change Management
12 16 (8.25%) Risk Management
12 16 (8.25%) Coaching
12 16 (8.25%) Decision-Making
13 15 (7.73%) Software Delivery
13 15 (7.73%) PMI Certification
13 15 (7.73%) Public Sector
14 14 (7.22%) Budget Management
14 14 (7.22%) CRM
14 14 (7.22%) Line Management
15 13 (6.70%) ERP
15 13 (6.70%) Business Case
16 12 (6.19%) Time Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (1.03%) CMS
1 2 (1.03%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.58%) Shopify
3 1 (0.52%) BPCS
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.67%) Azure
2 9 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (4.12%) SaaS
4 4 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.55%) Slack
6 2 (1.03%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.52%) AWS
7 1 (0.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.09%) LAN
1 6 (3.09%) WAN
2 5 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.03%) Extranet
3 2 (1.03%) Internet
3 2 (1.03%) Intranet
4 1 (0.52%) Firewall
4 1 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.03%) JIRA
1 2 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 69 (35.57%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.79%) Finance
4 15 (7.73%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.64%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (3.61%) Retail
7 6 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.09%) Social Housing
8 4 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.55%) Local Government
9 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.55%) Marketing
10 2 (1.03%) Back Office
10 2 (1.03%) iGaming
10 2 (1.03%) Legal
11 1 (0.52%) German Language
11 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.52%) Law
11 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.06%) .NET
1 4 (2.06%) RESTful
1 4 (2.06%) SOAP
2 1 (0.52%) Node.js
2 1 (0.52%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.67%) Driving Licence
2 9 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.61%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.09%) Biopharmaceutical
4 6 (3.09%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.06%) PMI
6 3 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.03%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.03%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.03%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.03%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.52%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.52%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.52%) Windows
1 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (79.38%) Project Management
2 62 (31.96%) Agile
2 62 (31.96%) Project Delivery
3 37 (19.07%) PRINCE2
4 32 (16.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (12.37%) Agile Project Management
6 22 (11.34%) Mentoring
6 22 (11.34%) Presales
6 22 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (11.34%) SDLC
7 19 (9.79%) Actionable Insight
8 17 (8.76%) Change Management
9 16 (8.25%) Coaching
9 16 (8.25%) Decision-Making
9 16 (8.25%) Risk Management
10 15 (7.73%) Software Delivery
11 14 (7.22%) Budget Management
11 14 (7.22%) CRM
11 14 (7.22%) Line Management
12 13 (6.70%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.58%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.52%) Ada
Qualifications
1 21 (10.82%) Degree
2 19 (9.79%) PMP
3 15 (7.73%) PMI Certification
4 12 (6.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (4.12%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.12%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.52%) APMP
7 1 (0.52%) CCNA
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.52%) MRICS
7 1 (0.52%) RIBA
7 1 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.67%) PMO
2 7 (3.61%) GxP
2 7 (3.61%) QA
3 6 (3.09%) GLP
3 6 (3.09%) Good Clinical Practice
4 4 (2.06%) GMP
5 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.06%) SAP
3 2 (1.03%) Apple
3 2 (1.03%) BT
3 2 (1.03%) Openreach
3 2 (1.03%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe
4 1 (0.52%) Epicor
4 1 (0.52%) IFS
4 1 (0.52%) Infor
4 1 (0.52%) JD Edwards
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle
4 1 (0.52%) Sage
4 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.52%) VMware