Project Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Project Manager salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 97 67
Rank change year-on-year +65 -30 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 643 307 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.52% 3.19% 4.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.85% 3.56% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 485 244 347
10th Percentile £31,863 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +5.24% +10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,000 £71,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,986 8,613 10,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.50% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,233 4,790 7,091
10th Percentile £26,050 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
West Midlands +54 340 £50,000 -9.09% 76
East Midlands +65 272 £50,000 -15.97% 49
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 460 (71.54%) Project Management
2 272 (42.30%) Social Skills
3 227 (35.30%) Finance
4 173 (26.91%) Agile
5 163 (25.35%) Project Delivery
6 154 (23.95%) PRINCE2
7 116 (18.04%) Degree
8 104 (16.17%) Risk Management
8 104 (16.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 89 (13.84%) Change Management
10 75 (11.66%) Waterfall
11 65 (10.11%) Retail
12 63 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
13 61 (9.49%) Business Case
14 58 (9.02%) PMO
15 53 (8.24%) Self-Motivation
15 53 (8.24%) Microsoft
16 48 (7.47%) Budget Management
17 47 (7.31%) Manufacturing
17 47 (7.31%) Security Cleared
18 46 (7.15%) Azure
18 46 (7.15%) ERP
19 45 (7.00%) Resource Allocation
19 45 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
20 44 (6.84%) Resource Management
21 43 (6.69%) Customer Requirements
21 43 (6.69%) Decision-Making
22 41 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
22 41 (6.38%) CRM
22 41 (6.38%) PRINCE2 Certification

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.78%) Confluence
4 4 (0.62%) CMS
4 4 (0.62%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (0.31%) Alfresco
5 2 (0.31%) Captiva
5 2 (0.31%) Documentum
Applications
1 41 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (4.67%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.24%) Trello
7 7 (1.09%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.62%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.31%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Maximo
2 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.16%) Shopify
3 1 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 46 (7.15%) Azure
2 17 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (2.02%) Smartsheet
5 12 (1.87%) SaaS
6 10 (1.56%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.24%) AWS
9 7 (1.09%) Mavenlink
9 7 (1.09%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.78%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.62%) Google Docs
11 4 (0.62%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.16%) Discord
12 1 (0.16%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.16%) Intacct
12 1 (0.16%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.33%) Intranet
2 8 (1.24%) Firewall
3 5 (0.78%) Extranet
4 4 (0.62%) Broadband
4 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.47%) Internet
5 3 (0.47%) WebEx
6 2 (0.31%) 4G
6 2 (0.31%) 5G
6 2 (0.31%) LAN
6 2 (0.31%) WAN
7 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.16%) VLAN
7 1 (0.16%) VoIP
7 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.78%) Power BI
2 4 (0.62%) Metadata
3 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.31%) EDMS
3 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (2.95%) JIRA
General
1 272 (42.30%) Social Skills
2 227 (35.30%) Finance
3 65 (10.11%) Retail
4 47 (7.31%) Manufacturing
5 45 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
8 37 (5.75%) Marketing
9 33 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
10 32 (4.98%) Public Sector
11 28 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (3.73%) Legal
13 20 (3.11%) Telecoms
14 18 (2.80%) Games
15 16 (2.49%) Health Technology
15 16 (2.49%) Law
16 15 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.87%) Local Government
18 10 (1.56%) Billing
19 6 (0.93%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.40%) .NET
1 9 (1.40%) RESTful
1 9 (1.40%) SOAP
2 1 (0.16%) Spring
2 1 (0.16%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.24%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (5.60%) Management Information System
3 33 (5.13%) Driving Licence
4 17 (2.64%) FMCG
5 15 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.18%) PMI
7 10 (1.56%) Robotics
7 10 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.24%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.24%) NHS
9 6 (0.93%) Animation
9 6 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.78%) Digital Media
11 4 (0.62%) CCTV
11 4 (0.62%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.62%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (0.62%) Photography
12 3 (0.47%) Client/Server
12 3 (0.47%) e-Learning
13 2 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.93%) Windows
2 3 (0.47%) Android
2 3 (0.47%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (71.54%) Project Management
2 173 (26.91%) Agile
3 163 (25.35%) Project Delivery
4 154 (23.95%) PRINCE2
5 104 (16.17%) Risk Management
5 104 (16.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 89 (13.84%) Change Management
7 75 (11.66%) Waterfall
8 63 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (9.49%) Business Case
10 48 (7.47%) Budget Management
11 46 (7.15%) ERP
12 45 (7.00%) Resource Allocation
13 44 (6.84%) Resource Management
14 43 (6.69%) Customer Requirements
14 43 (6.69%) Decision-Making
15 41 (6.38%) CRM
16 40 (6.22%) Logistics
17 36 (5.60%) Programme Management
18 35 (5.44%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.40%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.31%) SQL
3 1 (0.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 116 (18.04%) Degree
2 47 (7.31%) Security Cleared
3 41 (6.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 38 (5.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 36 (5.60%) PMI Certification
6 30 (4.67%) PMP
7 23 (3.58%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.33%) HNC
9 6 (0.93%) ACCA
9 6 (0.93%) CIMA
9 6 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.93%) MBA
10 5 (0.78%) CAPM
10 5 (0.78%) HND
11 4 (0.62%) RIBA
12 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.31%) APMP
14 1 (0.16%) MCITP
14 1 (0.16%) MCSE
14 1 (0.16%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.02%) PMO
2 6 (0.93%) ISO 9001
2 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.78%) GDPR
4 4 (0.62%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (8.24%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.58%) IFS
3 16 (2.49%) Workday
4 14 (2.18%) CheckPoint
5 13 (2.02%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.87%) SAP
7 7 (1.09%) VMware
8 6 (0.93%) Adobe
9 5 (0.78%) Cisco
9 5 (0.78%) Facebook
9 5 (0.78%) Google
9 5 (0.78%) Sage
10 2 (0.31%) EMC
11 1 (0.16%) Capita
11 1 (0.16%) Citrix
11 1 (0.16%) Civica
11 1 (0.16%) NEC
11 1 (0.16%) Northgate
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle
11 1 (0.16%) Wrike