Project Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Project Manager salary in the Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 34 96
Rank change year-on-year -99 +62 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 145 655 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.10% 5.09% 3.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 5.39% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 88 491 244
10th Percentile £37,250 £31,500 £42,150
25th Percentile £44,206 £41,250 £48,483
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.79% +10.48%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,325 £66,250 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -13.33% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,368 12,163 7,840
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 94.57% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,700 8,888 4,539
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,313 £60,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
West Midlands -71 85 £55,000 +10.00% 58
East Midlands -72 56 £55,000 +10.02% 33
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 91 (62.76%) Project Management
2 62 (42.76%) Finance
3 46 (31.72%) Project Delivery
4 41 (28.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (27.59%) Social Skills
6 37 (25.52%) Agile
7 30 (20.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (20.00%) Degree
9 27 (18.62%) PRINCE2
10 24 (16.55%) Waterfall
11 20 (13.79%) Change Management
12 15 (10.34%) Risk Management
12 15 (10.34%) Business Case
13 14 (9.66%) Law
13 14 (9.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (8.97%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (8.28%) Microsoft
16 11 (7.59%) Budget Management
17 10 (6.90%) Public Sector
17 10 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
17 10 (6.90%) HNC
18 9 (6.21%) Problem-Solving
18 9 (6.21%) Strategic Thinking
18 9 (6.21%) Mentoring
18 9 (6.21%) SDLC
18 9 (6.21%) Driving Licence
19 8 (5.52%) NEBOSH
19 8 (5.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 8 (5.52%) Budgeting
19 8 (5.52%) HND

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 5 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.69%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.45%) Azure
1 5 (3.45%) SaaS
2 2 (1.38%) Asana
2 2 (1.38%) AWS
2 2 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 2 (1.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.69%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.14%) JIRA
General
1 62 (42.76%) Finance
2 40 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 30 (20.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (9.66%) Law
5 13 (8.97%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.83%) Retail
8 4 (2.76%) Military
8 4 (2.76%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.07%) Banking
9 3 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Digital Health
10 2 (1.38%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.38%) Local Government
10 2 (1.38%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.38%) Police
11 1 (0.69%) Advertising
11 1 (0.69%) Billing
11 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.21%) Driving Licence
2 7 (4.83%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.76%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.07%) NHS
5 2 (1.38%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.38%) Cyberattack
5 2 (1.38%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.38%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.38%) PKI
5 2 (1.38%) SCADA
5 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (62.76%) Project Management
2 46 (31.72%) Project Delivery
3 41 (28.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 37 (25.52%) Agile
5 27 (18.62%) PRINCE2
6 24 (16.55%) Waterfall
7 20 (13.79%) Change Management
8 15 (10.34%) Business Case
8 15 (10.34%) Risk Management
9 14 (9.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (7.59%) Budget Management
11 9 (6.21%) Mentoring
11 9 (6.21%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (6.21%) SDLC
11 9 (6.21%) Strategic Thinking
12 8 (5.52%) Budgeting
12 8 (5.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 7 (4.83%) Change Control
13 7 (4.83%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (4.83%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.38%) C++
1 2 (1.38%) Java
1 2 (1.38%) Python
2 1 (0.69%) PHP
2 1 (0.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (20.00%) Degree
2 10 (6.90%) HNC
3 8 (5.52%) HND
4 7 (4.83%) PMI Certification
4 7 (4.83%) PMP
5 6 (4.14%) MAPM
5 6 (4.14%) MRICS
6 5 (3.45%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.38%) CISSP
7 2 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.38%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.69%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.52%) NEBOSH
2 5 (3.45%) PMO
3 4 (2.76%) QA
4 2 (1.38%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.38%) GDPR
4 2 (1.38%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.38%) NIST
4 2 (1.38%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 12 (8.28%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.14%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.76%) NEC
4 1 (0.69%) Google
4 1 (0.69%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.69%) Snow