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 7 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 37 93
Rank change year-on-year -98 +56 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 137 664 307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.97% 4.95% 3.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 5.23% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 86 491 247
10th Percentile £37,250 £31,500 £42,300
25th Percentile £43,813 £41,250 £48,651
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £71,250
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
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 6,413 12,704 7,612
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.04% 94.75% 89.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,746 9,161 4,496
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,089 £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 £63,500 £60,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,255
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.87% +0.43%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -75 82 £55,000 +10.00% 66
East Midlands -76 52 £54,000 +13.68% 56
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 86 (62.77%) Project Management
2 60 (43.80%) Finance
3 47 (34.31%) Project Delivery
4 41 (29.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 38 (27.74%) Social Skills
6 36 (26.28%) Agile
7 30 (21.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (19.71%) PRINCE2
9 26 (18.98%) Degree
10 24 (17.52%) Waterfall
11 21 (15.33%) Change Management
12 15 (10.95%) Business Case
12 15 (10.95%) Law
12 15 (10.95%) Risk Management
13 14 (10.22%) Microsoft
14 13 (9.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 11 (8.03%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (8.03%) Budget Management
16 9 (6.57%) Mentoring
16 9 (6.57%) SDLC
16 9 (6.57%) Driving Licence
16 9 (6.57%) HNC
17 8 (5.84%) HND
17 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Project
17 8 (5.84%) Change Control
17 8 (5.84%) NEBOSH
17 8 (5.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 8 (5.84%) Strategic Thinking
17 8 (5.84%) Budgeting
18 7 (5.11%) Onboarding

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 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.73%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.38%) SaaS
2 3 (2.19%) Azure
3 2 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.46%) Google Workspace
3 2 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (1.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (0.73%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.73%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.73%) MySQL
1 1 (0.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.65%) JIRA
General
1 60 (43.80%) Finance
2 38 (27.74%) Social Skills
3 30 (21.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (10.95%) Law
5 11 (8.03%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.11%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.65%) Military
7 5 (3.65%) Retail
7 5 (3.65%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.46%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.46%) Banking
9 2 (1.46%) Digital Health
9 2 (1.46%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.46%) Police
10 1 (0.73%) Billing
10 1 (0.73%) Local Government
10 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.57%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.11%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.92%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.19%) NHS
5 2 (1.46%) Cyberattack
5 2 (1.46%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.46%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.46%) SCADA
6 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (62.77%) Project Management
2 47 (34.31%) Project Delivery
3 41 (29.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (26.28%) Agile
5 27 (19.71%) PRINCE2
6 24 (17.52%) Waterfall
7 21 (15.33%) Change Management
8 15 (10.95%) Business Case
8 15 (10.95%) Risk Management
9 13 (9.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (8.03%) Budget Management
11 9 (6.57%) Mentoring
11 9 (6.57%) SDLC
12 8 (5.84%) Budgeting
12 8 (5.84%) Change Control
12 8 (5.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 8 (5.84%) Strategic Thinking
13 7 (5.11%) Customer Service
13 7 (5.11%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (5.11%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.73%) PHP
1 1 (0.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (18.98%) Degree
2 9 (6.57%) HNC
3 8 (5.84%) HND
4 6 (4.38%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.92%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.92%) PMP
6 3 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.19%) MAPM
6 3 (2.19%) MRICS
6 3 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.46%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.73%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.84%) NEBOSH
2 6 (4.38%) PMO
3 4 (2.92%) QA
4 2 (1.46%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.46%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 14 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.38%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.19%) NEC
4 1 (0.73%) Google
4 1 (0.73%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.73%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.73%) Snow