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 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 34 96
Rank change year-on-year -97 +62 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 143 652 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.10% 5.14% 3.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 5.44% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 86 491 243
10th Percentile £37,375 £31,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £48,273
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -14.53% +11.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,375 £67,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +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 6,274 11,996 7,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.54% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 8,818 4,539
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,934 £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 £62,500 £60,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

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 29 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 29 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 -72 85 £55,000 +10.00% 63
East Midlands -78 54 £55,000 +10.02% 34
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 90 (62.94%) Project Management
2 62 (43.36%) Finance
3 46 (32.17%) Project Delivery
4 39 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 39 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (25.17%) Agile
6 29 (20.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (19.58%) Degree
8 27 (18.88%) PRINCE2
9 24 (16.78%) Waterfall
10 20 (13.99%) Change Management
11 15 (10.49%) Risk Management
12 14 (9.79%) Law
12 14 (9.79%) Business Case
12 14 (9.79%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 12 (8.39%) Microsoft
15 11 (7.69%) Budget Management
16 10 (6.99%) Public Sector
16 10 (6.99%) Microsoft Project
16 10 (6.99%) HNC
17 9 (6.29%) Strategic Thinking
17 9 (6.29%) Mentoring
17 9 (6.29%) SDLC
17 9 (6.29%) Driving Licence
18 8 (5.59%) NEBOSH
18 8 (5.59%) Work Breakdown Structure
18 8 (5.59%) Problem-Solving
18 8 (5.59%) HND
18 8 (5.59%) Change Control

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 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.70%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (6.99%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.50%) Azure
1 5 (3.50%) SaaS
2 2 (1.40%) Asana
2 2 (1.40%) AWS
2 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 2 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.70%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.70%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.20%) JIRA
General
1 62 (43.36%) Finance
2 39 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 29 (20.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (9.79%) Law
4 14 (9.79%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (6.99%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.90%) Retail
7 4 (2.80%) Military
7 4 (2.80%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.10%) Banking
9 2 (1.40%) Digital Health
9 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.40%) Local Government
9 2 (1.40%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.40%) Police
10 1 (0.70%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Aviation
10 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.29%) Driving Licence
2 7 (4.90%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.80%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.10%) NHS
5 2 (1.40%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.40%) Cyberattack
5 2 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.40%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.40%) PKI
5 2 (1.40%) SCADA
5 2 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (62.94%) Project Management
2 46 (32.17%) Project Delivery
3 39 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (25.17%) Agile
5 27 (18.88%) PRINCE2
6 24 (16.78%) Waterfall
7 20 (13.99%) Change Management
8 15 (10.49%) Risk Management
9 14 (9.79%) Business Case
10 13 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (7.69%) Budget Management
12 9 (6.29%) Mentoring
12 9 (6.29%) SDLC
12 9 (6.29%) Strategic Thinking
13 8 (5.59%) Change Control
13 8 (5.59%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (5.59%) Work Breakdown Structure
14 7 (4.90%) Budgeting
14 7 (4.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (4.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.40%) C++
1 2 (1.40%) Java
1 2 (1.40%) Python
2 1 (0.70%) PHP
2 1 (0.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (19.58%) Degree
2 10 (6.99%) HNC
3 8 (5.59%) HND
4 7 (4.90%) PMI Certification
4 7 (4.90%) PMP
5 6 (4.20%) MAPM
5 6 (4.20%) MRICS
6 5 (3.50%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.40%) CISSP
7 2 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.40%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.70%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.59%) NEBOSH
2 5 (3.50%) PMO
3 4 (2.80%) QA
4 2 (1.40%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.40%) GDPR
4 2 (1.40%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.40%) NIST
4 2 (1.40%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 12 (8.39%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.90%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.80%) NEC
4 1 (0.70%) Google
4 1 (0.70%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.70%) Snow