Software Project Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Software Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Software Project Manager salary in the Midlands is £39,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 303 315
Rank change year-on-year +45 +12 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 1 12 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.014% 0.10% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.11% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 13
10th Percentile - - £38,250
25th Percentile £37,250 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £46,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.05% -22.50% -
75th Percentile £41,750 £58,750 £66,000
90th Percentile - £64,375 £76,300
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -7.69% +8.33%

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 6,564 11,062 8,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.33% 89.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,863 8,268 4,764
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in the Midlands

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Project Manager in the Midlands

Software 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 Software Project Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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 +32 1 £39,500 -15.05%
Software Project Manager
England

Software Project Manager Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Software 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 Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting

Software 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories