Project Management Jobs in the North of England

Project Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 21 31
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 0
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 837 1,465 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.23% 8.09% 7.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.67% 9.87% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 536 1,142 719
10th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £36,087
25th Percentile £47,683 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -9.09% +3.77%
75th Percentile £61,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -11.02% +3.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,913 14,844 16,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.30% 81.98% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,415 11,360 7,881
10th Percentile £25,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the North of England.

Salary trend for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North West -22 517 £54,793 +9.59% 380
Yorkshire -10 209 £54,793 +9.59% 206
North East +11 110 £59,000 +12.38% 68
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 39 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.23%) Confluence
3 4 (0.48%) IIS
4 2 (0.24%) Apache
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.12%) Moodle
5 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 111 (13.26%) Microsoft Office
2 71 (8.48%) Simulink
3 43 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 30 (3.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (3.58%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (2.75%) Trello
6 10 (1.19%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.84%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.12%) InDesign
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.51%) Teamcenter
2 20 (2.39%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.60%) Sage 200
3 5 (0.60%) Sage CRM
4 4 (0.48%) SAP BPC
4 4 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.12%) iTrent
6 1 (0.12%) Magento
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (3.46%) Azure
2 27 (3.23%) Power Platform
3 18 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (1.55%) AWS
5 8 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (0.96%) GitHub
5 8 (0.96%) Power Automate
6 7 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (0.72%) SaaS
8 5 (0.60%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (0.60%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.48%) Azure AI
9 4 (0.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (0.48%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (0.48%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.48%) IaaS
9 4 (0.48%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.08%) Firewall
1 9 (1.08%) WAN
2 7 (0.84%) DNS
2 7 (0.84%) VPN
3 6 (0.72%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.60%) Intranet
5 3 (0.36%) Network Security
6 2 (0.24%) Broadband
6 2 (0.24%) DMZ
6 2 (0.24%) Internet
6 2 (0.24%) LAN
6 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.24%) VLAN
6 2 (0.24%) Wireless
7 1 (0.12%) IPsec
7 1 (0.12%) PSTN
7 1 (0.12%) SSH
7 1 (0.12%) VoIP
7 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.51%) Power BI
2 11 (1.31%) Electronic Patient Records
3 9 (1.08%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.96%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.60%) MySQL
5 5 (0.60%) Tableau
6 4 (0.48%) Biml
6 4 (0.48%) GIS
6 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.24%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.24%) EDMS
7 2 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.24%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.12%) Looker
8 1 (0.12%) Metadata
8 1 (0.12%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 42 (5.02%) JIRA
2 22 (2.63%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (0.96%) Git
4 4 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.12%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.12%) ClearQuest
General
1 360 (43.01%) Social Skills
2 325 (38.83%) Finance
3 179 (21.39%) Analytical Skills
4 169 (20.19%) Manufacturing
5 94 (11.23%) Marketing
6 72 (8.60%) Aerospace
7 48 (5.73%) Presentation Skills
8 38 (4.54%) Law
9 31 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (3.70%) Retail
10 24 (2.87%) Legal
11 23 (2.75%) Electronics
12 20 (2.39%) Public Sector
13 14 (1.67%) Banking
14 13 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.31%) Health Technology
16 10 (1.19%) Aeronautics
16 10 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.19%) Local Government
17 6 (0.72%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 403 (48.15%) Project Manager
2 143 (17.08%) Senior
3 125 (14.93%) Delivery Project Manager
4 83 (9.92%) Development Manager
4 83 (9.92%) Product Manager
5 82 (9.80%) Lead
5 82 (9.80%) Product Development Manager
6 72 (8.60%) Systems Engineer
7 65 (7.77%) Senior Manager
8 52 (6.21%) Senior Project Manager
9 50 (5.97%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 50 (5.97%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 50 (5.97%) Team Leader
10 35 (4.18%) Infrastructure Manager
11 34 (4.06%) Analyst
11 34 (4.06%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 33 (3.94%) IT Manager
13 25 (2.99%) IT Project Manager
14 22 (2.63%) Architect
14 22 (2.63%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.55%) .NET
2 5 (0.60%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.24%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.24%) CSS
3 2 (0.24%) HTML
3 2 (0.24%) Kafka
3 2 (0.24%) PySpark
4 1 (0.12%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.12%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.12%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (0.12%) EDI
4 1 (0.12%) Flutter
4 1 (0.12%) jQuery
4 1 (0.12%) LAMP
4 1 (0.12%) Laravel
4 1 (0.12%) Loki
4 1 (0.12%) MSMQ
4 1 (0.12%) SOAP
4 1 (0.12%) XML
4 1 (0.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 143 (17.08%) FMCG
2 51 (6.09%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.99%) Social Media
4 15 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (1.31%) Data Centre
6 7 (0.84%) Life Science
6 7 (0.84%) NHS
6 7 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (0.72%) Product Ownership
8 5 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.60%) PMI
8 5 (0.60%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.48%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.36%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.36%) Solar Panel
11 2 (0.24%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.24%) Smart City
11 2 (0.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.08%) Windows
2 6 (0.72%) Windows Vista
3 2 (0.24%) Linux
3 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.12%) AIX
4 1 (0.12%) CentOS
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.12%) Solaris
4 1 (0.12%) Unix
4 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (31.78%) Problem-Solving
2 205 (24.49%) Project Delivery
3 197 (23.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 173 (20.67%) Agile
5 133 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 107 (12.78%) Risk Management
7 104 (12.43%) PRINCE2
8 97 (11.59%) Systems Engineering
9 87 (10.39%) Coaching
10 83 (9.92%) Product Strategy
11 82 (9.80%) Commercialisation
11 82 (9.80%) Competitor Analysis
12 81 (9.68%) Business Case
13 79 (9.44%) Budget Management
14 76 (9.08%) ERP
14 76 (9.08%) Quality Management
15 71 (8.48%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 71 (8.48%) SysML
16 64 (7.65%) Mentoring
17 59 (7.05%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (3.35%) SQL
2 21 (2.51%) MATLAB
3 11 (1.31%) Python
4 8 (0.96%) C#
5 6 (0.72%) PHP
5 6 (0.72%) PowerShell
6 4 (0.48%) Bicep
6 4 (0.48%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.48%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.36%) Java
7 3 (0.36%) Progress 4GL
8 2 (0.24%) C
8 2 (0.24%) C++
8 2 (0.24%) Scala
9 1 (0.12%) ABAP
9 1 (0.12%) AWK
9 1 (0.12%) JCL
9 1 (0.12%) Perl
9 1 (0.12%) REXX
9 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 286 (34.17%) Degree
2 248 (29.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 47 (5.62%) PMP
4 31 (3.70%) DBS Check
5 30 (3.58%) HNC
5 30 (3.58%) PMI Certification
6 18 (2.15%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.91%) APMP
7 16 (1.91%) CISSP
8 14 (1.67%) MBA
8 14 (1.67%) Security Cleared
9 8 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.84%) RIBA
11 6 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.60%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.60%) CISA
12 5 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.60%) MRICS
12 5 (0.60%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (12.66%) QA
2 45 (5.38%) NEBOSH
3 20 (2.39%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.67%) PMO
5 8 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (0.96%) GDPR
5 8 (0.96%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.36%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.24%) GMP
9 2 (0.24%) NCSC
9 2 (0.24%) NIST
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.12%) ITGC
10 1 (0.12%) PMBOK
System Software
1 5 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.24%) Docker
4 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) KVM
4 1 (0.12%) NFS
4 1 (0.12%) Postfix
4 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (0.60%) Ansible
2 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.36%) Functional Safety
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.24%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.24%) SCCM
4 2 (0.24%) Terraform
5 1 (0.12%) Grafana
5 1 (0.12%) Nagios
5 1 (0.12%) Nessus
5 1 (0.12%) SCOM
5 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 171 (20.43%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.21%) SAP
3 50 (5.97%) MathWorks
4 28 (3.35%) IBM
5 19 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.15%) Atlassian
7 14 (1.67%) Capita
7 14 (1.67%) Oracle
8 13 (1.55%) Facebook
9 8 (0.96%) Databricks
9 8 (0.96%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.72%) Liquidlogic
11 5 (0.60%) Google
11 5 (0.60%) Meraki
11 5 (0.60%) Sage
12 4 (0.48%) Cisco
12 4 (0.48%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.48%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.36%) HP
13 3 (0.36%) Progress