Project Manager Jobs in the North of England

Project Manager
England > North of England

The median Project Manager salary in the North of England is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 126 84
Rank change year-on-year +86 -42 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 830 489 656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.81% 2.80% 3.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.06% 3.14% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 648 323 417
10th Percentile £33,675 £36,050 £36,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,210 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +13.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,899 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,650 £65,120
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 16,403 15,591 17,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 89.42% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,681 8,240 11,134
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,720
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
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 Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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 +78 445 £47,500 -13.64% 108
Yorkshire +83 276 £47,500 -5.00% 69
North East +47 109 £47,500 -9.52% 21
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 North of England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 540 (65.06%) Project Management
2 287 (34.58%) Agile
3 274 (33.01%) Social Skills
4 250 (30.12%) Project Delivery
5 166 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 145 (17.47%) Degree
7 132 (15.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 130 (15.66%) Finance
9 93 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (10.84%) PMP
11 89 (10.72%) Mentoring
12 83 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
13 82 (9.88%) Coaching
14 80 (9.64%) SDLC
15 70 (8.43%) PMI Certification
16 69 (8.31%) Risk Management
16 69 (8.31%) Agile Project Management
17 68 (8.19%) Microsoft
18 66 (7.95%) PMO
19 62 (7.47%) Time Management
20 61 (7.35%) ERP
21 59 (7.11%) Presales
22 57 (6.87%) Actionable Insight
22 57 (6.87%) Public Sector
23 54 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
23 54 (6.51%) Retail
24 52 (6.27%) Microsoft Project
25 51 (6.14%) Software Delivery
26 49 (5.90%) Change Management
27 48 (5.78%) Budget Management

Project Manager Skill Set
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 8 (0.96%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.84%) MS Project Server
3 4 (0.48%) CMS
4 3 (0.36%) Confluence
4 3 (0.36%) WordPress
5 2 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 52 (6.27%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.96%) Shopify
3 5 (0.60%) Magento
3 5 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) BPCS
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.12%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 27 (3.25%) SaaS
2 26 (3.13%) Azure
3 22 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 3 (0.36%) AWS
6 3 (0.36%) Slack
7 2 (0.24%) Google Sheets
7 2 (0.24%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.24%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.24%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.12%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.12%) GCP
8 1 (0.12%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.12%) IaaS
8 1 (0.12%) Intacct
8 1 (0.12%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (1.33%) LAN
3 10 (1.20%) Internet
3 10 (1.20%) WAN
4 5 (0.60%) Wireless
5 2 (0.24%) Extranet
5 2 (0.24%) Intranet
5 2 (0.24%) MPLS
5 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.24%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) Firewall
6 1 (0.12%) Network Security
6 1 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.12%) SAN
6 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.24%) GIS
1 2 (0.24%) Power BI
2 1 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 33 (3.98%) JIRA
2 3 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.24%) JIRA Agile
3 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 274 (33.01%) Social Skills
2 130 (15.66%) Finance
3 83 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (6.87%) Public Sector
5 54 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
5 54 (6.51%) Retail
6 47 (5.66%) Manufacturing
7 37 (4.46%) Marketing
8 28 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (3.25%) Legal
10 19 (2.29%) Law
11 15 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (1.45%) Local Government
13 10 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.08%) Games
15 7 (0.84%) Automotive
15 7 (0.84%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.72%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.60%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.20%) .NET
1 10 (1.20%) RESTful
1 10 (1.20%) SOAP
2 5 (0.60%) CSS
2 5 (0.60%) HTML
2 5 (0.60%) JSON
3 2 (0.24%) ADO
4 1 (0.12%) Node.js
4 1 (0.12%) React
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (3.98%) Driving Licence
2 33 (3.98%) Renewable Energy
3 18 (2.17%) PMI
4 14 (1.69%) Virtual Team
5 12 (1.45%) FMCG
6 10 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.08%) SCADA
8 6 (0.72%) Biopharmaceutical
8 6 (0.72%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.72%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.60%) Life Science
9 5 (0.60%) NHS
10 4 (0.48%) CCTV
11 3 (0.36%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.36%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.24%) IoT
12 2 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.24%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.24%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.12%) Windows
1 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (65.06%) Project Management
2 287 (34.58%) Agile
3 250 (30.12%) Project Delivery
4 166 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 132 (15.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 93 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (10.72%) Mentoring
8 82 (9.88%) Coaching
9 80 (9.64%) SDLC
10 69 (8.31%) Agile Project Management
10 69 (8.31%) Risk Management
11 62 (7.47%) Time Management
12 61 (7.35%) ERP
13 59 (7.11%) Presales
14 57 (6.87%) Actionable Insight
15 51 (6.14%) Software Delivery
16 49 (5.90%) Change Management
17 48 (5.78%) Budget Management
18 47 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
18 47 (5.66%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 16 (1.93%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.12%) Ada
2 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
2 1 (0.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (17.47%) Degree
2 90 (10.84%) PMP
3 70 (8.43%) PMI Certification
4 43 (5.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 31 (3.73%) Security Cleared
6 30 (3.61%) SC Cleared
7 24 (2.89%) HNC
8 17 (2.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 16 (1.93%) HND
10 7 (0.84%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.36%) APMP
11 3 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.36%) PgMP
12 2 (0.24%) CAPM
12 2 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.24%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.12%) MRICS
13 1 (0.12%) NVQ Level 4
13 1 (0.12%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.95%) PMO
2 30 (3.61%) QA
3 13 (1.57%) ISO 9001
4 12 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.08%) NEBOSH
6 7 (0.84%) GxP
7 6 (0.72%) GLP
7 6 (0.72%) Good Clinical Practice
8 5 (0.60%) GMP
9 3 (0.36%) GDPR
9 3 (0.36%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.36%) ISO 9000
9 3 (0.36%) SLA
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) GAMP
System Software
1 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (8.19%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.17%) SAP
3 16 (1.93%) Google
4 10 (1.20%) Adobe
4 10 (1.20%) Oracle
4 10 (1.20%) Progress
5 7 (0.84%) Anaplan
6 5 (0.60%) Cisco
7 4 (0.48%) Meraki
8 3 (0.36%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.36%) Northgate
9 2 (0.24%) Apple
9 2 (0.24%) BT
9 2 (0.24%) CA
9 2 (0.24%) NEC
9 2 (0.24%) Openreach
9 2 (0.24%) Sage
9 2 (0.24%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.24%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.24%) Zoho