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 £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 42 118
Rank change year-on-year -24 +76 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 502 821 507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.37% 4.70% 2.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.75% 4.95% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 381 653 362
10th Percentile £40,748 £33,550 £37,575
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,800
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £67,500
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
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 10,578 16,586 15,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 94.87% 89.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5,737 12,834 8,216
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,265 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,577
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,100 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 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 -24 373 £55,500 +16.84% 96
Yorkshire -19 101 £55,000 +15.79% 58
North East -17 28 £48,250 +1.58% 15
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 North of England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 430 (85.66%) Project Management
2 208 (41.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 202 (40.24%) Project Delivery
4 175 (34.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 151 (30.08%) Finance
6 139 (27.69%) Manufacturing
7 107 (21.31%) Degree
8 96 (19.12%) Social Skills
9 93 (18.53%) Risk Management
10 90 (17.93%) Microsoft Office
11 83 (16.53%) Microsoft
12 82 (16.33%) Business Case
13 75 (14.94%) PRINCE2
14 73 (14.54%) Microsoft Excel
15 72 (14.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
16 66 (13.15%) Microsoft Project
17 63 (12.55%) Budget Management
18 59 (11.75%) Quality Management
19 55 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
20 49 (9.76%) Agile
21 45 (8.96%) ERP
21 45 (8.96%) NEBOSH
22 44 (8.76%) SAP
23 41 (8.17%) FMCG
24 39 (7.77%) Customer Requirements
25 37 (7.37%) Waterfall
26 35 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
26 35 (6.97%) HNC
26 35 (6.97%) PMP
27 34 (6.77%) Continuous Improvement

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 25 (4.98%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 90 (17.93%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (14.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 72 (14.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 66 (13.15%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (2.39%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.79%) Trello
7 3 (0.60%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Magento
2 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (0.80%) Azure
2 2 (0.40%) Asana
2 2 (0.40%) AWS
2 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.20%) BigCommerce
3 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.40%) VLAN
2 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.59%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (0.60%) Tableau
3 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.20%) GIS
3 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (2.79%) JIRA
General
1 151 (30.08%) Finance
2 139 (27.69%) Manufacturing
3 96 (19.12%) Social Skills
4 35 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (3.39%) Law
6 17 (3.39%) Retail
7 15 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.59%) Health Technology
9 7 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.00%) Local Government
12 4 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.60%) Back Office
13 3 (0.60%) Front Office
13 3 (0.60%) Legal
13 3 (0.60%) Marketing
14 1 (0.20%) Advertising
14 1 (0.20%) Banking
14 1 (0.20%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.20%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.17%) FMCG
2 31 (6.18%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.19%) Driving Licence
4 10 (1.99%) Social Media
5 8 (1.59%) PMI
6 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.60%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.60%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.40%) IoT
8 2 (0.40%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.40%) Smart City
8 2 (0.40%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.40%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.20%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.20%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.20%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.99%) Windows
1 10 (1.99%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (85.66%) Project Management
2 202 (40.24%) Project Delivery
3 175 (34.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 93 (18.53%) Risk Management
5 82 (16.33%) Business Case
6 75 (14.94%) PRINCE2
7 63 (12.55%) Budget Management
8 59 (11.75%) Quality Management
9 55 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (9.76%) Agile
11 45 (8.96%) ERP
12 39 (7.77%) Customer Requirements
13 37 (7.37%) Waterfall
14 34 (6.77%) Continuous Improvement
15 32 (6.37%) Budgeting
16 31 (6.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 30 (5.98%) Project Governance
18 29 (5.78%) Coaching
19 28 (5.58%) Line Management
19 28 (5.58%) PDCA
Qualifications
1 208 (41.43%) BPSS Clearance
2 107 (21.31%) Degree
3 35 (6.97%) HNC
3 35 (6.97%) PMP
4 21 (4.18%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.19%) APMP
5 16 (3.19%) Master's Degree
5 16 (3.19%) MBA
6 11 (2.19%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.39%) MRICS
8 6 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.40%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.20%) HND
11 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.96%) NEBOSH
2 11 (2.19%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.19%) QA
3 4 (0.80%) PMO
4 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.20%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 83 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.76%) SAP
3 17 (3.39%) Atlassian
4 11 (2.19%) Capita
5 8 (1.59%) NEC
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe
6 1 (0.20%) Aruba
6 1 (0.20%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.20%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle
6 1 (0.20%) Progress