Project Management Jobs in the North West

Project Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 20 40
Rank change year-on-year 0 +20 -2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 667 818 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.81% 8.42% 7.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.24% 10.12% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 498 625 336
10th Percentile £42,125 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £39,000 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +3.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,430 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.49% -8.70% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,217 8,082 7,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.29% 83.16% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,047 6,150 3,924
10th Percentile £27,123 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cumbria +19 308 £56,000 -6.67% 14
Manchester -13 151 £55,000 +12.86% 222
Lancashire -41 151 £52,500 -9.43% 132
Cheshire -17 31 £55,000 +14.55% 62
Merseyside -12 24 £40,000 -11.11% 28
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 34 (5.10%) Confluence
2 33 (4.95%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.30%) Apache
4 2 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) Moodle
Applications
1 105 (15.74%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (8.55%) Simulink
3 51 (7.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 28 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (3.75%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (2.55%) Trello
7 13 (1.95%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.15%) InDesign
9 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 20 (3.00%) NetSuite
2 15 (2.25%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.15%) Magento
5 1 (0.15%) Odoo
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Sage CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (3.00%) Azure
2 16 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (1.95%) Power Platform
4 6 (0.90%) AWS
4 6 (0.90%) SaaS
5 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.45%) Asana
7 3 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.45%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (0.45%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.45%) Facebook Ads
7 3 (0.45%) GCP
7 3 (0.45%) IaaS
7 3 (0.45%) Mimecast
7 3 (0.45%) OCI
7 3 (0.45%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.30%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.15%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.15%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.05%) DNS
2 5 (0.75%) Firewall
2 5 (0.75%) SD-WAN
2 5 (0.75%) WAN
3 3 (0.45%) DHCP
3 3 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.45%) SNMP
3 3 (0.45%) VPN
3 3 (0.45%) VSAN
4 2 (0.30%) DMZ
4 2 (0.30%) FTP
4 2 (0.30%) HTTP
4 2 (0.30%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.30%) SSH
4 2 (0.30%) SSL
4 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.15%) Broadband
5 1 (0.15%) LAN
5 1 (0.15%) Network Security
5 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.35%) Power BI
2 3 (0.45%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.30%) GIS
3 2 (0.30%) MySQL
3 2 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.15%) Metadata
4 1 (0.15%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.15%) QlikView
4 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 37 (5.55%) JIRA
2 8 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (0.30%) GitLab
4 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.15%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.15%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.15%) Git
4 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 230 (34.48%) Finance
1 230 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 145 (21.74%) Manufacturing
3 97 (14.54%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (9.00%) Presentation Skills
5 58 (8.70%) Aerospace
6 45 (6.75%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (3.60%) Retail
8 19 (2.85%) Legal
9 17 (2.55%) Law
10 10 (1.50%) Aeronautics
10 10 (1.50%) Public Sector
11 9 (1.35%) Electronics
11 9 (1.35%) Marketing
12 8 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.75%) Local Government
15 4 (0.60%) Banking
15 4 (0.60%) Brand Awareness
16 3 (0.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 357 (53.52%) Project Manager
2 143 (21.44%) Senior
3 138 (20.69%) Delivery Project Manager
4 123 (18.44%) Lead
5 74 (11.09%) Senior Manager
6 69 (10.34%) Senior Project Manager
7 58 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
8 50 (7.50%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 50 (7.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 50 (7.50%) Team Leader
9 32 (4.80%) Infrastructure Manager
10 31 (4.65%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 31 (4.65%) IT Manager
11 27 (4.05%) Analyst
12 26 (3.90%) IT Project Manager
13 24 (3.60%) Infrastructure Project Leader
13 24 (3.60%) Project Leader
14 23 (3.45%) Consultant
15 21 (3.15%) Configuration Manager
15 21 (3.15%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.35%) .NET
2 3 (0.45%) ASP.NET
2 3 (0.45%) SAML
3 2 (0.30%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.30%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (0.30%) CSS
3 2 (0.30%) EDI
3 2 (0.30%) Hibernate
3 2 (0.30%) HTML
3 2 (0.30%) LAMP
3 2 (0.30%) Loki
3 2 (0.30%) RESTful
3 2 (0.30%) Spring
3 2 (0.30%) Spring Boot
3 2 (0.30%) Web Services
3 2 (0.30%) XML
4 1 (0.15%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.15%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (0.15%) Flutter
4 1 (0.15%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.55%) Management Information System
2 26 (3.90%) Social Media
3 14 (2.10%) FMCG
3 14 (2.10%) Product Ownership
4 10 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (0.90%) Life Science
6 5 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (0.75%) Replication
7 4 (0.60%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.60%) Driving Licence
7 4 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.45%) PMI
8 3 (0.45%) Solar Panel
9 2 (0.30%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.30%) Sports Betting
10 1 (0.15%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.95%) Windows
2 8 (1.20%) Windows Vista
3 3 (0.45%) Linux
3 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (0.30%) AIX
4 2 (0.30%) CentOS
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (0.30%) Unix
4 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (37.03%) Project Delivery
1 247 (37.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 170 (25.49%) Agile
3 121 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
4 118 (17.69%) Business Case
5 106 (15.89%) PRINCE2
6 103 (15.44%) Risk Management
7 83 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 79 (11.84%) Systems Engineering
9 69 (10.34%) ERP
10 63 (9.45%) Line Management
11 57 (8.55%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 57 (8.55%) SysML
12 55 (8.25%) Mentoring
13 54 (8.10%) Coaching
14 50 (7.50%) Safety Engineering
14 50 (7.50%) System Testing
15 49 (7.35%) ITIL
16 47 (7.05%) Waterfall
17 42 (6.30%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.20%) SQL
2 7 (1.05%) MATLAB
3 6 (0.90%) C#
3 6 (0.90%) Python
4 4 (0.60%) C
4 4 (0.60%) PHP
5 3 (0.45%) C++
6 2 (0.30%) AWK
6 2 (0.30%) Bash
6 2 (0.30%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.30%) Korn
6 2 (0.30%) Perl
7 1 (0.15%) Progress 4GL
7 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 307 (46.03%) BPSS Clearance
2 156 (23.39%) Degree
3 54 (8.10%) HNC
4 44 (6.60%) PMP
5 30 (4.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 29 (4.35%) DBS Check
7 25 (3.75%) PMI Certification
8 17 (2.55%) HND
9 16 (2.40%) APMP
10 15 (2.25%) Master's Degree
11 14 (2.10%) Security Cleared
12 11 (1.65%) MBA
13 10 (1.50%) CISSP
14 9 (1.35%) RIBA
15 8 (1.20%) MRICS
16 6 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 5 (0.75%) CISA
17 5 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
18 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.10%) NEBOSH
2 26 (3.90%) QA
3 17 (2.55%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.40%) PMO
5 7 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.75%) GDPR
8 4 (0.60%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.45%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.30%) NCSC
10 2 (0.30%) NIST
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.15%) ITGC
System Software
1 5 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.45%) DFS Replication
2 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.30%) Docker
3 2 (0.30%) Firmware
3 2 (0.30%) KVM
3 2 (0.30%) Postfix
3 2 (0.30%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (0.45%) FortiGate
1 3 (0.45%) Functional Safety
1 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.30%) Grafana
2 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.30%) Nagios
2 2 (0.30%) Nessus
Vendors
1 163 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.50%) MathWorks
3 44 (6.60%) SAP
4 17 (2.55%) Atlassian
5 16 (2.40%) Siemens
6 12 (1.80%) Capita
7 11 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.50%) IBM
9 8 (1.20%) Facebook
9 8 (1.20%) Oracle
10 4 (0.60%) Google
10 4 (0.60%) Liquidlogic
10 4 (0.60%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.45%) Aderant
11 3 (0.45%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.45%) VMware
12 2 (0.30%) Adobe
12 2 (0.30%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.30%) Tenable
12 2 (0.30%) Workday