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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 19 31
Rank change year-on-year -22 +12 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 517 835 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.59% 8.03% 8.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.88% 9.91% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 402 639 366
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £39,125 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -9.09% +3.77%
75th Percentile £58,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £74,375
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -11.76% +3.48%

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 7,516 8,426 7,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 80.99% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 6,336 3,833
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
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 £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £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 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 31 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 31 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 +8 194 £58,500 -2.50% 17
Lancashire -54 141 £54,793 -5.09% 115
Manchester -30 135 £51,000 +2.00% 179
Cheshire -50 25 £55,000 +14.55% 56
Merseyside -22 20 £40,000 -11.11% 24
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 32 (6.19%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.87%) Confluence
3 2 (0.39%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 103 (19.92%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (11.03%) Simulink
3 37 (7.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 25 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
6 21 (4.06%) Trello
7 7 (1.35%) AutoCAD
8 6 (1.16%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.19%) InDesign
9 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (3.87%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.35%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.97%) Sage 200
3 5 (0.97%) Sage CRM
4 4 (0.77%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.19%) Magento
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (3.29%) Azure
2 16 (3.09%) Power Platform
3 11 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (1.35%) Power Automate
5 6 (1.16%) AWS
5 6 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (1.16%) PowerApps
6 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (0.77%) SaaS
8 3 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.58%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (0.58%) Facebook Ads
9 2 (0.39%) Azure AI
9 2 (0.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.39%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.39%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.39%) IaaS
9 2 (0.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.97%) VPN
2 4 (0.77%) DNS
2 4 (0.77%) Firewall
2 4 (0.77%) Intranet
2 4 (0.77%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.77%) WAN
3 2 (0.39%) DMZ
3 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.19%) Broadband
4 1 (0.19%) IPsec
4 1 (0.19%) LAN
4 1 (0.19%) Modbus
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
4 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.93%) Power BI
2 5 (0.97%) Data Lake
2 5 (0.97%) GIS
3 2 (0.39%) MySQL
3 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 30 (5.80%) JIRA
2 8 (1.55%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (0.39%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.19%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.19%) ClearQuest
General
1 200 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 157 (30.37%) Finance
3 111 (21.47%) Manufacturing
4 75 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (11.22%) Aerospace
6 42 (8.12%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (4.26%) Retail
9 16 (3.09%) Legal
10 14 (2.71%) Law
11 11 (2.13%) Public Sector
12 10 (1.93%) Aeronautics
13 9 (1.74%) Electronics
13 9 (1.74%) Local Government
13 9 (1.74%) Marketing
14 6 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.77%) Brand Awareness
16 3 (0.58%) Back Office
16 3 (0.58%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 297 (57.45%) Project Manager
2 122 (23.60%) Delivery Project Manager
3 113 (21.86%) Senior
4 66 (12.77%) Lead
5 58 (11.22%) Systems Engineer
6 50 (9.67%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 50 (9.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 50 (9.67%) Team Leader
7 49 (9.48%) Senior Manager
8 45 (8.70%) Senior Project Manager
9 32 (6.19%) Infrastructure Manager
10 31 (6.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 22 (4.26%) Consultant
12 21 (4.06%) Configuration Manager
13 20 (3.87%) Analyst
14 16 (3.09%) Functional Consultant
15 15 (2.90%) Infrastructure Specialist
15 15 (2.90%) NetSuite Consultant
15 15 (2.90%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
15 15 (2.90%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.58%) .NET
2 2 (0.39%) CSS
2 2 (0.39%) HTML
3 1 (0.19%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (0.19%) Flutter
3 1 (0.19%) jQuery
3 1 (0.19%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.64%) Social Media
2 14 (2.71%) FMCG
3 13 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.32%) Management Information System
5 4 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (0.77%) Driving Licence
5 4 (0.77%) Life Science
5 4 (0.77%) NHS
5 4 (0.77%) Onboarding
5 4 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (0.58%) Data Centre
6 3 (0.58%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.58%) Solar Panel
7 2 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.39%) PMI
8 1 (0.19%) FPGA
8 1 (0.19%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.19%) Photography
8 1 (0.19%) SCADA
8 1 (0.19%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.55%) Windows
2 6 (1.16%) Windows Vista
3 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (35.20%) Project Delivery
2 167 (32.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 137 (26.50%) Agile
4 103 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (17.41%) Risk Management
6 82 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 81 (15.67%) Systems Engineering
8 76 (14.70%) Business Case
9 67 (12.96%) ERP
10 57 (11.03%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 57 (11.03%) SysML
11 56 (10.83%) Line Management
12 55 (10.64%) System Testing
13 52 (10.06%) Coaching
13 52 (10.06%) PRINCE2
14 51 (9.86%) ITIL
15 50 (9.67%) Safety Engineering
16 42 (8.12%) CRM
17 41 (7.93%) Software Delivery
18 40 (7.74%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.51%) SQL
2 7 (1.35%) MATLAB
2 7 (1.35%) PHP
3 5 (0.97%) JavaScript
3 5 (0.97%) Python
4 2 (0.39%) Bicep
4 2 (0.39%) C#
4 2 (0.39%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.19%) C
5 1 (0.19%) C++
5 1 (0.19%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 224 (43.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 134 (25.92%) Degree
3 39 (7.54%) PMP
4 30 (5.80%) DBS Check
4 30 (5.80%) HNC
5 22 (4.26%) PMI Certification
6 16 (3.09%) APMP
7 12 (2.32%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.32%) Security Cleared
8 11 (2.13%) MBA
9 10 (1.93%) CISSP
10 7 (1.35%) RIBA
11 6 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.97%) CISA
12 5 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (0.77%) MRICS
14 3 (0.58%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.38%) NEBOSH
2 19 (3.68%) QA
3 17 (3.29%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.16%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.97%) GDPR
6 5 (0.97%) PMO
7 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.58%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.39%) NCSC
9 2 (0.39%) NIST
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.19%) ITGC
System Software
1 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (0.77%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.58%) SCCM
3 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 154 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.67%) MathWorks
3 46 (8.90%) SAP
4 17 (3.29%) Atlassian
5 13 (2.51%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.32%) Capita
6 12 (2.32%) Facebook
7 8 (1.55%) IBM
7 8 (1.55%) Oracle
8 6 (1.16%) Liquidlogic
9 5 (0.97%) Databricks
9 5 (0.97%) Sage
9 5 (0.97%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.77%) Google
10 4 (0.77%) Hyperion
11 3 (0.58%) Blue Prism
11 3 (0.58%) Meraki
11 3 (0.58%) UiPath
12 2 (0.39%) Adobe
13 1 (0.19%) Cisco