Project Manager Jobs in the North West

Project Manager
England > North West

The median Project Manager salary in the North West is £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 45 127
Rank change year-on-year -23 +82 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 360 455 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.61% 4.40% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.01% 4.64% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 291 367 178
10th Percentile £40,748 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,750 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% -17.39% +8.49%
75th Percentile £58,500 £58,875 £61,162
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,293 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.96% -12.85% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,184 9,803 6,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 94.75% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,825 7,500 4,002
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,014
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,370
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 £78,500 £80,725
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
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 Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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 +15 236 £56,000 +60.00% 5
Lancashire -84 63 £54,793 +31.17% 41
Manchester -60 46 £51,000 +2.00% 98
Cheshire -48 13 £60,000 +33.33% 54
Merseyside -22 2 £70,000 +69.70% 27
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 West region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 297 (82.50%) Project Management
2 204 (56.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 192 (53.33%) Project Delivery
4 150 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 105 (29.17%) Manufacturing
6 86 (23.89%) Finance
7 85 (23.61%) Risk Management
8 81 (22.50%) Microsoft Office
9 75 (20.83%) Business Case
10 74 (20.56%) Degree
11 66 (18.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 66 (18.33%) Microsoft Excel
12 65 (18.06%) Social Skills
13 63 (17.50%) Microsoft
14 51 (14.17%) Microsoft Project
15 38 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
15 38 (10.56%) Agile
15 38 (10.56%) SAP
16 37 (10.28%) ERP
16 37 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
17 33 (9.17%) NEBOSH
18 32 (8.89%) Line Management
19 31 (8.61%) HNC
20 30 (8.33%) Quality Management
20 30 (8.33%) Waterfall
20 30 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
21 29 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
22 26 (7.22%) PRINCE2
23 25 (6.94%) PMP
23 25 (6.94%) Presentation Skills

Project Manager Skill Set
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 24 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 81 (22.50%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (18.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (18.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 51 (14.17%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.94%) Trello
5 6 (1.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Magento
1 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.56%) AWS
2 1 (0.28%) Azure
2 1 (0.28%) BigCommerce
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.28%) GIS
1 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 105 (29.17%) Manufacturing
2 86 (23.89%) Finance
3 65 (18.06%) Social Skills
4 29 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (2.78%) Retail
7 5 (1.39%) Marketing
8 4 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.11%) Public Sector
9 3 (0.83%) Back Office
9 3 (0.83%) Front Office
9 3 (0.83%) Local Government
10 2 (0.56%) Law
11 1 (0.28%) Banking
11 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Legal
11 1 (0.28%) Military
11 1 (0.28%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.28%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.06%) FMCG
2 6 (1.67%) Social Media
3 5 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.11%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.56%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.56%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.56%) PMI
5 2 (0.56%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.28%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.67%) Windows
1 6 (1.67%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (82.50%) Project Management
2 192 (53.33%) Project Delivery
3 150 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 85 (23.61%) Risk Management
5 75 (20.83%) Business Case
6 38 (10.56%) Agile
6 38 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (10.28%) ERP
8 32 (8.89%) Line Management
9 30 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
9 30 (8.33%) Quality Management
9 30 (8.33%) Waterfall
10 26 (7.22%) PRINCE2
11 25 (6.94%) Budget Management
12 22 (6.11%) Configuration Management
13 21 (5.83%) Bill of Materials
13 21 (5.83%) Performance Metrics
14 20 (5.56%) Innovative Thinking
14 20 (5.56%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 204 (56.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 74 (20.56%) Degree
3 31 (8.61%) HNC
4 25 (6.94%) PMP
5 16 (4.44%) APMP
6 11 (3.06%) Master's Degree
6 11 (3.06%) MBA
7 8 (2.22%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.67%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (1.11%) MRICS
11 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.17%) NEBOSH
2 11 (3.06%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.94%) QA
4 3 (0.83%) PMO
Vendors
1 63 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.56%) SAP
3 17 (4.72%) Atlassian
4 11 (3.06%) Capita
5 8 (2.22%) NEC
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe
6 1 (0.28%) Aruba
6 1 (0.28%) Liquidlogic