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 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 46 112
Rank change year-on-year -19 +66 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 407 446 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.09% 4.53% 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.56% 4.78% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 334 361 175
10th Percentile £40,748 £32,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £50,205 £36,750 £46,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £47,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% -14.41% +4.72%
75th Percentile £58,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £70,850
England median annual salary £56,402 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.43% -12.50% +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 7,315 9,322 6,975
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 94.61% 89.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,120 7,164 4,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,619 £36,250 £40,000
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 £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 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 11 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 11 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 +11 268 £56,000 +60.00% 1
Lancashire -68 67 £54,793 +31.17% 40
Manchester -47 49 £55,000 +10.00% 46
Cheshire -33 20 £55,000 +20.88% 21
Merseyside -19 3 £70,000 +69.70% 6
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 350 (86.00%) Project Management
2 221 (54.30%) BPSS Clearance
3 214 (52.58%) Project Delivery
4 173 (42.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 117 (28.75%) Manufacturing
6 107 (26.29%) Finance
7 91 (22.36%) Risk Management
8 86 (21.13%) Degree
8 86 (21.13%) Business Case
9 82 (20.15%) Microsoft Office
10 75 (18.43%) Microsoft
11 73 (17.94%) Social Skills
12 67 (16.46%) Microsoft Excel
13 66 (16.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
14 55 (13.51%) Microsoft Project
15 52 (12.78%) Agile
16 40 (9.83%) Waterfall
16 40 (9.83%) PRINCE2
16 40 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
17 39 (9.58%) ERP
18 38 (9.34%) SAP
19 36 (8.85%) Line Management
20 35 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
21 33 (8.11%) NEBOSH
22 31 (7.62%) HNC
22 31 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
23 30 (7.37%) Quality Management
23 30 (7.37%) Customer Requirements
24 29 (7.13%) Programme Delivery
25 28 (6.88%) PMP

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 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 82 (20.15%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (16.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (16.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 55 (13.51%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.23%) Trello
6 4 (0.98%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.74%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.25%) Magento
1 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (0.74%) Asana
2 2 (0.49%) AWS
3 1 (0.25%) Azure
3 1 (0.25%) BigCommerce
3 1 (0.25%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.25%) GIS
2 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 117 (28.75%) Manufacturing
2 107 (26.29%) Finance
3 73 (17.94%) Social Skills
4 35 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.14%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (3.93%) Retail
7 5 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (0.98%) Public Sector
9 3 (0.74%) Back Office
9 3 (0.74%) Front Office
9 3 (0.74%) Local Government
10 1 (0.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.25%) Law
10 1 (0.25%) Legal
10 1 (0.25%) Marketing
10 1 (0.25%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 11 (2.70%) FMCG
2 10 (2.46%) Management Information System
3 8 (1.97%) Social Media
4 4 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (0.98%) Driving Licence
5 3 (0.74%) PMI
6 2 (0.49%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.49%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.25%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.25%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.25%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.25%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.97%) Windows
1 8 (1.97%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (86.00%) Project Management
2 214 (52.58%) Project Delivery
3 173 (42.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 91 (22.36%) Risk Management
5 86 (21.13%) Business Case
6 52 (12.78%) Agile
7 40 (9.83%) PRINCE2
7 40 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (9.83%) Waterfall
8 39 (9.58%) ERP
9 36 (8.85%) Line Management
10 31 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (7.37%) Customer Requirements
11 30 (7.37%) Quality Management
12 29 (7.13%) Programme Delivery
13 26 (6.39%) Budget Management
14 22 (5.41%) Configuration Management
14 22 (5.41%) PRINCE
15 21 (5.16%) Bill of Materials
15 21 (5.16%) Performance Metrics
Qualifications
1 221 (54.30%) BPSS Clearance
2 86 (21.13%) Degree
3 31 (7.62%) HNC
4 28 (6.88%) PMP
5 16 (3.93%) APMP
6 11 (2.70%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.70%) MBA
6 11 (2.70%) PMI Certification
7 9 (2.21%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.72%) MRICS
9 6 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.25%) HND
11 1 (0.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.11%) NEBOSH
2 11 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.23%) QA
4 3 (0.74%) PMO
Vendors
1 75 (18.43%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.34%) SAP
3 17 (4.18%) Atlassian
4 11 (2.70%) Capita
5 8 (1.97%) NEC
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe
6 1 (0.25%) Aruba
6 1 (0.25%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (0.25%) Progress