Project Management Jobs in Preston

Project Management
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 17 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 -5 +19
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 37 20 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 9.76% 9.17% 13.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.84% 9.95% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 30 17 28
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,000 £47,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.39% -6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £56,500 - £75,000
Lancashire median annual salary £54,793 £57,732 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.09% +4.97% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 376 201 269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 99.21% 92.20% 92.12%
Number of salaries quoted 268 161 159
10th Percentile - £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £43,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +8.45% +15.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,081 £62,500 £68,000
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +7.95%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Preston

Project Management
Salary Trend in Preston

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Preston.

Salary trend for Project Management in Preston

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Preston over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Preston

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 3 (8.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (45.95%) Simulink
2 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 18 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 17 (45.95%) Aerospace
3 12 (32.43%) Finance
4 7 (18.92%) Electronics
5 6 (16.22%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.41%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Senior
2 17 (45.95%) Systems Engineer
3 14 (37.84%) Project Manager
4 10 (27.03%) Lead
4 10 (27.03%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 10 (27.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 10 (27.03%) Team Leader
5 9 (24.32%) Senior Manager
6 7 (18.92%) Junior
6 7 (18.92%) Junior Systems Engineer
7 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Manager
7 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 6 (16.22%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (13.51%) IT Manager
9 3 (8.11%) Architect
9 3 (8.11%) Engineering Manager
9 3 (8.11%) IT Programme Manager
9 3 (8.11%) Programme Manager
9 3 (8.11%) Security Architect
9 3 (8.11%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Agile
2 17 (45.95%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 17 (45.95%) SysML
2 17 (45.95%) Systems Engineering
3 12 (32.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (27.03%) Coaching
4 10 (27.03%) Safety Engineering
4 10 (27.03%) System Testing
5 9 (24.32%) Mathematics
5 9 (24.32%) Physics
6 8 (21.62%) Software Delivery
6 8 (21.62%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (18.92%) Computer Science
7 7 (18.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 7 (18.92%) PLM
7 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (18.92%) UML
8 6 (16.22%) Programme Management
8 6 (16.22%) Quality Management
8 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 25 (67.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 21 (56.76%) Degree
3 6 (16.22%) HNC
4 3 (8.11%) CISSP
4 3 (8.11%) PMP
5 2 (5.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) NEBOSH
2 2 (5.41%) PMO
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.03%) MathWorks
3 7 (18.92%) IBM
4 3 (8.11%) Atlassian