Project Manager Jobs in Preston

Project Manager
Lancashire > Preston

The median Project Manager salary in Preston is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 19 34
Rank change year-on-year -28 +15 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 14 17 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 3.66% 7.87% 4.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.72% 8.95% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 11 17 14
10th Percentile £47,683 £32,500 -
25th Percentile - £36,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £59,038
90th Percentile - - £60,869
Lancashire median annual salary £54,793 £41,774 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.17% -30.38% +0.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 376 190 249
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.17% 87.96% 86.46%
Number of salaries quoted 255 150 170
10th Percentile - £26,400 £25,004
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £42,098
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% +6.89% +5.24%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £49,383
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,625 £62,412
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,249 £47,000
% change year-on-year +10.62% -3.73% +10.59%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Preston

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Preston

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 14 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 Preston region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Project Management
2 9 (64.29%) Degree
3 6 (42.86%) NEBOSH
3 6 (42.86%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (42.86%) HNC
3 6 (42.86%) Quality Management
3 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 6 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (42.86%) Business Case
4 5 (35.71%) Waterfall
4 5 (35.71%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (21.43%) Application Packaging
5 3 (21.43%) Atlassian
5 3 (21.43%) Confluence
5 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (21.43%) ITIL
5 3 (21.43%) Programme Management
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (21.43%) ERP
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) PMP
5 3 (21.43%) PRINCE
5 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
5 3 (21.43%) IT Strategy
5 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery

Project Manager Skill Set
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 (21.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
1 6 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Business Case
2 6 (42.86%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (42.86%) Quality Management
2 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 5 (35.71%) Waterfall
4 3 (21.43%) Application Packaging
4 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
4 3 (21.43%) ERP
4 3 (21.43%) IT Strategy
4 3 (21.43%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE
4 3 (21.43%) Programme Management
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 6 (42.86%) HNC
3 3 (21.43%) PMP
4 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) NEBOSH
2 2 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Atlassian
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft