Project Leader Jobs in the South East

Project Lead
England > South East

The median Project Lead salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 342 376
Rank change year-on-year +55 +34 +109
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader 14 54 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.15% 0.32% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.34% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10 40 22
10th Percentile - £36,250 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £38,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -34.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £53,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,166 15,907 12,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.60% 94.00% 90.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,359 11,366 8,079
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,785 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.83% +1.33%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Project Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in the South East

Project Leader
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Leader in the South East.

Salary trend for Project Leader in the South East

Project Leader
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Leader in the South East

Project Leader
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Hampshire +69 11 £67,500 - 1
Thames Valley +19 5 £52,500 +5.00% 9
Oxfordshire +19 3 £52,500 +5.00% 1
Berkshire +25 2 - - 9
Project Leader
England

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Project Leader 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 South East region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) MongoDB
2 7 (50.00%) Kafka
2 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (50.00%) API Integration
2 7 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 7 (50.00%) VMware
2 7 (50.00%) Def Stans
2 7 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 6 (42.86%) Roadmaps
4 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 4 (28.57%) Business Case
5 3 (21.43%) Contingency Planning
5 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
5 3 (21.43%) Data Analytics
5 3 (21.43%) Analytics
5 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Integration Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (21.43%) ABAP
5 3 (21.43%) SAP
5 3 (21.43%) ITIL
5 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
6 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
6 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
6 2 (14.29%) CISSP
6 2 (14.29%) Degree

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) MongoDB
General
1 7 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Military
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
1 2 (14.29%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) API Integration
1 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 4 (28.57%) Business Case
3 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Analytics
4 3 (21.43%) Contingency Planning
4 3 (21.43%) Data Analytics
4 3 (21.43%) Integration Testing
4 3 (21.43%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
5 2 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
5 2 (14.29%) SABSA
5 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
6 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) CISSP
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) Def Stans
2 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (7.14%) NIST
3 1 (7.14%) RMADS
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (21.43%) SAP