Project Manager Jobs in the South East

Project Manager
England > South East

The median Project Manager salary in the South East is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 76 78
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 515 447 915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.41% 3.86% 4.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.62% 4.22% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 338 311 570
10th Percentile £35,525 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,625 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,250 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -12.92% +2.56% +6.36%

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 14,224 10,599 21,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 91.47% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 7,232 12,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
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 Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Thames Valley +17 181 £54,000 - 37
Hampshire +1 108 £52,500 -4.55% 20
Berkshire +51 104 £57,500 +26.10% 20
Surrey -25 88 £52,500 -13.72% 14
Kent +46 86 £45,000 -25.99% 9
Oxfordshire -21 42 £54,000 -4.00% 7
Buckinghamshire -16 35 £43,250 -21.36% 10
West Sussex -2 21 £55,000 -12.00% 1
Sussex - 8 £60,000 -
East Sussex -7 7 £61,250 +11.36% 6
Middlesex - 7 £67,500 -
Isle of Wight - 1 £55,000 -
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 South East region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 348 (67.57%) Project Management
2 188 (36.50%) Social Skills
3 157 (30.49%) Agile
4 129 (25.05%) Project Delivery
5 127 (24.66%) PRINCE2
6 110 (21.36%) Degree
7 95 (18.45%) Finance
8 77 (14.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 71 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (9.90%) Waterfall
11 50 (9.71%) Microsoft
12 48 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (8.93%) Risk Management
14 44 (8.54%) PMI Certification
14 44 (8.54%) Security Cleared
15 43 (8.35%) Budget Management
16 38 (7.38%) Onboarding
16 38 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
17 37 (7.18%) E-Commerce
17 37 (7.18%) Manufacturing
18 36 (6.99%) Microsoft Project
19 35 (6.80%) Change Management
20 34 (6.60%) Self-Motivation
21 33 (6.41%) Decision-Making
22 32 (6.21%) Collaborative Working
22 32 (6.21%) PMP
22 32 (6.21%) Retail
23 31 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
24 30 (5.83%) Driving Licence
24 30 (5.83%) EDI

Project Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.55%) CMS
2 4 (0.78%) Kentico
2 4 (0.78%) SAS
2 4 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 36 (6.99%) Microsoft Project
2 29 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.55%) MS Visio
6 6 (1.17%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.97%) SketchUp
8 4 (0.78%) Trello
9 2 (0.39%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Sage 200
1 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 13 (2.52%) Azure
2 10 (1.94%) SaaS
3 7 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (1.17%) Smartsheet
5 5 (0.97%) Asana
5 5 (0.97%) Basecamp
5 5 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (0.78%) Kontent
7 3 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.58%) Intacct
8 2 (0.39%) AWS
8 2 (0.39%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.39%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.39%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.39%) Slack
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.19%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.19%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.19%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.17%) LAN
2 5 (0.97%) WAN
2 5 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (0.78%) Wireless
4 3 (0.58%) Firewall
5 2 (0.39%) Network Security
5 2 (0.39%) WLAN
6 1 (0.19%) DNS
6 1 (0.19%) Internet
6 1 (0.19%) SMS
6 1 (0.19%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.78%) Big Data
2 2 (0.39%) Power BI
3 1 (0.19%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.19%) Apache Hive
3 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.19%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.19%) Impala
3 1 (0.19%) MySQL
3 1 (0.19%) Power Query
3 1 (0.19%) Sqoop
3 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (4.08%) JIRA
2 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 188 (36.50%) Social Skills
2 95 (18.45%) Finance
3 38 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.18%) Manufacturing
5 32 (6.21%) Retail
6 31 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.66%) Legal
9 17 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.91%) Marketing
11 12 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.33%) Public Sector
12 11 (2.14%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.94%) Local Government
13 10 (1.94%) Military
14 7 (1.36%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.36%) Automotive
14 7 (1.36%) Law
15 6 (1.17%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.83%) EDI
2 5 (0.97%) .NET
2 5 (0.97%) V-Ray
3 2 (0.39%) CSS
3 2 (0.39%) HTML
3 2 (0.39%) React Native
3 2 (0.39%) Web Services
4 1 (0.19%) ADO
4 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.19%) Flash
4 1 (0.19%) JSON
4 1 (0.19%) Kafka
4 1 (0.19%) Leaflet
4 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.38%) Onboarding
2 34 (6.60%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (5.83%) Driving Licence
4 17 (3.30%) PMI
5 16 (3.11%) Life Science
6 10 (1.94%) FMCG
7 6 (1.17%) Data Centre
8 5 (0.97%) EPoS
8 5 (0.97%) Mobile App
8 5 (0.97%) NHS
9 4 (0.78%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.78%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.58%) CCTV
10 3 (0.58%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.39%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (0.39%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (0.39%) Virtual Reality
12 1 (0.19%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.97%) Linux
2 3 (0.58%) Android
2 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (67.57%) Project Management
2 157 (30.49%) Agile
3 129 (25.05%) Project Delivery
4 127 (24.66%) PRINCE2
5 77 (14.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 71 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (9.90%) Waterfall
8 48 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (8.93%) Risk Management
10 43 (8.35%) Budget Management
11 37 (7.18%) E-Commerce
12 35 (6.80%) Change Management
13 33 (6.41%) Decision-Making
14 32 (6.21%) Collaborative Working
15 28 (5.44%) Business Case
16 26 (5.05%) SDLC
17 24 (4.66%) Agile Project Management
17 24 (4.66%) Client Onboarding
17 24 (4.66%) Mentoring
18 23 (4.47%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.58%) Java
2 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.39%) Python
2 2 (0.39%) SQL
3 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 110 (21.36%) Degree
2 44 (8.54%) PMI Certification
2 44 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.21%) PMP
4 28 (5.44%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 12 (2.33%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 11 (2.14%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.94%) NVQ Level 3
9 7 (1.36%) HNC
10 5 (0.97%) APMP
11 4 (0.78%) MAPM
12 3 (0.58%) HND
13 2 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.39%) RIBA
14 1 (0.19%) BICSI RCDD
14 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.88%) PMO
2 16 (3.11%) Good Clinical Practice
3 7 (1.36%) QA
4 6 (1.17%) GDPR
5 4 (0.78%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.78%) NEBOSH
6 3 (0.58%) SLA
7 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.19%) COSHH
7 1 (0.19%) GRC
7 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
1 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.19%) Firmware
2 1 (0.19%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 9 (1.75%) SCOM
2 2 (0.39%) SmoothWall
3 1 (0.19%) FTK
Vendors
1 50 (9.71%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.33%) NEC
3 7 (1.36%) Adobe
3 7 (1.36%) Salesforce
3 7 (1.36%) SAP
4 4 (0.78%) BT
4 4 (0.78%) IFS
5 3 (0.58%) Sage
6 2 (0.39%) Aruba
6 2 (0.39%) Civica
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle
6 2 (0.39%) VMware
6 2 (0.39%) Workday
7 1 (0.19%) Apple
7 1 (0.19%) Ariba
7 1 (0.19%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.19%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.19%) Informatica
7 1 (0.19%) Marketo
7 1 (0.19%) Progress