Project Manager Jobs in the South East

Project Manager
England > South East

The median Project Manager salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 72 71
Rank change year-on-year -28 -1 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 263 582 568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.80% 3.46% 3.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.23% 3.68% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 150 418 349
10th Percentile £50,000 £34,775 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,625 £42,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,625 £70,000 £73,950
England median annual salary £56,373 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% -12.50% +4.35%

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 8,134 15,805 13,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.58% 93.97% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,548 11,356 8,239
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
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 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 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
Thames Valley -6 100 £55,000 +4.97% 62
Hampshire +14 59 £60,000 +14.29% 51
Oxfordshire +29 56 £60,000 +20.00% 20
Berkshire -34 29 £55,000 -4.35% 24
Surrey -13 23 £60,000 +9.09% 27
Isle of Wight -56 23 £70,000 +27.27% 1
East Sussex +45 21 £75,000 +25.00% 8
Buckinghamshire +1 15 £50,000 +15.61% 23
Kent -34 14 £49,134 +9.19% 6
West Sussex +17 5 £60,000 +10.80% 10
Sussex +10 1 - - 9
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 South East region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 204 (77.57%) Project Management
2 106 (40.30%) Finance
2 106 (40.30%) Project Delivery
3 104 (39.54%) Social Skills
4 53 (20.15%) PRINCE2
5 52 (19.77%) Risk Management
6 45 (17.11%) Agile
7 44 (16.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 43 (16.35%) Driving Licence
9 38 (14.45%) Microsoft
10 37 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 33 (12.55%) Balanced Scorecard
12 33 (12.55%) Scorecard
13 30 (11.41%) Degree
14 29 (11.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (9.89%) Waterfall
15 26 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (9.51%) Project Planning
17 24 (9.13%) Microsoft Office
18 22 (8.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 20 (7.60%) CRM
20 19 (7.22%) Influencing Skills
21 18 (6.84%) Strategic Planning
22 17 (6.46%) QA
22 17 (6.46%) Organisational Skills
23 16 (6.08%) Scrum
23 16 (6.08%) Legal
24 15 (5.70%) PMP
24 15 (5.70%) Collaborative Working

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 9 (3.42%) CMS
1 9 (3.42%) Kentico
2 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (9.13%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.42%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.42%) Kontent
2 7 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (2.66%) Smartsheet
3 4 (1.52%) SaaS
4 3 (1.14%) Asana
4 3 (1.14%) Azure
4 3 (1.14%) BigCommerce
4 3 (1.14%) ClickUp
4 3 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.14%) Storyblok
5 2 (0.76%) AWS
6 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.38%) Dropbox
6 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.76%) Network Security
2 1 (0.38%) Broadband
2 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.38%) Mobile Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.66%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (5.32%) JIRA
General
1 106 (40.30%) Finance
2 104 (39.54%) Social Skills
3 29 (11.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (7.22%) Influencing Skills
5 17 (6.46%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.08%) Legal
7 12 (4.56%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.18%) Marketing
9 8 (3.04%) Health Technology
10 7 (2.66%) Local Government
10 7 (2.66%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (2.28%) Automotive
12 5 (1.90%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.90%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.52%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.52%) Banking
13 4 (1.52%) Law
13 4 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.52%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.38%) Kafka
1 1 (0.38%) Spring
1 1 (0.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.35%) Driving Licence
2 10 (3.80%) Life Science
3 9 (3.42%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.28%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.28%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.14%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.14%) Housing Association
6 3 (1.14%) IoT
6 3 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.76%) PMI
7 2 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.38%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.38%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.38%) NHS
8 1 (0.38%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.38%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (77.57%) Project Management
2 106 (40.30%) Project Delivery
3 53 (20.15%) PRINCE2
4 52 (19.77%) Risk Management
5 45 (17.11%) Agile
6 37 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 33 (12.55%) Balanced Scorecard
8 33 (12.55%) Scorecard
9 26 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (9.89%) Waterfall
10 25 (9.51%) Project Planning
11 22 (8.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (7.60%) CRM
13 18 (6.84%) Strategic Planning
14 16 (6.08%) Scrum
15 15 (5.70%) Collaborative Working
16 13 (4.94%) Resource Allocation
16 13 (4.94%) Roadmaps
17 12 (4.56%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.76%) SQL
2 1 (0.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 44 (16.73%) BPSS Clearance
2 30 (11.41%) Degree
3 15 (5.70%) PMP
4 10 (3.80%) PMI Certification
4 10 (3.80%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.66%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.66%) HND
6 5 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.14%) MRICS
7 3 (1.14%) RIBA
8 2 (0.76%) APMP
8 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.76%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.46%) QA
2 7 (2.66%) NEBOSH
3 6 (2.28%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.52%) PMO
5 3 (1.14%) PMBOK
6 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.38%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.38%) GDPR
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.38%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (0.38%) Netcool
Vendors
1 38 (14.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.28%) SAP
3 4 (1.52%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.14%) IBM
4 3 (1.14%) NEC
5 2 (0.76%) Cisco
5 2 (0.76%) Oracle
6 1 (0.38%) Cramer
6 1 (0.38%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.38%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.38%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.38%) VMware
6 1 (0.38%) Workday