Project Management Jobs in the South West

Project Management
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 30 28 42
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 +35
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 380 703 477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.03% 8.69% 6.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.49% 9.10% 6.82%
Number of salaries quoted 242 321 309
10th Percentile £40,025 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% - -0.99%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,475 7,724 6,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 94.61% 95.49% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,130 4,528 4,604
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,323 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.65% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the South West.

Salary trend for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the South West over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
Bristol -8 147 £57,500 +15.00% 95
Wiltshire -4 78 £45,000 -18.18% 35
Gloucestershire +8 75 £60,000 +25.00% 27
Devon -8 40 £47,500 +6.35% 32
Somerset +1 21 £60,000 +9.09% 31
Dorset +6 10 £60,000 +20.00% 34
Cornwall +23 3 £45,000 - 4
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 17 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.58%) Confluence
3 2 (0.53%) CMS
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 30 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (4.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (2.63%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.53%) Trello
7 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (6.58%) Primavera
2 10 (2.63%) Maximo
3 8 (2.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (1.05%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 51 (13.42%) Azure
2 46 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (9.74%) Power Platform
4 27 (7.11%) AWS
5 14 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.11%) SaaS
7 6 (1.58%) IaaS
7 6 (1.58%) NuGet
8 5 (1.32%) PaaS
9 4 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.79%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.79%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.53%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.53%) GCP
11 2 (0.53%) Serverless
12 1 (0.26%) GitHub
12 1 (0.26%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.26%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.37%) SAN
1 9 (2.37%) WAN
2 8 (2.11%) 5G
2 8 (2.11%) SD-WAN
3 7 (1.84%) Firewall
4 4 (1.05%) DNS
5 3 (0.79%) DHCP
5 3 (0.79%) SSL
5 3 (0.79%) VPN
6 2 (0.53%) VLAN
6 2 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.53%) Wireless
7 1 (0.26%) LAN
7 1 (0.26%) Network Security
7 1 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (10.79%) SQL Server
2 24 (6.32%) Power BI
3 16 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.16%) GIS
5 10 (2.63%) NoSQL
5 10 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.32%) Tableau
7 4 (1.05%) Big Data
7 4 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.53%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.53%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.26%) MySQL
9 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (4.21%) Team Foundation Server
2 11 (2.89%) JIRA
3 4 (1.05%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.53%) Git
5 2 (0.53%) JUnit
6 1 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 126 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 106 (27.89%) Finance
3 31 (8.16%) Public Sector
4 30 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (7.11%) Manufacturing
6 24 (6.32%) Aerospace
7 22 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (5.79%) Marketing
8 19 (5.00%) Banking
8 19 (5.00%) Retail
9 18 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.16%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.89%) Military
12 9 (2.37%) Local Government
13 8 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.84%) Law
14 7 (1.84%) Legal
15 6 (1.58%) Aviation
15 6 (1.58%) Electronics
16 4 (1.05%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 158 (41.58%) Project Manager
2 47 (12.37%) IT Manager
3 41 (10.79%) Senior
4 39 (10.26%) IT Project Manager
5 34 (8.95%) Developer
6 31 (8.16%) Architect
7 28 (7.37%) Software Engineer
8 26 (6.84%) Analyst
9 24 (6.32%) DV Cleared Project Manager
9 24 (6.32%) Lead
9 24 (6.32%) Senior Manager
9 24 (6.32%) Senior Project Manager
10 21 (5.53%) Project Planner
11 16 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.68%) Java Developer
12 14 (3.68%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
13 10 (2.63%) Applications Developer
13 10 (2.63%) Technical Manager
14 9 (2.37%) Lead Software Engineer
15 7 (1.84%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.42%) .NET
2 23 (6.05%) AngularJS
3 18 (4.74%) React
4 16 (4.21%) REST
4 16 (4.21%) Spring
5 15 (3.95%) ASP.NET
5 15 (3.95%) ASP.NET MVC
6 7 (1.84%) .NET Core
7 6 (1.58%) .NET Framework
7 6 (1.58%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 6 (1.58%) ASP.NET MVC 5
7 6 (1.58%) Entity Framework
7 6 (1.58%) HTML
7 6 (1.58%) HTML5
7 6 (1.58%) HTML5 Canvas
7 6 (1.58%) SVG
7 6 (1.58%) WebGL
8 4 (1.05%) MDX
9 3 (0.79%) Hibernate
9 3 (0.79%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.05%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.74%) Virtual Team
3 15 (3.95%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.16%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.84%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.84%) PMI
7 6 (1.58%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.32%) Acoustics
8 5 (1.32%) NHS
8 5 (1.32%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.05%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.05%) GNSS
9 4 (1.05%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.05%) Robotics
10 2 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.53%) IoT
10 2 (0.53%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.53%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.16%) Windows
2 26 (6.84%) Linux
3 10 (2.63%) Unix
4 4 (1.05%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.53%) Android
5 2 (0.53%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (38.95%) Agile
2 98 (25.79%) Project Delivery
3 76 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 74 (19.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 73 (19.21%) Actionable Insight
5 73 (19.21%) PRINCE2
6 72 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
7 68 (17.89%) Change Management
8 57 (15.00%) SDLC
9 53 (13.95%) ITIL
10 49 (12.89%) Software Engineering
11 43 (11.32%) DevOps
12 41 (10.79%) Scrum
13 37 (9.74%) Risk Management
14 35 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
15 31 (8.16%) Business Case
15 31 (8.16%) Conflict Resolution
15 31 (8.16%) OO
15 31 (8.16%) Waterfall
16 30 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.68%) Python
2 32 (8.42%) Java
3 28 (7.37%) JavaScript
4 24 (6.32%) SQL
5 23 (6.05%) C#
6 10 (2.63%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.58%) C++
8 5 (1.32%) Bash
9 4 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.05%) Perl
9 4 (1.05%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.05%) XMLA
10 3 (0.79%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.53%) R
12 1 (0.26%) PHP
12 1 (0.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 102 (26.84%) Security Cleared
2 77 (20.26%) Degree
3 39 (10.26%) DV Cleared
4 38 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 34 (8.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (3.95%) DBS Check
7 15 (3.95%) PMP
8 12 (3.16%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.05%) APMP
10 4 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.79%) CITP
11 3 (0.79%) HND
11 3 (0.79%) MBCS
12 2 (0.53%) CISM
12 2 (0.53%) CISSP
12 2 (0.53%) IIBA
12 2 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (12.89%) QA
2 32 (8.42%) PMO
3 9 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.79%) SLA
5 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.53%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.53%) MISRA
5 2 (0.53%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.53%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) COBIT
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 6 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.05%) Docker
3 3 (0.79%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.53%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (2.11%) Ansible
1 8 (2.11%) Terraform
2 3 (0.79%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.26%) PingFederate
4 1 (0.26%) SCCM
4 1 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 54 (14.21%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.00%) Oracle
3 33 (8.68%) SAP
4 20 (5.26%) Salesforce
5 15 (3.95%) NEC
6 10 (2.63%) IBM
7 8 (2.11%) Sparx
8 7 (1.84%) Google
9 6 (1.58%) Teradata
10 5 (1.32%) NetApp
11 4 (1.05%) Civica
11 4 (1.05%) Northgate
11 4 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.05%) VMware
12 3 (0.79%) Cisco
12 3 (0.79%) Citrix
12 3 (0.79%) Dataiku
12 3 (0.79%) Workday
13 2 (0.53%) Apple
13 2 (0.53%) Remedy