Project Manager Jobs in the South West

Project Manager
England > South West

The median Project Manager salary in the South West is £56,373 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 49 50 84
Rank change year-on-year +1 +34 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 182 406 247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.12% 4.39% 3.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.46% 4.56% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 45 262 177
10th Percentile £43,643 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,373 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.23% -7.62% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £58,750 £59,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £68,625 £62,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,331 8,899 6,043
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 96.21% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,992 6,521 3,788
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £77,500 £78,750
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
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 Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Somerset +30 68 £43,419 -5.61% 20
Devon +47 55 £51,000 +8.61% 4
Wiltshire +31 26 £60,000 +26.32% 6
Bristol -25 17 £55,687 +11.37% 21
Gloucestershire +16 13 £76,500 +53.00% 20
Dorset -24 5 £52,487 +23.50% 1
Cornwall -17 2 - -
Project Manager
England

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

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 South West region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 140 (76.92%) Project Management
2 119 (65.38%) Finance
3 117 (64.29%) Social Skills
4 106 (58.24%) Driving Licence
5 98 (53.85%) Risk Management
6 94 (51.65%) Balanced Scorecard
6 94 (51.65%) Scorecard
7 26 (14.29%) Degree
8 22 (12.09%) Project Delivery
9 20 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (6.04%) Retail
11 10 (5.49%) Project Planning
11 10 (5.49%) Public Sector
11 10 (5.49%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (5.49%) Budget Management
12 9 (4.95%) Agile
12 9 (4.95%) Telecoms
12 9 (4.95%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (4.40%) Military
13 8 (4.40%) Law
13 8 (4.40%) Budgeting
14 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
14 7 (3.85%) Time Management
14 7 (3.85%) Commercial Awareness
14 7 (3.85%) Business Case
14 7 (3.85%) NEBOSH
15 6 (3.30%) Security Cleared
15 6 (3.30%) Manufacturing
15 6 (3.30%) Accessibility
16 5 (2.75%) Back Office

Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.10%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.55%) Azure
1 1 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (0.55%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.55%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Yeoman
General
1 119 (65.38%) Finance
2 117 (64.29%) Social Skills
3 20 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (6.04%) Retail
5 10 (5.49%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.95%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.40%) Law
7 8 (4.40%) Military
8 6 (3.30%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.75%) Back Office
9 5 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.20%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (2.20%) Marketing
11 3 (1.65%) Local Government
12 2 (1.10%) Aviation
13 1 (0.55%) Banking
13 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 106 (58.24%) Driving Licence
2 4 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (2.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 3 (1.65%) Social Media
4 2 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.55%) PMI
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.10%) Windows
1 2 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (76.92%) Project Management
2 98 (53.85%) Risk Management
3 94 (51.65%) Balanced Scorecard
3 94 (51.65%) Scorecard
4 22 (12.09%) Project Delivery
5 10 (5.49%) Budget Management
5 10 (5.49%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (5.49%) Project Planning
6 9 (4.95%) Agile
6 9 (4.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (4.40%) Budgeting
8 7 (3.85%) Business Case
8 7 (3.85%) Commercial Awareness
8 7 (3.85%) Time Management
9 5 (2.75%) Change Management
9 5 (2.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (2.20%) Business Development
10 4 (2.20%) Change Control
10 4 (2.20%) Software Engineering
10 4 (2.20%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 26 (14.29%) Degree
2 6 (3.30%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.20%) DBS Check
3 4 (2.20%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.65%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.55%) APMP
5 1 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.55%) HNC
5 1 (0.55%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.85%) NEBOSH
2 6 (3.30%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.75%) QA
4 2 (1.10%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (2.20%) Microsoft
1 4 (2.20%) SAP
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle
2 1 (0.55%) Salesforce