Project Manager Jobs in South Yorkshire

Project Manager
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Project Manager salary in South Yorkshire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 49 91
Rank change year-on-year +20 +42 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 22 49 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 5.68% 3.58% 3.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.90% 3.88% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11 48 34
10th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £56,875 £39,000 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £41,798 £47,627
Median % change year-on-year +79.44% -12.24% +5.84%
75th Percentile - £48,906 £52,063
90th Percentile - £59,347 £62,020
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -7.77% +3.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 373 1,262 1,354
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.38% 92.25% 86.79%
Number of salaries quoted 247 1,016 521
10th Percentile £25,900 £28,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,375 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,500 £77,500 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,754 £49,205 £54,590
% change year-on-year -0.92% -9.86% +9.18%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in South Yorkshire

Project Manager
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in South Yorkshire

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in South Yorkshire

Project Manager
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Sheffield +24 21 £75,000 +79.54% 12
Rotherham - 1 - - 2
Project Manager
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Yorkshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 21 (95.45%) Project Management
2 8 (36.36%) PRINCE2
2 8 (36.36%) Programme Management
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 7 (31.82%) Health Technology
3 7 (31.82%) Asset Management
3 7 (31.82%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (13.64%) NEBOSH
4 3 (13.64%) Degree
4 3 (13.64%) Finance
5 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (9.09%) JIRA
5 2 (9.09%) VLAN
5 2 (9.09%) Trello
5 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 1 (4.55%) Backlog Management
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Customer Service
6 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 1 (4.55%) DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
6 1 (4.55%) Oracle
6 1 (4.55%) PMO
6 1 (4.55%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.55%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.55%) Resource Management
6 1 (4.55%) Lean Six Sigma
6 1 (4.55%) Kanban
6 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (9.09%) Trello
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Health Technology
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Advertising
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
1 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (95.45%) Project Management
2 8 (36.36%) PRINCE2
2 8 (36.36%) Programme Management
3 7 (31.82%) Asset Management
4 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.55%) Agile
5 1 (4.55%) Backlog Management
5 1 (4.55%) Change Management
5 1 (4.55%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.55%) Decision-Making
5 1 (4.55%) DevOps
5 1 (4.55%) Kanban
5 1 (4.55%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (4.55%) Project Planning
5 1 (4.55%) Quality Management
5 1 (4.55%) Resource Management
5 1 (4.55%) Risk Management
5 1 (4.55%) Scrum
5 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) NEBOSH
2 1 (4.55%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle