Lead Project Manager Jobs in Southampton

Lead Project Manager
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Lead Project Manager salary in Southampton is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 August 2025.

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

 6 months to
6 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 0.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year +3.57% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 409 846 516
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.61% 98.26% 90.05%
Number of salaries quoted 293 682 397
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £79,250
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in Southampton

Lead Project Manager
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Project Manager in Southampton.

Salary trend for Lead Project Manager in Southampton

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 6 August 2025, Lead 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 Southampton region featuring Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) VMS
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) TPMS
1 2 (100.00%) APMP

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 2 (100.00%) TPMS
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) APMP
2 Lead Project Manager jobs in the South East