Junior Project Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Junior Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Junior Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 553 554
Rank change year-on-year +50 +1 +160
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Project Manager 6 13 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.036% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.039% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 12
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £39,750
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -24.53% +4.86%
75th Percentile £39,688 £34,418 £47,500
90th Percentile £42,000 £36,702 £54,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% -13.10% +10.79%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Junior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Junior Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Junior Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Junior Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Junior Project Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
South West +13 5 £32,500 +8.33% 1
North of England +6 1 £44,000 - 2
North West - 1 £44,000 - 2
Junior Project Manager
UK

Junior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Junior Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Junior Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
4 3 (50.00%) Azure
4 3 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (50.00%) DevOps
4 3 (50.00%) JIRA
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (33.33%) BC Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Change Management
5 2 (33.33%) Compliance Audit
5 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
5 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (33.33%) ITIL
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (33.33%) PMO
5 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
5 2 (33.33%) SDLC
5 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
6 1 (16.67%) AI
6 1 (16.67%) Benchmarking
6 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (16.67%) Confluence
6 1 (16.67%) Data Collection
6 1 (16.67%) Degree
6 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
6 1 (16.67%) ERP

Junior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
4 3 (50.00%) DevOps
5 2 (33.33%) Change Management
5 2 (33.33%) Compliance Audit
5 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
5 2 (33.33%) ITIL
5 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
5 2 (33.33%) SDLC
5 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 1 (16.67%) AI
6 1 (16.67%) Benchmarking
6 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
6 1 (16.67%) ERP
6 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
6 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) MAPM
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (16.67%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft