Lead Project Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Lead Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £73,805 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 726 733 818
Rank change year-on-year +7 +85 -160
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 35 22 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.037% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.041% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 35 16 31
10th Percentile £36,250 £50,250 £46,713
25th Percentile £36,675 £60,938 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% +35.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,772 £71,438 £63,125
90th Percentile - £74,375 £75,000
UK median annual salary £73,805 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.44% +33.33% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,306 53,672 68,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.22% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,632 30,597 42,434
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Lead Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Lead Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Lead Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Lead 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 Lead Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
North of England +66 16 £73,805 +1.80% 2
South East +8 13 £37,500 -44.44% 3
North West - 11 £73,805 - 1
Yorkshire +85 5 £73,805 +1.80% 1
South West - 3 £37,099 - 1
West Midlands +22 2 £70,000 +14.75% 1
Midlands -6 2 £70,000 +14.75% 1
Wales - 1 £60,500 - 1
Lead Project Manager
UK

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 30 (85.71%) Project Management
2 22 (62.86%) Agile
2 22 (62.86%) Project Delivery
3 21 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (51.43%) Line Management
4 18 (51.43%) Mentoring
5 16 (45.71%) Coaching
5 16 (45.71%) Community of Practice
5 16 (45.71%) Public Sector
5 16 (45.71%) Cost Reduction
6 13 (37.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
8 11 (31.43%) Finance
9 9 (25.71%) Service Management
9 9 (25.71%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (25.71%) Decision-Making
9 9 (25.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 9 (25.71%) Business Strategy
9 9 (25.71%) Customer Experience
9 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (25.71%) Revenue Recognition
9 9 (25.71%) Business Forecasting
9 9 (25.71%) Strategic Thinking
9 9 (25.71%) Customer-Centricity
9 9 (25.71%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (8.57%) PMO
10 3 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (5.71%) Scrum
11 2 (5.71%) PRINCE2
11 2 (5.71%) CRM

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.86%) Azure
2 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) GIS
General
1 16 (45.71%) Public Sector
2 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
3 11 (31.43%) Finance
4 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (25.71%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (2.86%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (85.71%) Project Management
2 22 (62.86%) Agile
2 22 (62.86%) Project Delivery
3 21 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (51.43%) Line Management
4 18 (51.43%) Mentoring
5 16 (45.71%) Coaching
5 16 (45.71%) Community of Practice
5 16 (45.71%) Cost Reduction
6 13 (37.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (25.71%) Business Forecasting
7 9 (25.71%) Business Strategy
7 9 (25.71%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (25.71%) Customer Experience
7 9 (25.71%) Customer-Centricity
7 9 (25.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 9 (25.71%) Decision-Making
7 9 (25.71%) Revenue Recognition
7 9 (25.71%) Service Management
7 9 (25.71%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) PMO
2 2 (5.71%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.86%) Sitecore