Project Leader Jobs in the UK excluding London

Project Lead
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Lead salary in the UK excluding London is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 623 635
Rank change year-on-year +123 +12 +119
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader 73 136 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.20% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 34 107 77
10th Percentile - £36,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -4.55% +22.63%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £71,750 £72,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,390 67,294 53,432
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.56% 94.80% 89.16%
Number of salaries quoted 18,871 47,619 30,421
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.41% -12.50% -

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in the UK excluding London

Project Leader
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Project Leader in the UK excluding London

Project Leader
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Leader in the UK excluding London

Project Leader
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 Project Leader within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
North of England +61 28 £54,793 +4.37% 5
North West +19 24 - - 3
South East +70 17 £52,500 - 6
South West +97 12 £67,500 +12.50% 5
Midlands +67 8 £67,500 +3.21%
East of England +18 7 £70,000 +55.56% 3
Yorkshire +62 4 £54,793 +4.37% 2
West Midlands +60 4 £85,000 +21.43%
East Midlands +46 4 £67,500 +31.84%
Scotland - 1 - - 1
Project Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Project Leader 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 Project Leader in the job title.

1 50 (68.49%) Project Management
2 44 (60.27%) Project Delivery
3 29 (39.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (38.36%) Business Case
4 28 (38.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (34.25%) Manufacturing
6 24 (32.88%) HNC
6 24 (32.88%) Facilities Management
7 20 (27.40%) Security Cleared
7 20 (27.40%) Agile
8 18 (24.66%) Mentoring
9 16 (21.92%) Software Engineering
10 15 (20.55%) Validation
11 14 (19.18%) SC Cleared
11 14 (19.18%) Waterfall
12 13 (17.81%) PRINCE2
13 12 (16.44%) Degree
14 11 (15.07%) VMware
14 11 (15.07%) Systems Engineering
15 10 (13.70%) Def Stans
15 10 (13.70%) MongoDB
15 10 (13.70%) Kafka
15 10 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
15 10 (13.70%) API Integration
15 10 (13.70%) Programme Management
15 10 (13.70%) SAP
15 10 (13.70%) Aerospace
15 10 (13.70%) Roadmaps
16 9 (12.33%) WAN
16 9 (12.33%) PMO

Project Leader 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:

Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.37%) Azure
1 1 (1.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.33%) WAN
2 8 (10.96%) 5G
2 8 (10.96%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.37%) LAN
3 1 (1.37%) VPN
3 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.70%) MongoDB
2 3 (4.11%) Tableau
3 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 25 (34.25%) Manufacturing
2 10 (13.70%) Aerospace
3 9 (12.33%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
4 8 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.96%) Electronics
4 8 (10.96%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.85%) Finance
7 2 (2.74%) Aviation
8 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Military
8 1 (1.37%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Self-Driving Car
1 8 (10.96%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.11%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.74%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.74%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.37%) Windows
1 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (68.49%) Project Management
2 44 (60.27%) Project Delivery
3 29 (39.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (38.36%) Business Case
5 24 (32.88%) Facilities Management
6 20 (27.40%) Agile
7 18 (24.66%) Mentoring
8 16 (21.92%) Software Engineering
9 15 (20.55%) Validation
10 14 (19.18%) Waterfall
11 13 (17.81%) PRINCE2
12 11 (15.07%) Systems Engineering
13 10 (13.70%) API Integration
13 10 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (13.70%) Programme Management
13 10 (13.70%) Roadmaps
14 9 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (10.96%) Computer Science
15 8 (10.96%) Requirements Analysis
15 8 (10.96%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.22%) ABAP
1 6 (8.22%) Ada
1 6 (8.22%) C
1 6 (8.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 28 (38.36%) BPSS Clearance
2 24 (32.88%) HNC
3 20 (27.40%) Security Cleared
4 14 (19.18%) SC Cleared
5 12 (16.44%) Degree
6 2 (2.74%) CISSP
6 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.74%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.70%) Def Stans
2 9 (12.33%) PMO
3 6 (8.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (5.48%) QA
5 2 (2.74%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.37%) NIST
6 1 (1.37%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (8.22%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (8.22%) Firmware
2 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (15.07%) VMware
2 10 (13.70%) SAP
3 5 (6.85%) Microsoft