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 27 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
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 609 647
Rank change year-on-year +87 +38 +113
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader 46 146 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.21% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 31 108 69
10th Percentile £51,250 £36,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £54,793 £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 £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% -8.33%

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 35,046 69,651 52,145
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.93% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 17,591 49,234 29,921
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 27 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 27 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
South East +43 14 £60,000 +14.29% 15
South West +98 13 £67,500 +12.50% 11
Midlands +69 8 £67,500 +3.21% 5
East of England +14 7 £70,000 +55.56% 7
West Midlands +68 4 £85,000 +21.43% 4
Yorkshire +59 4 £54,793 +4.37% 2
East Midlands +42 4 £67,500 +31.84% 1
North of England +21 4 £54,793 +4.37% 5
Project Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 26 (56.52%) Project Management
2 20 (43.48%) Agile
2 20 (43.48%) Security Cleared
3 18 (39.13%) Mentoring
4 17 (36.96%) Project Delivery
5 16 (34.78%) Software Engineering
6 15 (32.61%) Validation
7 14 (30.43%) SC Cleared
7 14 (30.43%) Waterfall
8 13 (28.26%) Degree
9 12 (26.09%) VMware
10 11 (23.91%) Aerospace
10 11 (23.91%) MongoDB
10 11 (23.91%) Kafka
10 11 (23.91%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (23.91%) API Integration
10 11 (23.91%) Def Stans
10 11 (23.91%) Systems Engineering
11 10 (21.74%) PRINCE2
11 10 (21.74%) Programme Management
11 10 (21.74%) Roadmaps
12 9 (19.57%) WAN
12 9 (19.57%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
12 9 (19.57%) PMO
12 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (17.39%) Defect Tracking
13 8 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
13 8 (17.39%) Creative Thinking
13 8 (17.39%) Innovative Thinking

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 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.17%) Azure
1 1 (2.17%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (19.57%) WAN
2 8 (17.39%) 5G
2 8 (17.39%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.17%) LAN
3 1 (2.17%) VPN
3 1 (2.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (23.91%) MongoDB
2 3 (6.52%) Tableau
3 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 11 (23.91%) Aerospace
2 9 (19.57%) Organisational Skills
2 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.39%) Electronics
3 8 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.87%) Finance
6 2 (4.35%) Aviation
7 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.17%) Military
7 1 (2.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (23.91%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) Self-Driving Car
1 8 (17.39%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.52%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.35%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (4.35%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Windows
1 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (56.52%) Project Management
2 20 (43.48%) Agile
3 18 (39.13%) Mentoring
4 17 (36.96%) Project Delivery
5 16 (34.78%) Software Engineering
6 15 (32.61%) Validation
7 14 (30.43%) Waterfall
8 11 (23.91%) API Integration
8 11 (23.91%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (23.91%) Systems Engineering
9 10 (21.74%) PRINCE2
9 10 (21.74%) Programme Management
9 10 (21.74%) Roadmaps
10 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (17.39%) Creative Thinking
11 8 (17.39%) Customer Requirements
11 8 (17.39%) Defect Tracking
11 8 (17.39%) Innovative Thinking
11 8 (17.39%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (17.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) Ada
1 6 (13.04%) C
1 6 (13.04%) C++
2 3 (6.52%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 20 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 14 (30.43%) SC Cleared
3 13 (28.26%) Degree
4 4 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (6.52%) CISSP
5 3 (6.52%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.91%) Def Stans
2 9 (19.57%) PMO
3 4 (8.70%) QA
4 3 (6.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (4.35%) ISO 9001
6 1 (2.17%) NIST
6 1 (2.17%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (13.04%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (13.04%) Firmware
2 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) VMware
2 7 (15.22%) SAP
3 5 (10.87%) Microsoft