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 £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 636 645 747
Rank change year-on-year +9 +102 -89
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader 135 117 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.21% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 108 79 38
10th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £37,915
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £44,850
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.63% -0.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,070 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -25.00%

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 66,718 54,726 68,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,226 31,089 43,036
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 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 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
South East +41 46 £52,500 -4.55% 11
North of England +57 30 £52,500 -2.78% 9
East of England +24 30 £45,000 -18.18% 7
South West -18 22 £60,000 +4.35% 4
North East +6 14 £70,000 +12.00%
Yorkshire +84 9 £52,500 -4.55% 1
North West +13 7 £40,500 -25.00% 8
Midlands -4 6 £65,400 -9.17% 3
West Midlands -2 4 £70,000 -7.89% 3
East Midlands -10 2 £51,200 -6.91%
Wales - 1 £60,500 - 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 5 May 2024, 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 62 (45.93%) Social Skills
2 57 (42.22%) Project Management
3 48 (35.56%) Project Delivery
4 33 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (23.70%) Finance
6 29 (21.48%) Agile
7 27 (20.00%) Degree
7 27 (20.00%) SAP
8 24 (17.78%) PRINCE2
9 23 (17.04%) E-business
10 22 (16.30%) ITIL
10 22 (16.30%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (15.56%) Decision-Making
11 21 (15.56%) Electronics
11 21 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (14.07%) EDI
13 17 (12.59%) Validation
13 17 (12.59%) Business Strategy
14 16 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (11.85%) Mentoring
15 15 (11.11%) PMO
16 14 (10.37%) Self-Motivation
16 14 (10.37%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (10.37%) Manufacturing
17 13 (9.63%) Business Analysis
17 13 (9.63%) Security Cleared
17 13 (9.63%) WAN
17 13 (9.63%) Microsoft
17 13 (9.63%) Technical Leadership
17 13 (9.63%) BPSS Clearance

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (3.70%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.70%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.74%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.41%) Azure
2 9 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.22%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.74%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.74%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.63%) WAN
2 11 (8.15%) 5G
2 11 (8.15%) SD-WAN
3 9 (6.67%) Firewall
4 4 (2.96%) DHCP
4 4 (2.96%) DNS
5 2 (1.48%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.48%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.48%) LAN
5 2 (1.48%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.70%) SAP BW
2 3 (2.22%) Power BI
3 1 (0.74%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.70%) JIRA
2 2 (1.48%) CANoe
3 1 (0.74%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.74%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 62 (45.93%) Social Skills
2 33 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (23.70%) Finance
4 22 (16.30%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (15.56%) Electronics
6 14 (10.37%) Manufacturing
6 14 (10.37%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (4.44%) Legal
8 6 (4.44%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.96%) Automotive
10 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.22%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.48%) Local Government
11 2 (1.48%) Public Speaking
12 1 (0.74%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.74%) Avionics
12 1 (0.74%) Games
12 1 (0.74%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (14.07%) EDI
2 6 (4.44%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.37%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.67%) Robotics
3 8 (5.93%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.44%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.96%) NHS
6 3 (2.22%) FPGA
6 3 (2.22%) PropTech
7 2 (1.48%) Infotainment
8 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.74%) Life Science
8 1 (0.74%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.93%) Windows
2 6 (4.44%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.96%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (42.22%) Project Management
2 48 (35.56%) Project Delivery
3 29 (21.48%) Agile
4 24 (17.78%) PRINCE2
5 23 (17.04%) E-business
6 22 (16.30%) ITIL
7 21 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (15.56%) Decision-Making
8 17 (12.59%) Business Strategy
8 17 (12.59%) Validation
9 16 (11.85%) Mentoring
9 16 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (9.63%) Business Analysis
10 13 (9.63%) Technical Leadership
11 12 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
12 11 (8.15%) Creative Thinking
12 11 (8.15%) Customer Requirements
12 11 (8.15%) Defect Tracking
12 11 (8.15%) Innovative Thinking
12 11 (8.15%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.41%) C++
2 7 (5.19%) C#
3 4 (2.96%) Ada
3 4 (2.96%) C
4 3 (2.22%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 27 (20.00%) Degree
2 13 (9.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (9.63%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.96%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.22%) APMG
4 3 (2.22%) CITP
5 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.11%) PMO
2 8 (5.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.96%) QA
5 3 (2.22%) Def Stans
5 3 (2.22%) DO-178B
5 3 (2.22%) JTAG
6 2 (1.48%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (1.48%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.74%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 4 (2.96%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.96%) Hyper-V
1 4 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.48%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 27 (20.00%) SAP
2 13 (9.63%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.15%) OpenText
4 7 (5.19%) Cisco
4 7 (5.19%) Juniper
5 5 (3.70%) Oracle
6 4 (2.96%) VMware
7 2 (1.48%) QNX
8 1 (0.74%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.74%) Sitecore