Project Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £56,373 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 214 57 87
Rank change year-on-year -157 +30 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 574 2,410 1,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.29% 3.91% 3.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 4.11% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 403 1,376 1,293
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £40,038 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,373 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £60,899
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £51,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +4.35%

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 39,305 58,664 39,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.32% 95.08% 89.95%
Number of salaries quoted 21,282 37,477 26,342
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,500 £29,446
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,870
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 August 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 -114 168 £61,000 +17.87% 196
North of England -162 133 £54,793 +21.76% 135
Midlands -110 95 £55,000 +10.00% 88
North West -156 69 £52,000 +10.64% 64
West Midlands -59 63 £55,000 +10.00% 59
East of England -115 62 £55,000 +10.00% 60
Yorkshire -73 54 £55,000 +15.79% 56
South West -79 49 £53,250 +20.75% 60
Scotland +3 36 £60,000 +14.29% 38
East Midlands -98 32 £50,750 +1.50% 29
Wales -28 25 £64,000 +42.22% 15
North East -19 10 £57,500 +37.65% 16
Northern Ireland +1 5 £58,750 -12.96% 22
Channel Islands 0 1 - -
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 416 (72.47%) Project Management
2 246 (42.86%) Finance
3 233 (40.59%) Project Delivery
4 220 (38.33%) Social Skills
5 156 (27.18%) Agile
6 141 (24.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 134 (23.34%) PRINCE2
8 102 (17.77%) Risk Management
9 101 (17.60%) Change Management
10 94 (16.38%) Degree
11 90 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
11 90 (15.68%) Waterfall
12 75 (13.07%) Law
13 74 (12.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 72 (12.54%) Budget Management
15 70 (12.20%) Microsoft
16 66 (11.50%) Project Planning
17 65 (11.32%) Business Case
18 63 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
19 60 (10.45%) Driving Licence
20 53 (9.23%) BPSS Clearance
20 53 (9.23%) Customer Service
21 51 (8.89%) Commercial Awareness
21 51 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
22 49 (8.54%) Microsoft Project
23 46 (8.01%) PMO
23 46 (8.01%) Cost Control
24 45 (7.84%) CRM
24 45 (7.84%) Military
25 44 (7.67%) JIRA

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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (2.61%) Confluence
2 12 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.35%) IBM Domino
3 2 (0.35%) TPMS
4 1 (0.17%) CMS
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 51 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (8.54%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (2.09%) Trello
6 11 (1.92%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (1.39%) SAP CO
1 8 (1.39%) SAP FI
1 8 (1.39%) SAP FI/CO
1 8 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.70%) iTrent
4 3 (0.52%) Shopify
5 2 (0.35%) Magento
5 2 (0.35%) Maximo
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 17 (2.96%) Azure
2 14 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (2.44%) SaaS
3 11 (1.92%) Smartsheet
4 10 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.05%) AWS
5 6 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (1.05%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.87%) Asana
6 5 (0.87%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.52%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (0.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.17%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.17%) dbt
9 1 (0.17%) Miro
9 1 (0.17%) OCI
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.87%) Network Security
2 3 (0.52%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.52%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.35%) VLAN
3 2 (0.35%) WAN
4 1 (0.17%) Internet
4 1 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.17%) LAN
4 1 (0.17%) MPLS
4 1 (0.17%) VoIP
4 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.39%) SAP BW
2 6 (1.05%) Power BI
3 4 (0.70%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.17%) Big Data
4 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 44 (7.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 246 (42.86%) Finance
2 220 (38.33%) Social Skills
3 75 (13.07%) Law
4 45 (7.84%) Military
5 41 (7.14%) Telecoms
6 36 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (6.27%) Influencing Skills
6 36 (6.27%) Legal
7 25 (4.36%) Billing
7 25 (4.36%) Manufacturing
7 25 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (4.36%) Retail
8 22 (3.83%) Electronics
9 20 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (3.31%) Back Office
11 17 (2.96%) Marketing
12 16 (2.79%) Public Sector
13 13 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.57%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.52%) .NET
1 3 (0.52%) Web Services
2 1 (0.17%) Kafka
2 1 (0.17%) REST
2 1 (0.17%) Spring
2 1 (0.17%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.45%) Driving Licence
2 15 (2.61%) Virtual Team
3 14 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 13 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (1.74%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.39%) Social Media
7 7 (1.22%) PMI
8 6 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.05%) Cyberattack
8 6 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.05%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.87%) SCADA
10 4 (0.70%) Digital Media
10 4 (0.70%) IoT
11 3 (0.52%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.35%) FMCG
12 2 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.35%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.57%) Windows
2 8 (1.39%) Windows Vista
3 2 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (72.47%) Project Management
2 233 (40.59%) Project Delivery
3 156 (27.18%) Agile
4 141 (24.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 134 (23.34%) PRINCE2
6 102 (17.77%) Risk Management
7 101 (17.60%) Change Management
8 90 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (15.68%) Waterfall
9 74 (12.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 72 (12.54%) Budget Management
11 66 (11.50%) Project Planning
12 65 (11.32%) Business Case
13 63 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
14 53 (9.23%) Customer Service
15 51 (8.89%) Commercial Awareness
16 46 (8.01%) Cost Control
17 45 (7.84%) CRM
18 40 (6.97%) ERP
18 40 (6.97%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.35%) R
1 2 (0.35%) SQL
2 1 (0.17%) Java
2 1 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 94 (16.38%) Degree
2 53 (9.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 33 (5.75%) PMI Certification
4 31 (5.40%) PMP
5 29 (5.05%) Security Cleared
6 19 (3.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 15 (2.61%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 11 (1.92%) SC Cleared
9 10 (1.74%) HNC
10 8 (1.39%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.05%) APMP
12 3 (0.52%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.35%) CCNA
13 2 (0.35%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.35%) HND
13 2 (0.35%) MBA
14 1 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.01%) PMO
2 28 (4.88%) QA
3 8 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.05%) PMBOK
5 3 (0.52%) COSHH
5 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.35%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.35%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.17%) EMIR
7 1 (0.17%) GDPR
7 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 70 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.18%) Oracle
3 22 (3.83%) SAP
4 15 (2.61%) Salesforce
5 5 (0.87%) Cisco
5 5 (0.87%) Google
6 4 (0.70%) Workday
7 3 (0.52%) Civica
7 3 (0.52%) IBM
7 3 (0.52%) MuleSoft
7 3 (0.52%) NEC
8 2 (0.35%) Adobe
8 2 (0.35%) Databricks
8 2 (0.35%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (0.35%) Meraki
8 2 (0.35%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.35%) Snow
9 1 (0.17%) Aruba
9 1 (0.17%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.17%) StreamSets