Project Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 28 78
Rank change year-on-year -147 +50 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 485 2,572 1,142
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.16% 6.87% 3.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 7.38% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 333 955 895
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,118 £40,988
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.12% -7.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 37,904 34,869 29,181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.17% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,945 17,378 22,098
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies 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 31 December 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 31 December 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 -82 159 £55,000 - 102
Midlands -110 98 £54,344 +0.64% 55
North West -64 97 £55,000 - 60
South East -137 90 £67,500 +16.38% 107
West Midlands -67 62 £55,000 - 35
Yorkshire -72 53 £55,116 +4.98% 36
South West -109 48 £55,000 +7.84% 29
Scotland -49 45 £65,000 +8.33% 13
East Midlands -95 36 £50,000 -6.10% 20
East of England -107 35 £57,500 +4.55% 44
North East -25 9 £53,750 +3.37% 9
Wales -46 5 £65,000 +44.44% 15
Northern Ireland -50 5 £48,500 +20.58% 3
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 240 (49.48%) Project Management
2 173 (35.67%) Project Delivery
3 148 (30.52%) Agile
4 109 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 96 (19.79%) Degree
6 94 (19.38%) PRINCE2
7 79 (16.29%) Microsoft
8 67 (13.81%) Waterfall
9 65 (13.40%) Budget Management
10 63 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
11 62 (12.78%) Change Management
11 62 (12.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 62 (12.78%) Risk Management
12 51 (10.52%) Business Case
12 51 (10.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 49 (10.10%) Microsoft Project
14 46 (9.48%) PMI Certification
15 45 (9.28%) PMP
16 40 (8.25%) Coaching
17 38 (7.84%) ERP
18 35 (7.22%) Azure
19 34 (7.01%) Project Planning
20 33 (6.80%) Programme Management
21 32 (6.60%) Commercial Awareness
22 31 (6.39%) Mentoring
23 29 (5.98%) CRM
24 28 (5.77%) Decision-Making
24 28 (5.77%) PMO
25 27 (5.57%) Process Improvement
26 26 (5.36%) JIRA

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.47%) Confluence
3 2 (0.41%) TPMS
4 1 (0.21%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 49 (10.10%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.62%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.44%) Shopify
3 5 (1.03%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.41%) iTrent
4 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.21%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.21%) Primavera
5 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.21%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 35 (7.22%) Azure
2 19 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (2.89%) AWS
4 11 (2.27%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.27%) SaaS
5 9 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.65%) GCP
7 7 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.03%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.62%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.21%) Asana
12 1 (0.21%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.21%) IaaS
12 1 (0.21%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle CX
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 1 (0.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.82%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.62%) WAN
3 2 (0.41%) Network Security
3 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.21%) Firewall
4 1 (0.21%) Internet
4 1 (0.21%) LAN
4 1 (0.21%) MPLS
4 1 (0.21%) VoIP
4 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 26 (5.36%) JIRA
General
1 177 (36.49%) Finance
1 177 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 71 (14.64%) Law
3 52 (10.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 51 (10.52%) Military
5 40 (8.25%) Back Office
6 35 (7.22%) Telecoms
7 33 (6.80%) Influencing Skills
8 31 (6.39%) Legal
9 29 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
10 23 (4.74%) Local Government
10 23 (4.74%) Manufacturing
11 19 (3.92%) Public Sector
12 18 (3.71%) Pharmaceutical
13 15 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (2.89%) Retail
15 12 (2.47%) Electronics
16 7 (1.44%) Banking
16 7 (1.44%) Marketing
17 6 (1.24%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.82%) Web Services
2 2 (0.41%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.21%) .NET
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.22%) Driving Licence
2 15 (3.09%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.06%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.24%) PMI
7 5 (1.03%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.03%) Social Media
8 4 (0.82%) Digital Media
8 4 (0.82%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.62%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.41%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.41%) FMCG
10 2 (0.41%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.41%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.41%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.21%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.89%) Windows
2 2 (0.41%) VMS
3 1 (0.21%) Linux
3 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (49.48%) Project Management
2 173 (35.67%) Project Delivery
3 148 (30.52%) Agile
4 109 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 94 (19.38%) PRINCE2
6 67 (13.81%) Waterfall
7 65 (13.40%) Budget Management
8 63 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (12.78%) Change Management
9 62 (12.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 62 (12.78%) Risk Management
10 51 (10.52%) Business Case
10 51 (10.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 40 (8.25%) Coaching
12 38 (7.84%) ERP
13 34 (7.01%) Project Planning
14 33 (6.80%) Programme Management
15 32 (6.60%) Commercial Awareness
16 31 (6.39%) Mentoring
17 29 (5.98%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.41%) R
2 1 (0.21%) SQL
Qualifications
1 96 (19.79%) Degree
2 46 (9.48%) PMI Certification
3 45 (9.28%) PMP
4 21 (4.33%) Security Cleared
5 16 (3.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 14 (2.89%) SC Cleared
7 10 (2.06%) APMP
7 10 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.86%) HND
9 6 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.24%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.24%) HNC
10 5 (1.03%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.82%) CAPM
12 2 (0.41%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.41%) CCNA
12 2 (0.41%) CISSP
12 2 (0.41%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.77%) PMO
2 23 (4.74%) COSHH
3 21 (4.33%) QA
4 9 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.24%) GDPR
6 5 (1.03%) NEBOSH
7 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.41%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.41%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) Basel III
8 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.21%) EMIR
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.21%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (0.41%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 79 (16.29%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.95%) Salesforce
3 20 (4.12%) Cisco
4 13 (2.68%) SAP
5 9 (1.86%) Google
6 7 (1.44%) NEC
7 6 (1.24%) JD Edwards
8 5 (1.03%) Workday
9 4 (0.82%) Civica
9 4 (0.82%) Oracle
10 2 (0.41%) Kronos
10 2 (0.41%) Meraki
11 1 (0.21%) F5
11 1 (0.21%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.21%) IBM
11 1 (0.21%) IFS
11 1 (0.21%) Planon
11 1 (0.21%) Red Hat