Software Project Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 676 679
Rank change year-on-year +127 +3 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 22 89 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.057% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.13% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 10 76 72
10th Percentile £43,100 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile - £50,000 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £59,688 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,875 £67,500 £84,125
UK median annual salary £53,750 £61,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.24% -5.77% +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 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -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% -

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Software Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Software 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 Software Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
East of England - 9 £95,000 - 5
South East +77 6 £50,000 -16.67% 6
South West +116 4 - - 5
North of England +2 2 £57,500 -8.00% 5
Yorkshire +56 1 £47,500 -17.39% 3
West Midlands +53 1 £39,500 -15.05% 1
Midlands +47 1 £39,500 -15.05% 1
North West -32 1 £67,500 +8.00% 2
Software Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Software 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 Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 13 (59.09%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (59.09%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (59.09%) Project Management
2 13 (59.09%) Agile
3 10 (45.45%) Finance
3 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (45.45%) Project Delivery
4 9 (40.91%) Software Delivery
4 9 (40.91%) PRINCE2
4 9 (40.91%) Budget Management
5 8 (36.36%) Salesforce
5 8 (36.36%) Change Management
5 8 (36.36%) Local Government
5 8 (36.36%) Google
5 8 (36.36%) SaaS
5 8 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (36.36%) Google Workspace
5 8 (36.36%) Business Transformation
5 8 (36.36%) Customer Experience
5 8 (36.36%) Public Sector
5 8 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (22.73%) QA
6 5 (22.73%) Retail
6 5 (22.73%) Logistics
6 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
6 5 (22.73%) SDLC
6 5 (22.73%) Resource Allocation
7 4 (18.18%) Product Strategy

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Google Workspace
1 8 (36.36%) SaaS
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 13 (59.09%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (45.45%) Finance
4 8 (36.36%) Local Government
4 8 (36.36%) Public Sector
5 5 (22.73%) Retail
6 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Agile
1 13 (59.09%) Problem-Solving
1 13 (59.09%) Project Management
2 10 (45.45%) Project Delivery
2 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (40.91%) Budget Management
3 9 (40.91%) PRINCE2
3 9 (40.91%) Software Delivery
4 8 (36.36%) Business Transformation
4 8 (36.36%) Change Management
4 8 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (36.36%) Customer Experience
5 5 (22.73%) Logistics
5 5 (22.73%) Resource Allocation
5 5 (22.73%) SDLC
5 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
6 4 (18.18%) Business Development
6 4 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
6 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Google
1 8 (36.36%) Salesforce