Financial Services Project Manager Jobs

Project Manager - Financial Services
UK

The median Project Manager - Financial Services salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 718 1024 1068
Rank change year-on-year +306 +44 -322
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Services Project Manager 9 66 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.052% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.055% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 9 63 33
10th Percentile £64,500 £46,250 £48,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +19.15%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £114,500 £99,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +20.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 51,419 120,484 123,121
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.48% 95.34% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 37,696 75,234 84,392
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Financial Services Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Financial Services Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Services Project Manager in the UK

Financial Services Project Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Services Project Manager.

Salary trend for Financial Services Project Manager in the UK

Financial Services Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Services Project Manager over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Financial Services Project Manager in the UK

Financial Services Project Manager
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Services Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. 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
England +261 7 £70,000 +3.70% 3
Work from Home +232 5 £70,000 +7.69% 3
London +249 4 £87,500 +16.67%
UK excluding London +221 4 £68,750 +1.85% 3
West Midlands +132 2 £70,000 +59.09%
Midlands +126 2 £70,000 +59.09%
Wales - 1 £65,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £67,500 -
North of England - 1 £67,500 - 2

Financial Services Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 November 2023, Financial Services 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 featuring Financial Services Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Banking
4 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
6 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
6 1 (11.11%) Front Office
6 1 (11.11%) Back Office
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (11.11%) PMI
6 1 (11.11%) PMP
6 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) QA
6 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
6 1 (11.11%) Use Case
6 1 (11.11%) Time Management
6 1 (11.11%) Kanban
6 1 (11.11%) SaaS
6 1 (11.11%) User Stories

Financial Services Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (11.11%) SaaS
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Back Office
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
4 1 (11.11%) Front Office
4 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) PMI
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 1 (11.11%) Agile Coaching
5 1 (11.11%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Fintech
5 1 (11.11%) Kanban
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Project Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Time Management
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) User Stories
5 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Cadence