Junior Project Manager Job Trends

Junior Project Manager
UK

The median Junior Project Manager salary in the UK is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 643 699 660
Rank change year-on-year +56 -39 +329
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Project Manager 8 25 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.044% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.046% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 33
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,125 £30,313 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £42,000 £45,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £47,900 £50,625 £58,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,750 £30,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +29.17% -20.00% -1.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 52,799 53,782 46,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 93.79% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,457 29,075 36,182
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

Junior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Junior Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Junior Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Junior Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Project Manager over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Project Manager in the UK

Junior Project Manager
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +70 8 £37,500 +2.74% 48
UK excluding London +45 7 £38,750 +29.17% 53
Work from Home +71 4 £32,500 -18.75% 13
South West +20 4 £35,000 +16.67% 5
South East +33 2 £52,500 +21.39% 14
London +41 1 £35,000 -19.54% 11
North of England +19 1 £44,000 - 15
North West - 1 £44,000 - 8

Junior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Junior 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 featuring Junior Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Project Delivery
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) JIRA
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Compliance Audit
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
4 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (25.00%) PMO
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (12.50%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) AI
5 1 (12.50%) Benchmarking
5 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Confluence

Junior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Delivery
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) Compliance Audit
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) AI
5 1 (12.50%) Benchmarking
5 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 1 (12.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) MAPM
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (12.50%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft