Junior Project Manager
UK

The median Junior Project Manager salary in the UK is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 822 929 1084
Rank change year-on-year +107 +155 -252
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Project Manager 72 64 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.061% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.067% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 48 54 94
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,850 £29,825
25th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £36,378 £43,750 £43,438
90th Percentile £48,625 £47,329 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £33,624 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.78% -3.93% +3.70%

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Junior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Project Manager in the UK

Junior Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Project Manager in the UK

Junior Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Project Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Project Manager in the UK

Junior Project Manager
Top 15 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 26 April 2024. 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
UK excluding London +19 70 £30,000 -10.78% 7
England +122 62 £30,000 -14.29% 10
Work from Home +88 21 £30,000 -14.29% 3
North of England +48 20 £29,000 -5.59% 2
Midlands +16 17 £26,500 -41.11%
South West -10 16 £30,000 -7.69%
Yorkshire +103 11 £43,000 +43.33% 2
North West +4 9 £29,000 -5.59%
East Midlands - 9 £26,500 -
West Midlands +27 8 £25,000 -44.44%
Scotland -54 8 £27,500 -21.43%
South East +21 6 £42,500 -8.60% 4
London +127 2 £51,250 +39.46% 2
Wales +9 2 £35,000 -10.87%
East of England +23 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Junior 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 Junior Project Manager in the job title.

1 49 (68.06%) Project Management
2 40 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 20 (27.78%) Microsoft
4 14 (19.44%) Project Delivery
5 13 (18.06%) PRINCE2
6 12 (16.67%) Agile
6 12 (16.67%) Logistics
6 12 (16.67%) Degree
7 11 (15.28%) Telecoms
7 11 (15.28%) Customer Service
7 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (13.89%) Renewable Energy
8 10 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (13.89%) CAD
8 10 (13.89%) Progress
8 10 (13.89%) Security Cleared
9 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
9 9 (12.50%) CRM
9 9 (12.50%) Finance
10 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
11 7 (9.72%) PMO
11 7 (9.72%) Management Information System
12 6 (8.33%) Risk Management
12 6 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (8.33%) JIRA
12 6 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (6.94%) Creative Thinking
13 5 (6.94%) ConnectWise
13 5 (6.94%) Marketing

Junior 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (5.56%) Trello
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.56%) Google Docs
1 4 (5.56%) Google Sheets
2 2 (2.78%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.39%) Contentful
3 1 (1.39%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.39%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.56%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 40 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Telecoms
3 9 (12.50%) Finance
4 6 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.94%) Marketing
5 5 (6.94%) Military
5 5 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Games
8 1 (1.39%) Banking
8 1 (1.39%) Billing
8 1 (1.39%) French Language
8 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.39%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.89%) Renewable Energy
2 7 (9.72%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.94%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.56%) Fibre Optics
4 4 (5.56%) Photography
5 3 (4.17%) PMI
6 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.39%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (68.06%) Project Management
2 14 (19.44%) Project Delivery
3 13 (18.06%) PRINCE2
4 12 (16.67%) Agile
4 12 (16.67%) Logistics
5 11 (15.28%) Customer Service
5 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (13.89%) CAD
6 10 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (12.50%) CRM
8 6 (8.33%) Risk Management
9 5 (6.94%) Contingency Planning
9 5 (6.94%) Creative Thinking
10 4 (5.56%) Business Strategy
10 4 (5.56%) Resource Management
10 4 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (4.17%) Decision-Making
11 3 (4.17%) SDLC
12 2 (2.78%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 12 (16.67%) Degree
2 10 (13.89%) Security Cleared
3 6 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 5 (6.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (6.94%) PMI Certification
4 5 (6.94%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.17%) PMP
6 1 (1.39%) APMP
6 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.39%) HND
6 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.72%) PMO
2 5 (6.94%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.89%) Progress
3 5 (6.94%) ConnectWise
3 5 (6.94%) Google
4 4 (5.56%) Adobe
5 3 (4.17%) IFS
6 2 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.39%) Adyen