Project Lead
UK

The median Project Lead salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 749 841 1017
Rank change year-on-year +92 +176 -151
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader 149 139 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 114 96 76
10th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £41,412
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,000 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,813 £73,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £44,850
% change year-on-year -4.55% +22.63% -0.33%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in the UK

Project Leader
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Project Leader in the UK

Project Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Leader over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Leader in the UK

Project Leader
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
England +112 148 £52,500 -4.55% 31
UK excluding London +12 136 £52,500 -4.55% 26
South East +27 48 £52,500 -3.67% 7
Work from Home +45 41 £50,000 -23.49% 14
North of England +60 30 £52,500 -2.78% 6
East of England +24 29 £45,000 -18.18% 5
South West -11 22 £60,000 - 3
North East +7 14 £70,000 +12.00%
London +108 13 £63,035 -3.54% 7
Yorkshire +87 9 £52,500 -4.55% 1
North West +3 7 £40,500 -25.00% 5
Midlands -36 6 £65,400 -9.17% 2
West Midlands -22 4 £70,000 -7.89% 2
East Midlands -14 2 £51,200 -6.91%
Wales - 1 £60,500 - 1

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Project Leader 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 Project Leader in the job title.

1 67 (44.97%) Project Management
2 66 (44.30%) Social Skills
3 50 (33.56%) Project Delivery
4 38 (25.50%) Finance
5 35 (23.49%) Degree
6 33 (22.15%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (18.79%) Agile
7 28 (18.79%) PRINCE2
8 27 (18.12%) SAP
9 26 (17.45%) ITIL
10 23 (15.44%) E-business
10 23 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (14.77%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (14.09%) Decision-Making
12 21 (14.09%) Electronics
13 20 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (12.75%) EDI
15 17 (11.41%) Validation
15 17 (11.41%) Business Strategy
16 16 (10.74%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (10.07%) Microsoft
17 15 (10.07%) Collaborative Working
17 15 (10.07%) PMO
17 15 (10.07%) Mentoring
18 14 (9.40%) Self-Motivation
18 14 (9.40%) Manufacturing
19 13 (8.72%) Business Analysis
19 13 (8.72%) Security Cleared
19 13 (8.72%) WAN
19 13 (8.72%) Technical Leadership

Project Leader 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 6 (4.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.36%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.36%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.67%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.71%) Azure
2 9 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.01%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.67%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.72%) WAN
2 11 (7.38%) 5G
2 11 (7.38%) SD-WAN
3 9 (6.04%) Firewall
4 4 (2.68%) DHCP
4 4 (2.68%) DNS
5 2 (1.34%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.34%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.34%) LAN
5 2 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.36%) SAP BW
2 3 (2.01%) Power BI
3 1 (0.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.36%) JIRA
2 2 (1.34%) CANoe
3 1 (0.67%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.67%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 66 (44.30%) Social Skills
2 38 (25.50%) Finance
3 33 (22.15%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.77%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (14.09%) Electronics
6 16 (10.74%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (9.40%) Manufacturing
8 9 (6.04%) Legal
9 7 (4.70%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (4.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (2.68%) Automotive
12 3 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (2.01%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.34%) Local Government
13 2 (1.34%) Public Speaking
13 2 (1.34%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.67%) Avionics
14 1 (0.67%) Games
14 1 (0.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.75%) EDI
2 6 (4.03%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.40%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (8.05%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.04%) Robotics
4 8 (5.37%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.03%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.68%) NHS
7 3 (2.01%) FPGA
7 3 (2.01%) Housing Association
7 3 (2.01%) Life Science
7 3 (2.01%) PropTech
8 2 (1.34%) Infotainment
9 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.37%) Windows
2 6 (4.03%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.68%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (44.97%) Project Management
2 50 (33.56%) Project Delivery
3 28 (18.79%) Agile
3 28 (18.79%) PRINCE2
4 26 (17.45%) ITIL
5 23 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (15.44%) E-business
6 21 (14.09%) Decision-Making
7 20 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (11.41%) Business Strategy
8 17 (11.41%) Validation
9 15 (10.07%) Collaborative Working
9 15 (10.07%) Mentoring
10 13 (8.72%) Business Analysis
10 13 (8.72%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (7.38%) B2B
11 11 (7.38%) Computer Science
11 11 (7.38%) Product Management
11 11 (7.38%) Requirements Analysis
11 11 (7.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.71%) C++
2 7 (4.70%) C#
3 4 (2.68%) Ada
3 4 (2.68%) C
3 4 (2.68%) SQL
4 3 (2.01%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 35 (23.49%) Degree
2 13 (8.72%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (8.72%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.36%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.68%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.68%) PMP
5 3 (2.01%) APMG
5 3 (2.01%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.07%) PMO
2 8 (5.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (3.36%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.68%) QA
5 3 (2.01%) Def Stans
5 3 (2.01%) DO-178B
5 3 (2.01%) Good Clinical Practice
5 3 (2.01%) JTAG
6 2 (1.34%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (1.34%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 4 (2.68%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.68%) Hyper-V
1 4 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.34%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 27 (18.12%) SAP
2 15 (10.07%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.38%) OpenText
4 9 (6.04%) Oracle
5 7 (4.70%) Cisco
5 7 (4.70%) Juniper
6 4 (2.68%) VMware
7 2 (1.34%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.34%) QNX
8 1 (0.67%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.67%) Sitecore