Project Manager
UK

The median Project Manager salary in the UK is £51,150 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 104 117
Rank change year-on-year +44 +13 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 3,989 3,290 5,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.02% 3.26% 3.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.25% 3.56% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,909 2,384 3,323
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,150 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the UK

Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the UK

Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the UK

Project Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 +47 3,536 £52,500 -12.50% 968
UK excluding London +40 3,030 £50,000 -9.09% 777
Work from Home +20 1,437 £51,000 -7.27% 400
North of England +72 822 £47,500 -13.64% 181
London +21 765 £60,000 -14.29% 256
Midlands +63 648 £50,000 -13.04% 147
South East -1 582 £52,500 -12.50% 213
North West +70 445 £47,500 -17.39% 109
South West +28 409 £48,500 -7.62% 95
West Midlands +50 342 £50,000 -9.09% 87
East of England +43 284 £54,000 -1.82% 80
East Midlands +60 275 £50,000 -16.67% 58
Yorkshire +75 267 £47,500 -9.52% 62
Scotland -29 153 £50,000 -2.44% 66
North East +43 110 £47,500 -9.52% 16
Wales +49 109 £40,553 -26.27% 22
Northern Ireland +47 27 £47,500 -5.00% 8
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 2,635 (66.06%) Project Management
2 1,405 (35.22%) Social Skills
3 1,292 (32.39%) Agile
4 1,131 (28.35%) Project Delivery
5 964 (24.17%) Finance
6 873 (21.89%) PRINCE2
7 744 (18.65%) Degree
8 605 (15.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 487 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
10 412 (10.33%) Microsoft
11 405 (10.15%) Risk Management
12 364 (9.13%) Waterfall
13 357 (8.95%) Change Management
14 318 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
15 311 (7.80%) Budget Management
16 291 (7.30%) Security Cleared
17 283 (7.09%) Decision-Making
18 279 (6.99%) SDLC
19 269 (6.74%) PMI Certification
20 260 (6.52%) PMP
21 259 (6.49%) Agile Project Management
22 252 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
23 245 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
24 243 (6.09%) Manufacturing
25 242 (6.07%) Project Planning
26 240 (6.02%) Retail
26 240 (6.02%) Business Case
27 239 (5.99%) PMO
28 236 (5.92%) Microsoft Project
29 233 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity

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 81 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 61 (1.53%) CMS
3 35 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 32 (0.80%) Confluence
5 12 (0.30%) SAS
6 10 (0.25%) ArcGIS
7 9 (0.23%) Office Communications Server
8 8 (0.20%) Drupal
8 8 (0.20%) WordPress
9 7 (0.18%) MS Project Server
9 7 (0.18%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.13%) Kentico
11 4 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.075%) ColdFusion
12 3 (0.075%) Documentum
13 2 (0.050%) Alfresco
13 2 (0.050%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.050%) Captiva
13 2 (0.050%) Joomla!
14 1 (0.025%) IIS
Applications
1 252 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 236 (5.92%) Microsoft Project
3 218 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
4 133 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 42 (1.05%) MS Visio
6 38 (0.95%) AutoCAD
7 27 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
8 19 (0.48%) Trello
9 3 (0.075%) InDesign
9 3 (0.075%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.050%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.050%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.050%) CATIA
10 2 (0.050%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.025%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.40%) Shopify
4 15 (0.38%) Primavera
5 9 (0.23%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
6 8 (0.20%) Magento
7 7 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.13%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.075%) BPCS
10 3 (0.075%) Dynamics GP
10 3 (0.075%) Maximo
10 3 (0.075%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
10 3 (0.075%) Sage 200
10 3 (0.075%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.075%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.075%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.075%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 151 (3.79%) Azure
2 111 (2.78%) SaaS
3 102 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
6 43 (1.08%) AWS
7 40 (1.00%) Power Platform
8 21 (0.53%) Smartsheet
9 12 (0.30%) Slack
10 10 (0.25%) Basecamp
10 10 (0.25%) PaaS
11 8 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 8 (0.20%) Entra ID
11 8 (0.20%) Google Sheets
12 7 (0.18%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.18%) GCP
12 7 (0.18%) Mavenlink
12 7 (0.18%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.18%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 65 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
2 47 (1.18%) LAN
3 42 (1.05%) WAN
4 35 (0.88%) Firewall
5 34 (0.85%) Wireless
6 26 (0.65%) Internet
7 21 (0.53%) DNS
7 21 (0.53%) Intranet
8 20 (0.50%) MPLS
9 19 (0.48%) DHCP
9 19 (0.48%) VLAN
9 19 (0.48%) VPN
10 18 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
11 16 (0.40%) Network Security
12 15 (0.38%) TETRA
13 14 (0.35%) Extranet
14 12 (0.30%) 5G
15 10 (0.25%) LTE
16 9 (0.23%) VoIP
17 7 (0.18%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (0.58%) Power BI
2 22 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
3 20 (0.50%) Tableau
4 10 (0.25%) Big Data
5 6 (0.15%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.13%) Metadata
7 3 (0.075%) GIS
8 2 (0.050%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.050%) EDMS
8 2 (0.050%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.050%) MySQL
8 2 (0.050%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.025%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.025%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.025%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.025%) Impala
9 1 (0.025%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.025%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.025%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 156 (3.91%) JIRA
2 6 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.075%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.050%) JIRA Agile
4 2 (0.050%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.025%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,405 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 964 (24.17%) Finance
3 318 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
4 243 (6.09%) Manufacturing
5 240 (6.02%) Retail
6 233 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 221 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
8 215 (5.39%) Public Sector
9 202 (5.06%) Marketing
10 167 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
11 141 (3.53%) Legal
12 131 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
13 115 (2.88%) Law
14 112 (2.81%) Telecoms
15 85 (2.13%) Banking
16 73 (1.83%) Games
17 71 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
18 57 (1.43%) Local Government
19 54 (1.35%) Aerospace
20 41 (1.03%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (0.98%) EDI
2 36 (0.90%) .NET
3 19 (0.48%) SOAP
4 18 (0.45%) RESTful
5 10 (0.25%) CSS
5 10 (0.25%) HTML
6 7 (0.18%) Flash
6 7 (0.18%) JSON
7 6 (0.15%) ADO
8 5 (0.13%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (0.13%) React Native
9 3 (0.075%) FHIR
9 3 (0.075%) Node.js
9 3 (0.075%) React
9 3 (0.075%) REST
10 2 (0.050%) Express.js
10 2 (0.050%) MERN Stack
10 2 (0.050%) Web Services
10 2 (0.050%) XML
11 1 (0.025%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 224 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
2 153 (3.84%) Driving Licence
3 98 (2.46%) Onboarding
4 88 (2.21%) Renewable Energy
5 87 (2.18%) PMI
6 83 (2.08%) Management Information System
7 66 (1.65%) Data Centre
8 65 (1.63%) NHS
9 64 (1.60%) FMCG
10 46 (1.15%) Virtual Team
11 26 (0.65%) Robotics
12 20 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (0.50%) Product Ownership
13 19 (0.48%) Freedom of Information
14 18 (0.45%) Digital Signage
14 18 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (0.45%) Public Cloud
14 18 (0.45%) Social Media
15 17 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (0.43%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 42 (1.05%) Windows
2 23 (0.58%) Android
3 17 (0.43%) Linux
4 13 (0.33%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.30%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.10%) Windows Vista
7 2 (0.050%) VMS
8 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,635 (66.06%) Project Management
2 1,292 (32.39%) Agile
3 1,131 (28.35%) Project Delivery
4 873 (21.89%) PRINCE2
5 605 (15.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 487 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
7 405 (10.15%) Risk Management
8 364 (9.13%) Waterfall
9 357 (8.95%) Change Management
10 311 (7.80%) Budget Management
11 283 (7.09%) Decision-Making
12 279 (6.99%) SDLC
13 259 (6.49%) Agile Project Management
14 245 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 242 (6.07%) Project Planning
16 240 (6.02%) Business Case
17 221 (5.54%) Mentoring
18 211 (5.29%) Presales
19 210 (5.26%) Actionable Insight
20 206 (5.16%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (0.65%) JavaScript
2 18 (0.45%) SQL
3 13 (0.33%) C#
4 10 (0.25%) Python
5 8 (0.20%) Java
6 4 (0.10%) PHP
7 1 (0.025%) Ada
7 1 (0.025%) C
7 1 (0.025%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.025%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.025%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.025%) Scala
7 1 (0.025%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.025%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 744 (18.65%) Degree
2 291 (7.30%) Security Cleared
3 269 (6.74%) PMI Certification
4 260 (6.52%) PMP
5 191 (4.79%) SC Cleared
6 160 (4.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 143 (3.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 93 (2.33%) HNC
9 48 (1.20%) HND
10 43 (1.08%) DV Cleared
11 41 (1.03%) APMP
12 40 (1.00%) DBS Check
13 29 (0.73%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.48%) NVQ Level 3
15 17 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
16 15 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
17 13 (0.33%) CAPM
17 13 (0.33%) RIBA
18 12 (0.30%) ACCA
19 11 (0.28%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (5.99%) PMO
2 142 (3.56%) QA
3 45 (1.13%) GDPR
4 37 (0.93%) NEBOSH
5 36 (0.90%) ISO 9001
6 23 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.35%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.35%) SLA
8 13 (0.33%) GMP
8 13 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
9 10 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.23%) COSHH
11 8 (0.20%) GxP
12 7 (0.18%) Data Quality
12 7 (0.18%) ISO 9000
13 6 (0.15%) GAMP
13 6 (0.15%) GLP
14 4 (0.10%) ISO 13485
14 4 (0.10%) P3O
14 4 (0.10%) PMBOK
System Software
1 32 (0.80%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.53%) Hyper-V
3 20 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
3 20 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.30%) Firmware
5 3 (0.075%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.025%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 17 (0.43%) WSUS
2 13 (0.33%) SCOM
3 4 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.050%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.025%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.025%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.025%) SCCM
5 1 (0.025%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 412 (10.33%) Microsoft
2 93 (2.33%) SAP
3 61 (1.53%) Salesforce
4 41 (1.03%) Google
5 39 (0.98%) Cisco
5 39 (0.98%) Oracle
6 30 (0.75%) IFS
6 30 (0.75%) VMware
7 28 (0.70%) Adobe
8 25 (0.63%) NEC
8 25 (0.63%) Progress
9 19 (0.48%) Workday
10 18 (0.45%) Sage
11 17 (0.43%) BT
11 17 (0.43%) Ruckus Wireless
12 15 (0.38%) CheckPoint
13 12 (0.30%) Northgate
14 11 (0.28%) Civica
15 10 (0.25%) Apple
15 10 (0.25%) Autodesk