Public Sector Project Manager Jobs

Project Manager - Public Sector
UK

The median Project Manager - Public Sector salary in the UK is £49,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 876 984 1192
Rank change year-on-year +108 +208 -302
Permanent jobs requiring a Public Sector Project Manager 18 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.005% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.005% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 4
10th Percentile - £70,750 £41,325
25th Percentile £47,250 £71,875 £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £75,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +42.86% -8.70%
75th Percentile £51,750 £77,500 £58,438
90th Percentile £58,750 - £60,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,325 - £55,000

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Public Sector Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector Project Manager in the UK

Public Sector Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Public Sector Project Manager in the UK

Public Sector Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector Project Manager over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector Project Manager in the UK

Public Sector Project Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 - 12 £50,325 - 1
England +116 10 £54,325 -27.57% 1
North of England - 5 £51,150 -
Scotland - 3 £49,500 -
Yorkshire - 3 £32,500 -
Midlands - 2 - -
North West - 2 £51,150 -
South West - 2 £57,500 -
West Midlands - 2 - -
London +123 1 £60,000 -20.00%
Work from Home +96 1 £60,000 -20.00%

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Public Sector 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 Public Sector Project Manager in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 15 (83.33%) Project Delivery
3 14 (77.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (55.56%) Agile
4 10 (55.56%) Project Management
5 9 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (33.33%) Finance
6 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
7 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
7 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (27.78%) Change Management
7 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
8 4 (22.22%) Degree
9 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
9 3 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
9 3 (16.67%) PMP
9 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
9 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (16.67%) Business Change Management
9 3 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
10 2 (11.11%) Business Case
10 2 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
10 2 (11.11%) RBAC
10 2 (11.11%) Risk Register
10 2 (11.11%) Architectural Design
10 2 (11.11%) Programme Governance
10 2 (11.11%) Budget Management
10 2 (11.11%) EDMS
10 2 (11.11%) Documentum
10 2 (11.11%) Back Office

Public Sector 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 2 (11.11%) Alfresco
1 2 (11.11%) Captiva
1 2 (11.11%) Documentum
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) EDMS
General
1 18 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Back Office
4 2 (11.11%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Project Delivery
2 14 (77.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (55.56%) Agile
3 10 (55.56%) Project Management
4 9 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (27.78%) Change Management
5 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
5 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
5 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (16.67%) Business Change Management
6 3 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
6 3 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (11.11%) Budget Management
7 2 (11.11%) Business Case
7 2 (11.11%) Change Control
7 2 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
7 2 (11.11%) Health Informatics
7 2 (11.11%) RBAC
7 2 (11.11%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 3 (16.67%) PMP
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared