Software Project Manager Jobs

Software Project Manager
UK

The median Software Project Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 800 860 1020
Rank change year-on-year +60 +160 -250
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 111 139 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 95 132 163
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £83,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +20.00%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
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 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in the UK

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Project Manager in the UK

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Project Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Project Manager in the UK

Software Project Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +59 101 £60,000 -7.69% 20
UK excluding London +1 91 £57,500 -4.17% 14
North of England +69 44 £61,250 -5.77% 4
Work from Home +33 42 £57,500 -11.54% 12
North West +36 34 £62,500 -3.85% 4
South East -4 20 £58,750 -4.08% 3
London +82 19 £76,250 -4.69% 7
West Midlands +22 12 £46,500 +9.41% 1
Midlands +13 12 £46,500 -22.50% 3
Yorkshire +99 10 £57,500 -20.69%
Scotland -63 8 £60,000 +11.63%
South West -19 6 £47,500 - 3
Wales - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Software 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 Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 73 (65.77%) Project Management
2 62 (55.86%) Agile
3 37 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 33 (29.73%) Social Skills
4 33 (29.73%) PRINCE2
5 31 (27.93%) Degree
6 30 (27.03%) Finance
7 25 (22.52%) PMP
8 23 (20.72%) Azure
9 22 (19.82%) Software Delivery
10 21 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (18.92%) DevOps
11 19 (17.12%) Software Engineering
12 15 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (13.51%) Computer Science
12 15 (13.51%) Security Cleared
13 14 (12.61%) Presales
14 12 (10.81%) SDLC
14 12 (10.81%) Agile Project Management
14 12 (10.81%) .NET
15 11 (9.91%) JavaScript
15 11 (9.91%) SOAP
15 11 (9.91%) Technical Architecture
15 11 (9.91%) Waterfall
15 11 (9.91%) SC Cleared
15 11 (9.91%) User Acceptance Testing
15 11 (9.91%) RESTful
15 11 (9.91%) Virtual Team
15 11 (9.91%) Customer Requirements
16 10 (9.01%) Decision-Making

Software 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 (2.70%) Confluence
2 2 (1.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.72%) Azure
2 21 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (7.21%) SaaS
4 3 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.90%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.60%) JIRA
General
1 33 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 30 (27.03%) Finance
3 6 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.70%) Marketing
6 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.80%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.90%) Banking
7 1 (0.90%) Electronics
7 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.81%) .NET
2 11 (9.91%) RESTful
2 11 (9.91%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.91%) Virtual Team
2 2 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.90%) Life Science
3 1 (0.90%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.90%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.90%) Android
1 1 (0.90%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (65.77%) Project Management
2 62 (55.86%) Agile
3 37 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 33 (29.73%) PRINCE2
5 22 (19.82%) Software Delivery
6 21 (18.92%) DevOps
7 19 (17.12%) Software Engineering
8 15 (13.51%) Computer Science
8 15 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (12.61%) Presales
10 12 (10.81%) Agile Project Management
10 12 (10.81%) SDLC
11 11 (9.91%) Customer Requirements
11 11 (9.91%) Technical Architecture
11 11 (9.91%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (9.91%) Waterfall
12 10 (9.01%) Decision-Making
12 10 (9.01%) Software Deployment
13 9 (8.11%) Scrum
14 8 (7.21%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.91%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.90%) C#
2 1 (0.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (27.93%) Degree
2 25 (22.52%) PMP
3 15 (13.51%) Security Cleared
4 11 (9.91%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.50%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.80%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.80%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.70%) QA
2 1 (0.90%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (3.60%) CheckPoint
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft