Project Manager Job Trends in the West Midlands

Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Project Manager salary in the West Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 110 64
Rank change year-on-year +25 -46 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 139 70 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.64% 2.05% 3.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 2.28% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 100 57 149
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £38,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,875 £74,250 £65,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year - +16.50% -14.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,975 3,066 6,169
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.78% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,906 2,101 4,083
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,656 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. 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
Birmingham -4 58 £52,500 -4.55% 17
Staffordshire +29 34 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Shropshire -8 15 - - 1
Solihull +18 9 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Coventry -14 5 £50,000 -16.67% 4
Sutton Coldfield - 4 £72,500 -
Warwickshire -11 3 £59,500 +9.17% 4
Worcestershire -21 3 £52,500 -4.55% 5
Herefordshire - 1 £60,000 - 1
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 7 August 2026, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 45 (32.37%) Project Management
2 40 (28.78%) Agile
3 25 (17.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (17.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (16.55%) PRINCE2
5 16 (11.51%) Project Delivery
5 16 (11.51%) SaaS
6 15 (10.79%) Commercial Awareness
6 15 (10.79%) Waterfall
7 14 (10.07%) ERP
7 14 (10.07%) Migration
7 14 (10.07%) SAP
8 13 (9.35%) User Acceptance Testing
9 12 (8.63%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (7.19%) Logistics
10 10 (7.19%) Scrum
11 8 (5.76%) Budget Management
11 8 (5.76%) Data Migration
11 8 (5.76%) PMP
11 8 (5.76%) Risk Management
12 7 (5.04%) Change Control
12 7 (5.04%) Change Management
12 7 (5.04%) Project Governance
12 7 (5.04%) Requirements Gathering
12 7 (5.04%) User Experience
13 6 (4.32%) AI
13 6 (4.32%) AWS
13 6 (4.32%) CRM
13 6 (4.32%) Microsoft
13 6 (4.32%) Resource Allocation

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.44%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.51%) SaaS
2 6 (4.32%) AWS
3 3 (2.16%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (0.72%) Azure
4 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.72%) LAN
1 1 (0.72%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (2.88%) JIRA
2 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (26.62%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.11%) Finance
3 14 (10.07%) Law
3 14 (10.07%) Telecoms
4 12 (8.63%) Back Office
4 12 (8.63%) Military
5 10 (7.19%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.04%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.60%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.44%) Games
9 2 (1.44%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.44%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.44%) iGaming
9 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.44%) Retail
10 1 (0.72%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) .NET
1 1 (0.72%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.63%) Driving Licence
2 5 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (3.60%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.44%) NHS
3 2 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.37%) Project Management
2 40 (28.78%) Agile
3 25 (17.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (17.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (16.55%) PRINCE2
5 16 (11.51%) Project Delivery
6 15 (10.79%) Commercial Awareness
6 15 (10.79%) Waterfall
7 14 (10.07%) ERP
7 14 (10.07%) Migration
8 13 (9.35%) User Acceptance Testing
9 12 (8.63%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (7.19%) Logistics
10 10 (7.19%) Scrum
11 8 (5.76%) Budget Management
11 8 (5.76%) Data Migration
11 8 (5.76%) Risk Management
12 7 (5.04%) Project Governance
12 7 (5.04%) Requirements Gathering
12 7 (5.04%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.72%) C#
1 1 (0.72%) C++
1 1 (0.72%) PL/SQL
1 1 (0.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (5.76%) PMP
2 5 (3.60%) PMI Certification
3 4 (2.88%) Degree
3 4 (2.88%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.44%) PMO
1 2 (1.44%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (10.07%) SAP
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.88%) IFS
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle