Project Manager Job Trends in the West Midlands

Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Project Manager salary in the West Midlands is £55,744 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 45 52
Rank change year-on-year -71 +7 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 63 233 149
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.19% 5.63% 3.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 6.03% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 52 108 136
10th Percentile - £32,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,744 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £64,063 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,875 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £56,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +16.07% -3.39% -3.39%

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 4,749 3,866 3,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.84% 93.34% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,747 1,842 2,953
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -49 24 £60,000 +4.35% 13
Worcestershire -14 10 £42,500 -15.00% 1
Staffordshire -22 9 £43,750 +9.38% 3
Shropshire -12 5 £80,000 +52.38% 3
Warwickshire -4 3 £60,000 +11.11% 11
Coventry +1 2 £57,500 +10.58% 2
Wolverhampton -8 1 - - 1
Solihull -13 1 £75,000 - 3
Herefordshire -14 1 £50,000 -
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 21 (33.33%) Agile
2 20 (31.75%) Project Management
3 18 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 16 (25.40%) Project Delivery
5 15 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (22.22%) COSHH
7 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
8 11 (17.46%) ERP
8 11 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (15.87%) Budget Management
9 10 (15.87%) Degree
9 10 (15.87%) Waterfall
10 9 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
11 7 (11.11%) Azure
11 7 (11.11%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
11 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
11 7 (11.11%) Migration
11 7 (11.11%) PMI Certification
12 6 (9.52%) Customer Requirements
12 6 (9.52%) PMP
13 5 (7.94%) Change Management
13 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 5 (7.94%) Mentoring
13 5 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (7.94%) PMO
13 5 (7.94%) Requirements Analysis
14 4 (6.35%) Budgeting
14 4 (6.35%) Collaborative Culture
14 4 (6.35%) DevOps
14 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Office

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 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.59%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (1.59%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.11%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.35%) SaaS
4 3 (4.76%) AWS
4 3 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.17%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.59%) Asana
6 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.59%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 20 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 18 (28.57%) Law
3 15 (23.81%) Finance
3 15 (23.81%) Military
4 14 (22.22%) Back Office
4 14 (22.22%) Local Government
5 6 (9.52%) Legal
6 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (6.35%) Retail
8 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.17%) Banking
9 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.17%) Police
10 1 (1.59%) Billing
10 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.59%) German Language
10 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.59%) Polish Language
10 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.76%) PMI
3 2 (3.17%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.17%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.59%) IoT
4 1 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.59%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.33%) Agile
2 20 (31.75%) Project Management
3 18 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 16 (25.40%) Project Delivery
5 15 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (17.46%) ERP
6 11 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (15.87%) Budget Management
7 10 (15.87%) Waterfall
8 9 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
9 7 (11.11%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
9 7 (11.11%) Migration
10 6 (9.52%) Customer Requirements
11 5 (7.94%) Change Management
11 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (7.94%) Mentoring
11 5 (7.94%) Requirements Analysis
12 4 (6.35%) DevOps
12 4 (6.35%) Risk Management
12 4 (6.35%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) Degree
2 7 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 6 (9.52%) PMP
4 4 (6.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (6.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (3.17%) CAPM
5 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.22%) COSHH
2 5 (7.94%) PMO
3 3 (4.76%) GDPR
4 2 (3.17%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.17%) Kronos
2 2 (3.17%) SAP
2 2 (3.17%) Workday
3 1 (1.59%) IBM
3 1 (1.59%) Planon