Project Manager Jobs 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 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 43 94
Rank change year-on-year -70 +51 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 85 347 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.05% 4.41% 3.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% 4.66% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 54 250 166
10th Percentile £37,250 £37,376 £41,875
25th Percentile £46,563 £42,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.50% +5.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,293 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.96% -12.85% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,752 7,442 5,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 94.50% 90.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,661 5,513 3,230
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,525
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Manager 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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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 -37 36 £61,250 +22.50% 49
Warwickshire -12 12 £44,500 -11.00%
Solihull +10 8 £57,500 +21.05% 5
Staffordshire -13 8 £47,422 +10.03% 34
Walsall +6 4 - - 1
Worcestershire +14 3 £55,000 +2.80% 22
Shropshire -3 3 £47,500 +2.15% 43
Wolverhampton +20 1 £70,000 +55.56% 21
West Bromwich - 1 £69,500 -
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 64 (75.29%) Project Management
2 40 (47.06%) Finance
3 36 (42.35%) Project Delivery
4 33 (38.82%) Social Skills
5 26 (30.59%) Agile
6 24 (28.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (24.71%) Degree
8 19 (22.35%) PRINCE2
9 17 (20.00%) Waterfall
10 13 (15.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (14.12%) Business Case
12 11 (12.94%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (12.94%) Risk Management
13 10 (11.76%) Change Management
14 9 (10.59%) Microsoft
15 8 (9.41%) HND
15 8 (9.41%) Law
15 8 (9.41%) Driving Licence
15 8 (9.41%) Budget Management
16 7 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
16 7 (8.24%) Work Breakdown Structure
16 7 (8.24%) Mentoring
16 7 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 7 (8.24%) Change Control
17 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Project
17 6 (7.06%) PMP
17 6 (7.06%) PMI Certification
17 6 (7.06%) Contract Management
17 6 (7.06%) Customer Service
18 5 (5.88%) Budgeting

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 5 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.18%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.88%) Azure
1 5 (5.88%) SaaS
2 2 (2.35%) Asana
2 2 (2.35%) AWS
3 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.18%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (1.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.71%) JIRA
General
1 40 (47.06%) Finance
2 33 (38.82%) Social Skills
3 13 (15.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (12.94%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (9.41%) Law
6 5 (5.88%) Retail
7 4 (4.71%) Military
7 4 (4.71%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.53%) Banking
8 3 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.35%) Police
10 1 (1.18%) Advertising
10 1 (1.18%) Billing
10 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.41%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.71%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (4.71%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.35%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.35%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.35%) PKI
4 2 (2.35%) SCADA
4 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.18%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.18%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (75.29%) Project Management
2 36 (42.35%) Project Delivery
3 26 (30.59%) Agile
4 24 (28.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (22.35%) PRINCE2
6 17 (20.00%) Waterfall
7 12 (14.12%) Business Case
8 11 (12.94%) Risk Management
9 10 (11.76%) Change Management
10 8 (9.41%) Budget Management
11 7 (8.24%) Change Control
11 7 (8.24%) Mentoring
11 7 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (8.24%) Work Breakdown Structure
12 6 (7.06%) Contract Management
12 6 (7.06%) Customer Service
13 5 (5.88%) Budgeting
13 5 (5.88%) Commercial Awareness
13 5 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.35%) C++
1 2 (2.35%) Java
1 2 (2.35%) Python
2 1 (1.18%) PHP
2 1 (1.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (24.71%) Degree
2 8 (9.41%) HND
3 6 (7.06%) PMI Certification
3 6 (7.06%) PMP
4 4 (4.71%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.35%) CISSP
5 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.18%) HNC
6 1 (1.18%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.88%) PMO
2 4 (4.71%) QA
3 3 (3.53%) NEBOSH
4 2 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.35%) GDPR
4 2 (2.35%) HIPAA
4 2 (2.35%) NIST
5 1 (1.18%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 9 (10.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.71%) NEC
2 4 (4.71%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.18%) Google
3 1 (1.18%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.18%) Snow