Software Project Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Software Project Manager salary in the West Midlands is £46,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 270 270
Rank change year-on-year +39 0 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 11 3 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.044% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.049% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 8
10th Percentile - £38,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,000 £48,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £45,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -20.35% +32.94%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £60,625
90th Percentile - £57,500 £69,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,759 6,072 6,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.93% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,145 3,346 4,793
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,117 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in the West Midlands

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Project Manager in the West Midlands

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Project Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Project Manager in the West Midlands

Software 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 Software Project Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
Birmingham +10 7 £41,000 -31.67%
Shropshire - 3 £46,500 -
Warwickshire - 1 £57,500 -
Software Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Finance
1 7 (63.64%) Project Management
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Project Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) Deadline-Driven
3 4 (36.36%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (36.36%) CheckPoint
3 4 (36.36%) Resource Management
3 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) Dependency Management
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Software Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) SDLC
4 3 (27.27%) Presales
4 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Virtual Team
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (27.27%) Data Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) RESTful

Software 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:

Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
1 3 (27.27%) RESTful
1 3 (27.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) Project Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) Deadline-Driven
3 4 (36.36%) Dependency Management
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 4 (36.36%) Resource Management
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Data Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Presales
4 3 (27.27%) SDLC
4 3 (27.27%) Software Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) CheckPoint