Project Manager Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Project Manager
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Project Manager salary in West Yorkshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 82 53
Rank change year-on-year +24 -29 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 85 24 70
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 2.05% 1.53% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.16% 1.65% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 71 17 41
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,068 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £59,750
90th Percentile - £58,420 £67,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £54,397 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.90% +8.79% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,929 1,451 1,985
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 92.60% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,837 765 1,155
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,130 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.84% -10.00% -4.76%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Project Manager
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in West Yorkshire

Project Manager
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
Leeds +16 80 £65,000 +18.18% 31
Huddersfield - 3 £50,000 - 1
Bradford - 2 - - 8
Project Manager
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 9 October 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 Yorkshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 44 (51.76%) Logistics
2 18 (21.18%) Project Delivery
3 16 (18.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (8.24%) PMO
4 7 (8.24%) Project Management
5 6 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (5.88%) Agile
6 5 (5.88%) Commercial Awareness
6 5 (5.88%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 5 (5.88%) Microsoft
6 5 (5.88%) Technology Transformation
7 4 (4.71%) Change Management
7 4 (4.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (4.71%) Decision-Making
7 4 (4.71%) Migration
7 4 (4.71%) PMI Certification
7 4 (4.71%) PRINCE2
7 4 (4.71%) Project Governance
7 4 (4.71%) Roadmaps
7 4 (4.71%) SAP
7 4 (4.71%) Waterfall
8 3 (3.53%) Budgeting
8 3 (3.53%) ERP
8 3 (3.53%) Oracle
8 3 (3.53%) PMP
8 3 (3.53%) Process Improvement
8 3 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (3.53%) Workshop Facilitation
9 2 (2.35%) Active Directory
9 2 (2.35%) Azure

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (2.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.18%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.35%) Azure
1 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.18%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 11 (12.94%) Finance
2 10 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.59%) Law
4 7 (8.24%) Legal
5 6 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.53%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.35%) Billing
7 2 (2.35%) Military
8 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.53%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.18%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (51.76%) Logistics
2 18 (21.18%) Project Delivery
3 16 (18.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (8.24%) Project Management
5 6 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (5.88%) Agile
6 5 (5.88%) Commercial Awareness
6 5 (5.88%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 5 (5.88%) Technology Transformation
7 4 (4.71%) Change Management
7 4 (4.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (4.71%) Decision-Making
7 4 (4.71%) Migration
7 4 (4.71%) PRINCE2
7 4 (4.71%) Project Governance
7 4 (4.71%) Roadmaps
7 4 (4.71%) Waterfall
8 3 (3.53%) Budgeting
8 3 (3.53%) ERP
8 3 (3.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (4.71%) PMI Certification
2 3 (3.53%) PMP
3 1 (1.18%) Degree
3 1 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.24%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.71%) SAP
3 3 (3.53%) Oracle
4 1 (1.18%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.18%) SaltStack