Project Manager Jobs in West Yorkshire

Project Manager
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Project Manager salary in West Yorkshire 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 83 40 117
Rank change year-on-year -43 +77 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 24 151 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.75% 4.89% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% 5.08% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 14 102 71
10th Percentile £40,909 £37,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £45,469 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,744 £57,463 £60,800
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,125 £67,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £47,200 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.53% -10.10% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,229 2,973 4,512
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.38% 96.37% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 629 2,171 2,249
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +9.62%
75th Percentile £76,840 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £82,500 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £49,274 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -6.14% +5.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in West Yorkshire

Project Manager
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Project Manager 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 30 May 2025.

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 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
Leeds -28 14 £55,000 +10.00% 35
Wakefield +13 3 £42,085 -11.40% 21
Liversedge - 3 - -
Halifax -5 2 £60,000 -
Project Manager
Yorkshire

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

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 Yorkshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 19 (79.17%) Project Management
2 7 (29.17%) Agile
3 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (25.00%) Degree
3 6 (25.00%) NEBOSH
4 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
4 5 (20.83%) Law
4 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
5 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 4 (16.67%) Finance
6 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 3 (12.50%) Azure
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.50%) Business Strategy
7 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
7 2 (8.33%) IoT
7 2 (8.33%) Burndown Charts
7 2 (8.33%) Sprint Retrospective
7 2 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (8.33%) Sprint Review
7 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.33%) Backlog Refinement
7 2 (8.33%) Conflict Resolution
7 2 (8.33%) Smart Meter
7 2 (8.33%) Project Governance

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
General
1 5 (20.83%) Law
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Legal
3 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) IoT
1 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
1 2 (8.33%) Smart City
1 2 (8.33%) Smart Meter
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) Project Management
2 7 (29.17%) Agile
3 6 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
4 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
5 3 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.33%) Burndown Charts
6 2 (8.33%) Business Continuity
6 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.33%) ERP
6 2 (8.33%) ITIL
6 2 (8.33%) Migration
6 2 (8.33%) Scrum
6 2 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (8.33%) Sprint Retrospective
6 2 (8.33%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) NEBOSH
2 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Databricks