Project Manager Job Trends in Yorkshire

Project Manager
England > Yorkshire

The median Project Manager salary in Yorkshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 113 59
Rank change year-on-year +1 -54 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 83 53 148
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.12% 1.51% 2.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.75% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 64 48 105
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £39,300
25th Percentile £46,063 £45,938 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £59,688 £54,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,575 £70,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 6,975 3,026 4,989
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 86.01% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,899 1,658 3,185
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,825 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 Yorkshire.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Yorkshire

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Yorkshire

Project Manager
Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
West Yorkshire -5 50 £61,675 +12.14% 26
South Yorkshire -18 27 £50,000 -9.09% 13
North Yorkshire +6 1 - - 9
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 August 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 Yorkshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 21 (25.30%) Project Delivery
2 19 (22.89%) Logistics
3 17 (20.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (16.87%) Project Management
5 10 (12.05%) Microsoft
5 10 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.84%) Agile
7 8 (9.64%) PMI Certification
7 8 (9.64%) Project Governance
8 7 (8.43%) Budget Management
8 7 (8.43%) PMO
9 6 (7.23%) Budgeting
9 6 (7.23%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 6 (7.23%) PRINCE2
10 5 (6.02%) Commercial Awareness
10 5 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.02%) Risk Management
10 5 (6.02%) Waterfall
10 5 (6.02%) Workshop Facilitation
11 4 (4.82%) Azure
11 4 (4.82%) Change Management
11 4 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (4.82%) Migration
11 4 (4.82%) PMP
11 4 (4.82%) Project Planning
11 4 (4.82%) Resource Allocation
11 4 (4.82%) Resource Management
11 4 (4.82%) SAP
11 4 (4.82%) Technology Transformation
12 3 (3.61%) Decision-Making

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.82%) Azure
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.41%) Entra ID
2 2 (2.41%) SaaS
3 1 (1.20%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.20%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) JIRA
General
1 17 (20.48%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.28%) Finance
3 8 (9.64%) Law
4 7 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (7.23%) Marketing
5 6 (7.23%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.02%) Legal
7 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Retail
8 3 (3.61%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.61%) Military
9 2 (2.41%) Billing
10 1 (1.20%) Aviation
10 1 (1.20%) Back Office
10 1 (1.20%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.82%) PMI
2 3 (3.61%) IoT
3 2 (2.41%) Digital Signage
3 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.30%) Project Delivery
2 19 (22.89%) Logistics
3 17 (20.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (16.87%) Project Management
5 10 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.84%) Agile
7 8 (9.64%) Project Governance
8 7 (8.43%) Budget Management
9 6 (7.23%) Budgeting
9 6 (7.23%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 6 (7.23%) PRINCE2
10 5 (6.02%) Commercial Awareness
10 5 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.02%) Risk Management
10 5 (6.02%) Waterfall
10 5 (6.02%) Workshop Facilitation
11 4 (4.82%) Migration
11 4 (4.82%) Resource Allocation
11 4 (4.82%) Resource Management
11 4 (4.82%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 8 (9.64%) PMI Certification
2 4 (4.82%) PMP
3 1 (1.20%) Degree
3 1 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.43%) PMO
2 1 (1.20%) COSHH
System Software
1 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.82%) SAP
3 3 (3.61%) Oracle
4 2 (2.41%) NETGEAR
5 1 (1.20%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.20%) Google
5 1 (1.20%) SaltStack