Software Project Manager Jobs in England

Software Project Manager
UK > England

The median Software Project Manager salary in England is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 761 748 1026
Rank change year-on-year -13 +278 -252
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 100 125 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 89 112 128
10th Percentile £44,750 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £84,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 88,935 75,643 138,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.23% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 65,011 49,623 75,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Project Manager in England.

Salary trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
North of England +44 41 £62,500 -3.85% 3
North West +17 34 £62,500 -3.85% 3
South East -17 20 £58,750 -6.00% 1
London +36 17 £76,250 -4.69%
Midlands -41 16 £48,250 -12.27% 3
West Midlands -3 14 £50,750 +1.50% 2
Yorkshire +75 7 £57,500 -20.69%
South West -32 6 £47,500 - 1
East Midlands -37 2 £47,500 -20.83% 1
Software Project Manager
UK

Software Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 England region featuring Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 63 (63.00%) Project Management
2 52 (52.00%) Agile
3 35 (35.00%) PRINCE2
4 34 (34.00%) Project Delivery
5 32 (32.00%) Social Skills
6 27 (27.00%) Degree
7 25 (25.00%) PMP
7 25 (25.00%) Finance
8 20 (20.00%) Azure
9 18 (18.00%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (18.00%) DevOps
9 18 (18.00%) Software Delivery
10 17 (17.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (12.00%) Computer Science
11 12 (12.00%) Software Engineering
11 12 (12.00%) Security Cleared
12 10 (10.00%) SDLC
13 9 (9.00%) Agile Project Management
13 9 (9.00%) .NET
14 8 (8.00%) JavaScript
14 8 (8.00%) SOAP
14 8 (8.00%) Technical Architecture
14 8 (8.00%) Software Deployment
14 8 (8.00%) RESTful
14 8 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
14 8 (8.00%) SC Cleared
14 8 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
14 8 (8.00%) Virtual Team
14 8 (8.00%) Fintech
14 8 (8.00%) Presales

Software Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (3.00%) Confluence
2 2 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 20 (20.00%) Azure
2 18 (18.00%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.00%) SaaS
4 3 (3.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 32 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 25 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.00%) Law
6 1 (1.00%) Banking
6 1 (1.00%) German Language
6 1 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.00%) .NET
2 8 (8.00%) RESTful
2 8 (8.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (63.00%) Project Management
2 52 (52.00%) Agile
3 35 (35.00%) PRINCE2
4 34 (34.00%) Project Delivery
5 18 (18.00%) DevOps
5 18 (18.00%) Software Delivery
6 17 (17.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (12.00%) Computer Science
7 12 (12.00%) Software Engineering
8 10 (10.00%) SDLC
9 9 (9.00%) Agile Project Management
10 8 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (8.00%) Decision-Making
10 8 (8.00%) Fintech
10 8 (8.00%) Presales
10 8 (8.00%) Requirements Workshops
10 8 (8.00%) Software Deployment
10 8 (8.00%) Sprint Planning
10 8 (8.00%) Sprint Retrospective
10 8 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.00%) C#
2 1 (1.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (27.00%) Degree
2 25 (25.00%) PMP
3 12 (12.00%) Security Cleared
4 8 (8.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (4.00%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.00%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.00%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.00%) QA
2 1 (1.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (4.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft