Project Manager Jobs in London

Project Manager
England > London

The median Project Manager salary in London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 112 167
Rank change year-on-year +20 +55 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 766 1,041 1,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.23% 3.08% 2.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.43% 3.24% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 549 848 1,255
10th Percentile £40,058 £48,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,219 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,313 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,313 32,109 66,771
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 95.14% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 16,649 23,746 34,560
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,449 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Central London +56 113 £75,000 +7.14% 20
South London +4 22 £39,000 -35.86% 3
West London -22 13 £57,000 -6.40% 14
North London -1 6 £70,000 +19.66% 8
East London -5 6 £61,000 +11.93% 19
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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 London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 461 (60.18%) Project Management
2 273 (35.64%) Agile
3 255 (33.29%) Social Skills
4 202 (26.37%) Project Delivery
5 195 (25.46%) Finance
6 140 (18.28%) Degree
7 129 (16.84%) PRINCE2
8 124 (16.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 110 (14.36%) Microsoft
10 95 (12.40%) Budget Management
10 95 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
11 71 (9.27%) Waterfall
12 68 (8.88%) QA
13 66 (8.62%) Project Planning
13 66 (8.62%) Risk Management
14 62 (8.09%) Microsoft Excel
15 59 (7.70%) PMI Certification
16 58 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
17 57 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
17 57 (7.44%) Retail
18 55 (7.18%) Change Management
19 52 (6.79%) PMP
19 52 (6.79%) Marketing
20 51 (6.66%) Microsoft Office
21 49 (6.40%) Scrum
22 46 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 42 (5.48%) Banking
24 39 (5.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
25 38 (4.96%) Legal
25 38 (4.96%) Time Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 36 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (2.09%) CMS
4 14 (1.83%) Confluence
5 6 (0.78%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.52%) Drupal
6 4 (0.52%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.39%) WordPress
8 2 (0.26%) Joomla!
8 2 (0.26%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) Documentum
9 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 62 (8.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (6.66%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (5.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.52%) Trello
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.78%) Shopify
4 5 (0.65%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.65%) Primavera
5 2 (0.26%) BPCS
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.26%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.13%) Magento
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP SM
6 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 32 (4.18%) Azure
2 30 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (3.92%) SaaS
3 19 (2.48%) Power Platform
4 13 (1.70%) AWS
5 11 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (0.78%) GCP
7 6 (0.78%) PaaS
8 5 (0.65%) Google Analytics
9 4 (0.52%) Basecamp
9 4 (0.52%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.52%) Slack
10 2 (0.26%) ClickUp
10 2 (0.26%) Contentful
10 2 (0.26%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.26%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.26%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
2 25 (3.26%) WAN
3 24 (3.13%) LAN
4 20 (2.61%) Firewall
5 19 (2.48%) DHCP
5 19 (2.48%) DNS
5 19 (2.48%) VPN
6 18 (2.35%) VLAN
7 17 (2.22%) MPLS
7 17 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
8 8 (1.04%) 5G
9 5 (0.65%) Network Security
10 4 (0.52%) SAN
10 4 (0.52%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (0.13%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 1 (0.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 1 (0.13%) Internet
12 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.91%) Power BI
2 5 (0.65%) Tableau
3 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.13%) Metadata
4 1 (0.13%) MySQL
4 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (3.92%) JIRA
2 3 (0.39%) Eclipse
General
1 255 (33.29%) Social Skills
2 195 (25.46%) Finance
3 58 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (7.44%) Retail
5 52 (6.79%) Marketing
6 46 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (5.48%) Banking
8 38 (4.96%) Legal
9 36 (4.70%) Law
10 34 (4.44%) Manufacturing
11 32 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (4.05%) Public Sector
13 29 (3.79%) Pharmaceutical
14 27 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.96%) French Language
16 14 (1.83%) Spanish Language
17 13 (1.70%) Advertising
17 13 (1.70%) German Language
17 13 (1.70%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.04%) .NET
2 3 (0.39%) ADO
3 2 (0.26%) Express.js
3 2 (0.26%) MERN Stack
3 2 (0.26%) Node.js
3 2 (0.26%) React
4 1 (0.13%) ATL
4 1 (0.13%) EDI
4 1 (0.13%) JSON
4 1 (0.13%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.13%) React Native
4 1 (0.13%) REST
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.13%) SOAP
4 1 (0.13%) Swagger
4 1 (0.13%) WSDL
4 1 (0.13%) XML
4 1 (0.13%) XSD
4 1 (0.13%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 37 (4.83%) Onboarding
2 35 (4.57%) Data Centre
3 32 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (2.74%) PMI
5 17 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 16 (2.09%) Driving Licence
6 16 (2.09%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.57%) NHS
7 12 (1.57%) Robotics
8 11 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.31%) Renewable Energy
9 10 (1.31%) Social Media
10 9 (1.17%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.65%) Animation
12 4 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.52%) EPoS
12 4 (0.52%) Hedge funds
12 4 (0.52%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
13 3 (0.39%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.70%) Windows
2 8 (1.04%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.13%) Linux
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (60.18%) Project Management
2 273 (35.64%) Agile
3 202 (26.37%) Project Delivery
4 129 (16.84%) PRINCE2
5 124 (16.19%) Stakeholder Management
6 95 (12.40%) Budget Management
6 95 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (9.27%) Waterfall
8 66 (8.62%) Project Planning
8 66 (8.62%) Risk Management
9 57 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (7.18%) Change Management
11 49 (6.40%) Scrum
12 38 (4.96%) Decision-Making
12 38 (4.96%) Time Management
13 36 (4.70%) Process Improvement
14 35 (4.57%) CRM
14 35 (4.57%) Project Governance
15 30 (3.92%) Migration
16 29 (3.79%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 10 (1.31%) SQL
2 8 (1.04%) C#
3 4 (0.52%) PHP
4 2 (0.26%) Python
5 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 140 (18.28%) Degree
2 59 (7.70%) PMI Certification
3 52 (6.79%) PMP
4 31 (4.05%) Security Cleared
5 19 (2.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 18 (2.35%) APMP
7 15 (1.96%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 13 (1.70%) SC Cleared
9 12 (1.57%) HNC
10 11 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.44%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.31%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.17%) NVQ Level 3
13 7 (0.91%) ACCA
13 7 (0.91%) MRICS
14 6 (0.78%) CIMA
14 6 (0.78%) HND
15 4 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.52%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.88%) QA
2 29 (3.79%) PMO
3 6 (0.78%) GDPR
4 5 (0.65%) GAMP
4 5 (0.65%) GMP
5 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.39%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.39%) GRC
6 3 (0.39%) P3O
7 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.26%) NEBOSH
7 2 (0.26%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
3 17 (2.22%) Hyper-V
3 17 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (2.22%) WSUS
2 4 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 110 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.66%) Cisco
3 26 (3.39%) SAP
4 20 (2.61%) VMware
5 17 (2.22%) Ruckus Wireless
6 15 (1.96%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.17%) Google
8 7 (0.91%) Apple
9 5 (0.65%) Adobe
10 4 (0.52%) Cadence
10 4 (0.52%) NEC
10 4 (0.52%) Optimizely
10 4 (0.52%) Progress
10 4 (0.52%) Sitecore
10 4 (0.52%) Vectorworks
11 3 (0.39%) Marketo
11 3 (0.39%) Oracle
12 2 (0.26%) Epicor
12 2 (0.26%) JD Edwards
12 2 (0.26%) Sage