Project Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Project Manager salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 98 67
Rank change year-on-year +65 -31 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 649 307 481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.47% 3.31% 4.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.80% 3.69% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 489 249 345
10th Percentile £31,863 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £67,500
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
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,184 8,311 10,343
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 89.66% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,331 4,658 7,067
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,925 £27,539
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,054
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
West Midlands +52 341 £50,000 -9.09% 90
East Midlands +66 277 £50,000 -16.67% 53
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 461 (71.03%) Project Management
2 275 (42.37%) Social Skills
3 223 (34.36%) Finance
4 176 (27.12%) Agile
5 161 (24.81%) Project Delivery
6 155 (23.88%) PRINCE2
7 117 (18.03%) Degree
8 106 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 104 (16.02%) Risk Management
10 90 (13.87%) Change Management
11 79 (12.17%) Waterfall
12 68 (10.48%) Retail
13 66 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
14 60 (9.24%) PMO
14 60 (9.24%) Business Case
15 52 (8.01%) Self-Motivation
16 51 (7.86%) Budget Management
16 51 (7.86%) Microsoft
17 49 (7.55%) Manufacturing
18 47 (7.24%) Security Cleared
19 46 (7.09%) ERP
19 46 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
20 45 (6.93%) Resource Allocation
21 44 (6.78%) Decision-Making
21 44 (6.78%) Azure
22 43 (6.63%) Resource Management
22 43 (6.63%) Customer Requirements
23 42 (6.47%) Logistics
23 42 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
24 41 (6.32%) CRM

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.77%) Confluence
4 4 (0.62%) CMS
4 4 (0.62%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (0.31%) Alfresco
5 2 (0.31%) Captiva
5 2 (0.31%) Documentum
Applications
1 42 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (4.78%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.23%) Trello
7 7 (1.08%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.62%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.31%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Maximo
2 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.15%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.15%) Shopify
3 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 44 (6.78%) Azure
2 17 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (2.00%) SaaS
4 13 (2.00%) Smartsheet
5 10 (1.54%) Power Platform
6 8 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.08%) AWS
7 7 (1.08%) Mavenlink
7 7 (1.08%) PowerApps
8 5 (0.77%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.62%) Google Docs
9 4 (0.62%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.15%) Discord
10 1 (0.15%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.15%) Intacct
10 1 (0.15%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.31%) Intranet
2 8 (1.23%) Firewall
3 5 (0.77%) Extranet
4 4 (0.62%) Broadband
4 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.46%) Internet
5 3 (0.46%) WebEx
6 2 (0.31%) 4G
6 2 (0.31%) 5G
6 2 (0.31%) LAN
6 2 (0.31%) WAN
6 2 (0.31%) Wireless
7 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.77%) Power BI
2 4 (0.62%) Metadata
3 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.31%) EDMS
3 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (2.93%) JIRA
General
1 275 (42.37%) Social Skills
2 223 (34.36%) Finance
3 68 (10.48%) Retail
4 49 (7.55%) Manufacturing
5 46 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
7 37 (5.70%) Marketing
8 36 (5.55%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (4.93%) Public Sector
10 27 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (4.01%) Legal
12 21 (3.24%) Telecoms
13 18 (2.77%) Games
14 17 (2.62%) Law
15 16 (2.47%) Health Technology
16 15 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (1.69%) Billing
17 11 (1.69%) Local Government
18 6 (0.92%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.39%) .NET
1 9 (1.39%) RESTful
1 9 (1.39%) SOAP
2 1 (0.15%) Spring
2 1 (0.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.01%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (5.55%) Management Information System
3 33 (5.08%) Driving Licence
4 19 (2.93%) FMCG
5 15 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.16%) PMI
7 10 (1.54%) Robotics
7 10 (1.54%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.23%) NHS
9 7 (1.08%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.92%) Animation
10 6 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.77%) Digital Media
12 4 (0.62%) CCTV
12 4 (0.62%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.62%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (0.62%) Photography
13 3 (0.46%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.46%) e-Learning
14 2 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.92%) Windows
2 3 (0.46%) Android
2 3 (0.46%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (71.03%) Project Management
2 176 (27.12%) Agile
3 161 (24.81%) Project Delivery
4 155 (23.88%) PRINCE2
5 106 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 104 (16.02%) Risk Management
7 90 (13.87%) Change Management
8 79 (12.17%) Waterfall
9 66 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (9.24%) Business Case
11 51 (7.86%) Budget Management
12 46 (7.09%) ERP
13 45 (6.93%) Resource Allocation
14 44 (6.78%) Decision-Making
15 43 (6.63%) Customer Requirements
15 43 (6.63%) Resource Management
16 42 (6.47%) Logistics
17 41 (6.32%) CRM
18 36 (5.55%) Agile Project Management
18 36 (5.55%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.39%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.31%) SQL
3 1 (0.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 117 (18.03%) Degree
2 47 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 41 (6.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 37 (5.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 36 (5.55%) PMI Certification
6 30 (4.62%) PMP
7 23 (3.54%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.31%) HNC
9 6 (0.92%) ACCA
9 6 (0.92%) CIMA
9 6 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.92%) MBA
10 5 (0.77%) CAPM
10 5 (0.77%) HND
11 4 (0.62%) RIBA
12 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.31%) APMP
13 2 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.15%) APMG
14 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (9.24%) PMO
2 6 (0.92%) ISO 9001
2 6 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.62%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.62%) GDPR
4 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (7.86%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.54%) IFS
3 16 (2.47%) Workday
4 14 (2.16%) CheckPoint
5 13 (2.00%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.85%) SAP
7 7 (1.08%) VMware
8 6 (0.92%) Adobe
9 5 (0.77%) Cisco
9 5 (0.77%) Facebook
9 5 (0.77%) Google
9 5 (0.77%) Sage
10 2 (0.31%) EMC
11 1 (0.15%) Capita
11 1 (0.15%) Citrix
11 1 (0.15%) Civica
11 1 (0.15%) NEC
11 1 (0.15%) Northgate
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle
11 1 (0.15%) Wrike