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 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 34 93 66
Rank change year-on-year +59 -27 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 643 310 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.32% 3.41% 4.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.63% 3.80% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 486 248 344
10th Percentile £31,681 £41,898 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £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 £68,125 £71,250 £68,750
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 11,421 8,155 10,435
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 89.69% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,440 4,585 7,006
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,565
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
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 £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +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 19 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 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
West Midlands +47 338 £50,000 -9.09% 95
East Midlands +65 274 £49,990 -16.68% 66
Project Manager
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 454 (70.61%) Project Management
2 275 (42.77%) Social Skills
3 216 (33.59%) Finance
4 170 (26.44%) Agile
5 156 (24.26%) Project Delivery
6 152 (23.64%) PRINCE2
7 116 (18.04%) Degree
8 104 (16.17%) Risk Management
9 102 (15.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 89 (13.84%) Change Management
11 76 (11.82%) Waterfall
12 68 (10.58%) Retail
13 63 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
14 59 (9.18%) PMO
14 59 (9.18%) Business Case
15 52 (8.09%) Self-Motivation
16 51 (7.93%) Budget Management
16 51 (7.93%) Microsoft
17 48 (7.47%) Manufacturing
18 47 (7.31%) Security Cleared
19 45 (7.00%) Resource Allocation
19 45 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
20 44 (6.84%) Decision-Making
20 44 (6.84%) ERP
20 44 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
21 43 (6.69%) Resource Management
21 43 (6.69%) Customer Requirements
22 42 (6.53%) Logistics
22 42 (6.53%) Azure
23 41 (6.38%) 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 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.78%) Confluence
4 4 (0.62%) CMS
4 4 (0.62%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.16%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.16%) Captiva
5 1 (0.16%) Documentum
Applications
1 44 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (4.98%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.24%) Trello
7 7 (1.09%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.62%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.31%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Maximo
2 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Shopify
3 1 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 42 (6.53%) Azure
2 17 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (2.02%) Smartsheet
5 12 (1.87%) SaaS
6 10 (1.56%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.09%) AWS
7 7 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.09%) Mavenlink
7 7 (1.09%) PowerApps
8 5 (0.78%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.62%) Google Docs
9 4 (0.62%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.16%) Discord
10 1 (0.16%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.16%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.33%) Intranet
2 8 (1.24%) Firewall
3 5 (0.78%) Extranet
4 4 (0.62%) Broadband
4 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.47%) Internet
5 3 (0.47%) WebEx
6 2 (0.31%) 4G
6 2 (0.31%) 5G
6 2 (0.31%) Wireless
7 1 (0.16%) LAN
7 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.16%) VLAN
7 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.78%) Power BI
2 4 (0.62%) Metadata
3 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.16%) EDMS
4 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (2.95%) JIRA
General
1 275 (42.77%) Social Skills
2 216 (33.59%) Finance
3 68 (10.58%) Retail
4 48 (7.47%) Manufacturing
5 45 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (5.91%) Marketing
6 38 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
8 31 (4.82%) Public Sector
9 27 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (4.04%) Legal
11 21 (3.27%) Telecoms
12 18 (2.80%) Games
13 17 (2.64%) Law
14 16 (2.49%) Health Technology
15 15 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.71%) Billing
16 11 (1.71%) Local Government
17 6 (0.93%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.40%) .NET
1 9 (1.40%) RESTful
1 9 (1.40%) SOAP
2 1 (0.16%) React Native
2 1 (0.16%) Spring
2 1 (0.16%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.09%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (5.60%) Management Information System
3 33 (5.13%) Driving Licence
4 19 (2.95%) FMCG
5 15 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.02%) PMI
7 10 (1.56%) Robotics
7 10 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.24%) NHS
9 6 (0.93%) Animation
9 6 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.78%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.78%) Digital Media
11 4 (0.62%) CCTV
11 4 (0.62%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.62%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (0.62%) Photography
12 3 (0.47%) Client/Server
12 3 (0.47%) e-Learning
13 2 (0.31%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.93%) Windows
2 4 (0.62%) Android
2 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (70.61%) Project Management
2 170 (26.44%) Agile
3 156 (24.26%) Project Delivery
4 152 (23.64%) PRINCE2
5 104 (16.17%) Risk Management
6 102 (15.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 89 (13.84%) Change Management
8 76 (11.82%) Waterfall
9 63 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
10 59 (9.18%) Business Case
11 51 (7.93%) Budget Management
12 45 (7.00%) Resource Allocation
13 44 (6.84%) Decision-Making
13 44 (6.84%) ERP
14 43 (6.69%) Customer Requirements
14 43 (6.69%) Resource Management
15 42 (6.53%) Logistics
16 41 (6.38%) CRM
17 36 (5.60%) Programme Management
18 35 (5.44%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.40%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.31%) SQL
3 1 (0.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 116 (18.04%) Degree
2 47 (7.31%) Security Cleared
3 40 (6.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 37 (5.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 34 (5.29%) PMI Certification
6 29 (4.51%) PMP
7 23 (3.58%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.33%) HNC
9 6 (0.93%) ACCA
9 6 (0.93%) CIMA
9 6 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.93%) MBA
10 5 (0.78%) CAPM
10 5 (0.78%) HND
11 4 (0.62%) RIBA
12 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.31%) APMP
13 2 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.16%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.16%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.18%) PMO
2 6 (0.93%) ISO 9001
2 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.62%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.62%) GDPR
4 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.16%) P3O
4 1 (0.16%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 51 (7.93%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.58%) IFS
3 16 (2.49%) Workday
4 14 (2.18%) CheckPoint
5 13 (2.02%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.71%) SAP
7 6 (0.93%) Adobe
7 6 (0.93%) VMware
8 5 (0.78%) Cisco
8 5 (0.78%) Facebook
8 5 (0.78%) Google
9 4 (0.62%) Sage
10 2 (0.31%) EMC
11 1 (0.16%) Capita
11 1 (0.16%) Citrix
11 1 (0.16%) Civica
11 1 (0.16%) NEC
11 1 (0.16%) Northgate
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle
11 1 (0.16%) Wrike