Project Manager Jobs in the North of England

Project Manager
England > North of England

The median Project Manager salary in the North of England is £47,500 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 42 118 83
Rank change year-on-year +76 -35 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 826 493 668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.72% 2.86% 3.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.98% 3.20% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 649 342 428
10th Percentile £33,300 £37,500 £36,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,899 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,300
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
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,599 15,406 17,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.33% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,835 8,145 11,008
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the North of England.

Salary trend for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the North of England 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
North West +75 446 £47,500 -17.39% 109
Yorkshire +82 270 £47,500 -7.77% 64
North East +48 110 £47,500 -9.52% 15
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 538 (65.13%) Project Management
2 284 (34.38%) Agile
3 275 (33.29%) Social Skills
4 247 (29.90%) Project Delivery
5 171 (20.70%) PRINCE2
6 141 (17.07%) Degree
7 128 (15.50%) Finance
7 128 (15.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 93 (11.26%) PMP
8 93 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
9 87 (10.53%) Mentoring
10 83 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
11 80 (9.69%) Coaching
12 79 (9.56%) SDLC
13 73 (8.84%) PMI Certification
14 70 (8.47%) Microsoft
15 69 (8.35%) Risk Management
16 67 (8.11%) PMO
17 66 (7.99%) Agile Project Management
18 62 (7.51%) Time Management
19 61 (7.38%) ERP
20 57 (6.90%) Actionable Insight
21 56 (6.78%) Presales
22 55 (6.66%) Public Sector
23 54 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
23 54 (6.54%) Retail
24 52 (6.30%) Microsoft Project
25 51 (6.17%) Software Delivery
26 48 (5.81%) Budget Management
27 47 (5.69%) Change Control

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 8 (0.97%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.85%) MS Project Server
3 4 (0.48%) CMS
4 3 (0.36%) Confluence
4 3 (0.36%) WordPress
5 2 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 52 (6.30%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.97%) Shopify
3 5 (0.61%) Magento
3 5 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) BPCS
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.12%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 27 (3.27%) SaaS
2 24 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (2.78%) Azure
4 12 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (0.36%) AWS
7 3 (0.36%) Slack
8 2 (0.24%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.24%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.24%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.24%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.12%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.12%) GCP
9 1 (0.12%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.12%) IaaS
9 1 (0.12%) Intacct
9 1 (0.12%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (1.45%) LAN
3 10 (1.21%) Internet
3 10 (1.21%) WAN
4 5 (0.61%) Wireless
5 2 (0.24%) Extranet
5 2 (0.24%) Intranet
5 2 (0.24%) MPLS
5 2 (0.24%) Network Security
5 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.24%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) Firewall
6 1 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.12%) SAN
6 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.24%) GIS
1 2 (0.24%) Power BI
2 1 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 32 (3.87%) JIRA
2 3 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.24%) JIRA Agile
3 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 275 (33.29%) Social Skills
2 128 (15.50%) Finance
3 83 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (6.66%) Public Sector
5 54 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
5 54 (6.54%) Retail
6 47 (5.69%) Manufacturing
7 38 (4.60%) Marketing
8 28 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (3.27%) Legal
10 19 (2.30%) Law
11 15 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.33%) Local Government
13 10 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.09%) Games
15 7 (0.85%) Automotive
15 7 (0.85%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.73%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.61%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.85%) .NET
1 7 (0.85%) RESTful
1 7 (0.85%) SOAP
2 5 (0.61%) CSS
2 5 (0.61%) HTML
2 5 (0.61%) JSON
3 2 (0.24%) ADO
4 1 (0.12%) Node.js
4 1 (0.12%) React
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.12%) Renewable Energy
2 33 (4.00%) Driving Licence
2 33 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (2.18%) PMI
4 13 (1.57%) Virtual Team
5 12 (1.45%) FMCG
6 10 (1.21%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.09%) SCADA
8 6 (0.73%) Biopharmaceutical
8 6 (0.73%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.73%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.61%) CCTV
9 5 (0.61%) Life Science
9 5 (0.61%) NHS
10 4 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.48%) Freedom of Information
11 3 (0.36%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.36%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.24%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.12%) Windows
1 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (65.13%) Project Management
2 284 (34.38%) Agile
3 247 (29.90%) Project Delivery
4 171 (20.70%) PRINCE2
5 128 (15.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 93 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
7 87 (10.53%) Mentoring
8 80 (9.69%) Coaching
9 79 (9.56%) SDLC
10 69 (8.35%) Risk Management
11 66 (7.99%) Agile Project Management
12 62 (7.51%) Time Management
13 61 (7.38%) ERP
14 57 (6.90%) Actionable Insight
15 56 (6.78%) Presales
16 51 (6.17%) Software Delivery
17 48 (5.81%) Budget Management
18 47 (5.69%) Change Control
18 47 (5.69%) Change Management
19 46 (5.57%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (1.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.12%) Ada
2 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
2 1 (0.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 141 (17.07%) Degree
2 93 (11.26%) PMP
3 73 (8.84%) PMI Certification
4 45 (5.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 29 (3.51%) Security Cleared
6 28 (3.39%) SC Cleared
7 24 (2.91%) HNC
8 20 (2.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 16 (1.94%) HND
10 7 (0.85%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.36%) APMP
11 3 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.36%) PgMP
12 2 (0.24%) CAPM
12 2 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.24%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.12%) MRICS
13 1 (0.12%) NVQ Level 4
13 1 (0.12%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.11%) PMO
2 31 (3.75%) QA
3 13 (1.57%) ISO 9001
4 12 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.09%) NEBOSH
6 7 (0.85%) GxP
7 6 (0.73%) GLP
7 6 (0.73%) Good Clinical Practice
8 5 (0.61%) GMP
9 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.36%) GDPR
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 9000
10 3 (0.36%) SLA
11 1 (0.12%) GAMP
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (8.47%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.18%) SAP
3 16 (1.94%) Google
4 10 (1.21%) Adobe
4 10 (1.21%) Oracle
4 10 (1.21%) Progress
5 6 (0.73%) Anaplan
5 6 (0.73%) Cisco
6 4 (0.48%) Meraki
7 3 (0.36%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.36%) Northgate
8 2 (0.24%) Apple
8 2 (0.24%) Aruba
8 2 (0.24%) CA
8 2 (0.24%) Juniper
8 2 (0.24%) Openreach
8 2 (0.24%) Sage
8 2 (0.24%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.24%) WooCommerce
8 2 (0.24%) Zoho