Project Leader Jobs in the South East

Project Lead
England > South East

The median Project Lead salary in the South East is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 364 494
Rank change year-on-year +24 +130 -97
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader 58 28 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.20% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.23% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 38 20 3
10th Percentile £36,250 - £45,490
25th Percentile £38,000 £52,000 £58,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -34.55% +29.41%
75th Percentile £53,750 £68,750 £89,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,700 £92,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -19.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 16,769 12,374 19,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.99% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,915 7,936 12,370
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Project Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in the South East

Project Leader
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Leader in the South East.

Salary trend for Project Leader in the South East

Project Leader
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Leader in the South East

Project Leader
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley +36 47 £50,000 -7.41% 1
Berkshire - 25 £52,500 - 1
Oxfordshire +15 22 £50,000 -7.41%
Surrey -16 5 £75,000 +11.11%
Hampshire -31 4 - - 4
West Sussex +27 1 - -
Kent - 1 £47,000 - 1
Project Leader
England

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Project Leader 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 South East region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 38 (65.52%) Social Skills
2 32 (55.17%) Project Delivery
3 30 (51.72%) Project Management
3 30 (51.72%) Finance
4 23 (39.66%) SAP
5 22 (37.93%) Degree
6 21 (36.21%) ITIL
6 21 (36.21%) PRINCE2
6 21 (36.21%) E-business
7 19 (32.76%) Microsoft
8 18 (31.03%) EDI
8 18 (31.03%) Data Analysis
9 17 (29.31%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (29.31%) Business Strategy
9 17 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (25.86%) Data Science
10 15 (25.86%) Workflow Management
10 15 (25.86%) Life Science
10 15 (25.86%) Time Management
10 15 (25.86%) Data Entry
10 15 (25.86%) Analytics
10 15 (25.86%) Microsoft Excel
10 15 (25.86%) Good Clinical Practice
10 15 (25.86%) Risk Management
10 15 (25.86%) Workflow
11 14 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (24.14%) Decision-Making
12 10 (17.24%) OpenText
12 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (17.24%) Business Analysis

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (8.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (8.62%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.90%) DHCP
1 4 (6.90%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.62%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 38 (65.52%) Social Skills
2 30 (51.72%) Finance
3 17 (29.31%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (10.34%) Legal
6 5 (8.62%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.45%) Local Government
7 2 (3.45%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (31.03%) EDI
2 6 (10.34%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.86%) Life Science
2 6 (10.34%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.90%) NHS
4 3 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Windows
1 4 (6.90%) Windows 10
1 4 (6.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (55.17%) Project Delivery
2 30 (51.72%) Project Management
3 21 (36.21%) E-business
3 21 (36.21%) ITIL
3 21 (36.21%) PRINCE2
4 18 (31.03%) Data Analysis
5 17 (29.31%) Business Strategy
5 17 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (25.86%) Analytics
6 15 (25.86%) Data Entry
6 15 (25.86%) Data Science
6 15 (25.86%) Risk Management
6 15 (25.86%) Time Management
6 15 (25.86%) Workflow
6 15 (25.86%) Workflow Management
7 14 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (24.14%) Decision-Making
8 10 (17.24%) Business Analysis
9 9 (15.52%) Revenue Recognition
9 9 (15.52%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 22 (37.93%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (25.86%) Good Clinical Practice
2 8 (13.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (8.62%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (6.90%) Active Directory
1 4 (6.90%) Hyper-V
1 4 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 23 (39.66%) SAP
2 19 (32.76%) Microsoft
3 10 (17.24%) OpenText
4 4 (6.90%) VMware