Project Manager Jobs in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Project Manager salary in the Thames Valley is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 87 68
Rank change year-on-year +13 -19 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 219 213 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.26% 3.61% 4.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.44% 4.01% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 153 155 182
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,300 £47,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -11.67% +19.13%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,950 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,750 £66,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -11.02% +6.31% +11.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,364 5,306 6,823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 89.84% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,416 3,132 4,140
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,300 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 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
Berkshire +42 112 £57,500 +26.10% 36
Oxfordshire +7 57 £50,000 -4.76% 16
Buckinghamshire -32 50 £42,500 -29.17% 32
Project Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 Thames Valley region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 149 (68.04%) Project Management
2 86 (39.27%) Social Skills
3 59 (26.94%) Project Delivery
4 58 (26.48%) Agile
5 48 (21.92%) Finance
5 48 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (18.26%) PRINCE2
7 37 (16.89%) Decision-Making
8 31 (14.16%) Risk Management
8 31 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
9 27 (12.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (12.33%) Degree
9 27 (12.33%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (11.42%) Business Case
10 25 (11.42%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (11.42%) Microsoft Project
11 23 (10.50%) Collaborative Working
12 22 (10.05%) Waterfall
12 22 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (10.05%) Microsoft
12 22 (10.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 21 (9.59%) Agile Project Management
14 19 (8.68%) Business Strategy
15 18 (8.22%) Security Cleared
15 18 (8.22%) SDLC
16 17 (7.76%) Actionable Insight
16 17 (7.76%) PMI Certification
17 16 (7.31%) Mentoring
18 15 (6.85%) Presales
18 15 (6.85%) Microsoft Office

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (4.57%) CMS
2 7 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.91%) Kentico
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 25 (11.42%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.37%) Sage 200
1 3 (1.37%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.91%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.57%) SaaS
2 7 (3.20%) Azure
3 5 (2.28%) Asana
3 5 (2.28%) AWS
4 4 (1.83%) OneDrive
4 4 (1.83%) Slack
5 3 (1.37%) Basecamp
5 3 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.37%) Intacct
5 3 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.91%) Kontent
7 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.46%) Amazon EMR
7 1 (0.46%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.46%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.20%) Wireless
2 5 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.37%) Internet
4 2 (0.91%) WAN
5 1 (0.46%) DNS
5 1 (0.46%) Firewall
5 1 (0.46%) LAN
5 1 (0.46%) SAN
5 1 (0.46%) SMS
5 1 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (0.46%) Apache Hive
1 1 (0.46%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.46%) Impala
1 1 (0.46%) Power BI
1 1 (0.46%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 8 (3.65%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 86 (39.27%) Social Skills
2 48 (21.92%) Finance
3 31 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (11.42%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (10.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.85%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (6.39%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (5.94%) Legal
9 12 (5.48%) Public Sector
9 12 (5.48%) Retail
10 6 (2.74%) Banking
10 6 (2.74%) Marketing
11 5 (2.28%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.83%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.83%) Spanish Language
12 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.91%) Automotive
13 2 (0.91%) Local Government
14 1 (0.46%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.20%) Flash
2 4 (1.83%) EDI
3 3 (1.37%) .NET
4 2 (0.91%) CSS
4 2 (0.91%) HTML
5 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.46%) JSON
5 1 (0.46%) Kafka
5 1 (0.46%) Leaflet
5 1 (0.46%) React Native
5 1 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.33%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (5.48%) PMI
3 10 (4.57%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.28%) FMCG
4 5 (2.28%) NHS
5 4 (1.83%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.91%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.91%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.46%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.46%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.91%) Android
1 2 (0.91%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (68.04%) Project Management
2 59 (26.94%) Project Delivery
3 58 (26.48%) Agile
4 48 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (18.26%) PRINCE2
6 37 (16.89%) Decision-Making
7 31 (14.16%) Risk Management
8 27 (12.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (11.42%) Business Case
10 23 (10.50%) Collaborative Working
11 22 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (10.05%) Waterfall
12 21 (9.59%) Agile Project Management
13 19 (8.68%) Business Strategy
14 18 (8.22%) SDLC
15 17 (7.76%) Actionable Insight
16 16 (7.31%) Mentoring
17 15 (6.85%) Change Management
17 15 (6.85%) Presales
18 14 (6.39%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.91%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.46%) Java
2 1 (0.46%) Python
2 1 (0.46%) Scala
2 1 (0.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (12.33%) Degree
2 18 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.76%) PMI Certification
4 14 (6.39%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 7 (3.20%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.20%) PMP
7 6 (2.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.37%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.46%) APMP
10 1 (0.46%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.02%) PMO
2 7 (3.20%) Good Clinical Practice
3 3 (1.37%) QA
4 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.46%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.46%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (0.46%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 13 (5.94%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (10.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.37%) Civica
2 3 (1.37%) Google
2 3 (1.37%) Northgate
2 3 (1.37%) Sage
2 3 (1.37%) Salesforce
3 2 (0.91%) Adobe
3 2 (0.91%) Sun
3 2 (0.91%) YouTube
4 1 (0.46%) Apple
4 1 (0.46%) Cloudera
4 1 (0.46%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.46%) Informatica
4 1 (0.46%) Marketo
4 1 (0.46%) NEC