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 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 78 74
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 238 221 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.34% 3.87% 4.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.53% 4.32% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 161 163 181
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,953
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,300 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +19.13%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,950 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £67,000 £70,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £58,386 £55,500
% change year-on-year -10.08% +5.20% +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 6,742 5,115 7,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.64% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,606 3,071 4,135
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,080 £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 2 June 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 2 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
Berkshire +41 129 £55,000 +20.61% 28
Oxfordshire +2 56 £52,293 -4.92% 15
Buckinghamshire -37 53 £44,000 -26.67% 23
Project Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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.

1 152 (63.87%) Project Management
2 89 (37.39%) Social Skills
3 60 (25.21%) Project Delivery
4 56 (23.53%) Agile
5 53 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (21.01%) Finance
7 41 (17.23%) PRINCE2
8 37 (15.55%) Decision-Making
9 36 (15.13%) Risk Management
10 31 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
11 30 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (12.18%) Self-Motivation
13 26 (10.92%) Collaborative Working
13 26 (10.92%) Business Case
13 26 (10.92%) Degree
14 25 (10.50%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (10.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (10.08%) Microsoft Project
15 24 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (9.24%) Microsoft
17 21 (8.82%) Agile Project Management
17 21 (8.82%) Security Cleared
18 20 (8.40%) Waterfall
18 20 (8.40%) Mentoring
19 19 (7.98%) Business Strategy
20 18 (7.56%) SDLC
20 18 (7.56%) Pharmaceutical
20 18 (7.56%) Change Management
21 17 (7.14%) PMI Certification
21 17 (7.14%) Actionable Insight

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 (4.20%) CMS
2 4 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Kentico
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 24 (10.08%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.26%) Trello
6 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.84%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.20%) SaaS
2 5 (2.10%) Asana
3 4 (1.68%) Azure
3 4 (1.68%) OneDrive
3 4 (1.68%) Slack
4 3 (1.26%) Basecamp
4 3 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.26%) Intacct
5 2 (0.84%) AWS
5 2 (0.84%) Kontent
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.42%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.94%) Wireless
2 5 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.26%) Internet
4 2 (0.84%) WAN
5 1 (0.42%) DNS
5 1 (0.42%) Firewall
5 1 (0.42%) LAN
5 1 (0.42%) SAN
5 1 (0.42%) SMS
5 1 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (0.42%) Apache Hive
1 1 (0.42%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.42%) Impala
1 1 (0.42%) Power BI
1 1 (0.42%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 8 (3.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 89 (37.39%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.01%) Finance
3 31 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (10.50%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (7.56%) Pharmaceutical
6 17 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (6.72%) Legal
8 12 (5.04%) Public Sector
8 12 (5.04%) Retail
9 6 (2.52%) Banking
9 6 (2.52%) Marketing
10 5 (2.10%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.68%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (1.68%) Spanish Language
11 4 (1.68%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.84%) Automotive
12 2 (0.84%) Local Government
13 1 (0.42%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.94%) Flash
2 4 (1.68%) EDI
3 3 (1.26%) .NET
4 2 (0.84%) CSS
4 2 (0.84%) HTML
5 1 (0.42%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.42%) JSON
5 1 (0.42%) Kafka
5 1 (0.42%) Leaflet
5 1 (0.42%) React Native
5 1 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.18%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (5.04%) PMI
3 10 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.10%) FMCG
4 5 (2.10%) NHS
5 4 (1.68%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.26%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.84%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.84%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.42%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.42%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.42%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.84%) Android
1 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (63.87%) Project Management
2 60 (25.21%) Project Delivery
3 56 (23.53%) Agile
4 53 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (17.23%) PRINCE2
6 37 (15.55%) Decision-Making
7 36 (15.13%) Risk Management
8 30 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (10.92%) Business Case
9 26 (10.92%) Collaborative Working
10 24 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (8.82%) Agile Project Management
12 20 (8.40%) Mentoring
12 20 (8.40%) Waterfall
13 19 (7.98%) Business Strategy
14 18 (7.56%) Change Management
14 18 (7.56%) SDLC
15 17 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
16 16 (6.72%) Creative Thinking
16 16 (6.72%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.84%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.42%) Java
2 1 (0.42%) Python
2 1 (0.42%) Scala
2 1 (0.42%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (10.92%) Degree
2 21 (8.82%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 15 (6.30%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.36%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 7 (2.94%) PMP
6 7 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.26%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.42%) APMP
9 1 (0.42%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.04%) PMO
2 7 (2.94%) Good Clinical Practice
3 3 (1.26%) QA
4 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.42%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.42%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (0.42%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (6.72%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (9.24%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.26%) Sage
3 2 (0.84%) Adobe
3 2 (0.84%) Sun
3 2 (0.84%) YouTube
4 1 (0.42%) Apple
4 1 (0.42%) Cloudera
4 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.42%) Informatica
4 1 (0.42%) Marketo
4 1 (0.42%) NEC
4 1 (0.42%) Salesforce