Project Manager Jobs in England

Project Manager
UK > England

The median Project Manager salary in England is £52,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 95 122
Rank change year-on-year +42 +27 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 3,642 2,846 4,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.87% 3.44% 3.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.09% 3.77% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,640 2,106 3,058
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,259
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,526 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 89,103 75,397 137,915
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 91.21% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65,080 49,497 75,489
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +64 834 £47,500 -13.64% 168
London +14 780 £60,000 -11.11% 215
Midlands +55 665 £50,000 -13.04% 180
South East +2 626 £52,500 -8.70% 180
North West +74 456 £47,500 -13.64% 106
South West +18 417 £48,500 -3.00% 99
West Midlands +44 357 £50,000 -9.09% 106
East of England +43 294 £54,000 -4.42% 99
East Midlands +57 279 £47,500 -20.83% 74
Yorkshire +53 271 £47,500 -8.01% 46
North East +38 107 £47,500 -9.52% 18
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 2,349 (64.50%) Project Management
2 1,304 (35.80%) Social Skills
3 1,106 (30.37%) Agile
4 970 (26.63%) Project Delivery
5 893 (24.52%) Finance
6 790 (21.69%) PRINCE2
7 698 (19.17%) Degree
8 560 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 439 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
10 374 (10.27%) Risk Management
10 374 (10.27%) Microsoft
11 325 (8.92%) Change Management
12 324 (8.90%) Waterfall
13 298 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
14 297 (8.15%) Budget Management
15 272 (7.47%) Security Cleared
16 246 (6.75%) PMI Certification
17 243 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
18 241 (6.62%) Decision-Making
19 239 (6.56%) Retail
20 238 (6.53%) PMP
21 236 (6.48%) Microsoft Excel
22 231 (6.34%) Project Planning
23 227 (6.23%) Manufacturing
24 225 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 217 (5.96%) PMO
26 214 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
27 212 (5.82%) Business Case
28 211 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
29 204 (5.60%) Microsoft Project

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 73 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 58 (1.59%) CMS
3 29 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (0.77%) Confluence
5 14 (0.38%) ArcGIS
6 12 (0.33%) SAS
7 8 (0.22%) Drupal
7 8 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
7 8 (0.22%) WordPress
8 7 (0.19%) MS Project Server
8 7 (0.19%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.14%) Kentico
10 4 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.082%) ColdFusion
12 2 (0.055%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.055%) Joomla!
13 1 (0.027%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.027%) Documentum
13 1 (0.027%) IIS
Applications
1 236 (6.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 214 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 204 (5.60%) Microsoft Project
4 126 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (0.91%) AutoCAD
6 28 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 28 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 19 (0.52%) Trello
8 2 (0.055%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.055%) CATIA
8 2 (0.055%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.055%) InDesign
8 2 (0.055%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.027%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 27 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.44%) Shopify
3 10 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.27%) Primavera
4 7 (0.19%) Magento
5 6 (0.16%) Maximo
6 5 (0.14%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 4 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.082%) BPCS
8 3 (0.082%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.082%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.055%) C-CURE
9 2 (0.055%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.055%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.055%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.055%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.027%) SAP CS
Cloud Services
1 131 (3.60%) Azure
2 91 (2.50%) SaaS
3 84 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (1.02%) Power Platform
6 35 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
7 33 (0.91%) AWS
8 21 (0.58%) Smartsheet
9 12 (0.33%) Slack
10 11 (0.30%) PaaS
11 10 (0.27%) Basecamp
11 10 (0.27%) OCI
12 8 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 8 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.22%) Google Sheets
13 7 (0.19%) GCP
13 7 (0.19%) Mavenlink
13 7 (0.19%) OneDrive
13 7 (0.19%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 58 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
2 45 (1.24%) LAN
3 36 (0.99%) WAN
4 35 (0.96%) Firewall
5 31 (0.85%) Wireless
6 26 (0.71%) Internet
7 20 (0.55%) DNS
7 20 (0.55%) Intranet
8 18 (0.49%) DHCP
8 18 (0.49%) VPN
9 17 (0.47%) MPLS
9 17 (0.47%) Network Security
9 17 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
9 17 (0.47%) VLAN
10 14 (0.38%) Extranet
11 12 (0.33%) 5G
12 11 (0.30%) Structured Cabling
13 10 (0.27%) LTE
13 10 (0.27%) TETRA
14 5 (0.14%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
2 20 (0.55%) Power BI
2 20 (0.55%) Tableau
3 10 (0.27%) Big Data
4 5 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.11%) Metadata
6 2 (0.055%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.055%) GIS
6 2 (0.055%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.055%) MySQL
6 2 (0.055%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.055%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.027%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.027%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.027%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.027%) Impala
7 1 (0.027%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.027%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.027%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.027%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 148 (4.06%) JIRA
2 7 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.055%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.055%) JIRA Agile
3 2 (0.055%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.027%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.027%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1,304 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 893 (24.52%) Finance
3 298 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
4 239 (6.56%) Retail
5 227 (6.23%) Manufacturing
6 225 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 202 (5.55%) Organisational Skills
8 186 (5.11%) Marketing
9 184 (5.05%) Public Sector
10 149 (4.09%) Legal
10 149 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
11 134 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
12 116 (3.19%) Law
13 97 (2.66%) Telecoms
14 92 (2.53%) Banking
15 76 (2.09%) Games
16 68 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
17 59 (1.62%) Aerospace
18 56 (1.54%) Local Government
19 42 (1.15%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (1.07%) EDI
2 34 (0.93%) .NET
3 17 (0.47%) SOAP
4 16 (0.44%) RESTful
5 10 (0.27%) ADO
5 10 (0.27%) CSS
5 10 (0.27%) HTML
6 8 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (0.19%) Flash
7 7 (0.19%) JSON
8 5 (0.14%) React Native
9 3 (0.082%) FHIR
9 3 (0.082%) Node.js
9 3 (0.082%) React
9 3 (0.082%) REST
10 2 (0.055%) Express.js
10 2 (0.055%) MERN Stack
10 2 (0.055%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.055%) Web Services
10 2 (0.055%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 211 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
2 154 (4.23%) Driving Licence
3 91 (2.50%) Onboarding
4 79 (2.17%) Management Information System
4 79 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
5 77 (2.11%) PMI
6 70 (1.92%) Data Centre
7 66 (1.81%) FMCG
8 61 (1.67%) NHS
9 38 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 24 (0.66%) Robotics
11 22 (0.60%) Life Science
12 19 (0.52%) Public Cloud
13 18 (0.49%) Digital Signage
13 18 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (0.47%) Derivative
14 17 (0.47%) Mobile App
14 17 (0.47%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 33 (0.91%) Windows
2 23 (0.63%) Android
3 13 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.33%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.30%) Linux
6 9 (0.25%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,349 (64.50%) Project Management
2 1,106 (30.37%) Agile
3 970 (26.63%) Project Delivery
4 790 (21.69%) PRINCE2
5 560 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 439 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
7 374 (10.27%) Risk Management
8 325 (8.92%) Change Management
9 324 (8.90%) Waterfall
10 297 (8.15%) Budget Management
11 243 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 241 (6.62%) Decision-Making
13 231 (6.34%) Project Planning
14 212 (5.82%) Business Case
15 198 (5.44%) Mentoring
16 185 (5.08%) SDLC
17 172 (4.72%) Time Management
18 164 (4.50%) Agile Project Management
19 162 (4.45%) Scrum
20 158 (4.34%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 24 (0.66%) JavaScript
2 17 (0.47%) SQL
3 13 (0.36%) C#
4 10 (0.27%) Python
5 8 (0.22%) Java
6 4 (0.11%) PHP
7 2 (0.055%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.027%) Ada
8 1 (0.027%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.027%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.027%) Scala
8 1 (0.027%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.027%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 698 (19.17%) Degree
2 272 (7.47%) Security Cleared
3 246 (6.75%) PMI Certification
4 238 (6.53%) PMP
5 165 (4.53%) SC Cleared
6 135 (3.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 132 (3.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 78 (2.14%) HNC
9 47 (1.29%) DBS Check
9 47 (1.29%) DV Cleared
10 38 (1.04%) HND
11 37 (1.02%) APMP
12 25 (0.69%) Master's Degree
12 25 (0.69%) NVQ Level 3
13 17 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 17 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (0.36%) ACCA
14 13 (0.36%) CAPM
15 12 (0.33%) CIMA
15 12 (0.33%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (5.96%) PMO
2 135 (3.71%) QA
3 45 (1.24%) GDPR
4 37 (1.02%) NEBOSH
5 30 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 27 (0.74%) Good Clinical Practice
7 18 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.47%) SLA
9 12 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.30%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.27%) GMP
12 8 (0.22%) GxP
13 7 (0.19%) COSHH
14 6 (0.16%) GAMP
14 6 (0.16%) GLP
15 5 (0.14%) ISO 13485
15 5 (0.14%) ISO 14001
16 4 (0.11%) IEC 62304
16 4 (0.11%) P3O
17 3 (0.082%) PMBOK
System Software
1 23 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 19 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
3 19 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.027%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (0.44%) SCOM
1 16 (0.44%) WSUS
2 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.055%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.027%) FTK
Vendors
1 374 (10.27%) Microsoft
2 74 (2.03%) SAP
3 52 (1.43%) Salesforce
4 40 (1.10%) Cisco
5 36 (0.99%) Oracle
6 34 (0.93%) IFS
7 31 (0.85%) Google
8 28 (0.77%) VMware
9 27 (0.74%) Adobe
10 23 (0.63%) NEC
11 22 (0.60%) Progress
12 19 (0.52%) Workday
13 16 (0.44%) BT
13 16 (0.44%) Ruckus Wireless
14 15 (0.41%) CheckPoint
15 12 (0.33%) Sage
16 10 (0.27%) Apple
16 10 (0.27%) Autodesk
17 6 (0.16%) Aruba
17 6 (0.16%) Atlassian