Project Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Project Manager salary in the Midlands is £50,000 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 38 93 68
Rank change year-on-year +55 -25 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 665 294 490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.81% 3.46% 4.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.12% 3.87% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 492 239 361
10th Percentile £31,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,413 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 12,991 7,603 10,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.49% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,265 4,488 7,108
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,571 £37,500 £37,198
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £66,389 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +44 357 £50,000 -9.09% 104
East Midlands +57 279 £47,500 -20.83% 73
Project Manager
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 455 (68.42%) Project Management
2 279 (41.95%) Social Skills
3 216 (32.48%) Finance
4 164 (24.66%) Agile
5 154 (23.16%) Project Delivery
6 151 (22.71%) PRINCE2
7 119 (17.89%) Degree
8 102 (15.34%) Risk Management
8 102 (15.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 86 (12.93%) Change Management
10 72 (10.83%) Waterfall
11 69 (10.38%) Retail
12 63 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
13 57 (8.57%) PMO
13 57 (8.57%) Business Case
14 56 (8.42%) Microsoft
15 54 (8.12%) Manufacturing
16 52 (7.82%) Self-Motivation
17 50 (7.52%) Budget Management
18 48 (7.22%) Security Cleared
19 46 (6.92%) Decision-Making
20 45 (6.77%) Resource Allocation
20 45 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
20 45 (6.77%) Logistics
20 45 (6.77%) Resource Management
20 45 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
20 45 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
21 44 (6.62%) ERP
22 42 (6.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
22 42 (6.32%) Azure

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.75%) Confluence
4 4 (0.60%) CMS
4 4 (0.60%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 45 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 45 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (4.51%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.20%) Trello
6 7 (1.05%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.30%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.45%) Maximo
2 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 42 (6.32%) Azure
2 16 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
2 16 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (1.95%) SaaS
3 13 (1.95%) Smartsheet
4 10 (1.50%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.05%) Mavenlink
6 7 (1.05%) PowerApps
7 6 (0.90%) AWS
8 5 (0.75%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.60%) Google Docs
9 4 (0.60%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.15%) Discord
10 1 (0.15%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.15%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.11%) Intranet
2 8 (1.20%) Firewall
3 5 (0.75%) Extranet
4 4 (0.60%) Broadband
4 4 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.45%) Internet
5 3 (0.45%) WebEx
6 2 (0.30%) 4G
6 2 (0.30%) 5G
6 2 (0.30%) SSL
6 2 (0.30%) Wireless
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.75%) Power BI
2 4 (0.60%) Metadata
3 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 20 (3.01%) JIRA
General
1 279 (41.95%) Social Skills
2 216 (32.48%) Finance
3 69 (10.38%) Retail
4 54 (8.12%) Manufacturing
5 45 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (6.17%) Marketing
7 40 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
8 39 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (4.81%) Legal
9 32 (4.81%) Public Sector
10 24 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (3.16%) Telecoms
12 20 (3.01%) Games
13 19 (2.86%) Law
14 16 (2.41%) Health Technology
15 15 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.65%) Billing
16 11 (1.65%) Local Government
17 6 (0.90%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.35%) .NET
1 9 (1.35%) RESTful
1 9 (1.35%) SOAP
2 1 (0.15%) React Native
2 1 (0.15%) Spring
2 1 (0.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.82%) Self-Motivation
2 41 (6.17%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.96%) Driving Licence
4 19 (2.86%) FMCG
5 15 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.26%) PMI
6 10 (1.50%) Robotics
6 10 (1.50%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.05%) NHS
8 6 (0.90%) Animation
8 6 (0.90%) Data Centre
8 6 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (0.75%) Digital Media
10 4 (0.60%) CCTV
10 4 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.60%) Photography
11 3 (0.45%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.45%) e-Learning
12 2 (0.30%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.30%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.90%) Windows
2 4 (0.60%) Android
2 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (68.42%) Project Management
2 164 (24.66%) Agile
3 154 (23.16%) Project Delivery
4 151 (22.71%) PRINCE2
5 102 (15.34%) Risk Management
5 102 (15.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 86 (12.93%) Change Management
7 72 (10.83%) Waterfall
8 63 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
9 57 (8.57%) Business Case
10 50 (7.52%) Budget Management
11 46 (6.92%) Decision-Making
12 45 (6.77%) Logistics
12 45 (6.77%) Resource Allocation
12 45 (6.77%) Resource Management
13 44 (6.62%) ERP
14 41 (6.17%) Customer Requirements
15 40 (6.02%) CRM
16 38 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
17 37 (5.56%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.35%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.15%) Java
2 1 (0.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 119 (17.89%) Degree
2 48 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 35 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 34 (5.11%) PMI Certification
6 27 (4.06%) PMP
7 23 (3.46%) SC Cleared
8 17 (2.56%) HNC
9 6 (0.90%) ACCA
9 6 (0.90%) CIMA
9 6 (0.90%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.90%) MBA
10 5 (0.75%) CAPM
10 5 (0.75%) HND
11 4 (0.60%) RIBA
12 3 (0.45%) APMP
12 3 (0.45%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.15%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.57%) PMO
2 6 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.75%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.60%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.60%) GDPR
5 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.30%) ISO 14001
5 2 (0.30%) QA
6 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 56 (8.42%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.76%) IFS
3 17 (2.56%) Workday
4 14 (2.11%) CheckPoint
5 12 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.50%) SAP
7 6 (0.90%) Adobe
7 6 (0.90%) VMware
8 5 (0.75%) Cisco
8 5 (0.75%) Facebook
9 4 (0.60%) Google
10 3 (0.45%) Sage
11 2 (0.30%) EMC
11 2 (0.30%) NEC
12 1 (0.15%) Capita
12 1 (0.15%) Citrix
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle
12 1 (0.15%) Wrike