Project Manager Jobs in the South West

Project Manager
England > South West

The median Project Manager salary in the South West is £48,500 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 54 75 101
Rank change year-on-year +21 +26 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 411 272 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.12% 4.13% 3.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.29% 4.65% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 264 187 159
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,250 £35,190
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,800 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,582 5,850 8,093
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 88.91% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,009 3,668 5,118
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,150
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,879 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,050 £80,000
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the South West 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
Bristol +23 122 £50,686 -7.84% 41
Dorset +32 85 £40,000 -21.95% 6
Gloucestershire +1 62 £50,000 -16.67% 26
Cornwall +14 44 £39,005 -5.44% 4
Wiltshire -18 40 £50,000 +0.74% 13
Somerset +3 24 £43,500 -28.45% 11
Devon -35 23 £46,958 -1.14% 13
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 South West region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 283 (68.86%) Project Management
2 138 (33.58%) Finance
3 125 (30.41%) Degree
4 123 (29.93%) Agile
5 122 (29.68%) Social Skills
6 113 (27.49%) Project Delivery
7 99 (24.09%) PRINCE2
7 99 (24.09%) Security Cleared
8 72 (17.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 62 (15.09%) SC Cleared
10 58 (14.11%) Decision-Making
11 56 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
12 54 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
13 51 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
14 46 (11.19%) Microsoft Excel
15 44 (10.71%) Change Management
16 40 (9.73%) Telecoms
17 38 (9.25%) Games
18 37 (9.00%) Project Planning
19 36 (8.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
19 36 (8.76%) Waterfall
20 34 (8.27%) Budget Management
21 33 (8.03%) Organisational Skills
21 33 (8.03%) Earned Value Management
21 33 (8.03%) Microsoft Project
22 31 (7.54%) Customer Service
23 30 (7.30%) Microsoft
23 30 (7.30%) Law
24 28 (6.81%) Banking
25 27 (6.57%) Investment Banking

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 16 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.92%) ArcGIS
3 9 (2.19%) CMS
4 5 (1.22%) Confluence
5 4 (0.97%) Drupal
6 3 (0.73%) ColdFusion
6 3 (0.73%) Kentico
7 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (11.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (8.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 33 (8.03%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (2.43%) AutoCAD
6 9 (2.19%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (1.95%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.49%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Maximo
1 2 (0.49%) Primavera
2 1 (0.24%) Magento
2 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (1.70%) Azure
2 5 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (0.97%) SaaS
4 3 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (0.73%) Basecamp
4 3 (0.73%) Kontent
4 3 (0.73%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.73%) WhatsApp
5 2 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (0.49%) Figma
5 2 (0.49%) Lucidchart
5 2 (0.49%) Miro
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.24%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.24%) IaaS
6 1 (0.24%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.24%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.73%) Internet
2 2 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (0.49%) VoIP
3 1 (0.24%) 4G
3 1 (0.24%) 5G
3 1 (0.24%) Broadband
3 1 (0.24%) DNS
3 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.89%) Electronic Patient Records
2 11 (2.68%) Tableau
3 3 (0.73%) Power BI
4 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 21 (5.11%) JIRA
General
1 138 (33.58%) Finance
2 122 (29.68%) Social Skills
3 72 (17.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.73%) Telecoms
6 38 (9.25%) Games
7 33 (8.03%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (7.30%) Law
9 28 (6.81%) Banking
10 27 (6.57%) Investment Banking
11 22 (5.35%) Aerospace
12 20 (4.87%) Manufacturing
13 19 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (4.14%) Public Sector
15 16 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (3.65%) Marketing
17 14 (3.41%) Front Office
18 11 (2.68%) Legal
18 11 (2.68%) Retail
19 8 (1.95%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.95%) .NET
2 2 (0.49%) ADO
2 2 (0.49%) RESTful
2 2 (0.49%) SOAP
3 1 (0.24%) CSS
3 1 (0.24%) HTML
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.60%) NHS
2 22 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (4.87%) Driving Licence
3 20 (4.87%) FMCG
4 19 (4.62%) Renewable Energy
5 15 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 14 (3.41%) Derivative
7 11 (2.68%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.43%) Freedom of Information
9 9 (2.19%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.70%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.97%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.97%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (0.97%) Housing Association
12 4 (0.97%) Photovoltaics
12 4 (0.97%) PMI
13 3 (0.73%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.73%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.22%) Linux
2 4 (0.97%) Windows
3 1 (0.24%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (68.86%) Project Management
2 123 (29.93%) Agile
3 113 (27.49%) Project Delivery
4 99 (24.09%) PRINCE2
5 58 (14.11%) Decision-Making
6 56 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 44 (10.71%) Change Management
9 37 (9.00%) Project Planning
10 36 (8.76%) Waterfall
11 34 (8.27%) Budget Management
12 33 (8.03%) Earned Value Management
13 31 (7.54%) Customer Service
14 27 (6.57%) Risk Management
15 26 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (6.08%) Agile Project Management
17 21 (5.11%) Business Analysis
17 21 (5.11%) Software Delivery
17 21 (5.11%) Time Management
18 20 (4.87%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.97%) C#
1 4 (0.97%) Java
1 4 (0.97%) Python
2 2 (0.49%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.24%) SQL
Qualifications
1 125 (30.41%) Degree
2 99 (24.09%) Security Cleared
3 62 (15.09%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 19 (4.62%) PMP
6 18 (4.38%) PMI Certification
7 15 (3.65%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (1.46%) CAPM
9 6 (1.46%) Tableau Certification
10 5 (1.22%) HNC
11 4 (0.97%) APMP
12 3 (0.73%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.49%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.24%) CIPD
14 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.24%) ECDL
14 1 (0.24%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.92%) PMO
2 11 (2.68%) QA
3 10 (2.43%) NEBOSH
4 8 (1.95%) GDPR
5 1 (0.24%) GxP
5 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.24%) SLA
5 1 (0.24%) TickIT
Vendors
1 30 (7.30%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.43%) Autodesk
3 7 (1.70%) Oracle
4 4 (0.97%) ConnectWise
4 4 (0.97%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.73%) Adobe
5 3 (0.73%) SAP
6 2 (0.49%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.49%) ESRI
6 2 (0.49%) IBM
6 2 (0.49%) NEC
7 1 (0.24%) Facebook
7 1 (0.24%) Google
7 1 (0.24%) Infor
7 1 (0.24%) Instagram
7 1 (0.24%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.24%) Progress
7 1 (0.24%) Sage
7 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.24%) Splunk