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 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 36 92 70
Rank change year-on-year +56 -22 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 659 308 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.04% 3.60% 4.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.33% 4.02% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 491 247 359
10th Percentile £31,500 £42,300 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,651 £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 £66,250 £71,250 £67,750
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
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 12,357 7,658 10,690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.51% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 9,004 4,510 7,073
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,650
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,425 £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 1 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 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
West Midlands +41 350 £50,000 -9.09% 104
East Midlands +57 279 £49,990 -16.68% 74
Project Manager
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 455 (69.04%) Project Management
2 279 (42.34%) Social Skills
3 216 (32.78%) Finance
4 166 (25.19%) Agile
5 154 (23.37%) Project Delivery
6 150 (22.76%) PRINCE2
7 119 (18.06%) Degree
8 103 (15.63%) Risk Management
9 102 (15.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 88 (13.35%) Change Management
11 73 (11.08%) Waterfall
12 69 (10.47%) Retail
13 63 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
14 58 (8.80%) PMO
14 58 (8.80%) Business Case
15 55 (8.35%) Microsoft
16 53 (8.04%) Manufacturing
17 52 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
18 50 (7.59%) Budget Management
19 48 (7.28%) Security Cleared
20 45 (6.83%) ERP
20 45 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
20 45 (6.83%) Decision-Making
20 45 (6.83%) Resource Allocation
20 45 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
21 44 (6.68%) Microsoft Office
22 43 (6.53%) Logistics
22 43 (6.53%) Resource Management
23 42 (6.37%) CRM
23 42 (6.37%) Customer Requirements

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 (1.21%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.76%) Confluence
4 4 (0.61%) CMS
4 4 (0.61%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 45 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (6.68%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (4.70%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.21%) Trello
7 7 (1.06%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.30%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.46%) Maximo
2 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 41 (6.22%) Azure
2 16 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
2 16 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (1.97%) SaaS
3 13 (1.97%) Smartsheet
4 10 (1.52%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.06%) Mavenlink
6 7 (1.06%) PowerApps
7 6 (0.91%) AWS
8 5 (0.76%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.61%) Google Docs
9 4 (0.61%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.15%) Discord
10 1 (0.15%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.15%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.28%) Intranet
2 8 (1.21%) Firewall
3 5 (0.76%) Extranet
4 4 (0.61%) Broadband
4 4 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.46%) Internet
5 3 (0.46%) WebEx
6 2 (0.30%) 4G
6 2 (0.30%) 5G
6 2 (0.30%) Wireless
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) SSL
7 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.76%) Power BI
2 4 (0.61%) Metadata
3 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 19 (2.88%) JIRA
General
1 279 (42.34%) Social Skills
2 216 (32.78%) Finance
3 69 (10.47%) Retail
4 53 (8.04%) Manufacturing
5 45 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (6.07%) Influencing Skills
6 40 (6.07%) Marketing
7 39 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (4.55%) Legal
9 30 (4.55%) Public Sector
10 25 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (3.19%) Telecoms
12 19 (2.88%) Games
12 19 (2.88%) Law
13 16 (2.43%) Health Technology
14 15 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.67%) Billing
15 11 (1.67%) Local Government
16 6 (0.91%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.37%) .NET
1 9 (1.37%) RESTful
1 9 (1.37%) SOAP
2 1 (0.15%) React Native
2 1 (0.15%) Spring
2 1 (0.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
2 38 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 33 (5.01%) Driving Licence
4 19 (2.88%) FMCG
5 15 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.12%) PMI
7 10 (1.52%) Robotics
7 10 (1.52%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.21%) NHS
9 6 (0.91%) Animation
9 6 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.76%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.76%) Digital Media
11 4 (0.61%) CCTV
11 4 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (0.61%) Photography
12 3 (0.46%) Client/Server
12 3 (0.46%) Credit Risk
12 3 (0.46%) e-Learning
13 2 (0.30%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.91%) Windows
2 4 (0.61%) Android
2 4 (0.61%) 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 (69.04%) Project Management
2 166 (25.19%) Agile
3 154 (23.37%) Project Delivery
4 150 (22.76%) PRINCE2
5 103 (15.63%) Risk Management
6 102 (15.48%) Stakeholder Management
7 88 (13.35%) Change Management
8 73 (11.08%) Waterfall
9 63 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (8.80%) Business Case
11 50 (7.59%) Budget Management
12 45 (6.83%) Decision-Making
12 45 (6.83%) ERP
12 45 (6.83%) Resource Allocation
13 43 (6.53%) Logistics
13 43 (6.53%) Resource Management
14 42 (6.37%) CRM
14 42 (6.37%) Customer Requirements
15 37 (5.61%) Programme Management
16 35 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.37%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.15%) Java
2 1 (0.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 119 (18.06%) Degree
2 48 (7.28%) Security Cleared
3 40 (6.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 36 (5.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 33 (5.01%) PMI Certification
6 27 (4.10%) PMP
7 23 (3.49%) SC Cleared
8 17 (2.58%) HNC
9 6 (0.91%) ACCA
9 6 (0.91%) CIMA
9 6 (0.91%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.91%) MBA
10 5 (0.76%) CAPM
10 5 (0.76%) HND
11 4 (0.61%) RIBA
12 3 (0.46%) APMP
12 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.15%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.80%) PMO
2 6 (0.91%) ISO 9001
2 6 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.61%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.61%) GDPR
4 2 (0.30%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.15%) P3O
5 1 (0.15%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 55 (8.35%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.79%) IFS
3 17 (2.58%) Workday
4 14 (2.12%) CheckPoint
5 12 (1.82%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.67%) SAP
7 6 (0.91%) Adobe
7 6 (0.91%) VMware
8 5 (0.76%) Cisco
8 5 (0.76%) Facebook
9 4 (0.61%) Google
10 3 (0.46%) 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