Project Manager Jobs in the South East

Project Manager
England > South East

The median Project Manager salary in the South East is £52,500 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 74 71 76
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 613 558 865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.44% 4.06% 4.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.66% 4.51% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 426 348 573
10th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £40,853
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,693 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +5.75% +11.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £73,750
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 16,769 12,374 19,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.99% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,915 7,936 12,370
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Job Locations in the South East

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 East 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
Thames Valley +11 237 £51,147 -7.01% 65
Berkshire +41 128 £55,000 +20.61% 27
Hampshire +4 121 £52,500 -4.55% 38
Kent +55 98 £45,000 -25.99% 18
Surrey -28 96 £55,000 -12.00% 13
Oxfordshire +1 56 £52,293 -4.92% 15
Buckinghamshire -31 53 £44,000 -26.67% 23
West Sussex -10 27 £54,151 -25.31% 2
Sussex - 11 £60,000 -
East Sussex -14 6 £60,000 +4.35% 3
Middlesex - 5 - -
Isle of Wight - 2 £55,000 - 1
Project Manager
England

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

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 East region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 410 (66.88%) Project Management
2 212 (34.58%) Social Skills
3 187 (30.51%) Agile
4 166 (27.08%) Project Delivery
5 139 (22.68%) PRINCE2
6 125 (20.39%) Finance
7 121 (19.74%) Degree
8 87 (14.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 83 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (10.77%) Microsoft
11 63 (10.28%) Waterfall
12 57 (9.30%) Risk Management
13 52 (8.48%) Microsoft Project
14 49 (7.99%) Microsoft Office
14 49 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 48 (7.83%) Budget Management
15 48 (7.83%) Collaborative Working
16 47 (7.67%) Decision-Making
16 47 (7.67%) Self-Motivation
17 46 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
18 45 (7.34%) Security Cleared
19 43 (7.01%) Change Management
20 42 (6.85%) PMI Certification
20 42 (6.85%) Business Case
21 41 (6.69%) Mentoring
22 40 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
23 38 (6.20%) E-Commerce
23 38 (6.20%) EDI
23 38 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
23 38 (6.20%) Organisational Skills

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 11 (1.79%) CMS
2 10 (1.63%) SAS
3 6 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.33%) Kentico
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 52 (8.48%) Microsoft Project
2 49 (7.99%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (2.45%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.82%) Trello
7 2 (0.33%) CATIA
8 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.49%) Sage 200
1 3 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.33%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.16%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 17 (2.77%) Azure
2 15 (2.45%) SaaS
3 13 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (0.82%) Asana
5 5 (0.82%) Smartsheet
6 4 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (0.65%) OneDrive
6 4 (0.65%) Slack
7 3 (0.49%) Basecamp
7 3 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.49%) Intacct
8 2 (0.33%) AWS
8 2 (0.33%) Kontent
8 2 (0.33%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.33%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.63%) Wireless
2 6 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (0.82%) LAN
4 3 (0.49%) Firewall
4 3 (0.49%) Internet
4 3 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.49%) WAN
5 2 (0.33%) Network Security
5 2 (0.33%) WLAN
6 1 (0.16%) DNS
6 1 (0.16%) SAN
6 1 (0.16%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.63%) Big Data
2 4 (0.65%) Tableau
3 2 (0.33%) Power BI
4 1 (0.16%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.16%) Impala
4 1 (0.16%) MySQL
4 1 (0.16%) Power Query
4 1 (0.16%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 22 (3.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 212 (34.58%) Social Skills
2 125 (20.39%) Finance
3 49 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.20%) Organisational Skills
5 36 (5.87%) Manufacturing
6 31 (5.06%) Retail
7 28 (4.57%) Public Sector
8 26 (4.24%) Legal
9 21 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (3.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 18 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.61%) Marketing
13 11 (1.79%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.63%) Korean Language
15 9 (1.47%) Banking
15 9 (1.47%) Local Government
15 9 (1.47%) Military
16 5 (0.82%) Automotive
17 4 (0.65%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.20%) EDI
2 7 (1.14%) Flash
3 4 (0.65%) .NET
4 2 (0.33%) CSS
4 2 (0.33%) HTML
4 2 (0.33%) React Native
4 2 (0.33%) Web Services
5 1 (0.16%) ADO
5 1 (0.16%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.16%) JSON
5 1 (0.16%) Kafka
5 1 (0.16%) Leaflet
5 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.67%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (6.04%) Onboarding
3 30 (4.89%) Driving Licence
4 18 (2.94%) PMI
5 11 (1.79%) FMCG
5 11 (1.79%) Life Science
6 9 (1.47%) NHS
7 5 (0.82%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.65%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.65%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.49%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.33%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (0.33%) CCTV
10 2 (0.33%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.33%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.33%) Virtual Reality
11 1 (0.16%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.82%) Linux
2 3 (0.49%) Android
2 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (66.88%) Project Management
2 187 (30.51%) Agile
3 166 (27.08%) Project Delivery
4 139 (22.68%) PRINCE2
5 87 (14.19%) Stakeholder Management
6 83 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (10.28%) Waterfall
8 57 (9.30%) Risk Management
9 48 (7.83%) Budget Management
9 48 (7.83%) Collaborative Working
10 47 (7.67%) Decision-Making
11 46 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 43 (7.01%) Change Management
13 42 (6.85%) Business Case
14 41 (6.69%) Mentoring
15 38 (6.20%) E-Commerce
16 31 (5.06%) Project Governance
17 30 (4.89%) Agile Project Management
18 29 (4.73%) Coaching
19 28 (4.57%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.49%) Java
2 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.33%) Python
2 2 (0.33%) SQL
3 1 (0.16%) C#
3 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 121 (19.74%) Degree
2 45 (7.34%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.85%) PMI Certification
4 35 (5.71%) SC Cleared
5 27 (4.40%) PMP
6 19 (3.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 18 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 16 (2.61%) DV Cleared
9 13 (2.12%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.96%) HNC
11 8 (1.31%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (0.82%) APMP
13 4 (0.65%) HND
13 4 (0.65%) MAPM
14 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
15 1 (0.16%) BICSI RCDD
15 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.89%) PMO
2 18 (2.94%) Good Clinical Practice
3 16 (2.61%) GDPR
4 9 (1.47%) NEBOSH
5 8 (1.31%) QA
6 4 (0.65%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.16%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
1 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.16%) Firmware
2 1 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (2.61%) SCOM
2 2 (0.33%) SmoothWall
3 1 (0.16%) FTK
Vendors
1 66 (10.77%) Microsoft
2 11 (1.79%) Salesforce
3 10 (1.63%) NEC
4 5 (0.82%) IFS
4 5 (0.82%) SAP
5 4 (0.65%) BT
5 4 (0.65%) Sage
5 4 (0.65%) YouTube
6 3 (0.49%) Adobe
7 2 (0.33%) Aruba
7 2 (0.33%) Civica
7 2 (0.33%) Google
7 2 (0.33%) Sun
7 2 (0.33%) VMware
8 1 (0.16%) Cellebrite
8 1 (0.16%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.16%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.16%) Marketo
8 1 (0.16%) QinetiQ
8 1 (0.16%) Thales