Project Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Project Manager salary in the West 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 43 84 66
Rank change year-on-year +41 -18 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 350 216 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.37% 3.71% 4.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.62% 4.12% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 250 167 264
10th Percentile £36,259 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £66,625 £70,000 £72,500
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
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,573 5,238 7,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 89.94% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,594 3,217 4,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham +27 153 £50,000 -16.67% 37
Staffordshire -16 45 £43,098 -21.64% 13
Warwickshire +28 30 £50,000 -4.76% 18
Shropshire +13 21 £46,500 - 5
Herefordshire +16 19 £35,000 -26.32% 1
Worcestershire -12 16 £53,500 +1.90% 8
Solihull -3 11 £47,500 -9.52% 2
Walsall +13 4 £47,500 -9.52%
Wolverhampton +11 2 £45,000 -25.99% 3
Halesowen -11 2 £38,000 +16.92%
Coventry +18 1 - - 8
Dudley - 1 £53,500 -
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 West Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 214 (61.14%) Project Management
2 160 (45.71%) Social Skills
3 110 (31.43%) Finance
4 93 (26.57%) Degree
5 91 (26.00%) PRINCE2
6 78 (22.29%) Agile
7 65 (18.57%) Project Delivery
8 53 (15.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 51 (14.57%) Risk Management
10 45 (12.86%) Change Management
11 44 (12.57%) Security Cleared
12 42 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (11.14%) PMO
14 37 (10.57%) Influencing Skills
15 36 (10.29%) ERP
15 36 (10.29%) Microsoft
15 36 (10.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 35 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
16 35 (10.00%) Budget Management
17 34 (9.71%) Retail
17 34 (9.71%) Waterfall
17 34 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
18 33 (9.43%) Mentoring
19 32 (9.14%) Microsoft Excel
20 31 (8.86%) CRM
20 31 (8.86%) Resource Management
20 31 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
21 30 (8.57%) Management Information System
22 27 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 26 (7.43%) Manufacturing

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 6 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.14%) CMS
3 4 (1.14%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 32 (9.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (5.14%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (2.57%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.43%) Trello
7 3 (0.86%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.86%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.57%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Maximo
2 2 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (6.57%) Azure
2 14 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (3.71%) Smartsheet
4 11 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.29%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.00%) Mavenlink
7 6 (1.71%) SaaS
8 5 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.43%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.43%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.14%) Google Docs
9 4 (1.14%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.29%) AWS
10 1 (0.29%) Discord
10 1 (0.29%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.29%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.43%) Intranet
2 3 (0.86%) Extranet
2 3 (0.86%) Internet
2 3 (0.86%) WebEx
3 2 (0.57%) 4G
3 2 (0.57%) 5G
3 2 (0.57%) Firewall
4 1 (0.29%) LAN
4 1 (0.29%) SSL
4 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.14%) Metadata
2 3 (0.86%) Power BI
3 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (3.14%) JIRA
General
1 160 (45.71%) Social Skills
2 110 (31.43%) Finance
3 37 (10.57%) Influencing Skills
4 34 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.71%) Retail
5 31 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (7.43%) Manufacturing
8 22 (6.29%) Public Sector
9 19 (5.43%) Games
10 17 (4.86%) Marketing
11 15 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (4.29%) Legal
12 11 (3.14%) Local Government
12 11 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.00%) Billing
13 7 (2.00%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.71%) Electronics
15 4 (1.14%) German Language
16 3 (0.86%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.57%) .NET
1 9 (2.57%) RESTful
1 9 (2.57%) SOAP
2 1 (0.29%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.57%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.00%) Driving Licence
4 13 (3.71%) PMI
5 10 (2.86%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.14%) NHS
7 4 (1.14%) Photography
8 3 (0.86%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.29%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.29%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.29%) iPad
9 1 (0.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.43%) Windows
2 4 (1.14%) Android
2 4 (1.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (61.14%) Project Management
2 91 (26.00%) PRINCE2
3 78 (22.29%) Agile
4 65 (18.57%) Project Delivery
5 53 (15.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 51 (14.57%) Risk Management
7 45 (12.86%) Change Management
8 42 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (10.29%) ERP
10 35 (10.00%) Budget Management
10 35 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
11 34 (9.71%) Waterfall
12 33 (9.43%) Mentoring
13 31 (8.86%) CRM
13 31 (8.86%) Resource Management
14 25 (7.14%) Programme Management
15 24 (6.86%) Resource Allocation
16 23 (6.57%) Systems Engineering
17 22 (6.29%) Customer Service
18 20 (5.71%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (26.57%) Degree
2 44 (12.57%) Security Cleared
3 36 (10.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 26 (7.43%) PMI Certification
5 19 (5.43%) PMP
5 19 (5.43%) SC Cleared
6 14 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 10 (2.86%) HNC
8 6 (1.71%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.71%) MBA
9 5 (1.43%) CAPM
10 4 (1.14%) HND
10 4 (1.14%) RIBA
11 3 (0.86%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.57%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.14%) PMO
2 2 (0.57%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.29%) P3O
3 1 (0.29%) QA
Vendors
1 36 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.14%) IFS
3 17 (4.86%) Workday
4 14 (4.00%) CheckPoint
5 12 (3.43%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.71%) Adobe
7 4 (1.14%) Google
7 4 (1.14%) SAP
8 3 (0.86%) Sage
9 2 (0.57%) EMC
10 1 (0.29%) Citrix
10 1 (0.29%) NEC
10 1 (0.29%) Oracle
10 1 (0.29%) Wrike