Project Management Jobs in the South West

Project Management
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 29 26
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 +46
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 753 549 744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.11% 8.15% 9.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.71% 8.63% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 423 318 411
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £35,190
25th Percentile £37,199 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,800 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £59,526 £56,620
% change year-on-year -11.80% +5.13% +2.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,755 6,361 7,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.54% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,571 3,572 4,986
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,150 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
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 Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 May 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 +26 247 £55,000 - 101
Dorset +24 147 £37,500 -31.82% 22
Gloucestershire -4 127 £50,000 -9.09% 35
Devon -6 80 £52,396 +4.79% 37
Wiltshire -25 53 £47,500 -9.52% 39
Cornwall +3 51 £39,005 -5.44% 8
Somerset -4 38 £45,000 -18.18% 53
Project Management
England

Project Management
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 36 (4.78%) SharePoint
2 32 (4.25%) Confluence
3 11 (1.46%) IIS
4 10 (1.33%) ArcGIS
5 9 (1.20%) CMS
5 9 (1.20%) WordPress
6 6 (0.80%) Apache
7 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.53%) Drupal
8 4 (0.53%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.40%) Kentico
10 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Luigi
11 1 (0.13%) nginx
11 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (8.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (5.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (3.98%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.73%) MS Visio
6 10 (1.33%) AutoCAD
6 10 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (1.06%) Trello
8 5 (0.66%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Maximo
2 5 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.53%) Primavera
3 4 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 101 (13.41%) Azure
2 85 (11.29%) AWS
3 51 (6.77%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (5.98%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (5.58%) GCP
6 23 (3.05%) Power Platform
7 22 (2.92%) SaaS
8 11 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (0.80%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (0.53%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.53%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (0.53%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.53%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.40%) Basecamp
12 3 (0.40%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.40%) Kontent
12 3 (0.40%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.92%) WAN
2 17 (2.26%) 5G
3 14 (1.86%) SD-WAN
4 13 (1.73%) Internet
5 12 (1.59%) VPN
6 9 (1.20%) LAN
7 8 (1.06%) DNS
7 8 (1.06%) Firewall
8 6 (0.80%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.80%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (0.80%) RS-232
8 6 (0.80%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.66%) SSL
9 5 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.53%) BGP
10 4 (0.53%) IPsec
10 4 (0.53%) SNMP
10 4 (0.53%) Wireless
11 3 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.27%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (4.25%) BigQuery
2 32 (4.25%) Looker
3 18 (2.39%) Electronic Patient Records
4 16 (2.12%) Tableau
5 15 (1.99%) Power BI
6 12 (1.59%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.46%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.20%) MySQL
8 9 (1.20%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.93%) GIS
9 7 (0.93%) Qlik Sense
9 7 (0.93%) QlikView
10 6 (0.80%) Big Data
10 6 (0.80%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
10 6 (0.80%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (5.05%) JIRA
2 11 (1.46%) Visual Studio
3 10 (1.33%) Git
4 8 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.66%) Subversion
6 2 (0.27%) Storybook
7 1 (0.13%) Log4Net
General
1 279 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 201 (26.69%) Finance
3 139 (18.46%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (15.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (10.23%) Organisational Skills
6 69 (9.16%) Law
7 62 (8.23%) Presentation Skills
8 61 (8.10%) Banking
9 52 (6.91%) Investment Banking
10 50 (6.64%) Marketing
11 46 (6.11%) Telecoms
12 43 (5.71%) Billing
13 42 (5.58%) Aerospace
14 40 (5.31%) Games
15 34 (4.52%) Public Sector
16 29 (3.85%) Military
17 27 (3.59%) Manufacturing
18 25 (3.32%) Retail
19 24 (3.19%) Electronics
19 24 (3.19%) Legal
Job Titles
1 290 (38.51%) Project Manager
2 126 (16.73%) Senior
3 70 (9.30%) Senior Manager
4 61 (8.10%) Analyst
5 60 (7.97%) Senior Project Manager
6 48 (6.37%) Engineering Manager
7 46 (6.11%) Data Manager
8 45 (5.98%) Lead
9 36 (4.78%) Developer
10 32 (4.25%) Architect
11 25 (3.32%) Software Engineer
12 24 (3.19%) IT Manager
13 23 (3.05%) Business Manager
14 22 (2.92%) Consultant
14 22 (2.92%) Service Analyst
15 20 (2.66%) Associate Project Manager
15 20 (2.66%) IT Project Manager
15 20 (2.66%) Junior
16 18 (2.39%) Product Manager
17 16 (2.12%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.32%) React
2 20 (2.66%) HTML
3 18 (2.39%) AngularJS
4 17 (2.26%) CSS
5 14 (1.86%) .NET
5 14 (1.86%) Vue
6 12 (1.59%) Node.js
7 11 (1.46%) Spring
8 9 (1.20%) GraphQL
8 9 (1.20%) LAMP
9 8 (1.06%) jQuery
9 8 (1.06%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (0.93%) REST
11 6 (0.80%) Django
11 6 (0.80%) Laravel
11 6 (0.80%) Unreal Engine
12 5 (0.66%) Spring Boot
13 4 (0.53%) Sass
13 4 (0.53%) YAML
14 3 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.63%) Management Information System
2 49 (6.51%) Self-Motivation
3 46 (6.11%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.19%) Mobile App
5 22 (2.92%) NHS
6 20 (2.66%) FMCG
7 18 (2.39%) Driving Licence
7 18 (2.39%) Renewable Energy
8 17 (2.26%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.99%) Freedom of Information
10 14 (1.86%) Derivative
10 14 (1.86%) Robotics
11 13 (1.73%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.46%) GNSS
13 10 (1.33%) CESG
14 8 (1.06%) FPGA
14 8 (1.06%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.06%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.58%) Linux
2 35 (4.65%) Windows
3 11 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.53%) Data ONTAP
7 3 (0.40%) Android
8 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.13%) CentOS
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (30.41%) Agile
2 196 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
3 165 (21.91%) Project Delivery
4 104 (13.81%) PRINCE2
5 93 (12.35%) Change Management
6 84 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (9.56%) DevOps
7 72 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 69 (9.16%) Risk Management
9 68 (9.03%) Decision-Making
10 66 (8.76%) Actionable Insight
11 64 (8.50%) Scrum
12 62 (8.23%) Line Management
12 62 (8.23%) Mentoring
13 58 (7.70%) Computer Science
14 55 (7.30%) Business Analysis
14 55 (7.30%) Customer Service
15 54 (7.17%) Business Strategy
16 52 (6.91%) ITIL
17 51 (6.77%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 66 (8.76%) Python
2 45 (5.98%) JavaScript
3 32 (4.25%) SQL
4 26 (3.45%) Java
5 19 (2.52%) C++
5 19 (2.52%) TypeScript
6 18 (2.39%) C#
7 13 (1.73%) VB
8 11 (1.46%) Bash
8 11 (1.46%) Perl
8 11 (1.46%) PHP
8 11 (1.46%) R
9 9 (1.20%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.66%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.66%) VBA
12 4 (0.53%) C
13 3 (0.40%) Ada
14 2 (0.27%) RPG
14 2 (0.27%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 225 (29.88%) Degree
2 187 (24.83%) Security Cleared
3 91 (12.08%) SC Cleared
4 41 (5.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (3.45%) PMP
6 25 (3.32%) PMI Certification
7 17 (2.26%) Master's Degree
8 16 (2.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 10 (1.33%) CISMP
9 10 (1.33%) IISP
10 9 (1.20%) IIBA
10 9 (1.20%) MBA
10 9 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 8 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.06%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.93%) APMG
13 6 (0.80%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.80%) HNC
13 6 (0.80%) Tableau Certification
14 5 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.84%) QA
2 56 (7.44%) PMO
3 20 (2.66%) SLA
4 11 (1.46%) GDPR
5 10 (1.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 10 (1.33%) JSP 440
5 10 (1.33%) NEBOSH
5 10 (1.33%) NIST
5 10 (1.33%) NIST 800
5 10 (1.33%) RMADS
6 9 (1.20%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.93%) Def Stans
8 6 (0.80%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.53%) IEC 61508
9 4 (0.53%) MISRA
9 4 (0.53%) MISRA C
10 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.40%) DO-178B
10 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.40%) JTAG
System Software
1 20 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.59%) Docker
4 6 (0.80%) vSphere
5 5 (0.66%) Firmware
6 4 (0.53%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (1.46%) Ansible
2 8 (1.06%) Terraform
3 6 (0.80%) vCenter Server
4 5 (0.66%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.66%) SCCM
5 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.27%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.13%) Nessus
7 1 (0.13%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.13%) Plesk
7 1 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 87 (11.55%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.64%) Google
3 20 (2.66%) Salesforce
4 16 (2.12%) Oracle
4 16 (2.12%) VMware
5 15 (1.99%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.33%) Autodesk
7 9 (1.20%) IBM
8 8 (1.06%) Cisco
9 5 (0.66%) IFS
9 5 (0.66%) Sparx
10 4 (0.53%) Adobe
10 4 (0.53%) Cognos
10 4 (0.53%) ConnectWise
10 4 (0.53%) NetApp
10 4 (0.53%) Northgate
10 4 (0.53%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.53%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.53%) SIMUL8
10 4 (0.53%) SolidFire