Project Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 92 89
Rank change year-on-year +36 -3 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 3,157 1,918 2,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.94% 3.47% 3.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.15% 3.91% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,275 1,335 1,819
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% +7.07%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North of England +67 831 £47,500 -13.64% 183
Midlands +57 670 £50,000 -13.04% 173
South East 0 637 £52,500 -8.70% 180
North West +75 453 £47,500 -13.64% 110
South West +15 418 £48,500 -3.00% 95
West Midlands +42 360 £50,000 -9.09% 101
East of England +41 298 £53,500 -6.96% 96
East Midlands +55 282 £47,500 -20.83% 72
Yorkshire +53 270 £47,500 -8.25% 54
Scotland -23 158 £52,000 +4.00% 67
Wales +53 124 £42,500 -22.73% 21
North East +39 108 £47,500 -9.52% 20
Northern Ireland +38 25 £47,500 -5.00% 7
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 2,079 (65.85%) Project Management
2 1,122 (35.54%) Social Skills
3 925 (29.30%) Agile
4 848 (26.86%) Project Delivery
5 748 (23.69%) Finance
6 707 (22.39%) PRINCE2
7 591 (18.72%) Degree
8 456 (14.44%) Stakeholder Management
9 376 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
10 323 (10.23%) Risk Management
11 295 (9.34%) Change Management
12 291 (9.22%) Microsoft
13 270 (8.55%) Waterfall
14 259 (8.20%) Security Cleared
15 248 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
16 241 (7.63%) Decision-Making
17 215 (6.81%) Business Case
18 211 (6.68%) Manufacturing
19 209 (6.62%) Budget Management
19 209 (6.62%) SDLC
20 206 (6.53%) PMI Certification
21 200 (6.34%) Microsoft Project
22 199 (6.30%) PMP
23 198 (6.27%) Agile Project Management
24 193 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
24 193 (6.11%) Mentoring
25 192 (6.08%) Retail
26 190 (6.02%) PMO
27 188 (5.96%) Project Planning
28 185 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 43 (1.36%) CMS
2 40 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.48%) Confluence
4 14 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 10 (0.32%) SAS
6 7 (0.22%) MS Project Server
7 6 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.16%) Kentico
8 5 (0.16%) Office Communications Server
8 5 (0.16%) WordPress
9 4 (0.13%) Drupal
10 3 (0.095%) ColdFusion
11 2 (0.063%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.032%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.032%) Umbraco
Applications
1 200 (6.34%) Microsoft Project
2 183 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 168 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
4 95 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 37 (1.17%) AutoCAD
6 27 (0.86%) MS Visio
7 24 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
8 16 (0.51%) Trello
9 2 (0.063%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.063%) CATIA
9 2 (0.063%) Gliffy
9 2 (0.063%) InDesign
10 1 (0.032%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.32%) Shopify
3 9 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.19%) Magento
4 6 (0.19%) Maximo
4 6 (0.19%) Primavera
5 5 (0.16%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
6 4 (0.13%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.095%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.063%) C-CURE
8 2 (0.063%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.063%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.032%) BPCS
9 1 (0.032%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.032%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.032%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.032%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 105 (3.33%) Azure
2 68 (2.15%) SaaS
3 55 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
6 22 (0.70%) Power Platform
7 21 (0.67%) AWS
8 19 (0.60%) Smartsheet
9 10 (0.32%) OCI
10 8 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 8 (0.25%) Slack
11 7 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (0.22%) Mavenlink
11 7 (0.22%) Power Automate
11 7 (0.22%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.19%) Basecamp
12 6 (0.19%) Google Sheets
13 5 (0.16%) Asana
13 5 (0.16%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.16%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 33 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
2 30 (0.95%) Wireless
3 23 (0.73%) Internet
4 22 (0.70%) LAN
5 20 (0.63%) Intranet
6 16 (0.51%) Firewall
7 13 (0.41%) Extranet
7 13 (0.41%) WAN
8 12 (0.38%) Network Security
9 10 (0.32%) LTE
9 10 (0.32%) TETRA
10 9 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (0.16%) Broadband
11 5 (0.16%) VoIP
12 3 (0.095%) 4G
12 3 (0.095%) 5G
12 3 (0.095%) DNS
12 3 (0.095%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.095%) WebEx
13 2 (0.063%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
2 15 (0.48%) Power BI
2 15 (0.48%) Tableau
3 10 (0.32%) Big Data
4 5 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.13%) GIS
5 4 (0.13%) Metadata
6 1 (0.032%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.032%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.032%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.032%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.032%) Impala
6 1 (0.032%) MySQL
6 1 (0.032%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.032%) Power Query
6 1 (0.032%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.032%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 119 (3.77%) JIRA
2 6 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.063%) JIRA Agile
3 2 (0.063%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.032%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,122 (35.54%) Social Skills
2 748 (23.69%) Finance
3 248 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
4 211 (6.68%) Manufacturing
5 192 (6.08%) Retail
6 185 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 181 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
8 169 (5.35%) Public Sector
9 156 (4.94%) Marketing
10 117 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
11 116 (3.67%) Legal
12 107 (3.39%) Telecoms
13 106 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
14 77 (2.44%) Law
15 68 (2.15%) Games
16 56 (1.77%) Aerospace
17 51 (1.62%) Banking
18 49 (1.55%) Local Government
19 45 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
20 33 (1.05%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (1.20%) EDI
2 26 (0.82%) .NET
3 16 (0.51%) RESTful
3 16 (0.51%) SOAP
4 10 (0.32%) CSS
4 10 (0.32%) HTML
5 8 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (0.22%) ADO
6 7 (0.22%) Flash
7 6 (0.19%) JSON
8 4 (0.13%) React Native
9 2 (0.063%) REST
9 2 (0.063%) Web Services
10 1 (0.032%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.032%) Middleware
10 1 (0.032%) Node.js
10 1 (0.032%) React
10 1 (0.032%) Spring
10 1 (0.032%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.032%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 182 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
2 136 (4.31%) Driving Licence
3 74 (2.34%) Renewable Energy
4 69 (2.19%) Management Information System
5 67 (2.12%) FMCG
5 67 (2.12%) PMI
6 65 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 45 (1.43%) NHS
8 38 (1.20%) Virtual Team
9 34 (1.08%) Data Centre
10 24 (0.76%) Life Science
11 19 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (0.57%) Digital Signage
13 16 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (0.51%) Freedom of Information
14 14 (0.44%) CCTV
14 14 (0.44%) Derivative
15 13 (0.41%) Mobile App
16 12 (0.38%) Fibre Optics
16 12 (0.38%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 24 (0.76%) Windows
2 22 (0.70%) Android
3 12 (0.38%) Apple iOS
3 12 (0.38%) Linux
4 10 (0.32%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.16%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,079 (65.85%) Project Management
2 925 (29.30%) Agile
3 848 (26.86%) Project Delivery
4 707 (22.39%) PRINCE2
5 456 (14.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 376 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
7 323 (10.23%) Risk Management
8 295 (9.34%) Change Management
9 270 (8.55%) Waterfall
10 241 (7.63%) Decision-Making
11 215 (6.81%) Business Case
12 209 (6.62%) Budget Management
12 209 (6.62%) SDLC
13 198 (6.27%) Agile Project Management
14 193 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 193 (6.11%) Mentoring
15 188 (5.96%) Project Planning
16 155 (4.91%) Customer Service
17 153 (4.85%) Actionable Insight
18 152 (4.81%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (0.76%) JavaScript
2 8 (0.25%) Java
2 8 (0.25%) Python
3 7 (0.22%) SQL
4 5 (0.16%) C#
5 1 (0.032%) Ada
5 1 (0.032%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.032%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.032%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.032%) Scala
Qualifications
1 591 (18.72%) Degree
2 259 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 206 (6.53%) PMI Certification
4 199 (6.30%) PMP
5 169 (5.35%) SC Cleared
6 132 (4.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 126 (3.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 72 (2.28%) HNC
9 36 (1.14%) DBS Check
10 35 (1.11%) HND
11 33 (1.05%) DV Cleared
12 24 (0.76%) APMP
13 20 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.41%) CAPM
15 12 (0.38%) NVQ Level 3
16 11 (0.35%) Master's Degree
17 10 (0.32%) RIBA
18 6 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
18 6 (0.19%) MAPM
18 6 (0.19%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (6.02%) PMO
2 75 (2.38%) QA
3 39 (1.24%) GDPR
4 35 (1.11%) NEBOSH
5 32 (1.01%) ISO 9001
6 28 (0.89%) Good Clinical Practice
7 18 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (0.48%) SLA
9 9 (0.29%) COSHH
10 8 (0.25%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.25%) GMP
10 8 (0.25%) GxP
11 6 (0.19%) GLP
12 5 (0.16%) ISO 13485
12 5 (0.16%) ISO 14001
13 4 (0.13%) IEC 62304
14 3 (0.095%) ISO 9000
15 2 (0.063%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.063%) PMBOK
System Software
1 6 (0.19%) Firmware
2 4 (0.13%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.095%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.095%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.063%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.032%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 15 (0.48%) SCOM
2 2 (0.063%) SmoothWall
3 1 (0.032%) FTK
3 1 (0.032%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 291 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 53 (1.68%) SAP
3 39 (1.24%) Salesforce
4 35 (1.11%) Oracle
5 32 (1.01%) IFS
6 23 (0.73%) Google
6 23 (0.73%) NEC
7 22 (0.70%) Adobe
8 21 (0.67%) Progress
9 18 (0.57%) Workday
10 16 (0.51%) BT
11 14 (0.44%) CheckPoint
12 13 (0.41%) Cisco
13 10 (0.32%) Autodesk
13 10 (0.32%) Sage
14 9 (0.29%) VMware
15 7 (0.22%) Sitecore
16 6 (0.19%) Aruba
16 6 (0.19%) Facebook
17 5 (0.16%) ConnectWise