Lead Project Manager Jobs

Lead Project Manager
UK

The median Lead Project Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 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 852 882 1180
Rank change year-on-year +30 +298 -243
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 52 37 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.040% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.044% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 47 31 65
10th Percentile £36,250 £51,250 £47,828
25th Percentile £52,500 £66,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -6.67%
75th Percentile £75,772 £90,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,463 £100,000 £91,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +35.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in the UK

Lead Project Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Project Manager.

Salary trend for Lead Project Manager in the UK

Lead Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Project Manager in the UK

Lead Project Manager
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Project Manager within the UK 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
England +38 43 £73,805 +5.44% 4
UK excluding London -29 42 £70,000 +3.70% 3
Work from Home +31 20 £73,805 +9.34% 1
North of England +24 16 £73,805 +9.34%
South East -24 13 £37,500 -44.44%
North West - 11 £73,805 -
London +84 8 £85,000 -5.56% 2
Wales - 7 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire +68 5 £73,805 +9.34%
South West - 4 £46,050 - 1
West Midlands -12 2 £70,000 +14.75% 1
Midlands -39 2 £70,000 +14.75% 1

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Lead 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 featuring Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 35 (67.31%) Project Management
2 29 (55.77%) Project Delivery
3 27 (51.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (51.92%) Agile
4 20 (38.46%) Line Management
5 18 (34.62%) Mentoring
5 18 (34.62%) Community of Practice
6 16 (30.77%) Public Sector
6 16 (30.77%) Cost Reduction
6 16 (30.77%) Coaching
6 16 (30.77%) Finance
7 15 (28.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
8 11 (21.15%) Customer Experience
9 9 (17.31%) Service Management
9 9 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (17.31%) Revenue Recognition
9 9 (17.31%) Business Strategy
9 9 (17.31%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (17.31%) Decision-Making
9 9 (17.31%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 9 (17.31%) Business Forecasting
9 9 (17.31%) Strategic Thinking
9 9 (17.31%) Customer-Centricity
9 9 (17.31%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (13.46%) Sitecore
11 6 (11.54%) Scrum
12 5 (9.62%) PRINCE2
12 5 (9.62%) PMO
13 4 (7.69%) Budget Management

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.85%) Azure
1 2 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 16 (30.77%) Finance
1 16 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (17.31%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.77%) Banking
4 3 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.85%) Law
6 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.92%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.77%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (3.85%) PMI
1 2 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (67.31%) Project Management
2 29 (55.77%) Project Delivery
3 27 (51.92%) Agile
3 27 (51.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (38.46%) Line Management
5 18 (34.62%) Community of Practice
5 18 (34.62%) Mentoring
6 16 (30.77%) Coaching
6 16 (30.77%) Cost Reduction
7 15 (28.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (21.15%) Customer Experience
9 9 (17.31%) Business Forecasting
9 9 (17.31%) Business Strategy
9 9 (17.31%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (17.31%) Customer-Centricity
9 9 (17.31%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 9 (17.31%) Decision-Making
9 9 (17.31%) Revenue Recognition
9 9 (17.31%) Service Management
9 9 (17.31%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (3.85%) PMI Certification
1 2 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) PMO
2 2 (3.85%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (13.46%) Sitecore
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.85%) Workday
3 1 (1.92%) SAP