Software Project Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Software Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Software Project Manager salary in the Midlands is £48,250 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 327 286 350
Rank change year-on-year -41 +64 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 16 20 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.24% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.26% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 10
10th Percentile £39,000 £38,250 £47,375
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.27% -8.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £66,813
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,500 £73,300
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 13,212 7,602 10,970
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.51% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9,398 4,488 7,088
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,834 £37,500 £37,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in the Midlands

Software Project Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Project Manager in the Midlands

Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Software Project Manager in the Midlands

Software Project Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Project Manager within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -9 14 £50,750 +1.50% 2
East Midlands -34 2 £47,500 -20.83% 1
Software Project Manager
England

Software Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

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

1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Project Management
3 7 (43.75%) Degree
3 7 (43.75%) Finance
3 7 (43.75%) Project Delivery
4 6 (37.50%) PRINCE2
4 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (31.25%) Agile
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (25.00%) Resource Management
6 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (25.00%) Deadline-Driven
6 4 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
6 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (25.00%) Dependency Management
7 3 (18.75%) DevOps
7 3 (18.75%) Software Delivery
7 3 (18.75%) SDLC
7 3 (18.75%) Presales
7 3 (18.75%) Software Deployment
7 3 (18.75%) Data Governance
7 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) RESTful
7 3 (18.75%) Azure
7 3 (18.75%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps

Software Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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:

Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
1 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Law
5 1 (6.25%) German Language
5 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) .NET
1 3 (18.75%) RESTful
1 3 (18.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 7 (43.75%) Project Delivery
3 6 (37.50%) PRINCE2
4 5 (31.25%) Agile
5 4 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
5 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (25.00%) Deadline-Driven
5 4 (25.00%) Dependency Management
5 4 (25.00%) Resource Management
6 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
6 3 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (18.75%) Data Governance
6 3 (18.75%) Data Strategy
6 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 3 (18.75%) DevOps
6 3 (18.75%) Presales
6 3 (18.75%) SDLC
6 3 (18.75%) Software Delivery
6 3 (18.75%) Software Deployment
6 3 (18.75%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint