Project Manager Jobs in the South West

Project Manager
England > South West

The median Project Manager salary in the South West is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 70 102
Rank change year-on-year +13 +32 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 418 273 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.98% 4.21% 3.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.14% 4.75% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 268 192 166
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,190
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 £59,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £69,125 £62,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 10,099 5,751 8,288
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.14% 88.79% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7,313 3,678 5,121
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,750 £68,750 £65,720
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
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 Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Bristol +27 124 £53,000 -3.64% 33
Dorset +29 84 £40,000 -20.00% 2
Gloucestershire +7 62 £50,000 -16.67% 23
Wiltshire -16 45 £52,500 +5.78% 9
Cornwall +10 44 £39,005 -5.44% 4
Somerset -4 24 £43,500 -28.45% 12
Devon -38 24 £46,958 +0.98% 12
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 11 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 South West region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 287 (68.66%) Project Management
2 140 (33.49%) Finance
3 127 (30.38%) Degree
3 127 (30.38%) Social Skills
4 125 (29.90%) Agile
5 115 (27.51%) Project Delivery
6 102 (24.40%) Security Cleared
7 101 (24.16%) PRINCE2
8 72 (17.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 63 (15.07%) SC Cleared
10 60 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
11 59 (14.11%) Decision-Making
12 55 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
13 54 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
14 46 (11.00%) Microsoft Excel
15 43 (10.29%) Change Management
16 40 (9.57%) Telecoms
16 40 (9.57%) Project Planning
17 38 (9.09%) Waterfall
17 38 (9.09%) Games
18 36 (8.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
19 35 (8.37%) Microsoft Project
20 34 (8.13%) Budget Management
21 33 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
21 33 (7.89%) Earned Value Management
22 32 (7.66%) Microsoft
22 32 (7.66%) Customer Service
23 30 (7.18%) Law
24 28 (6.70%) Banking
24 28 (6.70%) Microsoft Office

Project Manager Skill Set
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 18 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.35%) ArcGIS
3 9 (2.15%) CMS
4 5 (1.20%) Confluence
5 4 (0.96%) Drupal
6 3 (0.72%) ColdFusion
6 3 (0.72%) Kentico
7 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (11.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (8.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (8.37%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (2.39%) AutoCAD
6 9 (2.15%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (1.91%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.48%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Maximo
2 2 (0.48%) Primavera
3 1 (0.24%) Magento
3 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (1.67%) Azure
2 5 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (0.96%) Miro
3 4 (0.96%) SaaS
4 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (0.72%) Basecamp
4 3 (0.72%) Kontent
4 3 (0.72%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.72%) WhatsApp
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (0.48%) Figma
5 2 (0.48%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.24%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.24%) IaaS
6 1 (0.24%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.24%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.72%) Internet
2 2 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (0.48%) VoIP
3 1 (0.24%) 4G
3 1 (0.24%) 5G
3 1 (0.24%) Broadband
3 1 (0.24%) DNS
3 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.83%) Electronic Patient Records
2 11 (2.63%) Tableau
3 3 (0.72%) Power BI
4 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 23 (5.50%) JIRA
General
1 140 (33.49%) Finance
2 127 (30.38%) Social Skills
3 72 (17.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.57%) Telecoms
6 38 (9.09%) Games
7 33 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (7.18%) Law
9 28 (6.70%) Banking
10 27 (6.46%) Investment Banking
11 23 (5.50%) Aerospace
12 21 (5.02%) Manufacturing
13 19 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (3.83%) Marketing
14 16 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (3.83%) Public Sector
15 14 (3.35%) Front Office
16 12 (2.87%) Legal
17 11 (2.63%) Retail
18 9 (2.15%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.91%) .NET
2 4 (0.96%) ADO
3 2 (0.48%) RESTful
3 2 (0.48%) SOAP
4 1 (0.24%) CSS
4 1 (0.24%) HTML
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.26%) Driving Licence
1 22 (5.26%) NHS
1 22 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (4.78%) FMCG
3 19 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
4 15 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.35%) Derivative
6 11 (2.63%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.39%) Freedom of Information
8 9 (2.15%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.67%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.96%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.96%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (0.96%) Photovoltaics
11 4 (0.96%) PMI
12 3 (0.72%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.72%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.72%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.20%) Linux
2 4 (0.96%) Windows
3 1 (0.24%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (68.66%) Project Management
2 125 (29.90%) Agile
3 115 (27.51%) Project Delivery
4 101 (24.16%) PRINCE2
5 60 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (14.11%) Decision-Making
7 55 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 43 (10.29%) Change Management
9 40 (9.57%) Project Planning
10 38 (9.09%) Waterfall
11 34 (8.13%) Budget Management
12 33 (7.89%) Earned Value Management
13 32 (7.66%) Customer Service
14 28 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (6.22%) Risk Management
16 24 (5.74%) Agile Project Management
17 23 (5.50%) Business Analysis
18 21 (5.02%) Time Management
19 20 (4.78%) Programme Management
20 19 (4.55%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.96%) C#
1 4 (0.96%) Java
1 4 (0.96%) Python
2 2 (0.48%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.24%) SQL
Qualifications
1 127 (30.38%) Degree
2 102 (24.40%) Security Cleared
3 63 (15.07%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 19 (4.55%) PMP
6 18 (4.31%) PMI Certification
7 16 (3.83%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 6 (1.44%) CAPM
10 6 (1.44%) Tableau Certification
11 5 (1.20%) HNC
12 4 (0.96%) APMP
13 3 (0.72%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.48%) Chartered Engineer
15 1 (0.24%) CIPD
15 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
15 1 (0.24%) ECDL
15 1 (0.24%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.11%) QA
2 12 (2.87%) PMO
3 10 (2.39%) NEBOSH
4 8 (1.91%) GDPR
5 1 (0.24%) GxP
5 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.24%) SLA
5 1 (0.24%) TickIT
Vendors
1 32 (7.66%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.39%) Autodesk
3 7 (1.67%) Oracle
4 4 (0.96%) ConnectWise
4 4 (0.96%) ESRI
4 4 (0.96%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.72%) Adobe
5 3 (0.72%) IBM
5 3 (0.72%) SAP
6 2 (0.48%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.48%) NEC
7 1 (0.24%) Facebook
7 1 (0.24%) IFS
7 1 (0.24%) Infor
7 1 (0.24%) Instagram
7 1 (0.24%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.24%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.24%) Splunk
7 1 (0.24%) YouTube