Project Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Project Manager salary in the West Midlands is £50,000 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 42 86 68
Rank change year-on-year +44 -18 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 360 207 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.22% 3.58% 4.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.50% 3.98% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 257 162 266
10th Percentile £37,004 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,938 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,500 £70,000 £73,125
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
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 8,002 5,200 7,368
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.93% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 3,211 4,852
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,256
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +25 158 £50,000 -16.67% 40
Staffordshire -24 46 £43,098 -21.64% 12
Warwickshire +29 34 £50,000 -3.61% 17
Shropshire +10 21 £46,500 - 6
Herefordshire +17 19 £35,000 -26.32% 4
Worcestershire -12 17 £53,500 +1.90% 6
Solihull +3 11 £47,500 -9.52% 2
Walsall +14 4 £47,500 -9.52%
Wolverhampton +6 2 £45,000 -25.99% 4
Halesowen -11 2 £38,000 +16.92%
Coventry +16 1 - - 11
Dudley - 1 £53,500 -
Project Manager
England

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

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 West Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 215 (59.72%) Project Management
2 160 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 109 (30.28%) Finance
4 93 (25.83%) Degree
5 92 (25.56%) PRINCE2
6 79 (21.94%) Agile
7 65 (18.06%) Project Delivery
8 53 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
9 51 (14.17%) Risk Management
10 44 (12.22%) Change Management
10 44 (12.22%) Security Cleared
11 42 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
12 39 (10.83%) PMO
13 38 (10.56%) Microsoft
13 38 (10.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 37 (10.28%) Influencing Skills
15 35 (9.72%) Budget Management
15 35 (9.72%) ERP
16 34 (9.44%) Retail
16 34 (9.44%) Waterfall
16 34 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
16 34 (9.44%) Customer Requirements
17 33 (9.17%) Mentoring
18 32 (8.89%) Resource Management
18 32 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
18 32 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
19 31 (8.61%) Management Information System
20 30 (8.33%) CRM
21 28 (7.78%) Manufacturing
22 27 (7.50%) PMI Certification

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

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.11%) CMS
3 4 (1.11%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 32 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (7.22%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (3.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.39%) Trello
7 3 (0.83%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.83%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.56%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Maximo
2 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (6.94%) Azure
2 14 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (3.61%) Smartsheet
4 11 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.22%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.94%) Mavenlink
7 6 (1.67%) SaaS
8 5 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.39%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.39%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.11%) Google Docs
9 4 (1.11%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.28%) AWS
10 1 (0.28%) Discord
10 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.28%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.39%) Intranet
2 3 (0.83%) Extranet
2 3 (0.83%) Internet
2 3 (0.83%) WebEx
3 2 (0.56%) 4G
3 2 (0.56%) 5G
3 2 (0.56%) Firewall
3 2 (0.56%) SSL
4 1 (0.28%) LAN
4 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.11%) Metadata
2 3 (0.83%) Power BI
3 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 12 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 160 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 109 (30.28%) Finance
3 37 (10.28%) Influencing Skills
4 34 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.44%) Retail
5 32 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (7.78%) Manufacturing
7 27 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (6.11%) Public Sector
9 20 (5.56%) Games
10 17 (4.72%) Marketing
11 15 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (4.17%) Legal
12 11 (3.06%) Local Government
12 11 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.94%) Billing
13 7 (1.94%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.67%) Electronics
15 4 (1.11%) German Language
16 3 (0.83%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.50%) .NET
1 9 (2.50%) RESTful
1 9 (2.50%) SOAP
2 1 (0.28%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.61%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.89%) Driving Licence
4 13 (3.61%) PMI
5 10 (2.78%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.11%) NHS
7 4 (1.11%) Photography
8 3 (0.83%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.56%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.28%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.28%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.28%) iPad
10 1 (0.28%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.28%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.39%) Windows
2 4 (1.11%) Android
2 4 (1.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (59.72%) Project Management
2 92 (25.56%) PRINCE2
3 79 (21.94%) Agile
4 65 (18.06%) Project Delivery
5 53 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
6 51 (14.17%) Risk Management
7 44 (12.22%) Change Management
8 42 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (9.72%) Budget Management
9 35 (9.72%) ERP
10 34 (9.44%) Customer Requirements
10 34 (9.44%) Waterfall
11 33 (9.17%) Mentoring
12 32 (8.89%) Resource Management
13 30 (8.33%) CRM
14 26 (7.22%) Programme Management
15 24 (6.67%) Resource Allocation
16 23 (6.39%) Systems Engineering
17 22 (6.11%) Customer Service
18 20 (5.56%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (25.83%) Degree
2 44 (12.22%) Security Cleared
3 38 (10.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 27 (7.50%) PMI Certification
5 20 (5.56%) PMP
6 19 (5.28%) SC Cleared
7 13 (3.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (2.78%) HNC
9 6 (1.67%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.67%) MBA
10 5 (1.39%) CAPM
11 4 (1.11%) HND
11 4 (1.11%) RIBA
12 3 (0.83%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.56%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.83%) PMO
2 2 (0.56%) ISO 14001
2 2 (0.56%) QA
3 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.28%) P3O
Vendors
1 38 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.94%) IFS
3 17 (4.72%) Workday
4 14 (3.89%) CheckPoint
5 12 (3.33%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.67%) Adobe
7 4 (1.11%) Google
7 4 (1.11%) SAP
8 3 (0.83%) Sage
9 2 (0.56%) EMC
10 1 (0.28%) Citrix
10 1 (0.28%) NEC
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle
10 1 (0.28%) Wrike