Project Manager salary in the United Kingdom
£85,754
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between £64,280 and £85,557
From 132 live project manager listings with advertised pay · newest 15 Oct 2026
What project managers are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- £64,280
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- £72,500
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- £85,557
- a quarter pay more
Project Manager salary by seniority
Median advertised pay at each level, with the middle half of adverts beside it. The step between levels is usually the number worth negotiating over.
How to read a project manager salary range
The middle half of project manager adverts sits between £64,280 and £85,557 — the top of that band is 1.3× the bottom. Where you land inside it is decided less by the job title than by three things: the level the role is pitched at, the employer's size and the city. On this board Truro pays most for the role at £310,000 on average.
An advert quoting a wide range is usually a level range in disguise: the bottom is what they would pay someone they have to train, the top is what they would pay someone who can run the work unsupervised. Ask which end the role is really budgeted at before you anchor on the top figure.
The figures on this page are advertised pay, which runs a little ahead of what people in post earn. If an offer sits below the median here for the level, that is a fair thing to raise; if it sits above the 75th percentile, it is a good offer for this market.
Highest paying cities for project managers
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for project managers
Live project manager roles
Interim Construction Project Manager
Lynx Employment Services LtdProject ManagerJobsbyAdzunaLeedsContractHybrid£139,360 a yearNewTechnical Manager
BPHAProject ManagerviaReedMilton KeynesPermanentHybrid£65,000 - £70,000 per annumNewRegional Sales Manager - Capital Machinery
Get Recruited (UK) LtdProject ManagerviaReedCoventryPermanent£65,000 - £80,000 per annum, OTENewAssociate Project Manager/ Project Director
Outline RecruitmentProject ManagerviaReedGloucesterPermanent£70,000 - £90,000 per annumNewProject Manager - Social Housing Planned Works
Howells RecruitmentProject ManagerviaReedNorthamptonPermanent£60,000 - £65,000 per annumNewSelf-employed Estate Agent
Tate & Harriss - Property RecruitmentProject ManagerJobsbyAdzunaWatfordPermanent£100,000–£175,000 a yearNewProject Manager salary: common questions
- How much does a project manager earn in the United Kingdom?
- The median advertised project manager salary is £72,500 a year, from 132 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between £64,280 and £85,557. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a project manager?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from £50,500 to £435,000. The middle half sits between £64,280 and £85,557 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay project managers the most?
- Truro leads at £310,000 on average, against £85,754 across the whole sample. Oxford follows at £145,000.
- What is a project manager salary per hour?
- About £43.98 an hour, or £329.82 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay project managers the most?
- From current listings, Berry Recruitment advertises the highest at £310,000 on average. This reflects what is advertised now, not a long-run ranking.
Similar roles
Figures are medians and averages of salaries advertised on BOQQS, not a survey of what people are paid — advertised pay leads actual pay. Day and hourly rates are annualised at 260 working days and 37.5 hours a week. Nothing below £28,000 a year is carried on this board, so these figures describe the specialist market rather than all jobs in the UK. How the figures are worked out