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Project manager jobs in Coventry

The 2021 census counted 1,042 residents working as business and financial project management professionals living in Coventry.

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Published figures for Coventry

What the official data says about Coventry

Census day in March 2021 found that, 1,042 people living in Coventry were in work as business and financial project management professionals. It was 0.69% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Coventry 5th of 14 areas in the West Midlands, where the middle area recorded 733. Worcestershire was the next area up.

Full-time pay across all jobs in Coventry, every occupation counted together, had a median of £41,278. That is 2nd of 14 in the West Midlands, against a regional middle of £35,511. Work of this kind pays £59,982 across the region, which is £18,704 more than the typical Coventry job, about 45% above it.

Project work follows the organisations that commission it: Coventry had 1,950 employee jobs in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research in 2024, out of 162,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 1.2% of every job here, that ranks 12th of 14 in the West Midlands, where the middle area sits at 2%.

Residents in work as project management professionals (SOC 244)
1,042
Median full-time pay for project management professionals across the West Midlands
£59,982
Employee jobs in the area in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research
1,950
Project management professionals, share of everyone in work in the area
0.69%
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£41,278
Residents of the area in work at the census
150,135
Employee jobs in the area, all industries
162,000

The project manager role

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Project manager jobs in Coventry: common questions

How many people do this kind of work in Coventry?

1,042 residents of Coventry were in work as project management professionals at the 2021 census, which was 0.69% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.

What does this work pay around Coventry?

Across the West Midlands, £59,982 is the median for project management professionals. In Coventry itself the median across all occupations together is £41,278. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.

Is there much of this work based in Coventry?

1,950 of the 162,000 employee jobs in Coventry are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.