Hiring for Projects & Change in the UK.
2023 has been a challenging climate for hiring. Instability in markets has slowed down demand and companies are being strategic in their recruitment, often using existing teams to manage the workload. Ensuring you retain talent will be key during this period, and understanding which meaningful benefits and salaries your top employees need to stay loyal is essential.
As markets stabilise, the rush for Projects & Change talent will begin. Hiring managers can get ahead of the competition by building a pipeline of candidates, with the right skills and sector knowledge to add immediate value. A blend of skilled contractors and permanent talent will be a strategy many adopt to have flexible resourcing aligned to business growth.
43% of Projects & Change hiring managers are planning to hire in the next 6 months.
The top 3 things to successfully attract and hire talent in Projects & Change:
- 1
Flexible working patterns
- 2
Interesting and exciting projects
- 3
Fast hiring process
In demand roles
- Hybrid BA/PM
- Project Manager
- Senior Business Analyst
- PMO Analyst
- Process Analyst/Manager
Valuable skill sets
- Reg/Compliance
- Process Improvement
- Digital
- Payments
- PMO/Governance
Up, down or flat? The state of salaries.
On the whole, salaries remained flat in 2023. There are some niche skills that buck this trend, especially on a contractor's daily rate, where a skill set is in particular demand.
Barring any major economic event coming to the fore, we envisage this staying the same for 2024.
In comparison to 2022, salary offers have remained flat at
Projects & Change salaries in the UK
| Job Title | Sector | Sub Sector | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job Title | Sector | Sub Sector | Location | 0 - 3 years | 3 - 5 years | 5+ years |
Project Manager - Finance |
Commerce & Industry | London | £70,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £110,000 | |
Head of Delivery/Change/Transformation |
Commerce & Industry | London | £100,000 - £120,000 | £120,000 - £150,000 | £150,000 - £200,000+ | |
Strategy Director |
Commerce & Industry | London | £90,000 - £105,000 | £105,000 - £120,000 | £120,000 - £160,000 | |
Business Process Engineer |
Commerce & Industry | London | £45,000 - £55,000 | £55,000 - £65,000 | £65,000 - £80,000 | |
Programme Manager |
Commerce & Industry | London | £100,000 - £110,000 | £110,000 - £130,000 | £130,000 - £160,000 | |
Innovation Manager |
Commerce & Industry | London | £70,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £95,000 | £95,000 - £120,000 | |
Project Manager - Ops |
Commerce & Industry | London | £70,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £110,000 | |
Head of PMO |
Commerce & Industry | London | £70,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £120,000 | |
Strategy Manager |
Commerce & Industry | London | £70,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £95,000 | £95,000 - £120,000 | |
Change Analyst - Finance |
Commerce & Industry | London | £35,000 - £45,000 | £45,000 - £55,000 | £55,000 - £75,000 | |
Programme Manager - Finance |
Commerce & Industry | London | £100,000 - £110,000 | £110,000 - £130,000 | £130,000 - £160,000 | |
Chief Product Officer |
Commerce & Industry | London | £170,000 - £190,000 | £190,000 - £210,000 | £210,000 - £230,000+ | |
Management Consultant |
Commerce & Industry | London | £45,000 - £55,000 | £55,000 - £65,000 | £65,000 - £90,000 | |
Business Analyst - Finance |
Commerce & Industry | London | £45,000 - £55,000 | £55,000 - £75,000 | £75,000 - £90,000 | |
PMO Manager |
Commerce & Industry | London | £50,000 - £60,000 | £60,000 - £75,000 | £75,000 - £90,000 | |
Strategy Analyst |
Commerce & Industry | London | £40,000 - £50,000 | £50,000 - £60,000 | £60,000 - £80,000 | |
Change Manager - Finance |
Commerce & Industry | London | £70,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £110,000 | |
Programme Manager - Ops |
Commerce & Industry | London | £100,000 - £110,000 | £110,000 - £130,000 | £130,000 - £160,000 | |
Director of Product |
Commerce & Industry | London | £150,000 - £170,000 | £170,000 - £190,000 | £190,000 - £210,000+ | |
Management Consultant - Finance |
Commerce & Industry | London | £45,000 - £55,000 | £55,000 - £70,000 | £70,000 - £90,000 | |
Business Analyst - Ops |
Commerce & Industry | London | £35,000 - £45,000 | £45,000 - £65,000 | £65,000 - £80,000 | |
PMO Analyst |
Commerce & Industry | London | £30,000 - £40,000 | £40,000 - £50,000 | £50,000 - £60,000 | |
Head - Corporate Development |
Commerce & Industry | London | £80,000 - £100,000 | £100,000 - £110,000 | £110,000 - £130,000 | |
Change Manager - Ops |
Commerce & Industry | London | £70,000 - £75,000 | £75,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £85,000 | |
Project Manager - Agile |
Commerce & Industry | London | £70,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £110,000 | |
Head of Product |
Commerce & Industry | London | £110,000 - £130,000 | £130,000 - £150,000 | £150,000 - £170,000+ | |
Management Consultant - Ops |
Commerce & Industry | London | £45,000 - £55,000 | £55,000 - £70,000 | £70,000 - £90,000 | |
Technical Business Analyst |
Commerce & Industry | London | £45,000 - £55,000 | £55,000 - £70,000 | £70,000 - £90,000 | |
Programme Director |
Commerce & Industry | London | £100,000 - £120,000 | £120,000 - £150,000 | £150,000 - £200,000+ | |
Manager - Corporate Development |
Commerce & Industry | London | £60,000 - £70,000 | £70,000 - £90,000 | £85,000 - £90,000 | |
Change Manager - P&C |
Commerce & Industry | London | £70,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £110,000 | |
Project Manager - Agile |
Banking | London | £70,000 - £85,000 | £85,000 - £100,000 | £100,000 - £120,000 | |
Head of Delivery/Change/Transformation |
Banking | London | £130,000 - £160,000 | £160,000 - £180,000 | £180,000 - £200,000+ | |
Management Consultant |
Banking | London | £60,000 - £75,000 | £75,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £105,000 | |
Business Analyst - Reg |
Banking | London | £45,000 - £65,000 | £65,000 - £85,000 | £80,000 - £100,000 | |
Programme Manager |
Banking | London | £120,000 - £140,000 | £140,000 - £160,000 | £160,000 - £180,000 | |
Strategy Analyst |
Banking | London | £50,000 - £60,000 | £60,000 - £70,000 | £70,000 - £90,000 | |
Change Manager - Finance |
Banking | London | £70,000 - £85,000 | £85,000 - £100,000 | £100,000 - £120,000 | |
Project Manager - Finance |
Banking | London | £70,000 - £85,000 | £85,000 - £100,000 | £100,000 - £120,000 | |
Head of PMO |
Banking | London | £80,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £110,000 | £110,000 - £130,000 | |
Management Consultant - Finance |
Banking | London | £60,000 - £75,000 | £75,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £105,000 | |
Business Analyst - Ops |
Banking | London | £45,000 - £60,000 | £60,000 - £75,000 | £75,000 - £90,000 | |
Programme Manager - Finance |
Banking | London | £120,000 - £140,000 | £140,000 - £160,000 | £160,000 - £180,000 | |
Chief Product Officer |
Banking | London | £180,000 - £200,000 | £200,000 - £230,000 | £230,000 - £250,000+ | |
Head - Corporate Development |
Banking | London | £110,000 - £120,000 | £120,000 - £130,000 | £130,000 - £150,000 | |
Change Manager - Ops |
Banking | London | £65,000 - £70,000 | £70,000 - £75,000 | £75,000 - £85,000 | |
Project Manager - Reg |
Banking | London | £70,000 - £85,000 | £85,000 - £100,000 | £100,000 - £120,000 | |
PMO Manager |
Banking | London | £60,000 - £70,000 | £70,000 - £85,000 | £85,000 - £100,000 | |
Management Consultant - Ops |
Banking | London | £50,000 - £60,000 | £60,000 - £75,000 | £75,000 - £90,000 | |
Technical Business Analyst |
Banking | London | £60,000 - £70,000 | £70,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £100,000 | |
Programme Manager - Reg |
Banking | London | £120,000 - £140,000 | £140,000 - £160,000 | £160,000 - £180,000 | |
Director of Product |
Banking | London | £160,000 - £180,000 | £180,000 - £200,000 | £200,000 - £220,000+ | |
Manager - Corporate Development |
Banking | London | £80,000 - £85,000 | £85,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £95,000 | |
Change Manager - P&C |
Banking | London | £70,000 - £80,000 | £80,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £110,000 | |
Project Manager - Ops |
Banking | London | £70,000 - £85,000 | £85,000 - £100,000 | £100,000 - £115,000 | |
PMO Analyst |
Banking | London | £35,000 - £45,000 | £45,000 - £55,000 | £55,000 - £70,000 | |
Strategy Director |
Banking | London | £100,000 - £120,000 | £120,000 - £150,000 | £150,000 - £180,000 | |
Business Process Engineer |
Banking | London | £50,000 - £60,000 | £60,000 - £75,000 | £75,000 - £90,000 | |
Programme Manager - Ops |
Banking | London | £120,000 - £130,000 | £130,000 - £140,000 | £140,000 - £160,000 | |
Head of Product |
Banking | London | £120,000 - £140,000 | £140,000 - £160,000 | £160,000 - £180,000+ | |
Innovation Manager |
Banking | London | £80,000 - £90,000 | £90,000 - £100,000 | £100,000 - £120,000 | |
Business Analyst - Finance |
Banking | London | £50,000 - £65,000 | £65,000 - £75,000 | £75,000 - £100,000 | |
Programme Director |
Banking | London | £120,000 - £150,000 | £150,000 - £180,000 | £180,000 - £200,000+ | |
Strategy Manager |
Banking | London | £80,000 - £95,000 | £95,000 - £120,000 | £120,000 - £140,000 | |
Change Analyst - Finance |
Banking | London | £45,000 - £50,000 | £50,000 - £60,000 | £60,000 - £70,000 |
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