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Business and Financial Project Management Professionals

Business and financial project management professionals manage and oversee major projects across all sectors of modern industry, commerce and the public sector, in areas such as e-commerce, business analysis, finance, product development, marketing, human resources.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£27,270
£50,011
£87,807

New workers start around £27,270. Normal pay is £50,011 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £87,807.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 272,547 vacancies for this type of job

5.35%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Reports regularly on progress to the client or to senior managers.

  • Ensures that each stage of the project is progressing on time, on budget and to the right quality standards.

  • Negotiates with contractors and suppliers for materials and services.

  • Selects and leads a project team.

  • Draws up a detailed plan for how to achieve each stage of the project.

  • Agrees timescales, costs and resources needed.

  • Finds out what the client or company wants to achieve.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Project Management

  • Marketing

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Finance

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Continuous Improvement Process

  • Agile Methodology

  • Procurement

  • Data Analysis

  • Change Management

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Leadership

  • Planning

  • Program Management

  • Innovation

  • Influencing Skills

  • Governance

  • Operations

  • Problem Solving

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Business Management

University of Southampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

International Business

De Montfort University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Business and Management

Nottingham College

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 56/56

Business Management

Liverpool Hope University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2024

Tariff points: 104/104

International Business Management

University of Wolverhampton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Wolverhampton · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 96/96

Business and Management

University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Oban · 09/2024

Tariff points: 63/64

Business Enterprise Top-up

University College Birmingham

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Variable · Birmingham · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Business (Management)

University Centre St Helens

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · St Helens · 02/09/2024

Tariff points: 32/32

Business Management

Liverpool John Moores University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/128

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