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Advertised pay · updated 14 November 2026

Project Controls vs Project Director: advertised pay

Project Director roles are advertised higher: a median £125,000 against £50,000 for Project Controls, a gap of 150% (n=15 and n=37 respectively).

Project Controls, median advertised salary£50,000advertised · 15 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026Project Director, median advertised salary£125,000advertised · 37 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026

The two samples are different sets of adverts from different employers, so a gap between them is a gap in what is being advertised.

Advertised, not paid: these are the salaries employers stated in live job adverts. They are not a survey of what people are paid, and this site neither sets nor guarantees any rate.

How each one spreads

Project Controls

  • Lowest advertised£35,000advertised · the lowest of 15 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026
  • 25th percentile£46,250advertised · a quarter of 15 adverts are below · 14 Nov 2026
  • Median£50,000advertised · half of 15 adverts are below · 14 Nov 2026
  • 75th percentile£60,000advertised · three quarters of 15 adverts are below · 14 Nov 2026
  • Highest advertised£87,500advertised · the highest of 15 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026

Five measured points from the adverts that state pay. Nothing is drawn between them, because the shape in between has not been measured.

Middle half of adverts£46,250 – £60,000advertised · 15 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026
Lowest to highest£35,000 – £87,500advertised · 15 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026
Adverts stating pay15 of 2658% of live adverts · 14 Nov 2026

Project Director

  • Lowest advertised£72,500advertised · the lowest of 37 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026
  • 25th percentile£92,500advertised · a quarter of 37 adverts are below · 14 Nov 2026
  • Median£125,000advertised · half of 37 adverts are below · 14 Nov 2026
  • 75th percentile£155,000advertised · three quarters of 37 adverts are below · 14 Nov 2026
  • Highest advertised£165,000advertised · the highest of 37 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026

Five measured points from the adverts that state pay. Nothing is drawn between them, because the shape in between has not been measured.

Middle half of adverts£92,500 – £155,000advertised · 37 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026
Lowest to highest£72,500 – £165,000advertised · 37 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026
Adverts stating pay37 of 5173% of live adverts · 14 Nov 2026

Project Controls by level

No level for Project Controls roles across the UK has 5 adverts stating pay yet, so no level has a figure.

  • JuniorFewer than 5 adverts state pay.None of 1 live advert state pay · 14 Nov 2026
  • SeniorFewer than 5 adverts state pay.3 of 3 live adverts state pay · 14 Nov 2026
  • LeadFewer than 5 adverts state pay.None of 1 live advert state pay · 14 Nov 2026
  • Head ofFewer than 5 adverts state pay.1 of 1 live advert states pay · 14 Nov 2026

The level comes from the words in the advert title. An advert that does not say its level counts towards the overall figure and no level.

Most recent snapshot here: 14 November 2026.

Project Director by level

Median advertised salary at each level for Project Director roles across the UK, on one scale from zero.

  • Head of£125,000advertised · 37 adverts stating pay · 14 Nov 2026

The level comes from the words in the advert title. An advert that does not say its level counts towards the overall figure and no level.

Most recent snapshot here: 14 November 2026.

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