Research on the Dutch market for technical project management.
Anonymised, aggregated insights from hundreds of conversations with technical project managers in the Netherlands. Three figures from our annual report — more details are in the full Salary & Market Report 2026.
Between the 25th and 75th percentile there is a bandwidth of €67k–€94k gross per year. Where does your role or profile sit in the market? The full Salary Compass shows the breakdown by age and education.
More than half of all interim PM rates sit between €95 and €125 per hour. The complete distribution per rate band — and what it means for your budget or rate — is in the report.
About 20% of technical project managers have a bonus scheme, and a similar share a company car. Which conditions are market-standard alongside salary — you'll find in the report.
Source · Arvima Salary Compass 2026 · n=207 technical project managers
Overall gross annual salary.
Across all project managers, the average gross annual salary sits around €81,000 and the median around €80,000. The bulk of the market sits in a bandwidth of roughly €67,000 to €94,000 per year.
Observed salaries range from approximately €40,300 to €170,000 gross per year — illustrating the breadth of the market for technical project managers.
Source · Arvima Salary Compass 2026
Salary & Market Report Technical Project Managers 2026.
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