IT Project Manager Jobs in England

IT Project Manager
UK > England

The median IT Project Manager salary in England is £53,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 440 490 469
Rank change year-on-year +50 -21 +60
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 454 509 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.56% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.62% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 391 434 718
10th Percentile £37,099 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,072 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,480 52,417 75,087
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,669 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,519 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured IT Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in England.

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +70 112 £48,750 -7.14% 12
London +40 93 £65,000 +4.00% 14
Midlands +13 87 £54,000 -1.82% 11
South East +8 82 £52,500 -12.50% 14
North West +43 65 £46,000 -16.36% 9
East Midlands +25 57 £54,000 -1.82% 2
East of England +16 41 £54,000 -6.09% 5
South West -19 38 £48,750 +8.33% 8
West Midlands -17 30 £55,000 -2.22% 9
Yorkshire +65 27 £48,750 +8.33% 2
North East +6 20 £52,500 +2.44% 1
IT Project Manager
UK

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, IT Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 294 (64.76%) Project Management
2 235 (51.76%) Agile
3 178 (39.21%) Social Skills
4 169 (37.22%) PRINCE2
5 156 (34.36%) Waterfall
6 148 (32.60%) Project Delivery
7 111 (24.45%) Finance
8 107 (23.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 80 (17.62%) Change Management
10 77 (16.96%) Risk Management
11 76 (16.74%) Degree
12 68 (14.98%) Business Case
13 60 (13.22%) PMI Certification
14 57 (12.56%) PMP
15 50 (11.01%) Self-Motivation
16 48 (10.57%) Business Change Management
17 46 (10.13%) Microsoft
18 43 (9.47%) Scrum
19 40 (8.81%) JIRA
20 38 (8.37%) ERP
21 36 (7.93%) PMO
22 34 (7.49%) Microsoft Project
23 33 (7.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
24 32 (7.05%) SDLC
25 30 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
26 28 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
27 26 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
27 26 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
27 26 (5.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
27 26 (5.73%) CRM

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.76%) Confluence
3 2 (0.44%) CMS
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (7.49%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.76%) Trello
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.44%) CATIA
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 26 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (4.19%) Azure
3 14 (3.08%) SaaS
4 6 (1.32%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.66%) Asana
6 3 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.66%) PaaS
6 3 (0.66%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.44%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.22%) AWS
8 1 (0.22%) Discord
8 1 (0.22%) GCP
8 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.22%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.96%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (2.86%) Firewall
3 11 (2.42%) Intranet
4 8 (1.76%) Wireless
5 7 (1.54%) LAN
5 7 (1.54%) WAN
6 5 (1.10%) LTE
6 5 (1.10%) TETRA
7 2 (0.44%) Extranet
7 2 (0.44%) Network Security
7 2 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.44%) VLAN
7 2 (0.44%) VoIP
7 2 (0.44%) WLAN
8 1 (0.22%) DHCP
8 1 (0.22%) DNS
8 1 (0.22%) MPLS
8 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.88%) Power BI
2 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 40 (8.81%) JIRA
2 2 (0.44%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 178 (39.21%) Social Skills
2 111 (24.45%) Finance
3 23 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (4.85%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.19%) Manufacturing
6 16 (3.52%) Banking
6 16 (3.52%) Law
7 15 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.08%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (2.86%) Retail
10 11 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.98%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.54%) Billing
13 6 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.32%) Marketing
14 5 (1.10%) Electronics
14 5 (1.10%) Legal
15 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.66%) Flash
2 2 (0.44%) ADO
2 2 (0.44%) Express.js
2 2 (0.44%) MERN Stack
2 2 (0.44%) Node.js
2 2 (0.44%) React
2 2 (0.44%) REST
2 2 (0.44%) Web Services
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.01%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (3.74%) PMI
3 11 (2.42%) Data Centre
4 8 (1.76%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.10%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.10%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.10%) NHS
6 4 (0.88%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.66%) FMCG
7 3 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.44%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.44%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.44%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.44%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.22%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.22%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.22%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.10%) Windows
1 5 (1.10%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (64.76%) Project Management
2 235 (51.76%) Agile
3 169 (37.22%) PRINCE2
4 156 (34.36%) Waterfall
5 148 (32.60%) Project Delivery
6 107 (23.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 80 (17.62%) Change Management
8 77 (16.96%) Risk Management
9 68 (14.98%) Business Case
10 48 (10.57%) Business Change Management
11 43 (9.47%) Scrum
12 38 (8.37%) ERP
13 32 (7.05%) SDLC
14 30 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
15 28 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 26 (5.73%) CRM
16 26 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
17 25 (5.51%) Business Analysis
18 24 (5.29%) Budget Management
19 23 (5.07%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.66%) SQL
2 2 (0.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 76 (16.74%) Degree
2 60 (13.22%) PMI Certification
3 57 (12.56%) PMP
4 33 (7.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 26 (5.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 15 (3.30%) Security Cleared
7 14 (3.08%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.20%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.88%) CAPM
10 4 (0.88%) RIBA
11 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.44%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.22%) APMP
12 1 (0.22%) CCNA
12 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.93%) PMO
2 10 (2.20%) QA
3 6 (1.32%) ISO 9001
3 6 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.88%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.88%) GDPR
5 1 (0.22%) GAMP
5 1 (0.22%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
1 4 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.44%) SmoothWall
2 1 (0.22%) SCCM
2 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (10.13%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.64%) Oracle
2 12 (2.64%) SAP
3 11 (2.42%) VMware
4 10 (2.20%) Cisco
5 7 (1.54%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.32%) Anaplan
6 6 (1.32%) Facebook
7 5 (1.10%) BT
7 5 (1.10%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.10%) YouTube
8 4 (0.88%) Google
8 4 (0.88%) Meraki
9 3 (0.66%) Adobe
9 3 (0.66%) Apple
10 2 (0.44%) Aruba
10 2 (0.44%) CA
10 2 (0.44%) Civica
10 2 (0.44%) IFS
10 2 (0.44%) ServiceNow