IT Project Manager Jobs in England

IT Project Manager
UK > England

The median IT Project Manager salary in England is £54,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 424 503 465
Rank change year-on-year +79 -38 +59
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 463 530 976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.56% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.62% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 405 453 713
10th Percentile £36,890 £42,525 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,250 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.39% +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 80,061 86,064 125,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,068 54,328 75,797
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +85 116 £48,000 -8.57% 10
London +58 90 £67,500 +8.00% 19
Midlands +14 90 £54,000 -1.82% 9
South East +13 86 £52,500 -12.50% 12
North West +44 63 £46,000 -16.36% 5
East Midlands +20 56 £54,000 -1.82% 4
East of England +33 42 £50,000 -2.44% 4
South West -5 39 £49,000 +5.95% 10
West Midlands +4 34 £55,000 - 5
Yorkshire +84 33 £48,750 +8.33% 3
North East +10 20 £52,500 +5.00% 2
IT Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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.

1 305 (65.87%) Project Management
2 239 (51.62%) Agile
3 180 (38.88%) Social Skills
4 170 (36.72%) PRINCE2
5 161 (34.77%) Waterfall
6 151 (32.61%) Project Delivery
7 121 (26.13%) Finance
8 114 (24.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 78 (16.85%) Risk Management
9 78 (16.85%) Change Management
10 76 (16.41%) Degree
11 68 (14.69%) Business Case
12 62 (13.39%) PMI Certification
13 58 (12.53%) PMP
14 50 (10.80%) Self-Motivation
15 48 (10.37%) Business Change Management
15 48 (10.37%) Microsoft
16 47 (10.15%) Scrum
17 42 (9.07%) JIRA
18 37 (7.99%) ERP
19 36 (7.78%) Microsoft Project
20 33 (7.13%) PMO
21 32 (6.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
22 31 (6.70%) SDLC
23 29 (6.26%) Cybersecurity
23 29 (6.26%) Problem-Solving
24 27 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
24 27 (5.83%) Continuous Improvement
25 26 (5.62%) Budget Management
25 26 (5.62%) Public Sector

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 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.73%) Confluence
3 2 (0.43%) CMS
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (7.78%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.94%) Trello
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.43%) CATIA
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 27 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (4.32%) Azure
3 16 (3.46%) SaaS
4 6 (1.30%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.65%) Asana
6 3 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.65%) PaaS
7 2 (0.43%) AWS
7 2 (0.43%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.22%) Discord
8 1 (0.22%) GCP
8 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.22%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.32%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (3.02%) Firewall
3 11 (2.38%) Intranet
4 8 (1.73%) WAN
4 8 (1.73%) Wireless
5 7 (1.51%) LAN
6 5 (1.08%) LTE
6 5 (1.08%) TETRA
7 3 (0.65%) VoIP
8 2 (0.43%) Extranet
8 2 (0.43%) MPLS
8 2 (0.43%) Network Security
8 2 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.43%) VLAN
8 2 (0.43%) WLAN
9 1 (0.22%) DHCP
9 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.86%) Power BI
2 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 42 (9.07%) JIRA
2 2 (0.43%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 180 (38.88%) Social Skills
2 121 (26.13%) Finance
3 26 (5.62%) Public Sector
4 23 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (3.67%) Law
5 17 (3.67%) Manufacturing
6 15 (3.24%) Banking
7 14 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.81%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.59%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.59%) Retail
10 11 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.94%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.51%) Billing
12 7 (1.51%) Marketing
13 5 (1.08%) Electronics
14 4 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.86%) Legal
14 4 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) Flash
2 2 (0.43%) ADO
2 2 (0.43%) Express.js
2 2 (0.43%) MERN Stack
2 2 (0.43%) Node.js
2 2 (0.43%) React
2 2 (0.43%) REST
2 2 (0.43%) Web Services
3 1 (0.22%) .NET
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.80%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (3.89%) PMI
3 12 (2.59%) Data Centre
4 8 (1.73%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.08%) NHS
6 5 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (0.86%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.86%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.43%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.43%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.43%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.43%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.22%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.22%) FMCG
10 1 (0.22%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.22%) Life Science
10 1 (0.22%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.30%) Windows
1 6 (1.30%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.22%) Android
2 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.22%) Linux
2 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (65.87%) Project Management
2 239 (51.62%) Agile
3 170 (36.72%) PRINCE2
4 161 (34.77%) Waterfall
5 151 (32.61%) Project Delivery
6 114 (24.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 78 (16.85%) Change Management
7 78 (16.85%) Risk Management
8 68 (14.69%) Business Case
9 48 (10.37%) Business Change Management
10 47 (10.15%) Scrum
11 37 (7.99%) ERP
12 31 (6.70%) SDLC
13 29 (6.26%) Cybersecurity
13 29 (6.26%) Problem-Solving
14 27 (5.83%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (5.62%) Budget Management
16 25 (5.40%) Business Analysis
16 25 (5.40%) CRM
16 25 (5.40%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.65%) SQL
2 2 (0.43%) Python
3 1 (0.22%) C
3 1 (0.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 76 (16.41%) Degree
2 62 (13.39%) PMI Certification
3 58 (12.53%) PMP
4 32 (6.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 24 (5.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 15 (3.24%) Security Cleared
7 14 (3.02%) SC Cleared
8 10 (2.16%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.30%) RIBA
11 4 (0.86%) CAPM
12 3 (0.65%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.43%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.22%) APMP
14 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.22%) CCNA
14 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.13%) PMO
2 8 (1.73%) QA
3 6 (1.30%) ISO 9001
3 6 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.08%) GDPR
5 4 (0.86%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.22%) GAMP
6 1 (0.22%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (0.86%) Active Directory
1 4 (0.86%) Hyper-V
1 4 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.43%) SmoothWall
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.22%) SCCM
2 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (10.37%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.59%) Oracle
2 12 (2.59%) SAP
2 12 (2.59%) VMware
3 10 (2.16%) Cisco
4 8 (1.73%) Anaplan
5 7 (1.51%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.30%) Facebook
7 5 (1.08%) BT
7 5 (1.08%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.08%) YouTube
8 4 (0.86%) Google
8 4 (0.86%) Meraki
9 3 (0.65%) Adobe
9 3 (0.65%) Apple
10 2 (0.43%) Aruba
10 2 (0.43%) CA
10 2 (0.43%) Civica
10 2 (0.43%) IFS
10 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow