IT Project Manager Jobs in the South East

IT Project Manager
England > South East

The median IT Project Manager salary in the South East is £52,500 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 310 318 268
Rank change year-on-year +8 -50 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 82 91 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.49% 0.62% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.69% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 73 70 173
10th Percentile £32,500 £46,250 £39,250
25th Percentile £47,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £58,850
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +1.95% +17.70%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £53,250 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.39% +4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,768 13,202 19,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 90.39% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,324 8,288 12,502
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the South East

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in the South East

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in the South East

IT Project Manager
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +5 33 £54,000 -1.82% 3
Surrey +8 28 £51,750 -17.20% 4
Berkshire +38 16 £57,500 +28.73% 1
Hampshire -18 11 £47,500 -16.48% 5
Buckinghamshire -33 11 £54,000 -1.82% 1
Kent +3 6 £52,500 -
Oxfordshire +3 6 £52,000 +9.47% 1
West Sussex +38 4 £54,151 - 1
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 59 (71.95%) Project Management
2 46 (56.10%) Agile
3 36 (43.90%) Waterfall
4 35 (42.68%) PRINCE2
5 28 (34.15%) Social Skills
6 19 (23.17%) Project Delivery
7 14 (17.07%) Finance
8 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (14.63%) PMI Certification
8 12 (14.63%) Degree
8 12 (14.63%) Matrix Management
9 11 (13.41%) Service Delivery
9 11 (13.41%) Programme Management
10 10 (12.20%) Project Governance
10 10 (12.20%) Business Case
10 10 (12.20%) Public Sector
11 9 (10.98%) PMI
11 9 (10.98%) Risk Management
12 8 (9.76%) Scrum
13 7 (8.54%) Change Management
13 7 (8.54%) SC Cleared
13 7 (8.54%) JIRA
13 7 (8.54%) Security Cleared
13 7 (8.54%) Business Change Management
13 7 (8.54%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (7.32%) Microsoft
15 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Project
15 5 (6.10%) Process Management
15 5 (6.10%) PRINCE2 Certification

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (2.44%) Confluence
1 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (6.10%) Trello
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.44%) CATIA
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.66%) Asana
1 3 (3.66%) Azure
1 3 (3.66%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.44%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (2.44%) Firewall
2 2 (2.44%) LAN
2 2 (2.44%) Wireless
2 2 (2.44%) WLAN
3 1 (1.22%) SAN
3 1 (1.22%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (8.54%) JIRA
General
1 28 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.07%) Finance
3 10 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.66%) Marketing
5 3 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.44%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.44%) Automotive
7 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.22%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) Flash
2 2 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.98%) PMI
2 7 (8.54%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.88%) NHS
4 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.66%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.66%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.44%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (71.95%) Project Management
2 46 (56.10%) Agile
3 36 (43.90%) Waterfall
4 35 (42.68%) PRINCE2
5 19 (23.17%) Project Delivery
6 12 (14.63%) Matrix Management
6 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (13.41%) Programme Management
7 11 (13.41%) Service Delivery
8 10 (12.20%) Business Case
8 10 (12.20%) Project Governance
9 9 (10.98%) Risk Management
10 8 (9.76%) Scrum
11 7 (8.54%) Business Change Management
11 7 (8.54%) Change Management
11 7 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (6.10%) Knowledge Management
12 5 (6.10%) Presales
12 5 (6.10%) Process Management
12 5 (6.10%) Sprint Planning
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) Degree
1 12 (14.63%) PMI Certification
2 7 (8.54%) SC Cleared
2 7 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (3.66%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.66%) PMP
4 3 (3.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.10%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) Hyper-V
1 2 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.88%) YouTube
3 2 (2.44%) Aruba
3 2 (2.44%) Civica
3 2 (2.44%) IFS
3 2 (2.44%) VMware
4 1 (1.22%) Adobe
4 1 (1.22%) Apple