IT Project Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £51,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 429 453 332
Rank change year-on-year +24 -121 +99
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 360 334 754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.56% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.63% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 311 277 499
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,210 £38,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £69,000
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,946 52,777 68,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.21% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,984 30,164 42,468
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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 +67 109 £48,750 -7.14% 11
Midlands +11 83 £54,000 -6.09% 18
South East -12 80 £52,500 -12.50% 16
North West +35 64 £46,000 -16.36% 8
East Midlands +31 57 £54,000 -11.84% 2
East of England 0 39 £54,000 -1.82% 2
South West -8 38 £48,500 +7.78% 6
West Midlands -19 26 £55,000 - 16
Yorkshire +63 25 £48,750 +8.33% 3
North East +7 20 £52,500 - 1
Scotland -70 6 £51,500 -20.77%
Wales +2 4 £45,000 +9.09% 2
Northern Ireland +23 1 £32,500 -22.62%
Channel Islands - 1 - -
IT Project Manager
UK

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 239 (66.39%) Project Management
2 177 (49.17%) Agile
3 153 (42.50%) Social Skills
4 135 (37.50%) PRINCE2
5 130 (36.11%) Waterfall
6 124 (34.44%) Project Delivery
7 84 (23.33%) Finance
8 82 (22.78%) Stakeholder Management
9 72 (20.00%) Change Management
10 62 (17.22%) Degree
11 61 (16.94%) Business Case
12 56 (15.56%) Risk Management
13 53 (14.72%) PMI Certification
14 50 (13.89%) PMP
15 46 (12.78%) Self-Motivation
16 44 (12.22%) Business Change Management
17 41 (11.39%) Microsoft
18 40 (11.11%) Scrum
19 37 (10.28%) JIRA
20 32 (8.89%) Microsoft Project
21 30 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 30 (8.33%) PMO
22 29 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
23 28 (7.78%) SDLC
24 27 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
25 25 (6.94%) Business Analysis
26 24 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
27 22 (6.11%) ERP
27 22 (6.11%) Change Control
28 20 (5.56%) Cybersecurity

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.11%) Confluence
3 1 (0.28%) CMS
Applications
1 32 (8.89%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.22%) Trello
4 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.56%) CATIA
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (3.61%) Azure
3 12 (3.33%) SaaS
4 6 (1.67%) Power Platform
5 3 (0.83%) Asana
5 3 (0.83%) AWS
5 3 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.83%) PaaS
5 3 (0.83%) WhatsApp
6 2 (0.56%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.28%) Discord
7 1 (0.28%) GCP
7 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.28%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.61%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (3.33%) Firewall
3 11 (3.06%) Intranet
4 8 (2.22%) Wireless
5 5 (1.39%) LTE
5 5 (1.39%) TETRA
6 4 (1.11%) LAN
6 4 (1.11%) VoIP
7 3 (0.83%) WAN
8 2 (0.56%) IP Telephony
8 2 (0.56%) Network Security
8 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.56%) WLAN
9 1 (0.28%) DNS
9 1 (0.28%) Extranet
9 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.67%) Power BI
2 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 37 (10.28%) JIRA
2 2 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 153 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 84 (23.33%) Finance
3 19 (5.28%) Manufacturing
4 17 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.17%) Telecoms
6 14 (3.89%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.22%) Marketing
8 8 (2.22%) Retail
9 7 (1.94%) Billing
10 6 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.67%) Law
10 6 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.39%) Electronics
12 3 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.83%) Legal
12 3 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.56%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.56%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.83%) Flash
2 2 (0.56%) REST
2 2 (0.56%) Web Services
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.78%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (4.17%) PMI
3 5 (1.39%) Driving Licence
3 5 (1.39%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.39%) NHS
4 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
5 3 (0.83%) FMCG
5 3 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (0.83%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.56%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.56%) Digital Media
6 2 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.56%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.28%) Life Science
7 1 (0.28%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.28%) Robotics
7 1 (0.28%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.56%) Windows
1 2 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (66.39%) Project Management
2 177 (49.17%) Agile
3 135 (37.50%) PRINCE2
4 130 (36.11%) Waterfall
5 124 (34.44%) Project Delivery
6 82 (22.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 72 (20.00%) Change Management
8 61 (16.94%) Business Case
9 56 (15.56%) Risk Management
10 44 (12.22%) Business Change Management
11 40 (11.11%) Scrum
12 28 (7.78%) SDLC
13 27 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (6.94%) Business Analysis
15 22 (6.11%) Change Control
15 22 (6.11%) ERP
16 20 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
16 20 (5.56%) Roadmaps
17 19 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (5.28%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (17.22%) Degree
2 53 (14.72%) PMI Certification
3 50 (13.89%) PMP
4 30 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 24 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 9 (2.50%) Security Cleared
7 8 (2.22%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.11%) CAPM
9 4 (1.11%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.56%) CCNA
10 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.28%) APMP
11 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.33%) PMO
2 6 (1.67%) ISO 9001
2 6 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.67%) QA
3 4 (1.11%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.56%) GDPR
5 1 (0.28%) GAMP
5 1 (0.28%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (0.83%) Hyper-V
1 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.56%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 41 (11.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.33%) Oracle
3 9 (2.50%) Cisco
3 9 (2.50%) SAP
4 8 (2.22%) VMware
5 7 (1.94%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.67%) Facebook
7 5 (1.39%) BT
7 5 (1.39%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.39%) YouTube
8 4 (1.11%) Anaplan
8 4 (1.11%) Google
8 4 (1.11%) Meraki
9 2 (0.56%) Adobe
9 2 (0.56%) Apple
9 2 (0.56%) Aruba
9 2 (0.56%) CA
9 2 (0.56%) Civica
9 2 (0.56%) IFS
10 1 (0.28%) Instagram