ICT Project Manager
UK

The median ICT Project Manager salary in the UK is £39,721 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 887 981 1179
Rank change year-on-year +94 +198 -279
Permanent jobs requiring an ICT Project Manager 7 4 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.004% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.004% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 15
10th Percentile £38,422 - -
25th Percentile £38,679 £32,779 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,721 £37,591 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -31.03% +3.37%
75th Percentile £40,762 £44,003 £55,250
90th Percentile £46,305 - £61,732
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,721 £37,591 £53,000
% change year-on-year +5.67% -29.07% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

ICT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ICT Project Manager in the UK

ICT Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ICT Project Manager in the UK

ICT Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ICT Project Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for ICT Project Manager in the UK

ICT Project Manager
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Project Manager within the UK 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
UK excluding London +25 7 £39,721 +5.67% 1
England +126 6 £39,721 +5.67% 1
South East - 4 £39,721 -
Work from Home - 3 £39,721 -
East of England - 2 - -
Wales - 1 £50,000 -

ICT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, ICT 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 featuring ICT Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 5 (71.43%) PRINCE2
3 4 (57.14%) Knowledge Management
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Register
4 3 (42.86%) Local Government
4 3 (42.86%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) Time Management
5 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) Primavera
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (28.57%) Coaching
5 2 (28.57%) People Management
5 2 (28.57%) Proactive Management
6 1 (14.29%) Change Advisory Board
6 1 (14.29%) Social Skills

ICT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Primavera
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Local Government
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 5 (71.43%) PRINCE2
3 4 (57.14%) Knowledge Management
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Register
4 3 (42.86%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) Coaching
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) People Management
5 2 (28.57%) Proactive Management
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Time Management
6 1 (14.29%) Change Advisory Board
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft