The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the IT Project Manager role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

IT Project Manager
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank486455502
Rank change year-on-year
Down-31Up+47
Matching permanent IT job ads447488263
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.371 %0.398 %0.275 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.391 %0.422 %0.295 %
Number of salaries quoted382375225
Average salary£49,250£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.50 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£37,500£37,200
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£70,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£47,500£50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26 %-5.00 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

IT Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

IT Project Manager Demand Trend

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the UK.

IT Project Manager Salary Trend

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Project Manager over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

IT Project Manager Salary Histogram

IT Project Manager
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-24413£50,000-
LondonUp+6202£55,000-
South EastDown-8179£47,500-5.00 %
City of LondonUp+2860£60,000+9.09 %
YorkshireUp+1033£43,750-7.89 %
East MidlandsUp+1327£45,000-18.18 %
West YorkshireUp+924£45,000-5.26 %
East of EnglandDown-1824£50,000+21.21 %
SurreyDown-1122£50,000+11.11 %
North WestDown-520£40,000-8.57 %
South WestDown-1320£45,000+5.88 %
ScotlandDown-719£42,500-22.72 %
LeedsDown-318£47,500-
NottinghamshireUp+2317£43,750-20.45 %
NottinghamUp+1515£43,750-20.45 %
ManchesterUp+514£40,000+50.94 %
WalesDown-111£35,000-16.66 %
West SussexDown-1511£50,000-21.56 %
HampshireDown-3111£47,500+3.26 %
BuckinghamshireUp+210£45,750+21.29 %
GloucestershireDown-49£45,000-
OxfordshireUp+88£45,000+60.71 %
BerkshireDown-368£51,250-6.81 %
AberdeenNew entry-8£49,750-
RochdaleNew entry-8£40,000-
South YorkshireDown-37£37,000+4.22 %
South WalesDown-37£35,000-16.66 %
CardiffUp+206£35,000-16.66 %
SheffieldNo change06£39,750+11.97 %
HertfordshireDown-16£50,000+42.85 %

IT Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT Project Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with IT Project Manager in their job title.

1561 (60.26 %)Project Management
2492 (52.85 %)PRINCE2
3323 (34.69 %)Finance
4122 (13.10 %)Retail
5118 (12.67 %)PRINCE2 Certification
6116 (12.46 %)Stakeholder Management
7108 (11.60 %)Banking
8103 (11.06 %)Microsoft
995 (10.20 %)PMI Certification
1089 (9.560 %)Degree
1184 (9.023 %)Agile Software Development
1282 (8.808 %)Risk Management
1378 (8.378 %)E-Commerce
1473 (7.841 %)Service Delivery
1570 (7.519 %)Oracle
1669 (7.411 %)Windows
1767 (7.197 %)PMP
1865 (6.982 %)MS Project
1964 (6.874 %)Scrum
2063 (6.767 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
2162 (6.660 %)Business Analysis
2260 (6.445 %)ITIL
2260 (6.445 %)MS Excel
2359 (6.337 %)Change Management
2457 (6.122 %)Java
2554 (5.800 %).NET
2652 (5.585 %)CRM
2652 (5.585 %)Business Intelligence
2751 (5.478 %)VMware
2849 (5.263 %)PRINCE

IT Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT Project Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with IT Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
154 (5.800 %).NET
227 (2.900 %)J2EE
310 (1.074 %)XML
49 (0.967 %)CSS
58 (0.859 %)HTML
67 (0.752 %)Struts
75 (0.537 %)WebSphere
82 (0.215 %)Web Services
82 (0.215 %)ASP
82 (0.215 %)ASP.NET
91 (0.107 %)COM
91 (0.107 %)XHTML
91 (0.107 %)Middleware
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
131 (3.330 %)SharePoint
213 (1.396 %)MS Exchange
213 (1.396 %)Exchange Server 2010
312 (1.289 %)CMS
47 (0.752 %)ATG Dynamo
55 (0.537 %)SAS
55 (0.537 %)Joomla!
55 (0.537 %)Drupal
55 (0.537 %)WordPress
64 (0.430 %)TIBCO EMS
73 (0.322 %)Office Project Server
73 (0.322 %)Magento
73 (0.322 %)BizTalk Server
82 (0.215 %)Apache
82 (0.215 %)Tomcat
91 (0.107 %)SharePoint 2010
91 (0.107 %)Oracle Workflow
91 (0.107 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (0.107 %)SugarCRM
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
165 (6.982 %)MS Project
260 (6.445 %)MS Excel
342 (4.511 %)MS Office
428 (3.008 %)MS Visio
59 (0.967 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.322 %)InfoPath
72 (0.215 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (0.967 %)Dynamics CRM
25 (0.537 %)Summit
33 (0.322 %)Oracle Retail
42 (0.215 %)Dynamics GP
42 (0.215 %)LatentZero
42 (0.215 %)Oracle ERP
42 (0.215 %)Maximo
42 (0.215 %)SAP Oil and Gas
42 (0.215 %)Dynamics NAV
51 (0.107 %)Adaptiv
51 (0.107 %)SAP Retail
51 (0.107 %)Retail-J
51 (0.107 %)Oracle BPM
51 (0.107 %)Sage 200
51 (0.107 %)Oracle EBS
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
133 (3.545 %)Internet
231 (3.330 %)WAN
322 (2.363 %)LAN
415 (1.611 %)Firewall
513 (1.396 %)SAN
67 (0.752 %)Wireless
76 (0.644 %)Intranet
76 (0.644 %)Extranet
84 (0.430 %)VSAT
93 (0.322 %)Network Security
93 (0.322 %)Broadband
102 (0.215 %)Unified Communications
111 (0.107 %)VoIP
111 (0.107 %)HTTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (2.685 %)Data Warehouse
216 (1.719 %)SQL Server
38 (0.859 %)Oracle 10g
47 (0.752 %)MySQL
56 (0.644 %)Oracle Reports
65 (0.537 %)MS Access
74 (0.430 %)ETL
83 (0.322 %)Crystal Reports
83 (0.322 %)BusinessObjects
83 (0.322 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (0.215 %)QlikView
92 (0.215 %)Oracle BI EE
101 (0.107 %)SQL Server 2008
101 (0.107 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
101 (0.107 %)RDBMS
101 (0.107 %)SQL Server 2005
101 (0.107 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (0.752 %)Eclipse
17 (0.752 %)NetBeans
17 (0.752 %)Subversion
23 (0.322 %)Team Foundation Server
31 (0.107 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.107 %)Rational Rose
31 (0.107 %)WinRunner
31 (0.107 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.107 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1323 (34.69 %)Finance
2122 (13.10 %)Retail
3108 (11.60 %)Banking
443 (4.619 %)Legal
535 (3.759 %)Front Office
634 (3.652 %)Investment Banking
729 (3.115 %)Telecoms
828 (3.008 %)Back Office
926 (2.793 %)Marketing
1014 (1.504 %)Law
1112 (1.289 %)Retail Banking
1112 (1.289 %)International Banking
1210 (1.074 %)Manufacturing
138 (0.859 %)Automotive
147 (0.752 %)Financial Institution
147 (0.752 %)Billing
156 (0.644 %)General Ledger
156 (0.644 %)Advertising
156 (0.644 %)Publishing
165 (0.537 %)Games
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
137 (3.974 %)PMI
222 (2.363 %)EPoS
320 (2.148 %)iSeries
416 (1.719 %)Management Information System
514 (1.504 %)Hedge funds
611 (1.182 %)Visualisation
710 (1.074 %)Computer Science
89 (0.967 %)FMCG
97 (0.752 %)Fixed Income
106 (0.644 %)AS400
106 (0.644 %)Cloud Computing
106 (0.644 %)Credit Risk
106 (0.644 %)Derivative
115 (0.537 %)Life Science
115 (0.537 %)Video Conferencing
115 (0.537 %)BBC
115 (0.537 %)IVR
115 (0.537 %)SaaS
124 (0.430 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
124 (0.430 %)Client/Server
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
169 (7.411 %)Windows
230 (3.222 %)Windows 7
318 (1.933 %)Solaris
416 (1.719 %)UNIX
513 (1.396 %)Linux
612 (1.289 %)Windows Server 2008
77 (0.752 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
77 (0.752 %)Windows XP
81 (0.107 %)Android
81 (0.107 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1561 (60.26 %)Project Management
2492 (52.85 %)PRINCE2
3116 (12.46 %)Stakeholder Management
484 (9.023 %)Agile Software Development
582 (8.808 %)Risk Management
678 (8.378 %)E-Commerce
773 (7.841 %)Service Delivery
864 (6.874 %)Scrum
962 (6.660 %)Business Analysis
1060 (6.445 %)ITIL
1159 (6.337 %)Change Management
1252 (5.585 %)CRM
1252 (5.585 %)Business Intelligence
1349 (5.263 %)PRINCE
1447 (5.048 %)ERP
1539 (4.189 %)Programme Management
1539 (4.189 %)Waterfall
1637 (3.974 %)Matrix Management
1637 (3.974 %)Supplier Management
1734 (3.652 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
157 (6.122 %)Java
232 (3.437 %)SQL
313 (1.396 %)C#
412 (1.289 %)C
59 (0.967 %)RPG
59 (0.967 %)JavaScript
67 (0.752 %)Shell Script
76 (0.644 %)C++
81 (0.107 %)PHP
81 (0.107 %)VBA
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1118 (12.67 %)PRINCE2 Certification
295 (10.20 %)PMI Certification
389 (9.560 %)Degree
467 (7.197 %)PMP
563 (6.767 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
623 (2.470 %)ISEB
717 (1.826 %)ITIL Certification
811 (1.182 %)Security Cleared
811 (1.182 %)APMP
98 (0.859 %)SC Cleared
98 (0.859 %)MCSE
98 (0.859 %)Microsoft Certification
105 (0.537 %)MAPM
114 (0.430 %)MBCS
121 (0.107 %)CFA
121 (0.107 %)ISTQB
121 (0.107 %)CISM
121 (0.107 %)MBA
121 (0.107 %)ISEB Practitioner
121 (0.107 %)CISSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
142 (4.511 %)QA
212 (1.289 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
39 (0.967 %)COBIT
39 (0.967 %)Solvency II
47 (0.752 %)ISO 9001
54 (0.430 %)TickIT
63 (0.322 %)CDISC
72 (0.215 %)Basel III
72 (0.215 %)ISO/IEC 27001
72 (0.215 %)SLA
81 (0.107 %)Basel II
81 (0.107 %)ISO 9000
81 (0.107 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
122 (2.363 %)VMware Infrastructure
214 (1.504 %)Active Directory
312 (1.289 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.107 %)Hyper-V
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.107 %)Tivoli
11 (0.107 %)SCCM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1103 (11.06 %)Microsoft
270 (7.519 %)Oracle
351 (5.478 %)VMware
424 (2.578 %)Cisco
521 (2.256 %)TIBCO
620 (2.148 %)HP
719 (2.041 %)SAP
813 (1.396 %)Thunderhead
99 (0.967 %)ATG
107 (0.752 %)JBoss
107 (0.752 %)Sun
107 (0.752 %)EMC
107 (0.752 %)NetApp
107 (0.752 %)Red Hat
115 (0.537 %)Compaq
115 (0.537 %)JD Edwards
115 (0.537 %)Siebel
115 (0.537 %)IBM
124 (0.430 %)Sage
124 (0.430 %)Baan