Digital Project Manager Job Trends in England

Digital Project Manager
UK > England

The median Digital Project Manager salary in England is £58,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 574 608 583
Rank change year-on-year +34 -25 +210
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager 28 53 85
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.054% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.12% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 23 30 73
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,050 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,875 £50,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,400 - £67,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £50,794
% change year-on-year -3.33% +18.12% -15.34%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 47,259 45,849 43,468
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 92.93% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 29,657 24,316 34,123
10th Percentile £28,528 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Digital Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Digital Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Digital Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

Digital Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Digital Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Digital Project Manager job vacancies in England

Digital Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Project Manager in England

Digital 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 Digital Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
London +37 12 £60,000 +7.14% 17
North of England +29 11 £48,500 +1.04% 6
Midlands +24 4 £72,500 +63.61% 2
Yorkshire -2 4 £55,233 +15.07% 1
North East - 4 £55,000 -
North West +36 3 £45,000 - 5
West Midlands +28 3 £72,500 +63.61% 2
South West +13 1 £70,000 +30.23%
East Midlands - 1 - -
Digital Project Manager
UK

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, Digital Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Digital Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (46.43%) Project Management
2 9 (32.14%) Agile
3 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (17.86%) Budget Management
5 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
6 4 (14.29%) Coaching
6 4 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (10.71%) AI
7 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (10.71%) CRM
7 3 (10.71%) Matrix Management
7 3 (10.71%) Project Governance
7 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Identification
7 3 (10.71%) User Experience
8 2 (7.14%) Agile Project Management
8 2 (7.14%) Business Case
8 2 (7.14%) Change Management
8 2 (7.14%) CMS
8 2 (7.14%) Commercial Awareness
8 2 (7.14%) Degree
8 2 (7.14%) Digital Identity
8 2 (7.14%) Digital Innovation
8 2 (7.14%) Digital Strategy
8 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (7.14%) E-Commerce
8 2 (7.14%) JIRA
8 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
8 2 (7.14%) Minimum Viable Product

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) CMS
2 1 (3.57%) Headless CMS
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.57%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.57%) Google Analytics
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
1 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Advertising
5 1 (3.57%) Law
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Project Management
2 9 (32.14%) Agile
3 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (17.86%) Budget Management
5 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
6 4 (14.29%) Coaching
6 4 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (10.71%) AI
7 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (10.71%) CRM
7 3 (10.71%) Matrix Management
7 3 (10.71%) Project Governance
7 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Identification
7 3 (10.71%) User Experience
8 2 (7.14%) Change Management
8 2 (7.14%) E-Commerce
8 2 (7.14%) Programme Management
8 2 (7.14%) Risk Management
8 2 (7.14%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) Degree
1 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) PMO
1 1 (3.57%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) dotdigital
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce