IT Project Manager Jobs in England

IT Project Manager
UK > England

The median IT Project Manager salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 591 454 477
Rank change year-on-year -137 +23 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 94 442 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.49% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.52% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 79 381 425
10th Percentile £41,174 £36,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -7.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.71% -8.70% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in England

IT 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 IT Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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 -30 26 £55,000 +12.82% 76
London +45 25 £62,500 -3.85% 29
Yorkshire +53 17 £55,000 +12.82% 33
South East +21 14 £60,000 +14.29% 93
Midlands +16 12 £54,000 - 72
North West -47 9 £55,000 +19.57% 31
South West +75 8 £55,687 +14.82% 37
West Midlands +40 8 £54,000 -1.82% 34
East of England +15 6 £30,000 -44.44% 54
East Midlands -5 4 £38,750 -28.24% 33
IT Project Manager
UK

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 England region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 72 (76.60%) Project Management
2 42 (44.68%) PRINCE2
2 42 (44.68%) Project Delivery
3 38 (40.43%) Agile
4 34 (36.17%) Finance
5 33 (35.11%) Social Skills
6 30 (31.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (22.34%) Waterfall
8 18 (19.15%) Microsoft
9 17 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (17.02%) Degree
11 15 (15.96%) Change Management
12 14 (14.89%) Risk Management
13 12 (12.77%) Law
13 12 (12.77%) Business Case
13 12 (12.77%) Project Governance
13 12 (12.77%) PMO
14 11 (11.70%) Migration
15 10 (10.64%) Process Improvement
15 10 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
16 9 (9.57%) PMP
16 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Project
16 9 (9.57%) SAP
16 9 (9.57%) Project Planning
16 9 (9.57%) QA
16 9 (9.57%) Azure
17 8 (8.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 8 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
18 7 (7.45%) Budget Management
18 7 (7.45%) PMI Certification

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.06%) Confluence
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.06%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (5.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (4.26%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.06%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.57%) Azure
2 4 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.19%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.13%) AWS
5 1 (1.06%) Asana
5 1 (1.06%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.06%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.06%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.06%) SaaS
5 1 (1.06%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.06%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.06%) GIS
1 1 (1.06%) MySQL
1 1 (1.06%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 34 (36.17%) Finance
2 33 (35.11%) Social Skills
3 12 (12.77%) Law
4 10 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.19%) Banking
6 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.19%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.13%) Advertising
7 2 (2.13%) Aviation
7 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.13%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Legal
8 1 (1.06%) Local Government
8 1 (1.06%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.06%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.38%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.32%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.26%) Virtual Team
4 3 (3.19%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.19%) PMI
5 2 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.13%) Tandem
6 1 (1.06%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.06%) IoT
6 1 (1.06%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.32%) Windows
2 3 (3.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.06%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (76.60%) Project Management
2 42 (44.68%) PRINCE2
2 42 (44.68%) Project Delivery
3 38 (40.43%) Agile
4 30 (31.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (22.34%) Waterfall
6 17 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (15.96%) Change Management
8 14 (14.89%) Risk Management
9 12 (12.77%) Business Case
9 12 (12.77%) Project Governance
10 11 (11.70%) Migration
11 10 (10.64%) Process Improvement
12 9 (9.57%) Project Planning
13 8 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (7.45%) Budget Management
15 6 (6.38%) Business Change Management
15 6 (6.38%) Collaborative Working
15 6 (6.38%) Logistics
16 5 (5.32%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.06%) PHP
1 1 (1.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (17.02%) Degree
2 9 (9.57%) PMP
3 8 (8.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 7 (7.45%) PMI Certification
5 4 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (3.19%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.19%) MBA
7 2 (2.13%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.06%) APMP
8 1 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.77%) PMO
2 9 (9.57%) QA
3 3 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.06%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (1.06%) Netcool
Vendors
1 18 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.57%) SAP
3 4 (4.26%) Guidewire
3 4 (4.26%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.19%) OpenText
5 2 (2.13%) Cisco
5 2 (2.13%) IBM
5 2 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.13%) Snow
6 1 (1.06%) Cramer
6 1 (1.06%) Google
6 1 (1.06%) Oracle
6 1 (1.06%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.06%) Zoho