IT Project Manager Job Trends 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 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 520 367
Rank change year-on-year +29 -153 +85
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 114 157 340
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.33% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.35% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 91 120 311
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,919 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,375 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £56,750 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.89% +2.27% -4.35%

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 47,747 44,477 47,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.70% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30,178 23,217 36,932
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in England

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

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 13 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 +41 33 £80,000 +27.49% 7
Midlands +24 29 £55,000 +1.85% 10
North of England +23 27 £55,000 -2.22% 8
North West +22 15 £55,000 -6.37% 5
East Midlands -8 15 £55,000 +1.85% 2
West Midlands +22 14 £60,000 +12.68% 8
South East +9 10 £52,500 -10.64% 15
Yorkshire -8 10 £52,500 -3.67% 3
East of England +22 8 £55,000 +1.85% 2
South West +7 7 £46,250 -14.35% 3
North East - 2 £65,000 -
IT Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, IT 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 IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 71 (62.28%) Project Management
2 69 (60.53%) Agile
3 47 (41.23%) Project Delivery
4 46 (40.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (34.21%) PRINCE2
6 36 (31.58%) Waterfall
7 33 (28.95%) Change Management
8 31 (27.19%) Business Case
9 29 (25.44%) Risk Management
10 23 (20.18%) PMP
11 22 (19.30%) PMI Certification
12 19 (16.67%) Business Analysis
12 19 (16.67%) Business Change Management
13 17 (14.91%) Degree
13 17 (14.91%) Microsoft
13 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 15 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
16 13 (11.40%) Azure
16 13 (11.40%) Cybersecurity
17 12 (10.53%) PMO
17 12 (10.53%) Roadmaps
18 11 (9.65%) CRM
18 11 (9.65%) Decision-Making
18 11 (9.65%) JIRA
19 10 (8.77%) Data Protection
20 9 (7.89%) Budget Management
20 9 (7.89%) SharePoint
21 8 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
22 7 (6.14%) AI

IT 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 9 (7.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) LiveLink
Applications
1 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (11.40%) Azure
3 7 (6.14%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.26%) Power Automate
4 6 (5.26%) SaaS
5 4 (3.51%) AWS
5 4 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (3.51%) ChatGPT
5 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (3.51%) PaaS
6 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.75%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.88%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.51%) Unified Communications
2 3 (2.63%) Firewall
2 3 (2.63%) WAN
3 2 (1.75%) LAN
3 2 (1.75%) Network Security
3 2 (1.75%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.39%) Power BI
2 4 (3.51%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 11 (9.65%) JIRA
General
1 57 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 43 (37.72%) Finance
3 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.14%) Legal
5 6 (5.26%) Banking
5 6 (5.26%) Law
5 6 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.26%) Retail
6 5 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.51%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.63%) Police
8 3 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.75%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.88%) Advertising
10 1 (0.88%) German Language
10 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Marketing
10 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.02%) Management Information System
1 8 (7.02%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.51%) AI Agents
2 4 (3.51%) Digital Media
2 4 (3.51%) Enterprise Cloud
2 4 (3.51%) PMI
3 2 (1.75%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.75%) FMCG
3 2 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.75%) Private Cloud
3 2 (1.75%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.75%) PropTech
3 2 (1.75%) Reinsurance
3 2 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.88%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.63%) Windows
2 2 (1.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (62.28%) Project Management
2 69 (60.53%) Agile
3 47 (41.23%) Project Delivery
4 46 (40.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (34.21%) PRINCE2
6 36 (31.58%) Waterfall
7 33 (28.95%) Change Management
8 31 (27.19%) Business Case
9 29 (25.44%) Risk Management
10 19 (16.67%) Business Analysis
10 19 (16.67%) Business Change Management
11 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (11.40%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (10.53%) Roadmaps
15 11 (9.65%) CRM
15 11 (9.65%) Decision-Making
16 10 (8.77%) Data Protection
17 9 (7.89%) Budget Management
18 8 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (20.18%) PMP
2 22 (19.30%) PMI Certification
3 17 (14.91%) Degree
4 4 (3.51%) IIBA
5 3 (2.63%) CAPM
6 2 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.75%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.88%) FFIEC
7 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.53%) PMO
2 7 (6.14%) QA
3 2 (1.75%) Basel III
3 2 (1.75%) GDPR
3 2 (1.75%) MiFID
4 1 (0.88%) FINRA
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.51%) Alteryx
2 4 (3.51%) Anaplan
2 4 (3.51%) Civica
3 2 (1.75%) Atlassian
3 2 (1.75%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.88%) Databricks
4 1 (0.88%) F5
4 1 (0.88%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.88%) IFS
4 1 (0.88%) Talend