IT Project Manager Jobs in the North of England

IT Project Manager
England > North of England

The median IT Project Manager salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 280 346
Rank change year-on-year -40 +66 -65
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 26 107 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.22% 0.59% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.62% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 23 90 82
10th Percentile £44,000 £32,500 £38,775
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,375 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.70% -7.86% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £57,500 £64,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.29% -7.39% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 10,559 17,213 14,859
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 95.07% 89.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,449 13,282 8,075
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the North of England

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in the North of England

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in the North of England

IT Project Manager
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Yorkshire +55 17 £55,000 +12.82% 5
North West -54 9 £55,000 +19.57% 7
IT Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 North of England region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 25 (96.15%) Project Management
2 17 (65.38%) PRINCE2
3 12 (46.15%) Finance
4 11 (42.31%) Agile
5 9 (34.62%) Project Delivery
6 8 (30.77%) Process Improvement
6 8 (30.77%) Law
6 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (26.92%) Degree
7 7 (26.92%) Waterfall
7 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
8 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (23.08%) Project Governance
8 6 (23.08%) Project Planning
9 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
9 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
9 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (15.38%) Budget Management
10 3 (11.54%) Risk Register
10 3 (11.54%) Business Case
10 3 (11.54%) PMO
10 3 (11.54%) Master's Degree
10 3 (11.54%) DevOps
10 3 (11.54%) Business Transformation
10 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (11.54%) Azure
10 3 (11.54%) PMI
10 3 (11.54%) MS Visio

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (11.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.85%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.85%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Law
3 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Advertising
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Local Government
5 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) PMI
2 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (96.15%) Project Management
2 17 (65.38%) PRINCE2
3 11 (42.31%) Agile
4 9 (34.62%) Project Delivery
5 8 (30.77%) Process Improvement
5 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (26.92%) Waterfall
7 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (23.08%) Project Governance
7 6 (23.08%) Project Planning
8 4 (15.38%) Budget Management
8 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
9 3 (11.54%) Business Case
9 3 (11.54%) Business Transformation
9 3 (11.54%) Change Management
9 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (11.54%) DevOps
9 3 (11.54%) Resource Management
9 3 (11.54%) Risk Register
10 2 (7.69%) Planning and Forecasting
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) Master's Degree
2 3 (11.54%) MBA
2 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
2 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) PMO
2 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) SAP