IT Project Manager Jobs in the North West

IT Project Manager
England > North West

The median IT Project Manager salary in the North West is £46,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 268 256
Rank change year-on-year +41 -12 -46
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 66 29 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.67% 0.37% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.41% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 56 26 44
10th Percentile £31,000 £46,875 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,625 £49,063 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £51,500 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £60,875
England median annual salary £53,250 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.39% +4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,331 7,025 8,989
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.29% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,169 4,098 5,355
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the North West

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in the North West

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in the North West

IT Project Manager
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
Manchester +29 25 £47,500 -13.64% 7
Lancashire -1 21 £38,500 -40.77% 2
Merseyside +19 10 £42,500 -15.00%
Cheshire -1 10 £52,500 +22.09%
IT Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 West region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 43 (65.15%) Project Management
2 29 (43.94%) Social Skills
3 21 (31.82%) PRINCE2
4 19 (28.79%) Agile
5 15 (22.73%) Project Delivery
6 14 (21.21%) Degree
7 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (18.18%) Change Management
8 12 (18.18%) Microsoft
9 11 (16.67%) PMP
10 9 (13.64%) ERP
10 9 (13.64%) Waterfall
10 9 (13.64%) SDLC
11 8 (12.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 8 (12.12%) Finance
11 8 (12.12%) Project Planning
12 7 (10.61%) Validation
12 7 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (9.09%) QA
13 6 (9.09%) Manufacturing
13 6 (9.09%) PMI Certification
13 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
14 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Project
14 5 (7.58%) PRINCE
14 5 (7.58%) Adaptive Web Design
14 5 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (7.58%) Sprint Retrospective
14 5 (7.58%) Sprint Planning

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.52%) AWS
2 1 (1.52%) Azure
2 1 (1.52%) GCP
2 1 (1.52%) SaaS
2 1 (1.52%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.52%) Firewall
1 1 (1.52%) LAN
1 1 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.52%) WAN
1 1 (1.52%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) JIRA
1 2 (3.03%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 29 (43.94%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.12%) Finance
3 7 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.06%) Retail
6 3 (4.55%) Law
6 3 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.03%) iGaming
7 2 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.52%) French Language
8 1 (1.52%) German Language
8 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.52%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) PMI
4 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.52%) Life Science
4 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.52%) Windows
1 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (65.15%) Project Management
2 21 (31.82%) PRINCE2
3 19 (28.79%) Agile
4 15 (22.73%) Project Delivery
5 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (18.18%) Change Management
7 9 (13.64%) ERP
7 9 (13.64%) SDLC
7 9 (13.64%) Waterfall
8 8 (12.12%) Project Planning
9 7 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (10.61%) Validation
10 6 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (7.58%) Adaptive Web Design
11 5 (7.58%) Budget Management
11 5 (7.58%) Business Case
11 5 (7.58%) PRINCE
11 5 (7.58%) Sprint Planning
11 5 (7.58%) Sprint Retrospective
12 4 (6.06%) Business Change Management
Qualifications
1 14 (21.21%) Degree
2 11 (16.67%) PMP
3 8 (12.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 6 (9.09%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.52%) CCNA
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.09%) QA
2 4 (6.06%) PMO
3 1 (1.52%) GAMP
3 1 (1.52%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.06%) Cisco
2 4 (6.06%) Meraki
3 3 (4.55%) SAP
4 2 (3.03%) CA
5 1 (1.52%) Adobe
5 1 (1.52%) Apple
5 1 (1.52%) Planview
5 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.52%) VMware