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 £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 232 274
Rank change year-on-year -50 +42 -17
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 9 65 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.11% 0.66% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.69% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7 55 26
10th Percentile £47,000 £30,700 £46,875
25th Percentile £51,000 £36,500 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -16.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,750 £51,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.16% -7.39% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 7,357 9,353 6,927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.63% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,011 7,192 4,022
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
Cheshire -3 3 £60,000 +14.29%
Lancashire -90 3 £52,500 +36.36% 3
Manchester +32 1 £54,000 +13.68% 2
Merseyside +27 1 £75,000 +76.47% 1
Cumbria - 1 £56,000 -
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 16 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 West region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Project Management
2 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 5 (55.56%) Waterfall
3 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 5 (55.56%) PRINCE2
4 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
6 2 (22.22%) Degree
6 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (22.22%) PMO
6 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
7 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
7 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (11.11%) Business Change Management
7 1 (11.11%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
7 1 (11.11%) Business Case
7 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
7 1 (11.11%) Contract Management
7 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement

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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (11.11%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (11.11%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (11.11%) Local Government
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Project Management
2 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 5 (55.56%) PRINCE2
3 5 (55.56%) Waterfall
4 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
6 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
7 1 (11.11%) Change Management
7 1 (11.11%) CRM
7 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
7 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
7 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
7 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
7 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft