IT Project Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 411 452 342
Rank change year-on-year +41 -110 +78
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 381 336 708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.55% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.61% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 332 286 481
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,210 £38,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £53,250 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.39% +4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,563 54,796 67,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.22% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,186 31,100 42,983
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
North of England +60 113 £48,375 -7.86% 13
Midlands +25 88 £54,000 -4.00% 11
South East +1 86 £52,500 -12.50% 14
North West +39 63 £46,000 -16.36% 7
East Midlands +24 55 £54,000 -1.82% 5
East of England +21 43 £50,000 -9.09% 5
South West -6 40 £48,750 +8.33% 11
West Midlands +4 33 £55,000 -4.35% 6
Yorkshire +80 30 £48,750 +8.33% 4
North East +3 20 £52,500 +5.00% 2
Scotland -53 6 £51,500 -20.77% 2
Wales +9 4 £45,000 -0.83%
Northern Ireland +29 1 £32,500 -22.62%
Channel Islands - 1 - -
IT Project Manager
UK

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 258 (67.72%) Project Management
2 191 (50.13%) Agile
3 159 (41.73%) Social Skills
4 143 (37.53%) PRINCE2
5 140 (36.75%) Waterfall
6 133 (34.91%) Project Delivery
7 100 (26.25%) Finance
8 89 (23.36%) Stakeholder Management
9 73 (19.16%) Change Management
10 66 (17.32%) Degree
11 65 (17.06%) Business Case
12 60 (15.75%) Risk Management
13 57 (14.96%) PMI Certification
14 51 (13.39%) PMP
15 49 (12.86%) Self-Motivation
16 47 (12.34%) Business Change Management
17 42 (11.02%) Microsoft
17 42 (11.02%) Scrum
18 39 (10.24%) JIRA
19 32 (8.40%) Microsoft Project
20 30 (7.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 29 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
21 29 (7.61%) SDLC
21 29 (7.61%) PMO
22 28 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
23 26 (6.82%) ERP
24 25 (6.56%) Business Analysis
25 24 (6.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
26 23 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
27 22 (5.77%) Change Control

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (1.84%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.31%) Confluence
3 1 (0.26%) CMS
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (8.40%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.10%) Trello
4 2 (0.52%) CATIA
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.26%) Primavera
1 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (3.94%) Azure
3 14 (3.67%) SaaS
4 6 (1.57%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.05%) AWS
6 3 (0.79%) Asana
6 3 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.79%) PaaS
7 2 (0.52%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.52%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.26%) Discord
8 1 (0.26%) GCP
8 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.26%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (3.41%) Firewall
3 11 (2.89%) Intranet
4 8 (2.10%) Wireless
5 5 (1.31%) LTE
5 5 (1.31%) TETRA
5 5 (1.31%) VoIP
6 4 (1.05%) LAN
7 3 (0.79%) WAN
8 2 (0.52%) IP Telephony
8 2 (0.52%) Network Security
8 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.52%) WLAN
9 1 (0.26%) DNS
9 1 (0.26%) Extranet
9 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.26%) SAN
9 1 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.57%) Power BI
2 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 39 (10.24%) JIRA
2 2 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 159 (41.73%) Social Skills
2 100 (26.25%) Finance
3 21 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (4.72%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.20%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.94%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.10%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.10%) Marketing
9 7 (1.84%) Billing
9 7 (1.84%) Retail
10 6 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.31%) Electronics
11 5 (1.31%) Law
11 5 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.52%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.52%) Automotive
14 2 (0.52%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.79%) Flash
2 2 (0.52%) REST
2 2 (0.52%) Web Services
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.86%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (4.72%) PMI
3 6 (1.57%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.57%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.31%) NHS
4 5 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (1.05%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.05%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.79%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.52%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.52%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.52%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.26%) FMCG
8 1 (0.26%) Life Science
8 1 (0.26%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.26%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.52%) Windows
1 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (67.72%) Project Management
2 191 (50.13%) Agile
3 143 (37.53%) PRINCE2
4 140 (36.75%) Waterfall
5 133 (34.91%) Project Delivery
6 89 (23.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 73 (19.16%) Change Management
8 65 (17.06%) Business Case
9 60 (15.75%) Risk Management
10 47 (12.34%) Business Change Management
11 42 (11.02%) Scrum
12 29 (7.61%) SDLC
13 28 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (6.82%) ERP
15 25 (6.56%) Business Analysis
16 23 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
17 22 (5.77%) Change Control
18 21 (5.51%) Programme Management
18 21 (5.51%) Service Delivery
19 19 (4.99%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (17.32%) Degree
2 57 (14.96%) PMI Certification
3 51 (13.39%) PMP
4 30 (7.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 24 (6.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 9 (2.36%) Security Cleared
7 8 (2.10%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.05%) CAPM
8 4 (1.05%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.05%) RIBA
9 3 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.52%) CCNA
10 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.26%) APMP
11 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.61%) PMO
2 6 (1.57%) ISO 9001
2 6 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.31%) QA
4 4 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.79%) GDPR
6 2 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.26%) GAMP
7 1 (0.26%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (0.79%) Hyper-V
1 3 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.52%) SmoothWall
2 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (11.02%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.15%) Oracle
3 10 (2.62%) SAP
4 9 (2.36%) Cisco
4 9 (2.36%) VMware
5 7 (1.84%) Anaplan
5 7 (1.84%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.57%) Facebook
7 5 (1.31%) BT
7 5 (1.31%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.31%) YouTube
8 4 (1.05%) Google
8 4 (1.05%) Meraki
9 2 (0.52%) Adobe
9 2 (0.52%) Apple
9 2 (0.52%) Aruba
9 2 (0.52%) CA
9 2 (0.52%) Civica
9 2 (0.52%) IFS
10 1 (0.26%) Sage