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 £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 436 444
Rank change year-on-year -74 +8 -116
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 72 362 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.50% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.53% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 61 313 276
10th Percentile £40,750 £36,750 £42,210
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £56,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £56,373 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.38% -8.70% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 35,201 68,043 52,511
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 94.85% 89.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17,750 48,018 29,945
10th Percentile £26,929 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,325
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -6.24% +6.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 22 May 2025.

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 22 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
North of England -30 26 £55,000 +12.82% 13
Yorkshire +59 17 £55,000 +12.82% 7
South East +28 17 £60,000 +14.29% 25
Midlands -14 12 £54,000 - 15
North West -55 9 £55,000 +19.57% 7
South West +72 8 £55,687 +14.82% 3
West Midlands +50 8 £54,000 -1.82% 13
East of England +7 6 £30,000 -44.44% 4
East Midlands -24 4 £38,750 -28.24% 2
Wales +41 2 £64,000 +42.22% 2
Scotland +121 1 £65,000 +26.21% 6
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 22 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 57 (79.17%) Project Management
2 31 (43.06%) PRINCE2
2 31 (43.06%) Finance
3 29 (40.28%) Project Delivery
4 27 (37.50%) Social Skills
5 26 (36.11%) Agile
6 22 (30.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (23.61%) Waterfall
8 15 (20.83%) Degree
8 15 (20.83%) Change Management
9 14 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (18.06%) Microsoft
11 12 (16.67%) Risk Management
12 11 (15.28%) Law
12 11 (15.28%) Business Case
13 9 (12.50%) Process Improvement
14 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (11.11%) QA
14 8 (11.11%) Project Planning
14 8 (11.11%) Budget Management
14 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
15 7 (9.72%) PMO
15 7 (9.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 7 (9.72%) Project Governance
15 7 (9.72%) PMI Certification
16 6 (8.33%) PMP
16 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
16 6 (8.33%) Migration
16 6 (8.33%) Logistics
16 6 (8.33%) Business Change Management

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 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.56%) MS Visio
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.94%) Azure
2 3 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (2.78%) AWS
3 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.39%) Asana
4 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.39%) GIS
1 1 (1.39%) MySQL
1 1 (1.39%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 31 (43.06%) Finance
2 27 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.28%) Law
4 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.56%) Banking
7 3 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.17%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.78%) Aviation
8 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.39%) Advertising
9 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.39%) Legal
9 1 (1.39%) Local Government
9 1 (1.39%) Retail
9 1 (1.39%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.94%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.56%) PMI
3 3 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.17%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.78%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.39%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.39%) IoT
5 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.39%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.78%) Windows
1 2 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (79.17%) Project Management
2 31 (43.06%) PRINCE2
3 29 (40.28%) Project Delivery
4 26 (36.11%) Agile
5 22 (30.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (23.61%) Waterfall
7 15 (20.83%) Change Management
8 14 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (16.67%) Risk Management
10 11 (15.28%) Business Case
11 9 (12.50%) Process Improvement
12 8 (11.11%) Budget Management
12 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (11.11%) Project Planning
13 7 (9.72%) Project Governance
14 6 (8.33%) Business Change Management
14 6 (8.33%) Logistics
14 6 (8.33%) Migration
15 5 (6.94%) Business Transformation
15 5 (6.94%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.39%) PHP
1 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (20.83%) Degree
2 7 (9.72%) PMI Certification
2 7 (9.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 6 (8.33%) PMP
4 3 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.17%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.17%) MBA
5 1 (1.39%) APMP
5 1 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.11%) QA
2 7 (9.72%) PMO
3 2 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.39%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (1.39%) Netcool
Vendors
1 13 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.94%) SAP
3 2 (2.78%) Cisco
3 2 (2.78%) IBM
3 2 (2.78%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.39%) Cramer
4 1 (1.39%) Google
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle
4 1 (1.39%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.39%) Snow
4 1 (1.39%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.39%) Zoho