Digital Project Manager Job Trends

Digital Project Manager
UK

The median Digital Project Manager salary in the UK is £58,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 614 654 622
Rank change year-on-year +40 -32 +209
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager 33 60 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.056% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.12% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 27 35 78
10th Percentile - £47,900 £33,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £39,460
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £50,794
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +18.12% -15.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,200 - £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,233 £67,500 £42,750
% change year-on-year -18.17% +57.89% -25.65%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 53,639 51,608 49,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.39% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,031 27,303 37,879
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,671 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Digital Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Digital Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Digital Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Digital Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Digital Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Project Manager over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 December 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
England +45 32 £58,000 -3.33% 111
UK excluding London +42 20 £55,233 -18.17% 109
Work from Home +53 18 £60,116 -14.12% 59
North of England +32 14 £46,750 -2.60% 34
London +47 12 £60,000 +7.14% 18
Yorkshire +9 6 £55,233 +15.07% 13
North East - 5 £45,000 - 1
Midlands +27 4 £72,500 +38.10% 15
North West +27 3 £45,000 - 20
West Midlands +24 3 £72,500 +38.10% 9
South West +14 1 £70,000 +30.23% 9
South East +12 1 £65,000 -7.14% 30
East Midlands - 1 - - 6

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Digital Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Digital Project Manager in the job title.

1 14 (42.42%) Project Management
2 10 (30.30%) Agile
3 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (21.21%) Project Delivery
5 5 (15.15%) Budget Management
5 5 (15.15%) PRINCE2
6 4 (12.12%) Coaching
6 4 (12.12%) Digital Identity
6 4 (12.12%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (12.12%) User Experience
7 3 (9.09%) AI
7 3 (9.09%) CMS
7 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.09%) CRM
7 3 (9.09%) Digital Innovation
7 3 (9.09%) Matrix Management
7 3 (9.09%) Project Governance
7 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Identification
8 2 (6.06%) Agile Project Management
8 2 (6.06%) Analytics
8 2 (6.06%) Business Case
8 2 (6.06%) Change Management
8 2 (6.06%) Co-Creation
8 2 (6.06%) Commercial Awareness
8 2 (6.06%) Degree
8 2 (6.06%) Digital Strategy
8 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (6.06%) E-Commerce
8 2 (6.06%) Google

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.09%) CMS
2 1 (3.03%) Headless CMS
2 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.03%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.03%) Google Analytics
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Looker
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
1 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Finance
3 3 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Marketing
5 1 (3.03%) Advertising
5 1 (3.03%) Law
5 1 (3.03%) Legal
5 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) .NET
1 1 (3.03%) CSS
1 1 (3.03%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Project Management
2 10 (30.30%) Agile
3 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (21.21%) Project Delivery
5 5 (15.15%) Budget Management
5 5 (15.15%) PRINCE2
6 4 (12.12%) Coaching
6 4 (12.12%) Digital Identity
6 4 (12.12%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (12.12%) User Experience
7 3 (9.09%) AI
7 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.09%) CRM
7 3 (9.09%) Digital Innovation
7 3 (9.09%) Matrix Management
7 3 (9.09%) Project Governance
7 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Identification
8 2 (6.06%) Agile Project Management
8 2 (6.06%) Programme Management
8 2 (6.06%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
1 2 (6.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) PMO
1 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Google
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) dotdigital
2 1 (3.03%) Hotjar
2 1 (3.03%) Salesforce