IT Project Lead
UK

The median IT Project Lead salary in the UK is £51,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 880 980 1194
Rank change year-on-year +100 +214 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Leader 14 5 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.005% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.005% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 10
10th Percentile £36,750 - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £42,875 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +19.53% -12.05% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £44,438 £101,563
90th Percentile £97,500 - £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 - £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Leader in the UK

IT Project Leader
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Project Leader.

Salary trend for IT Project Leader in the UK

IT Project Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Leader over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Project Leader in the UK

IT Project Leader
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +133 14 £51,250 +19.53% 1
UK excluding London +30 12 £50,000 - 1
North of England - 8 £50,000 -
Work from Home +108 7 £50,000 -
South East +21 4 - - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £52,500 -
North East - 3 £50,000 -
London +161 2 £95,000 +121.57%
North West - 2 £38,500 -

IT Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, IT Project Leader 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 featuring IT Project Leader in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Project Management
3 7 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
4 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 6 (42.86%) Windows
5 4 (28.57%) DHCP
5 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 4 (28.57%) NHS
5 4 (28.57%) DNS
5 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
5 4 (28.57%) VMware
5 4 (28.57%) Logistics
5 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
5 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (28.57%) Line Management
5 4 (28.57%) Windows 10
5 4 (28.57%) DBS Check
5 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
6 3 (21.43%) Tech Ops
6 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
6 3 (21.43%) Agile
6 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
6 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
7 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
7 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
7 2 (14.29%) IT Governance

IT Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) DHCP
1 4 (28.57%) DNS
2 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) LAN
2 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 2 (14.29%) WAN
2 2 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
3 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 4 (28.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
1 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 4 (28.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Project Management
2 7 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 4 (28.57%) Line Management
3 4 (28.57%) Logistics
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Tech Ops
4 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
5 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (14.29%) IT Governance
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) DBS Check
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) VMware