IT Project Manager
UK

The median IT Project Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 391 473 492
Rank change year-on-year +82 +19 +87
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 381 797 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 0.65% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.68% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 349 639 606
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,625
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,185 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.34% +0.34% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% +5.00% +1.78%

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 50,561 117,203 121,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.41% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 36,942 73,752 84,378
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,798 £32,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 +96 363 £55,000 -1.79% 86
UK excluding London +67 257 £54,000 +2.86% 79
Work from Home +49 191 £54,147 -1.55% 152
London +148 117 £70,000 +7.69% 19
North of England +92 79 £52,500 +5.00% 25
Yorkshire +100 51 £45,000 - 9
South East +78 51 £55,000 -6.38% 14
Midlands +56 47 £54,000 -1.82% 16
South West +66 45 £45,000 -10.00% 11
West Midlands +75 28 £54,075 -1.68% 11
North West +92 24 £55,000 - 14
East of England +108 23 £50,750 +6.84% 2
East Midlands +31 19 £54,000 -1.82% 5
Scotland +25 9 £65,000 - 9
North East +20 4 £52,500 +31.25% 2
Northern Ireland +33 2 £70,000 +57.30% 1
Wales +8 1 £39,428 -21.14% 2

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 2023, 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 featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 250 (65.62%) Project Management
2 191 (50.13%) Agile
3 148 (38.85%) Finance
4 146 (38.32%) Waterfall
5 144 (37.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 138 (36.22%) Social Skills
7 122 (32.02%) Project Delivery
8 118 (30.97%) PRINCE2
9 64 (16.80%) Microsoft
10 54 (14.17%) Retail
10 54 (14.17%) Business Case
11 52 (13.65%) Change Management
12 46 (12.07%) Risk Management
13 43 (11.29%) Degree
14 36 (9.45%) ERP
15 33 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
16 32 (8.40%) Budget Management
17 31 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 30 (7.87%) Microsoft Project
18 30 (7.87%) PMI Certification
19 28 (7.35%) Programme Management
19 28 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
20 27 (7.09%) PMO
21 26 (6.82%) Business Change Management
22 24 (6.30%) SAP
22 24 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
22 24 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
23 23 (6.04%) Scrum
23 23 (6.04%) Documentation Skills
24 22 (5.77%) JIRA

IT Project Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.36%) Confluence
2 6 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.26%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 33 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (7.87%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.31%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.10%) SAP EWM
2 4 (1.05%) Primavera
3 2 (0.52%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.52%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Maximo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 24 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (4.46%) Azure
3 11 (2.89%) SaaS
4 8 (2.10%) AWS
4 8 (2.10%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.79%) PaaS
6 3 (0.79%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.52%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.52%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.57%) SD-WAN
2 6 (1.57%) Structured Cabling
3 5 (1.31%) WAN
4 3 (0.79%) Intranet
5 2 (0.52%) Firewall
5 2 (0.52%) LAN
5 2 (0.52%) MPLS
5 2 (0.52%) VLAN
6 1 (0.26%) DHCP
6 1 (0.26%) DNS
6 1 (0.26%) Extranet
6 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) SAN
6 1 (0.26%) SSL
6 1 (0.26%) VoIP
6 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.10%) Power BI
2 3 (0.79%) GIS
3 1 (0.26%) Big Data
3 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 22 (5.77%) JIRA
2 2 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.26%) Eclipse
General
1 148 (38.85%) Finance
2 138 (36.22%) Social Skills
3 54 (14.17%) Retail
4 31 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (6.04%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (5.51%) Manufacturing
6 21 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (4.72%) Legal
8 17 (4.46%) Banking
8 17 (4.46%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.15%) Back Office
9 12 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.89%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.62%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (2.10%) Law
13 5 (1.31%) Marketing
14 4 (1.05%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.05%) International Banking
15 3 (0.79%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (3.41%) Data Centre
2 13 (3.41%) PMI
3 12 (3.15%) Driving Licence
4 8 (2.10%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.31%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.79%) NHS
8 2 (0.52%) EPoS
8 2 (0.52%) SCADA
8 2 (0.52%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.26%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.26%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.26%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.62%) Windows
2 5 (1.31%) Windows 10
2 5 (1.31%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.26%) Android
3 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.26%) Linux
3 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (65.62%) Project Management
2 191 (50.13%) Agile
3 146 (38.32%) Waterfall
4 144 (37.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 122 (32.02%) Project Delivery
6 118 (30.97%) PRINCE2
7 54 (14.17%) Business Case
8 52 (13.65%) Change Management
9 46 (12.07%) Risk Management
10 36 (9.45%) ERP
11 32 (8.40%) Budget Management
12 28 (7.35%) Programme Management
13 26 (6.82%) Business Change Management
14 23 (6.04%) Scrum
15 21 (5.51%) ITIL
16 19 (4.99%) Conflict Resolution
16 19 (4.99%) People Management
16 19 (4.99%) Project Planning
17 18 (4.72%) Matrix Organization
17 18 (4.72%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.26%) C
1 1 (0.26%) C++
1 1 (0.26%) Java
1 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 43 (11.29%) Degree
2 30 (7.87%) PMI Certification
3 21 (5.51%) PMP
4 16 (4.20%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.20%) Security Cleared
5 15 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 14 (3.67%) DBS Check
7 13 (3.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (2.10%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.05%) RIBA
10 2 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.52%) ISEB
11 1 (0.26%) CBAP
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.09%) PMO
2 7 (1.84%) QA
3 2 (0.52%) GDPR
3 2 (0.52%) SLA
4 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.52%) SCCM
2 1 (0.26%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 64 (16.80%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.30%) SAP
3 10 (2.62%) Oracle
4 8 (2.10%) Anaplan
5 4 (1.05%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.05%) VMware
6 3 (0.79%) Cisco
6 3 (0.79%) eFront
6 3 (0.79%) Sage
7 2 (0.52%) Aderant
7 2 (0.52%) Ceridian
7 2 (0.52%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.52%) iManage
7 2 (0.52%) Juniper
7 2 (0.52%) Planview
7 2 (0.52%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.52%) Workday
8 1 (0.26%) Genesys
8 1 (0.26%) HP
8 1 (0.26%) Intapp