Principal Project Manager Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets

Principal Project Manager
UK

As of 6 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Project Manager salary in the UK.

	6 months to 6 Nov 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	729	721
Rank change year-on-year	-	-8	+397
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Project Manager	0	6	2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	-	0.009%	0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category	-	0.009%	0.004%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
UK excluding London median annual salary	-	-	-

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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	45,153	64,335	50,468
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	90.08%	95.04%	95.49%
Number of salaries quoted	28,095	36,400	39,152
10^th Percentile	£28,250	£31,250	£31,500
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£42,200	£42,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£57,410	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-8.55%	-4.32%	-
75^th Percentile	£73,750	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£46,000	£50,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	-8.00%	-4.76%	-

Principal Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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