Technical Project Manager Job Trends

Technical Project Manager
UK

The median Technical Project Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 621 613 637
Rank change year-on-year -8 +24 +292
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Project Manager 31 138 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.059% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.22% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 19 87 82
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,950 £48,875
25th Percentile £51,875 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £73,438
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £76,305
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.43% +4.55% -4.35%

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 47,047 63,901 50,390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 94.87% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,947 35,849 38,981
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,350 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.30% -4.76% -

Technical Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Technical Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

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

Technical Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Project Manager in the UK

Technical Project Manager
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 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 +6 27 £75,000 +27.66% 62
UK excluding London +9 19 £75,000 +30.43% 35
South West +29 10 £80,000 +100.00% 5
Work from Home +24 10 £67,500 +12.50% 29
London +24 9 £67,500 -1.82% 30
South East +23 3 £52,500 +16.67% 12
East of England +13 3 £95,000 +90.00% 3
Midlands +22 1 - - 6
West Midlands +20 1 - - 5
North West +18 1 £52,500 -16.00% 4
North of England -5 1 £52,500 -16.00% 7
Scotland -8 1 £50,000 -25.93% 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, Technical 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 Technical Project Manager in the job title.

1 22 (70.97%) Agile
2 20 (64.52%) Project Management
3 16 (51.61%) Project Delivery
4 15 (48.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (32.26%) Degree
7 9 (29.03%) JIRA
7 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Project
8 8 (25.81%) Analytics
8 8 (25.81%) Confluence
9 7 (22.58%) Azure
9 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (22.58%) Roadmaps
10 6 (19.35%) AI
10 6 (19.35%) Commercial Awareness
10 6 (19.35%) PRINCE2
10 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
11 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
11 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
11 5 (16.13%) PMI Certification
11 5 (16.13%) PMP
11 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Culture
12 4 (12.90%) Data Governance
12 4 (12.90%) Data Management
12 4 (12.90%) Logistics
12 4 (12.90%) Machine Learning
12 4 (12.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 4 (12.90%) Programme Management
12 4 (12.90%) Resource Allocation

Technical 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 8 (25.81%) Confluence
2 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) AWS
2 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) SD-WAN
1 3 (9.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.23%) Redis
1 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (29.03%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) webpack
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 10 (32.26%) Finance
3 7 (22.58%) Banking
3 7 (22.58%) Telecoms
4 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
5 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.90%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
6 3 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (6.45%) Retail
8 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.23%) Front Office
8 1 (3.23%) Games
8 1 (3.23%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Bootstrap
1 1 (3.23%) CSS
1 1 (3.23%) HTML
1 1 (3.23%) HTML5
1 1 (3.23%) jQuery
1 1 (3.23%) Memcached
1 1 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Cloud Native
1 6 (19.35%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.45%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.23%) Online Games
4 1 (3.23%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Agile
2 20 (64.52%) Project Management
3 16 (51.61%) Project Delivery
4 15 (48.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (25.81%) Analytics
7 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (22.58%) Roadmaps
8 6 (19.35%) AI
8 6 (19.35%) Commercial Awareness
8 6 (19.35%) PRINCE2
8 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
9 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
9 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (12.90%) Data Governance
10 4 (12.90%) Machine Learning
10 4 (12.90%) Programme Management
10 4 (12.90%) Resource Allocation
10 4 (12.90%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Degree
2 5 (16.13%) PMI Certification
2 5 (16.13%) PMP
3 3 (9.68%) CCIE
3 3 (9.68%) CCNP
3 3 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) PMO
1 2 (6.45%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Aruba
2 3 (9.68%) Cisco
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle