Technical Project Manager Jobs

Technical Project Manager
UK

The median Technical Project Manager salary in the UK is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 696 711 830
Rank change year-on-year +15 +119 +165
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Project Manager 34 190 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 22 166 107
10th Percentile £51,875 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,125 £48,714 £49,076
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.77% -2.08% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,125 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year +13.04% +6.98% -8.67%

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 50,706 94,386 91,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 94.69% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27,254 67,482 57,423
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Technical Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Project Manager in the UK

Technical Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Project Manager in the UK

Technical Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Project Manager over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Project Manager in the UK

Technical Project Manager
Top 8 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 17 May 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 -8 30 £65,000 +13.04% 82
London +87 19 £60,000 -9.43% 39
UK excluding London +57 11 £65,000 +13.04% 42
Work from Home +83 9 £60,000 - 41
South East +58 7 £70,000 +12.00% 14
Midlands +33 4 £65,000 +18.18% 9
West Midlands +38 3 £65,000 +13.04% 7
East Midlands +10 1 £60,000 +20.00% 2

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Project Manager in the job title.

1 22 (64.71%) Project Management
2 14 (41.18%) Project Delivery
3 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
4 11 (32.35%) Finance
5 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
7 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (20.59%) PRINCE2
7 7 (20.59%) Agile
7 7 (20.59%) Degree
7 7 (20.59%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (17.65%) JIRA
9 5 (14.71%) Project Planning
9 5 (14.71%) QA
9 5 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (14.71%) Data Lake
9 5 (14.71%) Data Centre
9 5 (14.71%) Migration
9 5 (14.71%) Risk Management
9 5 (14.71%) CRM
9 5 (14.71%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (14.71%) Cisco
9 5 (14.71%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (14.71%) PMP
9 5 (14.71%) PMI Certification
9 5 (14.71%) CCNP
9 5 (14.71%) Health Technology
10 4 (11.76%) CCIE
10 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
10 4 (11.76%) PRINCE

Technical 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 3 (8.82%) CMS
1 3 (8.82%) Kentico
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (8.82%) BigCommerce
2 3 (8.82%) ClickUp
2 3 (8.82%) Kontent
2 3 (8.82%) Storyblok
3 2 (5.88%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) Google Sheets
3 2 (5.88%) Lucidchart
3 2 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) LAN
2 2 (5.88%) MQTT
3 1 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) Data Lake
1 5 (14.71%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (11.76%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) JIRA
2 2 (5.88%) MSI
General
1 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Finance
3 7 (20.59%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Health Technology
5 4 (11.76%) Banking
5 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 3 (8.82%) Marketing
7 2 (5.88%) German Language
8 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.94%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Spring
1 1 (2.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Data Centre
1 5 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.82%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.88%) CCTV
4 1 (2.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
1 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Project Management
2 14 (41.18%) Project Delivery
3 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (20.59%) Agile
4 7 (20.59%) PRINCE2
5 5 (14.71%) CRM
5 5 (14.71%) Migration
5 5 (14.71%) Project Planning
5 5 (14.71%) Risk Management
6 4 (11.76%) Change Control
6 4 (11.76%) PRINCE
6 4 (11.76%) Scrum
6 4 (11.76%) SDLC
6 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (8.82%) Data Privacy
7 3 (8.82%) E-Commerce
7 3 (8.82%) Project Governance
7 3 (8.82%) SEO
7 3 (8.82%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) CCNP
2 5 (14.71%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (14.71%) PMI Certification
2 5 (14.71%) PMP
3 4 (11.76%) CCIE
4 2 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.94%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) QA
2 2 (5.88%) ISO 9001
2 2 (5.88%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) Cisco
3 3 (8.82%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.88%) Google
4 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.94%) IBM