IT Project Manager Jobs in the North of England

IT Project Manager
England > North of England

The median IT Project Manager salary in the North of England is £48,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 347 291
Rank change year-on-year +67 -56 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 109 86 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.62% 0.51% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.57% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 91 80 101
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,975 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,813 £58,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £64,125 £61,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 16,796 15,129 17,477
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.56% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,986 8,111 10,905
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,669 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the North of England

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the North of England.

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in the North of England

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in the North of England

IT Project Manager
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
North West +35 64 £46,000 -16.36% 8
Yorkshire +63 25 £48,750 +8.33% 3
North East +7 20 £52,500 - 1
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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 across the North of England region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 70 (64.22%) Project Management
2 48 (44.04%) Agile
3 47 (43.12%) PRINCE2
4 45 (41.28%) Social Skills
5 34 (31.19%) Project Delivery
6 31 (28.44%) Degree
7 29 (26.61%) PMP
8 28 (25.69%) Microsoft
9 26 (23.85%) Waterfall
10 24 (22.02%) PMI Certification
11 21 (19.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (17.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 18 (16.51%) Scrum
13 18 (16.51%) Microsoft Project
14 17 (15.60%) PMO
15 15 (13.76%) JIRA
16 14 (12.84%) ERP
16 14 (12.84%) Finance
16 14 (12.84%) Business Analysis
17 13 (11.93%) Change Management
17 13 (11.93%) Resource Management
17 13 (11.93%) Microsoft 365
18 12 (11.01%) DevOps
18 12 (11.01%) Change Control
18 12 (11.01%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 11 (10.09%) Organisational Skills
19 11 (10.09%) Budget Management
19 11 (10.09%) Matrix Organization
20 9 (8.26%) SDLC
20 9 (8.26%) Business Case

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 18 (16.51%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.93%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (4.59%) SaaS
3 1 (0.92%) AWS
3 1 (0.92%) Azure
3 1 (0.92%) GCP
3 1 (0.92%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.92%) Firewall
1 1 (0.92%) LAN
1 1 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.92%) WAN
1 1 (0.92%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 15 (13.76%) JIRA
2 2 (1.83%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 45 (41.28%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.84%) Finance
3 11 (10.09%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (6.42%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.67%) Retail
6 3 (2.75%) Law
6 3 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.83%) iGaming
7 2 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Marketing
7 2 (1.83%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.92%) French Language
8 1 (0.92%) German Language
8 1 (0.92%) Legal
8 1 (0.92%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) PMI
2 5 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.92%) Life Science
4 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.92%) Windows
1 1 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (64.22%) Project Management
2 48 (44.04%) Agile
3 47 (43.12%) PRINCE2
4 34 (31.19%) Project Delivery
5 26 (23.85%) Waterfall
6 21 (19.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (16.51%) Scrum
8 14 (12.84%) Business Analysis
8 14 (12.84%) ERP
9 13 (11.93%) Change Management
9 13 (11.93%) Resource Management
10 12 (11.01%) Change Control
10 12 (11.01%) DevOps
10 12 (11.01%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 11 (10.09%) Budget Management
11 11 (10.09%) Matrix Organization
12 9 (8.26%) Business Case
12 9 (8.26%) SDLC
13 7 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (6.42%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 31 (28.44%) Degree
2 29 (26.61%) PMP
3 24 (22.02%) PMI Certification
4 19 (17.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (7.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.92%) CCNA
6 1 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.60%) PMO
2 6 (5.50%) QA
3 1 (0.92%) GAMP
3 1 (0.92%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (0.92%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 28 (25.69%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.42%) SAP
3 4 (3.67%) Anaplan
3 4 (3.67%) Cisco
3 4 (3.67%) Google
3 4 (3.67%) Meraki
3 4 (3.67%) Oracle
4 2 (1.83%) CA
5 1 (0.92%) Adobe
5 1 (0.92%) Apple
5 1 (0.92%) Planview
5 1 (0.92%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.92%) VMware