IT Project Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 450 416 340
Rank change year-on-year -34 -76 +106
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 354 341 759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.61% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.69% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 306 287 511
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,375
25th Percentile £43,750 £44,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £54,600 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +4.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,388
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +0.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,674 49,280 72,604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 88.84% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 52,932 29,318 42,781
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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 of England +35 104 £48,750 -4.88% 10
Midlands -9 82 £54,000 -1.82% 21
South East -35 79 £52,500 -10.64% 11
North West +17 66 £47,500 -13.64% 8
East Midlands +2 55 £54,000 -13.60% 4
East of England -11 39 £54,000 +1.41% 2
South West -29 38 £48,750 +8.33% 8
West Midlands -36 27 £55,000 - 17
Yorkshire +26 21 £48,750 +8.33% 2
North East -9 17 £52,500 -
Scotland -63 6 £54,500 -16.15% 2
Wales +10 5 £45,000 +9.09% 1
Northern Ireland +19 1 £32,500 -22.62% 1
Channel Islands - 1 - -
IT Project Manager
UK

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 231 (65.25%) Project Management
2 171 (48.31%) Agile
3 158 (44.63%) Social Skills
4 129 (36.44%) PRINCE2
5 126 (35.59%) Project Delivery
6 125 (35.31%) Waterfall
7 89 (25.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 83 (23.45%) Finance
9 75 (21.19%) Change Management
10 62 (17.51%) Business Case
11 59 (16.67%) Degree
12 58 (16.38%) Risk Management
13 49 (13.84%) Self-Motivation
14 48 (13.56%) PMI Certification
15 46 (12.99%) PMP
15 46 (12.99%) Business Change Management
16 43 (12.15%) Microsoft
17 38 (10.73%) Scrum
18 35 (9.89%) JIRA
19 29 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
19 29 (8.19%) Microsoft Project
20 28 (7.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
20 28 (7.91%) PMO
21 27 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
21 27 (7.63%) SDLC
22 26 (7.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
23 25 (7.06%) Business Analysis
24 24 (6.78%) Project Planning
25 20 (5.65%) ERP
26 19 (5.37%) ITIL

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.85%) Confluence
3 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.28%) CMS
Applications
1 29 (8.19%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.26%) Trello
4 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.56%) CATIA
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) Maximo
1 1 (0.28%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 27 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (3.67%) Azure
3 11 (3.11%) SaaS
4 7 (1.98%) Power Platform
5 3 (0.85%) Asana
5 3 (0.85%) AWS
5 3 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (0.85%) WhatsApp
6 2 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.56%) Miro
6 2 (0.56%) PaaS
6 2 (0.56%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.28%) Discord
7 1 (0.28%) GCP
7 1 (0.28%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.28%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.39%) Firewall
1 12 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (2.82%) Intranet
3 8 (2.26%) Wireless
4 5 (1.41%) LTE
4 5 (1.41%) TETRA
5 4 (1.13%) LAN
5 4 (1.13%) VoIP
6 2 (0.56%) IP Telephony
6 2 (0.56%) Network Security
6 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.56%) WAN
6 2 (0.56%) WLAN
7 1 (0.28%) DNS
7 1 (0.28%) Extranet
7 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.69%) Power BI
2 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (9.89%) JIRA
2 2 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 158 (44.63%) Social Skills
2 83 (23.45%) Finance
3 17 (4.80%) Manufacturing
3 17 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (4.24%) Telecoms
5 13 (3.67%) Public Sector
6 10 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (2.54%) Law
8 7 (1.98%) Billing
8 7 (1.98%) Marketing
8 7 (1.98%) Retail
9 6 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.69%) Electronics
9 6 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.41%) Legal
11 3 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.56%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.56%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.85%) Flash
2 2 (0.56%) ADO
2 2 (0.56%) REST
2 2 (0.56%) Web Services
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.84%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (3.67%) PMI
3 6 (1.69%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.69%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.41%) NHS
5 4 (1.13%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.85%) FMCG
6 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.85%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.56%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.56%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.56%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.28%) Life Science
8 1 (0.28%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.28%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.56%) Windows
1 2 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (65.25%) Project Management
2 171 (48.31%) Agile
3 129 (36.44%) PRINCE2
4 126 (35.59%) Project Delivery
5 125 (35.31%) Waterfall
6 89 (25.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 75 (21.19%) Change Management
8 62 (17.51%) Business Case
9 58 (16.38%) Risk Management
10 46 (12.99%) Business Change Management
11 38 (10.73%) Scrum
12 29 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (7.63%) SDLC
14 25 (7.06%) Business Analysis
15 24 (6.78%) Project Planning
16 20 (5.65%) ERP
17 19 (5.37%) Change Control
17 19 (5.37%) Cybersecurity
17 19 (5.37%) ITIL
17 19 (5.37%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (16.67%) Degree
2 48 (13.56%) PMI Certification
3 46 (12.99%) PMP
4 28 (7.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 26 (7.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (1.98%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.69%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.13%) CAPM
9 4 (1.13%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.56%) CCNA
10 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.28%) APMP
11 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.91%) PMO
2 8 (2.26%) QA
3 6 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.41%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.13%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.56%) GDPR
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.28%) GAMP
7 1 (0.28%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (0.85%) Hyper-V
1 3 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.56%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 43 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.82%) Oracle
3 9 (2.54%) Cisco
3 9 (2.54%) SAP
4 8 (2.26%) VMware
5 7 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.69%) Facebook
7 5 (1.41%) BT
7 5 (1.41%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.41%) YouTube
8 4 (1.13%) Google
8 4 (1.13%) Meraki
9 3 (0.85%) Anaplan
10 2 (0.56%) Adobe
10 2 (0.56%) Apple
10 2 (0.56%) Aruba
10 2 (0.56%) CA
10 2 (0.56%) Civica
10 2 (0.56%) ESRI
10 2 (0.56%) IFS