IT Project Manager
UK

The median IT Project Manager salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 488 519 497
Rank change year-on-year +31 -22 +58
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 475 557 1,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.55% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.60% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 408 480 790
10th Percentile £37,099 £42,500 £41,225
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,625 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 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
England +54 450 £53,625 -6.74% 72
UK excluding London +26 369 £52,500 -4.55% 58
Work from Home -48 155 £51,250 -6.82% 30
North of England +72 110 £48,000 -8.57% 15
London +36 91 £65,000 +4.00% 16
Midlands +10 87 £54,000 -1.82% 12
South East +13 82 £52,500 -12.50% 15
North West +49 63 £46,000 -16.36% 11
East Midlands +24 57 £54,000 -1.82% 2
East of England +20 41 £54,000 -6.09% 5
South West -24 38 £48,750 +8.33% 8
West Midlands -12 30 £55,000 -2.22% 10
Yorkshire +66 27 £48,750 +8.33% 3
North East +5 20 £52,500 +2.44% 1
Scotland -63 6 £51,500 -20.77% 4
Wales +10 4 £45,000 -0.83%
Northern Ireland +29 1 £32,500 -22.62%
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 308 (64.84%) Project Management
2 236 (49.68%) Agile
3 186 (39.16%) Social Skills
4 173 (36.42%) PRINCE2
5 157 (33.05%) Waterfall
6 155 (32.63%) Project Delivery
7 112 (23.58%) Finance
8 106 (22.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 80 (16.84%) Change Management
10 78 (16.42%) Risk Management
11 76 (16.00%) Degree
12 68 (14.32%) Business Case
13 64 (13.47%) PMI Certification
14 61 (12.84%) PMP
15 54 (11.37%) Microsoft
16 50 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
17 48 (10.11%) Business Change Management
18 44 (9.26%) Scrum
19 41 (8.63%) JIRA
20 39 (8.21%) PMO
21 36 (7.58%) ERP
22 35 (7.37%) Problem-Solving
23 34 (7.16%) Microsoft Project
23 34 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
24 32 (6.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
25 31 (6.53%) SDLC
26 30 (6.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
27 26 (5.47%) CRM
27 26 (5.47%) Continuous Improvement
27 26 (5.47%) Cybersecurity

IT 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 9 (1.89%) Confluence
1 9 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.42%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (7.16%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.68%) Trello
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.42%) CATIA
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.21%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 34 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (4.42%) Azure
3 15 (3.16%) SaaS
4 8 (1.68%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.63%) Asana
6 3 (0.63%) AWS
6 3 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (0.63%) PaaS
6 3 (0.63%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.21%) Discord
8 1 (0.21%) GCP
8 1 (0.21%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.21%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (2.74%) Firewall
3 11 (2.32%) Intranet
4 8 (1.68%) Wireless
5 7 (1.47%) LAN
5 7 (1.47%) WAN
6 5 (1.05%) LTE
6 5 (1.05%) TETRA
7 4 (0.84%) VoIP
8 2 (0.42%) DNS
8 2 (0.42%) Extranet
8 2 (0.42%) IP Telephony
8 2 (0.42%) Network Security
8 2 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.42%) VLAN
8 2 (0.42%) WLAN
9 1 (0.21%) MPLS
9 1 (0.21%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.26%) Power BI
2 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 41 (8.63%) JIRA
2 2 (0.42%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 186 (39.16%) Social Skills
2 112 (23.58%) Finance
3 24 (5.05%) Public Sector
4 23 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (4.21%) Manufacturing
6 16 (3.37%) Law
6 16 (3.37%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.16%) Banking
8 14 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (2.74%) Retail
10 9 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.89%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.68%) Marketing
12 7 (1.47%) Billing
13 6 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.05%) Electronics
14 5 (1.05%) Legal
15 4 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.63%) Flash
2 2 (0.42%) ADO
2 2 (0.42%) Express.js
2 2 (0.42%) MERN Stack
2 2 (0.42%) Node.js
2 2 (0.42%) React
2 2 (0.42%) REST
2 2 (0.42%) Web Services
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (3.58%) PMI
3 11 (2.32%) Data Centre
4 8 (1.68%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.47%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.05%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.05%) NHS
7 4 (0.84%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (0.84%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.84%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.63%) FMCG
8 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.42%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.42%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.42%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.42%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.21%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.21%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.89%) Windows
2 5 (1.05%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.84%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (64.84%) Project Management
2 236 (49.68%) Agile
3 173 (36.42%) PRINCE2
4 157 (33.05%) Waterfall
5 155 (32.63%) Project Delivery
6 106 (22.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 80 (16.84%) Change Management
8 78 (16.42%) Risk Management
9 68 (14.32%) Business Case
10 48 (10.11%) Business Change Management
11 44 (9.26%) Scrum
12 36 (7.58%) ERP
13 35 (7.37%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (6.53%) SDLC
15 26 (5.47%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (5.47%) CRM
15 26 (5.47%) Cybersecurity
16 25 (5.26%) Business Analysis
17 24 (5.05%) Budget Management
18 23 (4.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.63%) SQL
2 2 (0.42%) Python
Qualifications
1 76 (16.00%) Degree
2 64 (13.47%) PMI Certification
3 61 (12.84%) PMP
4 32 (6.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 30 (6.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 16 (3.37%) Security Cleared
7 15 (3.16%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.32%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.84%) CAPM
9 4 (0.84%) RIBA
10 2 (0.42%) CCNA
10 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.21%) APMP
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.21%) PMO
2 9 (1.89%) QA
3 7 (1.47%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.84%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.84%) GDPR
5 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.21%) GAMP
6 1 (0.21%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (0.84%) Hyper-V
1 4 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.42%) SmoothWall
2 1 (0.21%) SCCM
2 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (11.37%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.53%) Oracle
2 12 (2.53%) SAP
3 11 (2.32%) VMware
4 10 (2.11%) Cisco
5 8 (1.68%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.26%) Anaplan
6 6 (1.26%) Facebook
7 5 (1.05%) BT
7 5 (1.05%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.05%) YouTube
8 4 (0.84%) Google
8 4 (0.84%) Meraki
9 3 (0.63%) Adobe
9 3 (0.63%) Apple
10 2 (0.42%) Aruba
10 2 (0.42%) CA
10 2 (0.42%) Civica
10 2 (0.42%) IFS
10 2 (0.42%) ServiceNow