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 £51,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 439 432 326
Rank change year-on-year -7 -106 +108
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 359 342 771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.47% 0.60% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.68% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 311 287 515
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,300
25th Percentile £43,125 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
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 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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 1 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 1 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 +49 106 £48,750 -7.14% 10
Midlands -1 83 £54,000 -4.00% 16
South East -13 82 £52,500 -12.50% 9
North West +34 67 £47,500 -13.64% 8
East Midlands +22 57 £54,000 -13.60% 3
East of England -5 38 £54,000 - 3
South West -26 38 £48,500 +7.78% 5
West Midlands -42 26 £55,000 - 13
Yorkshire +31 21 £48,750 +8.33% 2
North East 0 18 £52,500 -
Scotland -65 6 £51,500 -20.77% 2
Wales +7 5 £45,000 +9.09% 2
Northern Ireland +20 1 £32,500 -22.62%
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 1 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.

1 234 (65.18%) Project Management
2 171 (47.63%) Agile
3 154 (42.90%) Social Skills
4 129 (35.93%) PRINCE2
5 126 (35.10%) Waterfall
6 123 (34.26%) Project Delivery
7 84 (23.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 83 (23.12%) Finance
9 73 (20.33%) Change Management
10 61 (16.99%) Business Case
11 59 (16.43%) Degree
12 56 (15.60%) Risk Management
13 49 (13.65%) PMI Certification
14 47 (13.09%) PMP
14 47 (13.09%) Self-Motivation
15 45 (12.53%) Business Change Management
16 42 (11.70%) Microsoft
17 37 (10.31%) Scrum
18 35 (9.75%) JIRA
19 30 (8.36%) Microsoft Project
20 29 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
21 28 (7.80%) SDLC
21 28 (7.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 28 (7.80%) PMO
22 27 (7.52%) Problem-Solving
23 25 (6.96%) Business Analysis
24 24 (6.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
25 21 (5.85%) ERP
25 21 (5.85%) Project Planning
26 20 (5.57%) Cybersecurity

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 9 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.84%) Confluence
3 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.28%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (8.36%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.23%) Trello
4 4 (1.11%) 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 29 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (3.62%) Azure
3 11 (3.06%) SaaS
4 6 (1.67%) Power Platform
5 3 (0.84%) Asana
5 3 (0.84%) AWS
5 3 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.84%) WhatsApp
6 2 (0.56%) PaaS
6 2 (0.56%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.28%) Discord
7 1 (0.28%) GCP
7 1 (0.28%) Miro
7 1 (0.28%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.28%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.62%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (3.34%) Firewall
3 11 (3.06%) Intranet
4 8 (2.23%) Wireless
5 5 (1.39%) LTE
5 5 (1.39%) TETRA
6 4 (1.11%) LAN
6 4 (1.11%) VoIP
7 3 (0.84%) WAN
8 2 (0.56%) IP Telephony
8 2 (0.56%) Network Security
8 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.56%) WLAN
9 1 (0.28%) DNS
9 1 (0.28%) Extranet
9 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.67%) Power BI
2 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (9.75%) JIRA
2 2 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 154 (42.90%) Social Skills
2 83 (23.12%) Finance
3 18 (5.01%) Manufacturing
4 15 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (4.18%) Telecoms
5 14 (3.90%) Public Sector
6 9 (2.51%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.23%) Law
8 7 (1.95%) Billing
8 7 (1.95%) Marketing
8 7 (1.95%) Retail
9 6 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.39%) Electronics
11 4 (1.11%) Legal
12 3 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.56%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.56%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.84%) Flash
2 2 (0.56%) REST
2 2 (0.56%) Web Services
3 1 (0.28%) ADO
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.09%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (3.90%) PMI
3 6 (1.67%) Driving Licence
4 5 (1.39%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.39%) NHS
5 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.84%) FMCG
6 3 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.84%) 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%) Life Science
8 1 (0.28%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.28%) Robotics
8 1 (0.28%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.56%) Windows
1 2 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (65.18%) Project Management
2 171 (47.63%) Agile
3 129 (35.93%) PRINCE2
4 126 (35.10%) Waterfall
5 123 (34.26%) Project Delivery
6 84 (23.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 73 (20.33%) Change Management
8 61 (16.99%) Business Case
9 56 (15.60%) Risk Management
10 45 (12.53%) Business Change Management
11 37 (10.31%) Scrum
12 28 (7.80%) SDLC
13 27 (7.52%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (6.96%) Business Analysis
15 21 (5.85%) ERP
15 21 (5.85%) Project Planning
16 20 (5.57%) Cybersecurity
17 19 (5.29%) Change Control
17 19 (5.29%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (5.29%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (16.43%) Degree
2 49 (13.65%) PMI Certification
3 47 (13.09%) PMP
4 28 (7.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 24 (6.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 10 (2.79%) Security Cleared
7 9 (2.51%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.11%) CAPM
9 4 (1.11%) 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 (7.80%) PMO
2 6 (1.67%) ISO 9001
2 6 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.67%) QA
3 4 (1.11%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.56%) GDPR
5 1 (0.28%) GAMP
5 1 (0.28%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
1 3 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.56%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 42 (11.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.79%) Oracle
3 9 (2.51%) Cisco
4 8 (2.23%) SAP
4 8 (2.23%) VMware
5 7 (1.95%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.67%) Facebook
7 5 (1.39%) BT
7 5 (1.39%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.39%) YouTube
8 4 (1.11%) Google
8 4 (1.11%) Meraki
9 3 (0.84%) 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%) IFS
11 1 (0.28%) Instagram