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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 488 510 498
Rank change year-on-year +22 -12 +53
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 468 551 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.56% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.61% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 401 470 815
10th Percentile £37,000 £42,500 £40,100
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 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.36% +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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 18 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 18 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 +42 443 £52,500 -8.70% 62
UK excluding London +1 359 £51,500 -6.36% 50
Work from Home -52 152 £52,000 -5.45% 26
North of England +75 109 £48,750 -7.14% 10
London +32 94 £65,000 +4.00% 14
Midlands 0 83 £54,000 -6.09% 16
South East -5 80 £52,500 -12.50% 14
North West +39 64 £46,000 -16.36% 8
East Midlands +34 57 £54,000 -11.84% 2
East of England +3 39 £54,000 -1.82% 3
South West -26 37 £48,500 +7.78% 5
West Midlands -21 26 £55,000 - 14
Yorkshire +65 25 £48,750 +8.33% 2
North East +3 20 £52,500 - 1
Scotland -62 6 £51,500 -20.77%
Wales +4 4 £45,000 +9.09% 2
Northern Ireland +20 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 18 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.

1 301 (64.32%) Project Management
2 233 (49.79%) Agile
3 186 (39.74%) Social Skills
4 171 (36.54%) PRINCE2
5 152 (32.48%) Waterfall
5 152 (32.48%) Project Delivery
6 103 (22.01%) Finance
6 103 (22.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 79 (16.88%) Change Management
8 78 (16.67%) Risk Management
9 75 (16.03%) Degree
10 65 (13.89%) Business Case
11 62 (13.25%) PMI Certification
12 61 (13.03%) PMP
13 54 (11.54%) Microsoft
14 49 (10.47%) Self-Motivation
15 47 (10.04%) Business Change Management
16 43 (9.19%) Scrum
17 40 (8.55%) JIRA
18 39 (8.33%) PMO
19 35 (7.48%) Microsoft Project
20 34 (7.26%) ERP
20 34 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
20 34 (7.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 33 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
22 30 (6.41%) SDLC
22 30 (6.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
23 27 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
24 25 (5.34%) Business Analysis
24 25 (5.34%) CRM

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 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.71%) Confluence
3 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (7.48%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.71%) Trello
4 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.43%) CATIA
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) Primavera
2 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (4.49%) Azure
3 14 (2.99%) SaaS
4 8 (1.71%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (0.85%) WhatsApp
6 3 (0.64%) Asana
6 3 (0.64%) AWS
6 3 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (0.64%) PaaS
7 2 (0.43%) 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 16 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (2.78%) Firewall
3 11 (2.35%) Intranet
4 8 (1.71%) Wireless
5 7 (1.50%) LAN
5 7 (1.50%) WAN
6 5 (1.07%) LTE
6 5 (1.07%) TETRA
7 4 (0.85%) VoIP
8 2 (0.43%) DNS
8 2 (0.43%) Extranet
8 2 (0.43%) IP Telephony
8 2 (0.43%) Network Security
8 2 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.43%) VLAN
8 2 (0.43%) WLAN
9 1 (0.21%) MPLS
9 1 (0.21%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.28%) Power BI
2 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 40 (8.55%) JIRA
2 2 (0.43%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 186 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 103 (22.01%) Finance
3 23 (4.91%) Public Sector
4 21 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (4.06%) Law
5 19 (4.06%) Manufacturing
6 17 (3.63%) Banking
7 16 (3.42%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.56%) Retail
10 8 (1.71%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.71%) Marketing
11 7 (1.50%) Billing
12 6 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.07%) Electronics
13 5 (1.07%) Legal
14 4 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.64%) Flash
2 2 (0.43%) ADO
2 2 (0.43%) Express.js
2 2 (0.43%) MERN Stack
2 2 (0.43%) Node.js
2 2 (0.43%) React
2 2 (0.43%) REST
2 2 (0.43%) Web Services
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 49 (10.47%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (3.21%) PMI
3 9 (1.92%) Data Centre
4 7 (1.50%) Driving Licence
4 7 (1.50%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.28%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.07%) NHS
7 4 (0.85%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (0.85%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.85%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.64%) FMCG
8 3 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.43%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.43%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.43%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.43%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.21%) Life Science
10 1 (0.21%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.21%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.92%) Windows
2 5 (1.07%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.85%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (64.32%) Project Management
2 233 (49.79%) Agile
3 171 (36.54%) PRINCE2
4 152 (32.48%) Project Delivery
4 152 (32.48%) Waterfall
5 103 (22.01%) Stakeholder Management
6 79 (16.88%) Change Management
7 78 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 65 (13.89%) Business Case
9 47 (10.04%) Business Change Management
10 43 (9.19%) Scrum
11 34 (7.26%) ERP
12 33 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (6.41%) SDLC
14 27 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
15 25 (5.34%) Business Analysis
15 25 (5.34%) CRM
15 25 (5.34%) Cybersecurity
16 24 (5.13%) Roadmaps
17 23 (4.91%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.64%) SQL
2 2 (0.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 75 (16.03%) Degree
2 62 (13.25%) PMI Certification
3 61 (13.03%) PMP
4 34 (7.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 30 (6.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 16 (3.42%) Security Cleared
7 15 (3.21%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.35%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.85%) CAPM
10 2 (0.43%) CCNA
10 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.43%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.43%) RIBA
11 1 (0.21%) APMP
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.33%) PMO
2 11 (2.35%) QA
3 7 (1.50%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.85%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.85%) GDPR
5 2 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.21%) GAMP
6 1 (0.21%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (0.85%) Hyper-V
1 4 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.43%) SmoothWall
2 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.56%) Oracle
3 11 (2.35%) SAP
4 10 (2.14%) Cisco
4 10 (2.14%) VMware
5 8 (1.71%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.28%) Facebook
7 5 (1.07%) BT
7 5 (1.07%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.07%) YouTube
8 4 (0.85%) Anaplan
8 4 (0.85%) Google
8 4 (0.85%) Meraki
9 3 (0.64%) Adobe
9 3 (0.64%) Apple
10 2 (0.43%) Aruba
10 2 (0.43%) CA
10 2 (0.43%) Civica
10 2 (0.43%) IFS
10 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow