Digital Project Manager Jobs

Digital Project Manager
UK

The median Digital Project Manager salary in the UK is £41,774 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 610 809 1013
Rank change year-on-year +199 +204 -333
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager 317 138 250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.16% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 303 128 159
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,400 £41,100
25th Percentile £39,515 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,774 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.05% +2.80% +12.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £79,125 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,774 £52,500 £46,223
% change year-on-year -20.43% +13.58% +2.72%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Digital Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Project Manager over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Project Manager within the UK 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
England +191 295 £41,774 -24.05% 24
UK excluding London +150 240 £41,774 -20.43% 22
Work from Home +166 191 £41,774 -24.05% 15
North of England +153 135 £41,774 -35.73% 6
London +104 67 £51,500 -14.17% 6
North West +53 65 £41,774 -35.73% 1
Yorkshire +103 46 £41,774 -12.52% 5
Midlands +8 32 £35,000 -36.36% 4
North East +13 24 £41,774 -35.73% 1
South East +3 22 £49,500 +23.75% 4
South West -9 21 £47,500 -13.64% 4
East of England +12 17 £36,500 -32.09% 1
West Midlands -1 17 £38,387 -23.23% 2
East Midlands -10 15 £30,000 -45.45% 2
Wales - 8 £40,276 -
Scotland -62 5 £45,543 +4.10% 4

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Digital 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 Digital Project Manager in the job title.

1 207 (65.30%) Project Management
2 132 (41.64%) Agile
3 93 (29.34%) Social Skills
4 75 (23.66%) Mentoring
5 73 (23.03%) Coaching
6 69 (21.77%) Project Delivery
7 64 (20.19%) Marketing
8 62 (19.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 51 (16.09%) PRINCE2
10 49 (15.46%) Stakeholder Management
11 47 (14.83%) CMS
12 41 (12.93%) Public Sector
12 41 (12.93%) Waterfall
13 35 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
14 32 (10.09%) Budget Management
15 31 (9.78%) QA
16 30 (9.46%) Web Development
16 30 (9.46%) Risk Management
17 29 (9.15%) Time Management
18 27 (8.52%) Digital Marketing
18 27 (8.52%) Content Management
19 26 (8.20%) E-Commerce
20 24 (7.57%) Organisational Skills
20 24 (7.57%) Microsoft
21 23 (7.26%) Line Management
22 22 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
23 20 (6.31%) Web Design
23 20 (6.31%) Finance
23 20 (6.31%) Project Planning
24 17 (5.36%) Change Control

Digital 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 47 (14.83%) CMS
2 8 (2.52%) Drupal
2 8 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.21%) Umbraco
4 6 (1.89%) WordPress
5 5 (1.58%) Kentico
6 4 (1.26%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.63%) Joomla!
8 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (1.89%) Trello
2 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (2.84%) Shopify
2 4 (1.26%) Magento
3 1 (0.32%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.73%) Azure
2 6 (1.89%) Basecamp
2 6 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.58%) Google Analytics
3 5 (1.58%) Kontent
3 5 (1.58%) SaaS
4 4 (1.26%) Google Docs
4 4 (1.26%) Google Sheets
4 4 (1.26%) OneDrive
5 3 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 3 (0.95%) Asana
6 2 (0.63%) ClickUp
6 2 (0.63%) Contentful
6 2 (0.63%) Figma
7 1 (0.32%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.32%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.84%) Extranet
1 9 (2.84%) Internet
1 9 (2.84%) Intranet
2 1 (0.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (2.52%) JIRA
General
1 93 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 64 (20.19%) Marketing
3 41 (12.93%) Public Sector
4 35 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.57%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (6.31%) Finance
7 16 (5.05%) Retail
8 9 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.52%) Police
10 6 (1.89%) Publishing
11 5 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.58%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.26%) Advertising
13 3 (0.95%) Games
14 2 (0.63%) Billing
15 1 (0.32%) Digital Healthcare
15 1 (0.32%) Law
15 1 (0.32%) Legal
15 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.89%) .NET
2 3 (0.95%) CSS
2 3 (0.95%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.84%) Client/Server
1 9 (2.84%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.21%) Digital Signage
2 7 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (1.58%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.26%) Photography
4 4 (1.26%) PMI
4 4 (1.26%) Social Media
5 3 (0.95%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.63%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.63%) FMCG
6 2 (0.63%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.63%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (0.63%) NHS
7 1 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.32%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.10%) Android
2 9 (2.84%) Windows
3 8 (2.52%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.58%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (65.30%) Project Management
2 132 (41.64%) Agile
3 75 (23.66%) Mentoring
4 73 (23.03%) Coaching
5 69 (21.77%) Project Delivery
6 62 (19.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 51 (16.09%) PRINCE2
8 49 (15.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (12.93%) Waterfall
10 32 (10.09%) Budget Management
11 30 (9.46%) Risk Management
11 30 (9.46%) Web Development
12 29 (9.15%) Time Management
13 27 (8.52%) Content Management
13 27 (8.52%) Digital Marketing
14 26 (8.20%) E-Commerce
15 23 (7.26%) Line Management
16 22 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
17 20 (6.31%) Project Planning
17 20 (6.31%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (4.42%) PMI Certification
2 13 (4.10%) Degree
3 11 (3.47%) PMP
4 7 (2.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.95%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.32%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.78%) QA
2 7 (2.21%) PMO
3 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 24 (7.57%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.47%) Adobe
2 11 (3.47%) Google
3 4 (1.26%) Optimizely
3 4 (1.26%) Sitecore
4 2 (0.63%) Adyen
4 2 (0.63%) Apple
4 2 (0.63%) HubSpot
4 2 (0.63%) WooCommerce
5 1 (0.32%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.32%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.32%) Marketo
5 1 (0.32%) Zoho