IT Project Manager Jobs in England

IT Project Manager
UK > England

The median IT Project Manager salary in England is £53,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 461 477 472
Rank change year-on-year +16 -5 +66
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 444 509 1,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.59% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.64% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 383 430 756
10th Percentile £36,800 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% +4.55% +3.32%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,125 £75,000
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
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 83,290 79,596 132,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.49% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,942 50,734 74,857
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
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 England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 25 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
North of England +64 107 £48,375 -7.86% 14
London +22 95 £65,000 +4.00% 20
Midlands +5 83 £54,000 -6.09% 17
South East -10 82 £52,500 -12.50% 19
North West +39 64 £46,000 -16.36% 10
East Midlands +26 57 £54,000 -16.92% 4
East of England +10 38 £54,000 -0.92% 3
South West -25 38 £48,500 +7.78% 6
West Midlands -25 26 £55,000 -2.22% 13
Yorkshire +61 24 £48,750 +8.33% 2
North East +3 19 £52,500 - 3
IT Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 across the England region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 282 (63.51%) Project Management
2 228 (51.35%) Agile
3 177 (39.86%) Social Skills
4 163 (36.71%) PRINCE2
5 149 (33.56%) Waterfall
6 145 (32.66%) Project Delivery
7 103 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 102 (22.97%) Finance
9 80 (18.02%) Change Management
10 78 (17.57%) Risk Management
11 73 (16.44%) Degree
12 66 (14.86%) Business Case
13 57 (12.84%) PMI Certification
14 56 (12.61%) PMP
15 50 (11.26%) Self-Motivation
16 48 (10.81%) Business Change Management
17 46 (10.36%) Microsoft
18 40 (9.01%) Scrum
19 39 (8.78%) JIRA
20 35 (7.88%) ERP
20 35 (7.88%) PMO
21 34 (7.66%) Microsoft Project
22 33 (7.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
23 30 (6.76%) SDLC
24 28 (6.31%) Problem-Solving
25 26 (5.86%) Continuous Improvement
26 25 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
26 25 (5.63%) Business Analysis
26 25 (5.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
26 25 (5.63%) CRM

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.58%) Confluence
3 2 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (7.66%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.80%) Trello
4 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.45%) CATIA
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) Maximo
2 1 (0.23%) Primavera
2 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (4.28%) Azure
3 12 (2.70%) SaaS
4 6 (1.35%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.90%) WhatsApp
6 3 (0.68%) Asana
6 3 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.45%) PaaS
7 2 (0.45%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.23%) AWS
8 1 (0.23%) Discord
8 1 (0.23%) GCP
8 1 (0.23%) Miro
8 1 (0.23%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.60%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (2.93%) Firewall
3 11 (2.48%) Intranet
4 8 (1.80%) Wireless
5 7 (1.58%) LAN
5 7 (1.58%) WAN
6 5 (1.13%) LTE
6 5 (1.13%) TETRA
7 2 (0.45%) Extranet
7 2 (0.45%) Network Security
7 2 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.45%) VLAN
7 2 (0.45%) VoIP
7 2 (0.45%) WLAN
8 1 (0.23%) DHCP
8 1 (0.23%) MPLS
8 1 (0.23%) SAN
8 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.90%) Power BI
2 2 (0.45%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 39 (8.78%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 177 (39.86%) Social Skills
2 102 (22.97%) Finance
3 21 (4.73%) Law
3 21 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
3 21 (4.73%) Public Sector
4 18 (4.05%) Banking
5 16 (3.60%) Manufacturing
6 15 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.15%) Telecoms
8 12 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.70%) Retail
9 7 (1.58%) Billing
9 7 (1.58%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.35%) Legal
10 6 (1.35%) Marketing
11 5 (1.13%) Electronics
12 4 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.68%) ADO
1 3 (0.68%) Flash
2 2 (0.45%) Express.js
2 2 (0.45%) MERN Stack
2 2 (0.45%) Node.js
2 2 (0.45%) React
2 2 (0.45%) REST
2 2 (0.45%) Web Services
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.26%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (3.38%) PMI
3 9 (2.03%) Data Centre
4 7 (1.58%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.35%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.35%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.13%) NHS
7 4 (0.90%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.68%) FMCG
8 3 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.45%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.45%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.45%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.45%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.23%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.23%) Life Science
10 1 (0.23%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.23%) Robotics
10 1 (0.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.13%) Windows
1 5 (1.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (63.51%) Project Management
2 228 (51.35%) Agile
3 163 (36.71%) PRINCE2
4 149 (33.56%) Waterfall
5 145 (32.66%) Project Delivery
6 103 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 80 (18.02%) Change Management
8 78 (17.57%) Risk Management
9 66 (14.86%) Business Case
10 48 (10.81%) Business Change Management
11 40 (9.01%) Scrum
12 35 (7.88%) ERP
13 30 (6.76%) SDLC
14 28 (6.31%) Problem-Solving
15 26 (5.86%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (5.63%) Business Analysis
16 25 (5.63%) CRM
16 25 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
17 22 (4.95%) Budget Management
17 22 (4.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.68%) SQL
2 2 (0.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 73 (16.44%) Degree
2 57 (12.84%) PMI Certification
3 56 (12.61%) PMP
4 33 (7.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 25 (5.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 16 (3.60%) Security Cleared
7 15 (3.38%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.25%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.90%) CAPM
11 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.45%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.45%) RIBA
12 1 (0.23%) APMP
12 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.23%) CCNA
12 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.88%) PMO
2 11 (2.48%) QA
3 6 (1.35%) ISO 9001
3 6 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.90%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.90%) GDPR
5 1 (0.23%) GAMP
5 1 (0.23%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (0.90%) Hyper-V
1 4 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.45%) SmoothWall
2 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (10.36%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.48%) Oracle
2 11 (2.48%) SAP
3 10 (2.25%) Cisco
3 10 (2.25%) VMware
4 7 (1.58%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.35%) Facebook
6 5 (1.13%) BT
6 5 (1.13%) CheckPoint
6 5 (1.13%) YouTube
7 4 (0.90%) Anaplan
7 4 (0.90%) Google
7 4 (0.90%) Meraki
8 3 (0.68%) Adobe
8 3 (0.68%) Apple
9 2 (0.45%) Aruba
9 2 (0.45%) CA
9 2 (0.45%) Civica
9 2 (0.45%) IFS
9 2 (0.45%) ServiceNow