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IT project manager jobs
Getting technology delivered: scope, plan, budget, suppliers and the awkward conversations in between.
£58,373 median full-time pay, UK, ONS 2025
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What it project manager jobs pay
Median full-time pay for it project managers was £58,373 across the UK in 2025. Full-time work of every kind had a median of £39,039, so this occupation sits about 1.5 times that. It is a median, so half of those jobs paid less, and it describes the occupation nationally rather than any advert on this page.
That figure is the reason this role is on the board. Every role here has a published ONS median full-time salary at or above £50,000, and it is checked against the ONS table each time the site is built rather than asserted in the copy. A role that stopped clearing it would stop the build.
Pay varies more by region than most people expect. ONS publishes it for groups of related occupations rather than single job titles, so the table beside this covers software developers, IT managers, architects, analysts, cyber security specialists and IT project managers, not it project manager jobs alone.
Median full-time pay by region, 2025
| Region | Median full-time pay |
|---|---|
| London | £70,000 |
| South East | £58,157 |
| East of England | £55,852 |
| South West | £54,150 |
| West Midlands | £53,320 |
| East Midlands | £49,599 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £50,876 |
| North West | £51,394 |
| North East | £53,152 |
| Wales | £48,344 |
| Scotland | £49,665 |
Why there are no area pages for this role
The census is the only source that publishes occupation down to local authority level, and it publishes it in groups of related jobs rather than one job at a time. IT project manager jobs sit in group 213, alongside software developer jobs, it manager jobs, solutions architect jobs, cyber security jobs.
So there is one number for all of them in any given area. Building a page per role per area would mean the same figure appearing under several different headings, in 175 places each, which is the doorway pattern this site is built to avoid. One role carries the local pages for the group and the rest say so plainly.
For local figures on this group, see software developer jobs. The pay figures above are specific to it project manager jobs and are not shared with the rest of the group.
IT project manager: the full picture
Agile, waterfall and the honest version
Most organisations run something in between and describe it as whichever is currently fashionable. Delivery inside a team may be iterative while the funding, governance and reporting around it are stage-gated, and the project manager is where those two meet.
Certifications track the same split. Scrum qualifications signal team-level delivery; PRINCE2 and APM signal governance and control. A lot of roles want evidence of both and say so awkwardly.
What separates a good one
Knowing enough technically to tell when an estimate is optimistic, without pretending to be the engineer. That judgement cannot be certified and is the main thing experienced hiring managers probe for.
The second thing is escalating early. Projects rarely fail suddenly; they fail slowly while everybody hopes. Being the person who says so in week six rather than week twenty is most of the value of the role.
Before you apply
- Delivery track record on technical projects
- Agile, PRINCE2 or APM certification is often asked for
- Right to work in the UK
IT project manager jobs: common questions
Does it project manager work pay more than £50,000 a year?
On the national figures, yes, and that is why the role is on this board at all. Median full-time pay for it project managers was £58,373 across the UK in 2025, against £39,039 for full-time work of every kind. It is a median, so half of those jobs paid less, and it says nothing about what any individual advert pays.
What qualifications do I need to work as a IT project manager?
Delivery track record on technical projects. Agile, PRINCE2 or APM certification is often asked for. Right to work in the UK.
Where does AboveMedian have local figures for it project manager jobs?
Nowhere, and the reason is worth stating. The census publishes occupation in groups of related jobs, and it project manager jobs share a group with software developer jobs, it manager jobs, solutions architect jobs, cyber security jobs. Local pages for each of them would show the same figure under different headings, so only one role carries them. For local figures on this group, see software developer jobs. Adverts themselves are UK wide.
Do you decide who gets sent to an employer?
No. You read the adverts, you choose one, and you apply to that employer yourself. Nothing on this site forwards a person to a job they did not apply to, and no employer is given a list of people.
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