Information Technology Project Managers
Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage. Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.
SOC: 15-1299.09
Common Job Titles
Cloud Product DirectorCybersecurity Project ManagerIT Manager (Information Technology Manager)IT Project Manager (Information Technology Project Manager)
Wage Data According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Annual wage data for Information Technology Project Managers (2024)
Estimated Total Employment (U.S.)
439,380
Wage Distribution by Percentile
| Metric | U.S. |
|---|---|
| 10% of workers earn the following or less | $52,650 |
| 10% of workers earn the following or more | $176,800 |
| Workers on average earn | $116,700 |
+ indicates wage is at or above the BLS reporting cap ($239,200/year)
Skills & Requirements
Key competencies for this occupation, ranked by importance
- English Language4.3/5
- Customer and Personal Service4.2/5
- Computers and Electronics4.2/5
- Administration and Management4.0/5
- Engineering and Technology3.6/5
Tools & Technology
Equipment and software commonly used in this occupation
In-Demand Technology
Frequently requested by employers in job postings
AJAXAdobe AcrobatAdobe Creative Cloud softwareAdobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAdobe PhotoshopAmazon DynamoDBAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2Amazon RedshiftAmazon Web Services AWS softwareAnsible softwareApache CassandraApache HadoopApache HiveApache KafkaApache MavenApache SparkApache Subversion SVNApache TomcatApple macOSAtlassian ConfluenceAtlassian JIRAAutodesk AutoCADAutodesk RevitBashCC#C++Cascading style sheets CSSChefCisco WebexDjangoDockerDrupalESRI ArcGIS softwareEclipse IDEElasticsearchEpic SystemsExtensible markup language XMLFacebookGitGitHubGoGoogle AnalyticsGoogle AngularGoogle DocsHibernate ORMHypertext markup language HTMLIBM DB2IBM SPSS StatisticsIBM WebSphere MQJUnitJavaScriptJavaScript Object Notation JSONLinuxMarketo Marketing AutomationMicrosoft .NET FrameworkMicrosoft ASP.NETMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft Active Server Pages ASPMicrosoft Azure softwareMicrosoft DynamicsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft PowerShellMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL Server Integration Services SSISMicrosoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRSMicrosoft SharePointMicrosoft Team Foundation ServerMicrosoft TeamsMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft Visual BasicMicrosoft Visual Basic for Applications VBAMicrosoft Visual StudioMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows ServerMicrosoft WordMongoDBMySQLNoSQLNode.jsOracle DatabaseOracle JavaOracle Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EEOracle PL/SQLOracle PeopleSoftOracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio ManagementPHPPerlPostgreSQLPuppetPythonRReactRed Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat OpenShiftRubySAP ERPSAP softwareSASSalesforce softwareScalaSeleniumServiceNowShell scriptSlackSplunk EnterpriseSpring BootSpring FrameworkStructured query language SQLSwiftTableauTeradata DatabaseThe MathWorks MATLABTransact-SQLTrimble SketchUp ProUNIXUNIX ShelljQuery
Technology Skills
24SevenOffice Project3M Post-it AppAEC Software FastTrack ScheduleAMS REALTIME ProjectsActano RplanAdobe ActionScriptAdobe DreamweaverAdvanced business application programming ABAP
Tools & Equipment
Application serversDesktop computersLaptop computersLaser printersMulti-line telephone systemsPersonal computersSmartphonesTablet computers