Some of the skills we found on Information Technology Project Manager resumes included "Project Management," "Infrastructure," and "Business Process." We have detailed the most important Information Technology Project Manager responsibilities below.
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Before becoming an Information Technology Project Manager, 67.8% earned their bachelor's degree. When it comes down to graduating with a master's degree, 18.3% Information Technology Project Managers went for the extra education. If you're wanting to pursue this career, it may be possible to be successful with a high school degree. In fact, most Information Technology Project Managers have a college degree. But about one out of every nine Information Technology Project Managers didn't attend college at all.
Those Information Technology Project Managers who do attend college, typically earn either Business degrees or Computer Science degrees. Less commonly earned degrees for Information Technology Project Managers include Electrical Engineering degrees or Computer Information Systems degrees.
Once you're ready to become an Information Technology Project Manager, you should explore the companies that typically hire Information Technology Project Managers. According to Information Technology Project Manager resumes that we searched through, Information Technology Project Managers are hired the most by Meta, Deloitte, and Amazon. Currently, Meta has 2,290 Information Technology Project Manager job openings, while there are 482 at Deloitte and 452 at Amazon.
Since salary is important to some Information Technology Project Managers, it's good to note that they are figured to earn the highest salaries at Lyft, Airbnb, and Boston Consulting Group. If you were to take a closer look at Lyft, you'd find that the average Information Technology Project Manager salary is $162,326. Then at Airbnb, Information Technology Project Managers receive an average salary of $156,347, while the salary at Boston Consulting Group is $151,672.
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We also looked into companies who hire Information Technology Project Managers from the top 100 educational institutions in the U.S. The top three companies that hire the most from these institutions include IBM, Microsoft, and AT&T.;
In general, Information Technology Project Managers fulfill roles in the Technology and Finance industries. While employment numbers are high in those industries, the Information Technology Project Manager annual salary is the highest in the Professional industry with $113,153 as the average salary. Meanwhile, the Finance and Technology industries pay $107,264 and $105,213 respectively. This means that Information Technology Project Managers who are employed in the Professional industry make 10.7% more than Information Technology Project Managers who work in the Manufacturing Industry.