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Information Technology Project Managers

Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects.

Sector: Technology
Preparation: Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed
O*NET code: 15-1299.09

What you'll actually do

The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others

central to the job — rated 97/100 for importance.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

central to the job — rated 93/100 for importance.
Getting Information

central to the job — rated 92/100 for importance.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

central to the job — rated 91/100 for importance.
Working with Computers

central to the job — rated 88/100 for importance.
Scheduling Work and Activities

central to the job — rated 86/100 for importance.

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.

What it takes

Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Needed at a high level (61/100), and rated 78/100 for importance.
Coordination

Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Active Listening

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Reading Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Writing

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.

Knowledge

English Language

Needed at a high level (66/100), and rated 82/100 for importance.
Customer and Personal Service

Needed at expert level (78/100), and rated 81/100 for importance.
Computers and Electronics

Needed at expert level (78/100), and rated 80/100 for importance.
Administration and Management

Needed at a high level (65/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.

Abilities

Written Comprehension

Needed at a high level (61/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Oral Expression

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Written Expression

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Oral Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.

How people get in

O*NET places this occupation in Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.

Education

A four-year bachelor's degree is the usual entry ticket.

Experience

Two to four years of related work, internships or research on top of the degree.

Training

Most of the learning happens before you are hired, not after.

What it pays

These are typical technology compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Information Technology Project Managers specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.

Google · Meta · Apple

$165k – $350k+

Fortune 500 Tech

$100k – $170k

Startups & SMBs

$75k – $120k

How the work tends to run

Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.

Most of the day happens at a screen.From “Working with Computers”
Long-running relationships carry the work; the same people come back.From “Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships”
Part of the job is other people’s output, not only your own.From “Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others”
You own decisions rather than execute someone else’s.From “Making Decisions and Solving Problems”
Rules and standards are checkable and someone checks them.From “Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards”

How FlightWay scores your fit against this

No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.

1. You answer a short quiz: Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
2. We correlate the two profiles: Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Information Technology Project Managers. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
3. The number you see is personality fit only: "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
4. Every factor is visible: You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.

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