Senior Project Manager
UK

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 497 535
Rank change year-on-year +44 +38 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 528 557 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.57% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.63% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 346 418 553
10th Percentile £46,225 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,800 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,899 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -6.31% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.43% +1.33% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +42 456 £60,000 -1.48% 130
UK excluding London +20 402 £57,500 -5.43% 105
Work from Home +40 137 £57,965 -10.82% 54
London +127 111 £72,000 -1.10% 40
North of England +46 90 £55,500 -8.72% 24
South West 0 75 £55,000 -9.54% 16
Midlands +20 73 £62,500 +2.63% 13
South East -55 66 £62,500 +2.63% 27
West Midlands +22 40 £60,000 -4.69% 5
North West +8 40 £55,500 -8.72% 14
Yorkshire +78 39 £57,500 -5.43% 6
East of England +11 39 £55,000 -9.54% 11
Scotland -43 34 £56,115 -7.86% 13
East Midlands -6 29 £55,000 -9.54% 8
Wales +3 15 £39,000 -35.86% 3
North East -9 11 £55,000 -9.54% 4
Northern Ireland - 10 £67,500 - 1

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 377 (71.40%) Project Management
2 228 (43.18%) Social Skills
3 211 (39.96%) Agile
4 146 (27.65%) PRINCE2
5 130 (24.62%) Finance
6 125 (23.67%) Project Delivery
7 106 (20.08%) Decision-Making
8 99 (18.75%) Degree
9 95 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
10 91 (17.23%) Security Cleared
10 91 (17.23%) Change Management
11 81 (15.34%) Risk Management
12 75 (14.20%) Programme Management
13 73 (13.83%) Business Case
14 66 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 62 (11.74%) SC Cleared
16 56 (10.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 56 (10.61%) Agile Project Management
17 55 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
17 55 (10.42%) Waterfall
18 54 (10.23%) Microsoft
19 53 (10.04%) Microsoft Excel
20 50 (9.47%) Knowledge Management
20 50 (9.47%) Mentoring
21 48 (9.09%) Coaching
22 46 (8.71%) Actionable Insight
23 42 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
24 41 (7.77%) Scrum
25 36 (6.82%) Marketing
26 35 (6.63%) PMI Certification

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.14%) CMS
2 6 (1.14%) Umbraco
3 5 (0.95%) Confluence
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.76%) WordPress
5 3 (0.57%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.38%) Drupal
6 2 (0.38%) Joomla!
Applications
1 53 (10.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (5.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (4.73%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (2.27%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Shopify
2 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.38%) Magento
2 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.19%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 26 (4.92%) SaaS
2 18 (3.41%) Azure
3 10 (1.89%) AWS
4 9 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (0.76%) Entra ID
6 4 (0.76%) GCP
6 4 (0.76%) PaaS
7 3 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.57%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.57%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (0.38%) ClickUp
8 2 (0.38%) Figma
9 1 (0.19%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.89%) LAN
2 5 (0.95%) Network Security
2 5 (0.95%) WAN
2 5 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (0.76%) SAN
3 4 (0.76%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.38%) Firewall
4 2 (0.38%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.38%) Wireless
4 2 (0.38%) WLAN
5 1 (0.19%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (3.41%) JIRA
2 3 (0.57%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 228 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 130 (24.62%) Finance
3 42 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 36 (6.82%) Marketing
5 35 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (6.06%) Manufacturing
7 29 (5.49%) Retail
8 27 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (4.92%) Public Sector
10 23 (4.36%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (4.17%) Legal
12 20 (3.79%) Banking
13 16 (3.03%) Law
14 14 (2.65%) Front Office
14 14 (2.65%) Investment Banking
15 12 (2.27%) Games
15 12 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (1.89%) Advertising
18 9 (1.70%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.38%) ADO
1 2 (0.38%) EDI
2 1 (0.19%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (4.73%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.22%) PMI
4 14 (2.65%) Derivative
5 13 (2.46%) Renewable Energy
6 12 (2.27%) FMCG
7 10 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.52%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.52%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.33%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.14%) Robotics
11 5 (0.95%) NHS
12 4 (0.76%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.57%) Life Science
13 3 (0.57%) Social Media
14 2 (0.38%) e-Learning
14 2 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (0.38%) Housing Association
14 2 (0.38%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.76%) Windows
2 1 (0.19%) Android
2 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (71.40%) Project Management
2 211 (39.96%) Agile
3 146 (27.65%) PRINCE2
4 125 (23.67%) Project Delivery
5 106 (20.08%) Decision-Making
6 95 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
7 91 (17.23%) Change Management
8 81 (15.34%) Risk Management
9 75 (14.20%) Programme Management
10 73 (13.83%) Business Case
11 66 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 56 (10.61%) Agile Project Management
13 55 (10.42%) Waterfall
14 50 (9.47%) Knowledge Management
14 50 (9.47%) Mentoring
15 48 (9.09%) Coaching
16 46 (8.71%) Actionable Insight
17 41 (7.77%) Scrum
18 34 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (6.44%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.38%) SQL
2 1 (0.19%) C
2 1 (0.19%) Java
Qualifications
1 99 (18.75%) Degree
2 91 (17.23%) Security Cleared
3 62 (11.74%) SC Cleared
4 56 (10.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 35 (6.63%) PMI Certification
6 22 (4.17%) PMP
7 21 (3.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 10 (1.89%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.14%) HNC
10 5 (0.95%) APMP
10 5 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.95%) HND
10 5 (0.95%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.57%) MAPM
12 3 (0.57%) MRICS
13 2 (0.38%) CAPM
13 2 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.19%) PgMP
14 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.44%) PMO
2 21 (3.98%) QA
3 11 (2.08%) GDPR
4 4 (0.76%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.57%) SLA
6 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.19%) GRC
7 1 (0.19%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.19%) P3O
7 1 (0.19%) PMBOK
System Software
1 4 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (0.57%) Firmware
3 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.38%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 54 (10.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.65%) SAP
3 7 (1.33%) CheckPoint
4 4 (0.76%) Adobe
4 4 (0.76%) Cisco
4 4 (0.76%) Oracle
4 4 (0.76%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.57%) Optimizely
5 3 (0.57%) Sitecore
5 3 (0.57%) Thales
6 2 (0.38%) Apple
6 2 (0.38%) Aruba
6 2 (0.38%) Google
6 2 (0.38%) NEC
6 2 (0.38%) VMware
6 2 (0.38%) WooCommerce
7 1 (0.19%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.19%) Marketo
7 1 (0.19%) Sun
7 1 (0.19%) Xero