Senior Project Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 411 451 435
Rank change year-on-year +40 -16 +111
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 397 330 489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.55% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.62% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 252 223 285
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,600 £48,750
25th Percentile £51,810 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% +1.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% -6.31% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 67,217 53,628 67,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 47,585 30,477 42,470
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +65 89 £55,500 -8.72% 15
Midlands +23 72 £62,500 +2.63% 15
South West +7 71 £55,000 -9.54% 12
South East -38 69 £62,500 - 32
Yorkshire +96 41 £57,500 -5.43% 5
West Midlands +29 39 £63,750 -1.92% 10
East of England +24 37 £55,000 -9.54% 10
North West +19 37 £55,500 -8.72% 10
Scotland -52 34 £56,115 -13.67% 11
East Midlands -4 29 £55,000 -9.69% 5
Wales +9 15 £39,000 -35.00% 1
North East -4 11 £55,000 -9.54% 1
Northern Ireland - 10 £67,500 -
Senior Project Manager
UK

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 291 (73.30%) Project Management
2 180 (45.34%) Social Skills
3 150 (37.78%) Agile
4 110 (27.71%) PRINCE2
5 98 (24.69%) Finance
6 91 (22.92%) Decision-Making
7 85 (21.41%) Project Delivery
8 79 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (19.90%) Change Management
9 76 (19.14%) Degree
10 69 (17.38%) Security Cleared
11 67 (16.88%) Programme Management
12 65 (16.37%) Risk Management
13 64 (16.12%) Business Case
14 56 (14.11%) SC Cleared
15 49 (12.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 49 (12.34%) Agile Project Management
16 45 (11.34%) Waterfall
17 44 (11.08%) Microsoft Excel
17 44 (11.08%) Knowledge Management
17 44 (11.08%) Self-Motivation
18 41 (10.33%) Stakeholder Management
19 40 (10.08%) Actionable Insight
20 38 (9.57%) Coaching
21 36 (9.07%) Mentoring
21 36 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 31 (7.81%) Microsoft
22 31 (7.81%) Project Governance
23 30 (7.56%) Marketing
24 29 (7.30%) PMI Certification

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (1.51%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.26%) Confluence
3 2 (0.50%) WordPress
4 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (11.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (4.53%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (2.02%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Magento
1 2 (0.50%) Shopify
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.04%) SaaS
2 11 (2.77%) Azure
3 5 (1.26%) AWS
4 3 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (0.50%) Figma
5 2 (0.50%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.01%) LAN
2 2 (0.50%) Firewall
2 2 (0.50%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.50%) Wireless
2 2 (0.50%) WLAN
3 1 (0.25%) WAN
3 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (3.78%) JIRA
2 2 (0.50%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 180 (45.34%) Social Skills
2 98 (24.69%) Finance
3 36 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (7.56%) Marketing
5 28 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (5.79%) Manufacturing
6 23 (5.79%) Retail
7 21 (5.29%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (5.29%) Public Sector
8 19 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (4.28%) Banking
10 14 (3.53%) Front Office
10 14 (3.53%) Investment Banking
10 14 (3.53%) Law
11 13 (3.27%) Legal
12 12 (3.02%) Games
13 9 (2.27%) Advertising
13 9 (2.27%) Billing
13 9 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.76%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.50%) ADO
2 1 (0.25%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.08%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (4.03%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.78%) PMI
4 14 (3.53%) Derivative
5 12 (3.02%) FMCG
5 12 (3.02%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (2.02%) Credit Risk
7 7 (1.76%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.51%) Robotics
8 6 (1.51%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.26%) NHS
9 5 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.50%) Life Science
10 2 (0.50%) Satnav
11 1 (0.25%) iPad
11 1 (0.25%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.25%) Smart City
11 1 (0.25%) Smart Energy
11 1 (0.25%) Solar Energy
11 1 (0.25%) Solar Power
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (73.30%) Project Management
2 150 (37.78%) Agile
3 110 (27.71%) PRINCE2
4 91 (22.92%) Decision-Making
5 85 (21.41%) Project Delivery
6 79 (19.90%) Change Management
6 79 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (16.88%) Programme Management
8 65 (16.37%) Risk Management
9 64 (16.12%) Business Case
10 49 (12.34%) Agile Project Management
11 45 (11.34%) Waterfall
12 44 (11.08%) Knowledge Management
13 41 (10.33%) Stakeholder Management
14 40 (10.08%) Actionable Insight
15 38 (9.57%) Coaching
16 36 (9.07%) Mentoring
17 31 (7.81%) Project Governance
18 27 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
18 27 (6.80%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.25%) Java
1 1 (0.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (19.14%) Degree
2 69 (17.38%) Security Cleared
3 56 (14.11%) SC Cleared
4 49 (12.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 29 (7.30%) PMI Certification
6 15 (3.78%) PMP
7 11 (2.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (1.26%) APMP
8 5 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.26%) HNC
9 4 (1.01%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.01%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.50%) CAPM
11 1 (0.25%) MRICS
11 1 (0.25%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.05%) PMO
2 11 (2.77%) GDPR
3 4 (1.01%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.76%) SLA
5 2 (0.50%) QA
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (0.76%) Firmware
2 2 (0.50%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.50%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 31 (7.81%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.76%) CheckPoint
3 5 (1.26%) SAP
4 3 (0.76%) Adobe
5 2 (0.50%) Aruba
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle
5 2 (0.50%) VMware
5 2 (0.50%) WooCommerce
6 1 (0.25%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.25%) Sun
6 1 (0.25%) Thales