Senior Project Lead
UK

The median Senior Project Lead salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 883 994 1203
Rank change year-on-year +111 +209 -293
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Leader 5 1 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.001% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.001% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 17
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,964 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% +2.79% -27.59%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £53,750
90th Percentile - - £70,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 - £44,850
% change year-on-year - - +5.53%

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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Leader in the UK

Senior Project Leader
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Leader in the UK

Senior Project Leader
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Project Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +83 5 £65,000 +20.45% 2
UK excluding London - 5 £65,000 - 1
Work from Home +73 4 £65,000 +20.45%
North East - 3 - -
North of England - 3 - -
South East - 1 - -
South West - 1 £65,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Senior Project Leader 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 Leader in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
1 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) JIRA
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Change Control
2 3 (60.00%) User Experience
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) QA
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Data Science
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) Community of Practice
4 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (20.00%) Life Science
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Data Entry
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis

Senior Project Leader 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Games
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Change Control
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) User Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data Entry
4 1 (20.00%) Data Science
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Good Clinical Practice
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft