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 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 450 523 560
Rank change year-on-year +73 +37 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 536 555 899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.53% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.58% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 350 390 531
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,800 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,899 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -6.31% -
75th Percentile £72,375 £77,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.58% +1.50% +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 93,219 95,232 149,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,883 59,878 85,286
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 1 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 1 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 +65 464 £60,000 -2.75% 130
UK excluding London +46 398 £57,500 -5.58% 89
Work from Home +38 141 £58,500 -13.33% 62
London +93 123 £70,000 -4.76% 44
North of England +53 90 £55,500 -8.72% 16
South West +13 72 £55,000 -9.54% 11
Midlands +34 70 £62,500 +2.63% 11
South East -21 69 £62,500 -1.96% 31
Yorkshire +95 42 £57,500 -5.43% 5
East of England +7 38 £55,000 -9.54% 12
West Midlands +38 37 £60,000 -7.69% 8
North West +14 37 £55,500 -8.72% 11
Scotland -53 34 £56,115 -13.67% 9
East Midlands -2 29 £55,000 -9.69% 3
Wales +15 15 £39,000 -35.00% 1
North East -3 11 £55,000 -9.54% 1
Northern Ireland - 10 £67,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 384 (71.64%) Project Management
2 228 (42.54%) Social Skills
3 212 (39.55%) Agile
4 149 (27.80%) PRINCE2
5 131 (24.44%) Finance
6 120 (22.39%) Project Delivery
7 105 (19.59%) Decision-Making
8 104 (19.40%) Degree
9 95 (17.72%) Change Management
10 92 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
11 90 (16.79%) Security Cleared
12 78 (14.55%) Risk Management
13 75 (13.99%) Programme Management
14 73 (13.62%) Business Case
15 71 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
16 62 (11.57%) SC Cleared
17 59 (11.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 55 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
18 55 (10.26%) Waterfall
19 54 (10.07%) Agile Project Management
19 54 (10.07%) Microsoft
20 52 (9.70%) Microsoft Excel
21 50 (9.33%) Knowledge Management
22 47 (8.77%) Coaching
23 46 (8.58%) Mentoring
23 46 (8.58%) Actionable Insight
24 43 (8.02%) Scrum
25 41 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
26 39 (7.28%) PMI Certification
27 37 (6.90%) Marketing

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 15 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.31%) CMS
3 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.12%) Umbraco
4 5 (0.93%) Confluence
5 4 (0.75%) WordPress
6 3 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.37%) Drupal
7 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.37%) Joomla!
Applications
1 52 (9.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (5.22%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (2.24%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.12%) Shopify
2 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.37%) Magento
2 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.19%) Primavera
3 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (5.04%) SaaS
2 19 (3.54%) Azure
3 11 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (1.68%) AWS
5 5 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (0.75%) Entra ID
6 4 (0.75%) GCP
6 4 (0.75%) PaaS
7 3 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.56%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.56%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (0.37%) ClickUp
8 2 (0.37%) Figma
9 1 (0.19%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.87%) LAN
2 8 (1.49%) WAN
3 7 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.75%) Firewall
4 4 (0.75%) Network Security
4 4 (0.75%) SAN
4 4 (0.75%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.56%) 5G
5 3 (0.56%) VLAN
6 2 (0.37%) DHCP
6 2 (0.37%) DNS
6 2 (0.37%) MPLS
6 2 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.37%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.37%) VPN
6 2 (0.37%) Wireless
6 2 (0.37%) WLAN
7 1 (0.19%) Extranet
7 1 (0.19%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (3.36%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.37%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 228 (42.54%) Social Skills
2 131 (24.44%) Finance
3 41 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (6.90%) Marketing
5 34 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.34%) Manufacturing
6 29 (5.41%) Retail
7 27 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (4.66%) Public Sector
9 23 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.73%) Banking
10 20 (3.73%) Legal
11 16 (2.99%) Law
12 14 (2.61%) Front Office
12 14 (2.61%) Investment Banking
13 12 (2.24%) Games
13 12 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.87%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.37%) ADO
1 2 (0.37%) EDI
2 1 (0.19%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (4.48%) Driving Licence
3 21 (3.92%) PMI
4 14 (2.61%) Derivative
5 13 (2.43%) Renewable Energy
6 12 (2.24%) FMCG
7 9 (1.68%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.49%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.49%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.31%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.12%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.12%) Robotics
11 5 (0.93%) NHS
12 3 (0.56%) Life Science
12 3 (0.56%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.37%) e-Learning
13 2 (0.37%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.37%) Housing Association
13 2 (0.37%) Satnav
13 2 (0.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.31%) Windows
2 4 (0.75%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (71.64%) Project Management
2 212 (39.55%) Agile
3 149 (27.80%) PRINCE2
4 120 (22.39%) Project Delivery
5 105 (19.59%) Decision-Making
6 95 (17.72%) Change Management
7 92 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
8 78 (14.55%) Risk Management
9 75 (13.99%) Programme Management
10 73 (13.62%) Business Case
11 71 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 55 (10.26%) Waterfall
13 54 (10.07%) Agile Project Management
14 50 (9.33%) Knowledge Management
15 47 (8.77%) Coaching
16 46 (8.58%) Actionable Insight
16 46 (8.58%) Mentoring
17 43 (8.02%) Scrum
18 37 (6.90%) Project Governance
19 34 (6.34%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.19%) C
1 1 (0.19%) Java
1 1 (0.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (19.40%) Degree
2 90 (16.79%) Security Cleared
3 62 (11.57%) SC Cleared
4 59 (11.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 39 (7.28%) PMI Certification
6 25 (4.66%) PMP
7 19 (3.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 9 (1.68%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.49%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.12%) HNC
11 5 (0.93%) APMP
11 5 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.93%) HND
12 4 (0.75%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.75%) MBA
13 3 (0.56%) MRICS
14 2 (0.37%) CAPM
14 2 (0.37%) MAPM
15 1 (0.19%) Chartered Engineer
15 1 (0.19%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.53%) PMO
2 20 (3.73%) QA
3 11 (2.05%) GDPR
4 4 (0.75%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.56%) GRC
5 3 (0.56%) SLA
6 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
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 7 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.75%) Hyper-V
2 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.56%) Firmware
4 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.37%) SmoothWall
2 2 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (10.07%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.99%) SAP
3 7 (1.31%) CheckPoint
4 6 (1.12%) Cisco
5 4 (0.75%) Adobe
5 4 (0.75%) Salesforce
5 4 (0.75%) VMware
6 3 (0.56%) Optimizely
6 3 (0.56%) Oracle
6 3 (0.56%) Sitecore
6 3 (0.56%) Thales
7 2 (0.37%) Apple
7 2 (0.37%) Aruba
7 2 (0.37%) Google
7 2 (0.37%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (0.37%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.19%) Marketo
8 1 (0.19%) Meraki
8 1 (0.19%) NEC
8 1 (0.19%) Sun