Senior Software Project Manager Jobs

Senior Software Project Manager
UK

The median Senior Software Project Manager salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 885 970 1207
Rank change year-on-year +85 +237 -305
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Project Manager 25 9 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.009% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.010% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 22 8 29
10th Percentile £50,000 - £50,000
25th Percentile £53,250 £78,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £83,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.92% +38.75% -7.69%
75th Percentile £100,000 £89,688 -
90th Percentile - £101,875 £72,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £81,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -29.45% +35.83% +9.09%

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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +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 Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Project Manager in the UK

Senior Software Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Project Manager in the UK

Senior Software Project Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Senior Software Project Manager in the UK

Senior Software Project Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +114 20 £65,000 -21.92% 2
UK excluding London -1 16 £57,500 -29.45% 2
London +132 8 £100,000 +2.56%
South East +20 8 £53,750 -34.05%
Work from Home +78 6 £90,000 +10.43% 3
North West - 3 £55,500 -
Scotland - 3 £60,000 -
North of England - 3 £55,500 -
Midlands - 1 £80,000 - 1
Wales - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £80,000 - 1

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

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

1 12 (48.00%) Finance
1 12 (48.00%) Project Management
2 9 (36.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 5 (20.00%) Analytics
3 5 (20.00%) Software Delivery
3 5 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (16.00%) Budget Management
4 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Scrum
4 4 (16.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (12.00%) Marketing
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (12.00%) SaaS
5 3 (12.00%) Presales
6 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (8.00%) DevOps
6 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (8.00%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (8.00%) Degree
6 2 (8.00%) Product Management
6 2 (8.00%) Azure
6 2 (8.00%) QA
7 1 (4.00%) Risk Analysis

Senior Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) SaaS
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
General
1 12 (48.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Marketing
4 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Project Management
2 9 (36.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.00%) Analytics
3 5 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 5 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 5 (20.00%) Software Delivery
3 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 4 (16.00%) Budget Management
4 4 (16.00%) Scrum
5 3 (12.00%) Presales
5 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (8.00%) DevOps
6 2 (8.00%) Product Management
6 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (4.00%) Asset Management
7 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (4.00%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft