Senior Project Manager Jobs in Bristol

Senior Project Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Project Manager salary in Bristol is £79,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 135 162
Rank change year-on-year +36 +27 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 8 29 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.64% 0.93% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.95% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 17 6
10th Percentile - £36,700 £47,487
25th Percentile £78,250 £45,000 £53,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,500 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +44.55% -9.54% +1.33%
75th Percentile £80,750 £57,500 £60,874
90th Percentile - £58,750 £89,200
South West median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -7.27% -9.54% +1.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,183 3,042 2,396
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 97.16% 92.58%
Number of salaries quoted 803 2,283 1,496
10th Percentile £32,600 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,519 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -0.86% +9.20%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,250 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,460
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in Bristol

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) SDLC
2 4 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Retail
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Business Development
2 4 (50.00%) QA
3 3 (37.50%) Scorecard
3 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
3 3 (37.50%) Balanced Scorecard
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Back Office
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) PMI
4 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
4 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 1 (12.50%) Middleware

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Retail
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Business Development
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (50.00%) SDLC
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Balanced Scorecard
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Scorecard
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
1 1 (12.50%) SAP