Senior IT Project Manager Jobs in England

Senior IT Project Manager
UK > England

The median Senior IT Project Manager salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 675 798 870
Rank change year-on-year +123 +72 +107
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Project Manager 8 44 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.017% 0.050% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.053% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 4 40 43
10th Percentile £76,625 £46,125 £51,250
25th Percentile £77,188 £52,500 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,625 £72,813 £71,875
90th Percentile £81,750 £83,875 £82,150
UK median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +28.00% -7.41% +10.20%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Project Manager in England

Senior IT Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Project Manager in England

Senior IT Project Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
London +112 3 £80,000 -3.03% 9
North of England +42 3 £80,000 +20.75% 16
Yorkshire - 3 £80,000 - 7
South East +82 1 £77,500 +19.23% 22
West Midlands +54 1 - - 10
Midlands +50 1 - - 17
Senior IT Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Senior IT 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 England region featuring Senior IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (62.50%) Finance
3 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (62.50%) Degree
4 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (50.00%) Agile
4 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (37.50%) PMI
5 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
5 3 (37.50%) MBA
5 3 (37.50%) Project Planning
5 3 (37.50%) PMO
5 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
5 3 (37.50%) Budget Management
5 3 (37.50%) Business Transformation
6 2 (25.00%) DevOps
6 2 (25.00%) Resource Management
6 2 (25.00%) Azure
6 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (25.00%) Planning and Forecasting
6 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (25.00%) Risk Management

Senior IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
1 3 (37.50%) PMI
2 1 (12.50%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Budget Management
4 3 (37.50%) Business Transformation
4 3 (37.50%) Project Planning
5 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Planning and Forecasting
5 2 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (25.00%) Resource Management
5 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
6 1 (12.50%) Logistics
6 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
6 1 (12.50%) Scrum
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
3 3 (37.50%) MBA
4 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce