Senior Project Leader Jobs in England

Senior Project Lead
UK > England

The median Senior Project Lead salary in England is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 843 872
Rank change year-on-year +164 +29 +274
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Leader 9 19 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.020% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.021% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £65,000 £53,964
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% +20.45% +2.79%
75th Percentile £97,500 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £95,000 £65,000 £53,964
% change year-on-year +46.15% +20.45% +2.79%

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 44,933 88,937 75,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 94.74% 91.24%
Number of salaries quoted 23,973 65,012 49,629
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,402 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,331
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.98% +0.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Leader in England

Senior Project Leader
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Leader in England

Senior Project Leader
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 Project Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
South West +119 8 - -
East Midlands - 1 £95,000 -
Midlands - 1 £95,000 - 1
Senior Project Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2025, 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 across the England region featuring Senior Project Leader in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Project Management
1 9 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 9 (100.00%) PMO
2 8 (88.89%) Self-Driving Car
2 8 (88.89%) Customer Requirements
2 8 (88.89%) Creative Thinking
2 8 (88.89%) Innovative Thinking
2 8 (88.89%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (88.89%) Technical Leadership
2 8 (88.89%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (88.89%) Defect Tracking
2 8 (88.89%) Project Delivery
2 8 (88.89%) Conflict Resolution
2 8 (88.89%) SD-WAN
2 8 (88.89%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (88.89%) 5G
2 8 (88.89%) Presentation Skills
2 8 (88.89%) Test Assurance
2 8 (88.89%) WAN
2 8 (88.89%) B2B
2 8 (88.89%) Electronics
2 8 (88.89%) Programme Management
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 8 (88.89%) Software Engineering
2 8 (88.89%) Requirements Analysis
2 8 (88.89%) Validation
2 8 (88.89%) Degree
2 8 (88.89%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (88.89%) Test Automation

Senior Project Leader 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) 5G
1 8 (88.89%) SD-WAN
1 8 (88.89%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (88.89%) Electronics
1 8 (88.89%) Organisational Skills
1 8 (88.89%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Self-Driving Car
1 8 (88.89%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 9 (100.00%) Project Management
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 8 (88.89%) B2B
2 8 (88.89%) Conflict Resolution
2 8 (88.89%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (88.89%) Creative Thinking
2 8 (88.89%) Customer Requirements
2 8 (88.89%) Defect Tracking
2 8 (88.89%) Innovative Thinking
2 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (88.89%) Product Management
2 8 (88.89%) Programme Management
2 8 (88.89%) Project Delivery
2 8 (88.89%) Requirements Analysis
2 8 (88.89%) Software Engineering
2 8 (88.89%) Technical Leadership
2 8 (88.89%) Test Assurance
2 8 (88.89%) Test Automation
2 8 (88.89%) Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) SAP