Senior Project Manager Jobs in England

Senior Project Manager
UK > England

The median Senior Project Manager salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 430 443 481
Rank change year-on-year +13 +38 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 270 455 497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.51% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.54% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 99 302 369
10th Percentile £47,683 £46,204 £52,400
25th Percentile £54,793 £52,500 £60,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -1.48% -6.31%
75th Percentile £78,125 £72,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.48% -6.31%

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 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £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 £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in England

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in England

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in England

Senior 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 Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
South West +126 104 £51,000 -7.27% 62
North of England +14 53 £54,793 -1.27% 113
North West +15 46 £54,793 -1.27% 48
London +46 41 £77,500 +7.64% 47
Midlands +37 24 £67,500 +8.00% 99
East of England +31 23 £75,000 +36.36% 83
South East +44 22 £75,000 +20.00% 146
West Midlands +37 19 £65,000 +8.33% 54
Yorkshire +27 7 £80,000 +39.13% 48
East Midlands +22 5 £68,000 +23.64% 39
Senior Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 England region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 217 (80.37%) Project Management
2 175 (64.81%) Finance
3 127 (47.04%) Social Skills
4 114 (42.22%) Risk Management
5 96 (35.56%) Driving Licence
6 90 (33.33%) Scorecard
6 90 (33.33%) Balanced Scorecard
7 61 (22.59%) Degree
8 56 (20.74%) Project Delivery
9 51 (18.89%) Agile
10 44 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
10 44 (16.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 36 (13.33%) PRINCE2
12 31 (11.48%) PMP
12 31 (11.48%) Waterfall
13 28 (10.37%) Budget Management
14 25 (9.26%) Microsoft
14 25 (9.26%) Quality Management
15 24 (8.89%) Manufacturing
15 24 (8.89%) HNC
16 23 (8.52%) Microsoft Excel
16 23 (8.52%) Business Case
17 22 (8.15%) ITIL
18 19 (7.04%) Microsoft Project
19 18 (6.67%) PMI Certification
19 18 (6.67%) Programme Management
19 18 (6.67%) Retail
19 18 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
19 18 (6.67%) Atlassian
20 17 (6.30%) Application Packaging

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (6.30%) Confluence
2 7 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.37%) CMS
Applications
1 23 (8.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (7.04%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.74%) Maximo
1 2 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (4.07%) Azure
2 6 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (1.48%) SaaS
5 2 (0.74%) Google Sheets
5 2 (0.74%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.37%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.37%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 175 (64.81%) Finance
2 127 (47.04%) Social Skills
3 44 (16.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (8.89%) Manufacturing
5 18 (6.67%) Retail
6 14 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (4.81%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.70%) Banking
8 10 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.33%) Legal
10 6 (2.22%) Back Office
11 5 (1.85%) Front Office
12 4 (1.48%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.74%) Police
13 2 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.37%) Automotive
14 1 (0.37%) Aviation
14 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.37%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.74%) Middleware
2 1 (0.37%) .NET
2 1 (0.37%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 96 (35.56%) Driving Licence
2 10 (3.70%) PMI
3 3 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.11%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.37%) IoT
5 1 (0.37%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.37%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.37%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.37%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.37%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.37%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.37%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (80.37%) Project Management
2 114 (42.22%) Risk Management
3 90 (33.33%) Balanced Scorecard
3 90 (33.33%) Scorecard
4 56 (20.74%) Project Delivery
5 51 (18.89%) Agile
6 44 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (13.33%) PRINCE2
8 31 (11.48%) Waterfall
9 28 (10.37%) Budget Management
10 25 (9.26%) Quality Management
11 23 (8.52%) Business Case
12 22 (8.15%) ITIL
13 18 (6.67%) Programme Management
14 17 (6.30%) Application Packaging
14 17 (6.30%) PRINCE
14 17 (6.30%) Resource Allocation
15 16 (5.93%) Problem-Solving
16 15 (5.56%) Customer Requirements
17 14 (5.19%) ERP
Qualifications
1 61 (22.59%) Degree
2 31 (11.48%) PMP
3 24 (8.89%) HNC
4 18 (6.67%) PMI Certification
5 12 (4.44%) HND
6 8 (2.96%) DBS Check
7 6 (2.22%) MRICS
8 5 (1.85%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.85%) MBA
8 5 (1.85%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.74%) MAPM
10 2 (0.74%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.37%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.37%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.56%) NEBOSH
2 13 (4.81%) QA
3 9 (3.33%) PMO
4 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.37%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 25 (9.26%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.67%) Atlassian
3 15 (5.56%) NEC
4 6 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.85%) SAP
6 4 (1.48%) Oracle
7 3 (1.11%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.74%) Google
8 2 (0.74%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.74%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.37%) Avaloq
9 1 (0.37%) GoldenSource
9 1 (0.37%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.37%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.37%) Progress
9 1 (0.37%) Workday