Senior Project Manager Job Trends in England

Senior Project Manager
UK > England

The median Senior Project Manager salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 289 418
Rank change year-on-year -204 +129 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 124 472 272
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.98% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 1.06% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 77 151 215
10th Percentile £59,205 £50,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £51,586 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £97,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £60,175 £60,000
% change year-on-year +24.64% +0.29% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in England

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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 +24 52 £95,000 +31.03% 13
South East +8 32 £89,000 +48.33% 25
North of England -65 18 £66,538 +6.46% 17
Midlands -25 11 £61,301 +11.46% 13
North West -30 11 £75,000 +20.00% 7
West Midlands -6 9 £61,301 +2.17% 6
East of England -14 6 £75,000 +25.27% 12
Yorkshire -35 4 £59,000 -30.59% 7
North East +11 3 £57,500 -9.80% 3
South West -100 3 £60,000 +17.65% 9
East Midlands -26 2 - - 7
Senior Project Manager
UK

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 75 (60.48%) Project Management
2 64 (51.61%) Agile
3 52 (41.94%) Project Delivery
4 32 (25.81%) Degree
4 32 (25.81%) Microsoft
5 29 (23.39%) PMI Certification
5 29 (23.39%) PMP
6 28 (22.58%) PRINCE2
7 27 (21.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (20.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (20.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (19.35%) Budget Management
11 23 (18.55%) Microsoft Project
11 23 (18.55%) Risk Management
12 22 (17.74%) Programme Management
13 19 (15.32%) Decision-Making
14 17 (13.71%) Coaching
15 16 (12.90%) Change Management
15 16 (12.90%) Migration
16 15 (12.10%) Biotechnology
16 15 (12.10%) Hematology
16 15 (12.10%) Immunology
16 15 (12.10%) Waterfall
17 13 (10.48%) Azure
18 12 (9.68%) CRM
19 11 (8.87%) AWS
19 11 (8.87%) Business Development
19 11 (8.87%) Scrum
19 11 (8.87%) Target Operating Model

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.23%) Confluence
2 3 (2.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (18.55%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.61%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.81%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.81%) Primavera
2 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.81%) Shopify
2 1 (0.81%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.48%) Azure
2 11 (8.87%) AWS
3 6 (4.84%) GCP
4 5 (4.03%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.42%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.61%) OCI
7 2 (1.61%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.61%) SaaS
7 2 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Asana
8 1 (0.81%) IaaS
8 1 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.81%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.81%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) Internet
1 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.61%) Power BI
3 1 (0.81%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (4.03%) JIRA
General
1 69 (55.65%) Finance
2 59 (47.58%) Social Skills
3 27 (21.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (18.55%) Influencing Skills
5 20 (16.13%) Legal
6 16 (12.90%) Pharmaceutical
7 11 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (8.06%) Banking
9 8 (6.45%) Telecoms
10 6 (4.84%) Retail
11 5 (4.03%) Marketing
11 5 (4.03%) Public Sector
12 3 (2.42%) Advertising
12 3 (2.42%) International Banking
12 3 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.61%) Law
13 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.61%) Police
13 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.81%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.65%) Reinsurance
2 4 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.42%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.42%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.42%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (1.61%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.61%) PMI
4 2 (1.61%) PropTech
5 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.81%) IoT
5 1 (0.81%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (60.48%) Project Management
2 64 (51.61%) Agile
3 52 (41.94%) Project Delivery
4 28 (22.58%) PRINCE2
5 27 (21.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (20.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (20.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 24 (19.35%) Budget Management
9 23 (18.55%) Risk Management
10 22 (17.74%) Programme Management
11 19 (15.32%) Decision-Making
12 17 (13.71%) Coaching
13 16 (12.90%) Change Management
13 16 (12.90%) Migration
14 15 (12.10%) Biotechnology
14 15 (12.10%) Hematology
14 15 (12.10%) Immunology
14 15 (12.10%) Waterfall
15 12 (9.68%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (25.81%) Degree
2 29 (23.39%) PMI Certification
2 29 (23.39%) PMP
3 6 (4.84%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.84%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.42%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.61%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.81%) CAPM
6 1 (0.81%) MAPM
6 1 (0.81%) MBA
6 1 (0.81%) PhD
6 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.84%) QA
2 5 (4.03%) PMO
3 3 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.81%) GDPR
Vendors
1 32 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (3.23%) Fortinet
2 4 (3.23%) NEC
2 4 (3.23%) Palo Alto
3 3 (2.42%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.61%) Google
4 2 (1.61%) Guidewire
4 2 (1.61%) Oracle
4 2 (1.61%) SAP
5 1 (0.81%) Adobe
5 1 (0.81%) IBM
5 1 (0.81%) Marketo
5 1 (0.81%) Planon