Senior Project Manager Jobs in Leicester

Senior Project Manager
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Senior Project Manager salary in Leicester is £74,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 68 81
Rank change year-on-year +38 +13 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 2 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 1.23% 0.65% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 0.68% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £68,075 - £49,464
25th Percentile £70,063 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,250 - £60,800
75th Percentile £77,563 - -
90th Percentile £79,025 - £60,859
Leicestershire median annual salary £74,250 £55,000 £56,650
% change year-on-year +35.00% -2.91% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 156 591 599
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.71% 96.41% 92.58%
Number of salaries quoted 96 319 173
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,840 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,625 £75,154 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.78% - +5.88%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in Leicester

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in Leicester

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in Leicester

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in Leicester over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in Leicester

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 20 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 Leicester region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall