Senior Project Manager Jobs in London

Senior Project Manager
England > London

The median Senior Project Manager salary in London is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 394 488
Rank change year-on-year +41 +94 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 41 108 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.32% 0.45% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.47% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 19 78 111
10th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £64,375 £57,500 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.64% -4.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,875 £91,875
90th Percentile £118,000 £105,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.48% -6.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,472 22,826 30,325
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.47% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,917 16,908 22,701
10th Percentile £40,903 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,315
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.96% +0.53%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +13 6 £72,500 -19.44% 4
Senior Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 London region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 32 (78.05%) Project Management
2 20 (48.78%) Finance
3 18 (43.90%) Project Delivery
4 17 (41.46%) PRINCE2
5 12 (29.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (29.27%) Agile
6 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Excel
6 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
7 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
7 10 (24.39%) Degree
8 9 (21.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (19.51%) JIRA
9 8 (19.51%) QA
9 8 (19.51%) DBS Check
9 8 (19.51%) Quality Management
9 8 (19.51%) Legal
9 8 (19.51%) E-business
10 7 (17.07%) Business Analysis
10 7 (17.07%) ERP
10 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (14.63%) Workshop Facilitation
11 6 (14.63%) Business Case
11 6 (14.63%) Budget Management
11 6 (14.63%) PMP
11 6 (14.63%) PMI Certification
11 6 (14.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 6 (14.63%) Process Improvement
11 6 (14.63%) PMO
12 5 (12.20%) Azure
12 5 (12.20%) Risk Management

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (4.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (9.76%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (9.76%) SaaS
3 2 (4.88%) Google Sheets
3 2 (4.88%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) SWIFTNet
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) JIRA
General
1 20 (48.78%) Finance
2 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
3 9 (21.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (19.51%) Legal
5 4 (9.76%) Banking
6 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Back Office
7 2 (4.88%) Retail Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.44%) Marketing
8 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.44%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) EDI
1 1 (2.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) PMI
2 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.44%) OTC Derivatives
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.44%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (78.05%) Project Management
2 18 (43.90%) Project Delivery
3 17 (41.46%) PRINCE2
4 12 (29.27%) Agile
4 12 (29.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (19.51%) E-business
5 8 (19.51%) Quality Management
6 7 (17.07%) Business Analysis
6 7 (17.07%) ERP
6 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (14.63%) Budget Management
7 6 (14.63%) Business Case
7 6 (14.63%) Process Improvement
7 6 (14.63%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (12.20%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (12.20%) Risk Management
9 4 (9.76%) Change Management
9 4 (9.76%) ITIL
9 4 (9.76%) Migration
9 4 (9.76%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Degree
2 8 (19.51%) DBS Check
3 6 (14.63%) PMI Certification
3 6 (14.63%) PMP
4 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.88%) MBA
4 2 (4.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) RIBA
5 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) QA
2 6 (14.63%) PMO
3 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.44%) ISO 20022
3 1 (2.44%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.88%) Google
3 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.44%) Avaloq
4 1 (2.44%) GoldenSource
4 1 (2.44%) NEC
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) Progress
4 1 (2.44%) Workday