Senior Project Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Senior Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the Midlands is £67,500 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 221 258 269
Rank change year-on-year +37 +11 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 24 73 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.35% 0.57% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.60% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 13 48 47
10th Percentile £51,672 £52,500 £50,059
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £60,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +2.63% +16.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £74,425 £84,050
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
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,313 12,119 7,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 94.59% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,664 8,871 4,536
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,622
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,950 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the Midlands

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in the Midlands

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the Midlands

Senior Project Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +37 19 £65,000 +8.33% 53
East Midlands +22 5 £68,000 +23.64% 39
Senior Project Manager
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 15 (62.50%) Project Management
2 13 (54.17%) Project Delivery
3 12 (50.00%) Agile
3 12 (50.00%) Finance
4 11 (45.83%) Degree
5 8 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (29.17%) PRINCE2
7 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (20.83%) HND
8 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
8 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
9 3 (12.50%) PMO
9 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
9 3 (12.50%) PMP
9 3 (12.50%) PMI Certification
9 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
9 3 (12.50%) Scrum
9 3 (12.50%) Banking
9 3 (12.50%) Azure
9 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 2 (8.33%) MAPM
10 2 (8.33%) Data Protection
10 2 (8.33%) JIRA
10 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (8.33%) Resource Management
10 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
10 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (8.33%) Budget Management
10 2 (8.33%) Police
10 2 (8.33%) Adaptive Web Design

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 12 (50.00%) Finance
2 8 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (12.50%) Banking
3 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Police
5 1 (4.17%) Aviation
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Project Management
2 13 (54.17%) Project Delivery
3 12 (50.00%) Agile
4 7 (29.17%) PRINCE2
5 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
6 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
7 3 (12.50%) Scrum
7 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (8.33%) Adaptive Web Design
8 2 (8.33%) Budget Management
8 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (8.33%) Data Protection
8 2 (8.33%) Line Management
8 2 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
8 2 (8.33%) Resource Management
9 1 (4.17%) Agile Project Management
9 1 (4.17%) Business Analysis
9 1 (4.17%) Business Transformation
9 1 (4.17%) Requirements Analysis
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Degree
2 5 (20.83%) HND
3 3 (12.50%) PMI Certification
3 3 (12.50%) PMP
4 2 (8.33%) MAPM
4 2 (8.33%) MRICS
5 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft