Senior Project Manager Jobs in the North of England

Senior Project Manager
England > North of England

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 290 355
Rank change year-on-year +35 +65 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 75 89 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.66% 0.51% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.54% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 64 56 69
10th Percentile £47,683 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -8.72% +10.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £60,899
90th Percentile £69,625 £71,250 £66,700
England median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year -6.67% -1.48% -6.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 10,443 16,576 15,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 94.91% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,850 12,833 8,151
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the North of England

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in the North of England

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the North of England

Senior Project Manager
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West +42 66 £55,000 -0.90% 21
Yorkshire +29 9 £80,000 +39.13% 6
Senior Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 North of England region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 71 (94.67%) Project Management
2 37 (49.33%) Finance
3 31 (41.33%) Degree
4 29 (38.67%) Agile
5 24 (32.00%) PMP
6 22 (29.33%) Manufacturing
7 21 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (28.00%) PRINCE
7 21 (28.00%) Waterfall
8 20 (26.67%) PRINCE2
8 20 (26.67%) Business Case
9 18 (24.00%) HNC
10 17 (22.67%) ITIL
10 17 (22.67%) Quality Management
10 17 (22.67%) Atlassian
10 17 (22.67%) Application Packaging
10 17 (22.67%) Programme Management
10 17 (22.67%) Confluence
11 15 (20.00%) NEBOSH
11 15 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
12 12 (16.00%) Social Skills
12 12 (16.00%) PMI Certification
13 11 (14.67%) Retail
14 10 (13.33%) Project Planning
14 10 (13.33%) Microsoft
15 9 (12.00%) Management Information System
16 8 (10.67%) PMI
17 7 (9.33%) Risk Management
17 7 (9.33%) Resource Allocation
17 7 (9.33%) MRICS

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 (22.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (6.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.67%) Azure
1 2 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
General
1 37 (49.33%) Finance
2 22 (29.33%) Manufacturing
3 12 (16.00%) Social Skills
4 11 (14.67%) Retail
5 5 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.00%) Back Office
6 3 (4.00%) Front Office
6 3 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.67%) PMI
3 4 (5.33%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (5.33%) Social Media
4 3 (4.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.33%) Windows
1 4 (5.33%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (94.67%) Project Management
2 29 (38.67%) Agile
3 21 (28.00%) PRINCE
3 21 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (28.00%) Waterfall
4 20 (26.67%) Business Case
4 20 (26.67%) PRINCE2
5 17 (22.67%) Application Packaging
5 17 (22.67%) ITIL
5 17 (22.67%) Programme Management
5 17 (22.67%) Quality Management
6 15 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
7 10 (13.33%) Project Planning
8 7 (9.33%) Resource Allocation
8 7 (9.33%) Risk Management
9 5 (6.67%) Budget Management
9 5 (6.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
9 5 (6.67%) Feasibility Study
9 5 (6.67%) Logistics
9 5 (6.67%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 31 (41.33%) Degree
2 24 (32.00%) PMP
3 18 (24.00%) HNC
4 12 (16.00%) PMI Certification
5 7 (9.33%) MRICS
6 5 (6.67%) Master's Degree
6 5 (6.67%) MBA
7 4 (5.33%) DBS Check
7 4 (5.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.00%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 17 (22.67%) Atlassian
2 10 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.33%) SAP