Senior Project Manager Jobs in the North West

Senior Project Manager
England > North West

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the North West 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 213 255 274
Rank change year-on-year +42 +19 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 66 37 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.84% 0.38% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.40% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 61 26 30
10th Percentile £47,683 £40,625 £47,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -8.72% +10.05%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,563 £60,899
90th Percentile £65,000 £69,375 £70,500
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 West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,191 9,301 6,978
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 94.61% 89.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,106 7,150 4,068
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,620 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £69,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the North West

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in the North West

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the North West

Senior Project Manager
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Lancashire -31 32 £54,793 +4.37% 12
Manchester +53 12 £62,500 +3.77% 14
Cheshire +32 11 £60,000 +4.35% 3
Cumbria - 11 £56,000 -
Senior Project Manager
England

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

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 West region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 65 (98.48%) Project Management
2 32 (48.48%) Finance
3 29 (43.94%) Agile
4 26 (39.39%) Degree
5 24 (36.36%) PMP
6 21 (31.82%) PRINCE
6 21 (31.82%) Manufacturing
6 21 (31.82%) Waterfall
7 20 (30.30%) Business Case
8 17 (25.76%) Application Packaging
8 17 (25.76%) Atlassian
8 17 (25.76%) Confluence
8 17 (25.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (25.76%) Programme Management
8 17 (25.76%) Quality Management
8 17 (25.76%) ITIL
9 15 (22.73%) HNC
9 15 (22.73%) PRINCE2
9 15 (22.73%) NEBOSH
9 15 (22.73%) Customer Requirements
10 11 (16.67%) Retail
11 8 (12.12%) Management Information System
12 7 (10.61%) MRICS
12 7 (10.61%) PMI Certification
12 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
13 5 (7.58%) Microsoft
13 5 (7.58%) Risk Management
13 5 (7.58%) Feasibility Study
13 5 (7.58%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
13 5 (7.58%) Resource Allocation

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (25.76%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
General
1 32 (48.48%) Finance
2 21 (31.82%) Manufacturing
3 11 (16.67%) Retail
4 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Back Office
5 3 (4.55%) Front Office
5 3 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (6.06%) Social Media
3 3 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.55%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Windows
1 4 (6.06%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (98.48%) Project Management
2 29 (43.94%) Agile
3 21 (31.82%) PRINCE
3 21 (31.82%) Waterfall
4 20 (30.30%) Business Case
5 17 (25.76%) Application Packaging
5 17 (25.76%) ITIL
5 17 (25.76%) Programme Management
5 17 (25.76%) Quality Management
5 17 (25.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (22.73%) Customer Requirements
6 15 (22.73%) PRINCE2
7 5 (7.58%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 5 (7.58%) Feasibility Study
7 5 (7.58%) Project Governance
7 5 (7.58%) Project Planning
7 5 (7.58%) Resource Allocation
7 5 (7.58%) Risk Management
8 4 (6.06%) Business Continuity Planning
8 4 (6.06%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 26 (39.39%) Degree
2 24 (36.36%) PMP
3 15 (22.73%) HNC
4 7 (10.61%) MRICS
4 7 (10.61%) PMI Certification
5 4 (6.06%) DBS Check
5 4 (6.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (22.73%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 17 (25.76%) Atlassian
2 5 (7.58%) Microsoft