Senior Project Manager Jobs in the South East

Senior Project Manager
England > South East

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the South East is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 327 276
Rank change year-on-year +34 -51 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 22 66 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.37% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.40% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 11 55 59
10th Percentile £60,000 £49,044 £57,500
25th Percentile £61,875 £56,875 £60,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +2.63% -6.31%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £73,500 £80,950
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
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,425 16,577 12,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 94.08% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 11,781 7,967
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the South East

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in the South East

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the South East

Senior Project Manager
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Hampshire +69 8 £77,500 +26.53% 14
Thames Valley +50 6 £67,500 +17.39% 7
Berkshire +29 5 £67,500 +1.89% 2
Surrey +42 2 £65,000 - 2
East Sussex +27 2 - - 2
Buckinghamshire +34 1 - - 3
Senior Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 South East region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (59.09%) Project Management
2 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (45.45%) Project Delivery
4 7 (31.82%) Finance
5 6 (27.27%) Agile
6 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (22.73%) PRINCE2
6 5 (22.73%) Waterfall
7 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (18.18%) Facilities Management
7 4 (18.18%) CRM
8 3 (13.64%) Salesforce
8 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
8 3 (13.64%) Degree
8 3 (13.64%) Customer-Centricity
8 3 (13.64%) Customer-Centric Approach
8 3 (13.64%) Budget Management
9 2 (9.09%) Requirements Workshops
9 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
9 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (9.09%) Supplier Management
9 2 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
9 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (9.09%) Software Delivery
9 2 (9.09%) MuleSoft
9 2 (9.09%) Presales
9 2 (9.09%) Maximo
9 2 (9.09%) Banking

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (9.09%) Maximo
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (4.55%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Smartsheet
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Front Office
3 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Automotive
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (4.55%) IoT
1 1 (4.55%) Mainframe
1 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Project Management
2 10 (45.45%) Project Delivery
3 6 (27.27%) Agile
4 5 (22.73%) PRINCE2
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (22.73%) Waterfall
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) CRM
5 4 (18.18%) Facilities Management
6 3 (13.64%) Budget Management
6 3 (13.64%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 3 (13.64%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
7 2 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
7 2 (9.09%) ERP
7 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.09%) Presales
7 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.09%) Requirements Workshops
7 2 (9.09%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Salesforce
2 2 (9.09%) MuleSoft
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
2 2 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) HubSpot
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) PeopleSoft