Senior Project Manager Job Trends in the South East

Senior Project Manager
England > South East

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the South East is £89,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 246 254
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +115
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 32 60 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.31% 0.67% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.73% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 14 27 36
10th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £52,500
25th Percentile - £51,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £89,000 £60,001 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.33% -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile - £73,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,950 £85,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 9,545 8,181 8,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 91.12% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,970 4,303 6,010
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies 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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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
Thames Valley +13 20 £65,000 +22.64% 8
Berkshire +2 17 £100,000 +100.00% 6
Surrey +3 6 £89,000 +48.33% 2
West Sussex - 4 £89,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire +11 3 £65,000 - 1
Hampshire +22 1 £95,000 +22.58% 3
East Sussex +2 1 - - 2
Senior Project Manager
England

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 25 (78.13%) Degree
2 19 (59.38%) Agile
3 17 (53.13%) Project Management
4 16 (50.00%) PMI Certification
4 16 (50.00%) PMP
5 15 (46.88%) Biotechnology
5 15 (46.88%) Hematology
5 15 (46.88%) Immunology
5 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
5 15 (46.88%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (46.88%) Risk Management
6 14 (43.75%) Decision-Making
6 14 (43.75%) Project Delivery
7 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (31.25%) Coaching
9 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (28.13%) Programme Management
10 5 (15.63%) Contract Negotiation
11 4 (12.50%) Business Transformation
11 4 (12.50%) Project Planning
12 3 (9.38%) Backlog Refinement
12 3 (9.38%) Confluence
12 3 (9.38%) Customer Experience
12 3 (9.38%) Data Pipeline
12 3 (9.38%) JIRA
12 3 (9.38%) PMO
12 3 (9.38%) Programme Delivery
12 3 (9.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 3 (9.38%) Sprint Planning
12 3 (9.38%) Sprint Retrospective

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) GCP
1 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
General
1 24 (75.00%) Finance
2 20 (62.50%) Influencing Skills
3 17 (53.13%) Social Skills
4 15 (46.88%) Pharmaceutical
5 10 (31.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (28.13%) Legal
7 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Agile
2 17 (53.13%) Project Management
3 15 (46.88%) Biotechnology
3 15 (46.88%) Hematology
3 15 (46.88%) Immunology
3 15 (46.88%) Risk Management
4 14 (43.75%) Decision-Making
4 14 (43.75%) Project Delivery
5 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (31.25%) Coaching
7 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (28.13%) Programme Management
8 5 (15.63%) Contract Negotiation
9 4 (12.50%) Business Transformation
9 4 (12.50%) Project Planning
10 3 (9.38%) Backlog Refinement
10 3 (9.38%) Data Pipeline
10 3 (9.38%) Sprint Planning
10 3 (9.38%) Sprint Retrospective
10 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 25 (78.13%) Degree
2 16 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 16 (50.00%) PMP
3 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.13%) MBA
3 1 (3.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Google
2 1 (3.13%) Salesforce