Senior Project Manager Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Senior Project Manager
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Senior Project Manager salary in Tyne and Wear is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 75 53
Rank change year-on-year +18 -22 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 5 5 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.64% 0.46% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.47% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 15
10th Percentile - £47,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -13.65% -13.14%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £60,850
90th Percentile - - £64,860
North East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +14.29% -13.65% -13.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 707 1,053 520
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 97.14% 81.38%
Number of salaries quoted 478 783 403
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,800 £30,617
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,922 £37,987
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,968 £50,056
Median % change year-on-year -9.51% -6.17% +0.11%
75th Percentile £60,876 £61,250 £64,125
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £77,250
North East median annual salary £30,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% -10.00% +8.70%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in Tyne and Wear

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Project Manager in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in Tyne and Wear

Senior Project Manager
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Sunderland - 3 £57,500 -
Newcastle upon Tyne +11 2 £65,000 +23.81% 1
Senior Project Manager
North East

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 12 August 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) PMO
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
2 2 (40.00%) Advertising
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
1 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce