Senior Project Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 435 228 399
Rank change year-on-year -207 +171 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 88 454 149
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 1.22% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 1.30% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 50 135 139
10th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,800
25th Percentile £63,125 £51,000 £55,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,688 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £80,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +4.17% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,994 34,827 29,365
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 93.37% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23,048 17,337 22,235
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
South East -1 30 £89,000 +42.40% 80
North of England -49 21 £65,000 +4.00% 60
Scotland +8 16 £65,000 -3.70% 13
Midlands -21 11 £62,264 +13.21% 59
North West -23 11 £75,000 +20.00% 28
West Midlands -3 9 £62,264 +3.77% 33
Yorkshire -19 6 £63,750 -8.93% 29
North East +6 4 £61,250 -3.92% 3
East of England -8 4 £70,000 +16.92% 47
Wales -27 3 £70,000 - 11
South West -102 3 £60,000 +17.65% 32
East Midlands -31 2 - - 22
Senior Project Manager
UK

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 41 (46.59%) Project Management
2 38 (43.18%) Project Delivery
3 34 (38.64%) Agile
4 26 (29.55%) Degree
5 24 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (23.86%) Budget Management
7 20 (22.73%) PMI Certification
7 20 (22.73%) PMP
7 20 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (19.32%) Microsoft Project
9 16 (18.18%) Risk Management
10 15 (17.05%) Microsoft
11 14 (15.91%) Programme Management
12 12 (13.64%) Decision-Making
12 12 (13.64%) PRINCE2
12 12 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (12.50%) Biotechnology
13 11 (12.50%) Coaching
13 11 (12.50%) Hematology
13 11 (12.50%) Immunology
14 10 (11.36%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 10 (11.36%) Change Management
15 9 (10.23%) Contingency Planning
16 8 (9.09%) Customer Service
16 8 (9.09%) Waterfall
17 7 (7.95%) Collaborative Culture
17 7 (7.95%) ERP
17 7 (7.95%) Migration
17 7 (7.95%) Project Planning
17 7 (7.95%) Strategic Thinking

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (4.55%) Confluence
2 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (19.32%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (1.14%) Primavera
1 1 (1.14%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.55%) Azure
2 3 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (3.41%) SaaS
3 2 (2.27%) AWS
3 2 (2.27%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.14%) Asana
4 1 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.14%) IaaS
4 1 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.14%) OCI
4 1 (1.14%) Oracle CX
4 1 (1.14%) Oracle Service Cloud
4 1 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.14%) Internet
1 1 (1.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.68%) JIRA
General
1 52 (59.09%) Finance
2 30 (34.09%) Social Skills
3 20 (22.73%) Influencing Skills
4 14 (15.91%) Legal
5 13 (14.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (7.95%) Electronics
8 6 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (6.82%) Retail
9 5 (5.68%) Banking
10 3 (3.41%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.27%) Advertising
11 2 (2.27%) Police
11 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
12 1 (1.14%) Billing
12 1 (1.14%) Law
12 1 (1.14%) Marketing
12 1 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.14%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.27%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.14%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.14%) IoT
3 1 (1.14%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.14%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.14%) PMI
3 1 (1.14%) PropTech
3 1 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (46.59%) Project Management
2 38 (43.18%) Project Delivery
3 34 (38.64%) Agile
4 24 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (23.86%) Budget Management
6 20 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (18.18%) Risk Management
8 14 (15.91%) Programme Management
9 12 (13.64%) Decision-Making
9 12 (13.64%) PRINCE2
9 12 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (12.50%) Biotechnology
10 11 (12.50%) Coaching
10 11 (12.50%) Hematology
10 11 (12.50%) Immunology
11 10 (11.36%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 10 (11.36%) Change Management
12 9 (10.23%) Contingency Planning
13 8 (9.09%) Customer Service
13 8 (9.09%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 26 (29.55%) Degree
2 20 (22.73%) PMI Certification
2 20 (22.73%) PMP
3 6 (6.82%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.68%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.14%) CAPM
6 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.14%) MAPM
6 1 (1.14%) MBA
6 1 (1.14%) PhD
6 1 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.68%) PMO
2 2 (2.27%) QA
3 1 (1.14%) GDPR
Vendors
1 15 (17.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.27%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.14%) Google
3 1 (1.14%) IBM
3 1 (1.14%) NEC
3 1 (1.14%) Oracle
3 1 (1.14%) Planon
3 1 (1.14%) SAP