Senior IT Project Manager Jobs

Senior IT Project Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Project Manager salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 702 843 915
Rank change year-on-year +141 +72 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Project Manager 10 47 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.047% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.050% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 5 41 54
10th Percentile £59,980 £46,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £76,250 £52,500 £55,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -12.73% +14.58%
75th Percentile - £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,500 £83,750 £78,735
UK excluding London median annual salary £78,750 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +43.18% -15.38% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,683 94,601 90,752
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.69% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 27,196 67,610 57,343
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%

Senior IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager.

Salary trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +111 9 £80,000 +33.33% 5
UK excluding London +159 6 £78,750 +43.18% 5
London +102 3 £80,000 -1.54% 2
North of England +46 3 £80,000 +20.75%
Yorkshire - 3 £80,000 -
Work from Home +105 2 £63,317 -2.59% 4
South East +88 2 £63,317 -2.59% 2
Midlands +60 1 - - 2
West Midlands +33 1 - - 2

Senior IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Senior IT 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 featuring Senior IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Project Management
2 7 (70.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (60.00%) Degree
3 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (50.00%) Agile
4 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (50.00%) Finance
5 4 (40.00%) PMI Certification
5 4 (40.00%) Business Transformation
5 4 (40.00%) Budget Management
5 4 (40.00%) PMO
6 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
6 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
6 3 (30.00%) Master's Degree
6 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (30.00%) PMI
6 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
6 3 (30.00%) MBA
7 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (20.00%) SAP
7 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
7 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning

Senior IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (10.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (30.00%) PMI
3 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (10.00%) Housing Association
3 1 (10.00%) IoT
3 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Project Management
2 7 (70.00%) PRINCE2
3 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (40.00%) Budget Management
4 4 (40.00%) Business Transformation
5 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
6 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) DevOps
6 2 (20.00%) Line Management
6 2 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
6 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (20.00%) Resource Management
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (10.00%) CRM
7 1 (10.00%) ERP
7 1 (10.00%) Logistics
7 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (30.00%) Master's Degree
3 3 (30.00%) MBA
4 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) Salesforce