Senior Project Leader Job Trends

Senior Project Lead
UK

The median Senior Project Lead salary in the UK is £70,000 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 646 698 -
Rank change year-on-year +52 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Leader 7 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.002% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £63,875 - -
25th Percentile £67,813 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile - £67,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Senior Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Project Leader job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Project Leader
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Project Leader job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Project Leader job vacancies in the UK

Senior Project Leader
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Project Leader within the UK 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
England +68 7 £70,000 +7.69% 5
Work from Home +71 5 £70,000 +7.69% 4
UK excluding London +61 5 £70,000 +7.69% 5
South East +39 4 £70,000 +7.69% 4
London - 2 - -
East of England - 1 - - 1

Senior Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Project Leader 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 featuring Senior Project Leader in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) Logistics
3 2 (28.57%) Maya
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Order to Cash
3 2 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
3 2 (28.57%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) Record to Report
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 2 (28.57%) SAP BW
3 2 (28.57%) SAP CO
3 2 (28.57%) SAP FI
3 2 (28.57%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (28.57%) SAP FSCM
3 2 (28.57%) SAP IBP
3 2 (28.57%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (14.29%) AI

Senior Project Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (14.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP CO
1 2 (28.57%) SAP FI
1 2 (28.57%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (28.57%) SAP FSCM
1 2 (28.57%) SAP IBP
1 2 (28.57%) SAP IS-U
1 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Games
2 2 (28.57%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Electronics
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (14.29%) ASIC
3 1 (14.29%) Clustering
3 1 (14.29%) FPGA
3 1 (14.29%) IoT
3 1 (14.29%) Robotics
3 1 (14.29%) Verilog
3 1 (14.29%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Logistics
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Order to Cash
2 2 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
2 2 (28.57%) Record to Report
2 2 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Bash
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Perl
2 1 (14.29%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Linux+ Certification
2 1 (14.29%) LPIC
2 1 (14.29%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Puppet
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP