Senior Project Manager Jobs

Senior Project Manager
UK

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2024.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 438 439
Rank change year-on-year +54 +1 +127
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 458 312 881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.59% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.62% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 177 277 457
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,344
25th Percentile £52,500 - £57,599
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%

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 64,932 50,573 117,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 95.45% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 32,232 36,954 73,757
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,798
25th Percentile £43,650 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 December 2024. 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 +20 393 £62,500 +4.17% 85
UK excluding London +74 366 £60,000 - 51
Work from Home +32 102 £62,500 -3.85% 49
North of England +2 94 £60,350 +0.58% 9
London -44 82 £72,500 +3.57% 39
South West +42 69 £51,000 -15.00% 5
North West -2 63 £60,350 +0.58% 7
South East -21 63 £65,000 +6.12% 17
Midlands -18 55 £55,000 -8.33% 9
West Midlands -25 30 £60,001 +0.00% 6
East of England -44 29 £64,743 +7.90% 2
Yorkshire +16 28 £51,875 -13.54% 2
Scotland +10 25 £54,175 -9.71% 4
East Midlands -17 24 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Northern Ireland +35 16 - - 2
Wales +31 15 - - 2
North East -37 3 £63,750 +6.25% 1

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

For the 6 months to 8 December 2024, 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 featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 310 (67.69%) Project Management
2 198 (43.23%) Finance
3 126 (27.51%) Degree
4 124 (27.07%) Social Skills
5 100 (21.83%) Risk Management
6 93 (20.31%) Project Delivery
7 84 (18.34%) PRINCE2
8 83 (18.12%) Driving Licence
9 76 (16.59%) Agile
10 71 (15.50%) Microsoft
10 71 (15.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 59 (12.88%) Scorecard
11 59 (12.88%) Balanced Scorecard
12 56 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
13 54 (11.79%) Budget Management
14 49 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
15 48 (10.48%) Microsoft Project
16 47 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
17 45 (9.83%) Retail
17 45 (9.83%) PMP
18 43 (9.39%) Public Sector
19 41 (8.95%) NEC
20 39 (8.52%) PMI Certification
20 39 (8.52%) Manufacturing
21 36 (7.86%) Customer Experience
22 30 (6.55%) Project Planning
22 30 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
23 28 (6.11%) Waterfall
23 28 (6.11%) MRICS
24 27 (5.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.66%) Confluence
3 1 (0.22%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 56 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (10.48%) Microsoft Project
3 27 (5.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.09%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.66%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.44%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (1.31%) Azure
1 6 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (0.66%) AWS
2 3 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (0.44%) SaaS
4 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.22%) OCI
4 1 (0.22%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.22%) Firewall
1 1 (0.22%) LAN
1 1 (0.22%) Network Security
1 1 (0.22%) SAN
1 1 (0.22%) Skype
1 1 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (0.66%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (2.18%) JIRA
General
1 198 (43.23%) Finance
2 124 (27.07%) Social Skills
3 71 (15.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 45 (9.83%) Retail
5 43 (9.39%) Public Sector
6 39 (8.52%) Manufacturing
7 30 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (3.93%) Legal
10 9 (1.97%) Local Government
10 9 (1.97%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.53%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.31%) Health Technology
13 6 (1.31%) Military
14 5 (1.09%) Law
15 4 (0.87%) Aviation
15 4 (0.87%) Games
15 4 (0.87%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.22%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (0.22%) HTML
1 1 (0.22%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 83 (18.12%) Driving Licence
2 16 (3.49%) PMI
3 14 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (2.84%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.18%) NHS
7 9 (1.97%) Life Science
8 8 (1.75%) Social Media
9 6 (1.31%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.09%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.87%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.44%) Genomics
13 2 (0.44%) Online Games
13 2 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
14 1 (0.22%) Cyberattack
14 1 (0.22%) Enterprise Software
14 1 (0.22%) FMCG
14 1 (0.22%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.97%) Windows
2 8 (1.75%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.22%) Android
3 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (67.69%) Project Management
2 100 (21.83%) Risk Management
3 93 (20.31%) Project Delivery
4 84 (18.34%) PRINCE2
5 76 (16.59%) Agile
6 59 (12.88%) Balanced Scorecard
6 59 (12.88%) Scorecard
7 54 (11.79%) Budget Management
8 49 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 36 (7.86%) Customer Experience
11 30 (6.55%) Project Planning
12 28 (6.11%) Waterfall
13 26 (5.68%) Resource Allocation
14 24 (5.24%) Mentoring
15 23 (5.02%) Change Management
15 23 (5.02%) Process Improvement
16 21 (4.59%) Performance Management
16 21 (4.59%) User Acceptance Testing
17 20 (4.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 126 (27.51%) Degree
2 45 (9.83%) PMP
3 39 (8.52%) PMI Certification
4 28 (6.11%) MRICS
5 26 (5.68%) DBS Check
6 20 (4.37%) Master's Degree
7 18 (3.93%) MBA
8 15 (3.28%) HNC
8 15 (3.28%) MAPM
9 14 (3.06%) Security Cleared
10 13 (2.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 11 (2.40%) HND
12 8 (1.75%) SC Cleared
13 7 (1.53%) CTC Cleared
14 6 (1.31%) APMP
14 6 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.87%) APMG
16 3 (0.66%) DV Cleared
16 3 (0.66%) RIBA
17 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.28%) QA
2 6 (1.31%) PMO
3 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.44%) GDPR
4 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.22%) PMBOK
Systems Management
1 1 (0.22%) Grafana
Vendors
1 71 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.95%) NEC
3 12 (2.62%) SAP
4 9 (1.97%) Salesforce
5 4 (0.87%) Oracle
6 3 (0.66%) Ariba
7 2 (0.44%) Google
8 1 (0.22%) BT
8 1 (0.22%) Concur
8 1 (0.22%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.22%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.22%) Sun