Senior Project Manager
UK

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 435 451 579
Rank change year-on-year +16 +128 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 318 899 615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.71% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.75% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 282 474 437
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £48,750
25th Percentile - £57,599 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £70,001 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year -4.00% +6.38% +9.30%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 51,668 119,945 122,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.49% 95.32% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 37,837 75,409 83,805
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

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 29 November 2023.

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 29 November 2023. 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 +10 290 £60,000 -14.29% 143
UK excluding London -4 181 £60,000 -4.00% 87
London +73 116 £70,000 -3.91% 59
Work from Home -55 84 £65,000 -7.14% 66
North of England +59 57 £60,000 -7.69% 26
South East +95 43 £62,500 -10.71% 29
South West +21 29 £60,000 - 8
Yorkshire +86 28 £60,000 -20.00% 8
Midlands +67 24 £60,000 +2.56% 8
North West +44 22 £60,000 -4.00% 16
West Midlands +62 15 £60,000 +2.56% 7
East of England +84 12 £60,000 +9.09% 13
East Midlands +43 9 £60,000 - 1
Scotland +41 8 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Wales +15 8 £60,000 +26.32% 4
North East +40 7 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Northern Ireland +30 1 £60,000 +9.09% 2

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 2023, 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.

1 243 (76.42%) Project Management
2 197 (61.95%) Project Delivery
3 177 (55.66%) PRINCE2
4 164 (51.57%) Degree
5 132 (41.51%) SDLC
6 125 (39.31%) Scrum
7 122 (38.36%) Computer Science
7 122 (38.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 114 (35.85%) ERP
9 110 (34.59%) Salesforce
9 110 (34.59%) Migration
10 109 (34.28%) Management Information System
11 108 (33.96%) NEC
12 106 (33.33%) Finance
12 106 (33.33%) Virtual Team
13 88 (27.67%) Agile
14 57 (17.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 48 (15.09%) Waterfall
16 45 (14.15%) Social Skills
17 43 (13.52%) Microsoft
18 37 (11.64%) Microsoft Project
19 35 (11.01%) Microsoft Office
20 32 (10.06%) Programme Management
20 32 (10.06%) Marketing
21 30 (9.43%) Security Cleared
21 30 (9.43%) Change Management
21 30 (9.43%) PMI Certification
21 30 (9.43%) Public Sector
21 30 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
22 29 (9.12%) Telecoms

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 7 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.63%) CMS
2 2 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (0.63%) MS Exchange
2 2 (0.63%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (11.64%) Microsoft Project
2 35 (11.01%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.89%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.94%) Shopify
2 2 (0.63%) Maximo
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (1.89%) SaaS
2 5 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.26%) Azure
4 3 (0.94%) Smartsheet
5 2 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.63%) GCP
5 2 (0.63%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.31%) AWS
6 1 (0.31%) Boomi
6 1 (0.31%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.31%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.31%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.31%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.89%) WAN
2 5 (1.57%) LAN
2 5 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.94%) 5G
3 3 (0.94%) VLAN
4 2 (0.63%) DHCP
4 2 (0.63%) DNS
4 2 (0.63%) Firewall
4 2 (0.63%) MPLS
4 2 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.63%) VPN
5 1 (0.31%) Network Security
5 1 (0.31%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (1.57%) JIRA
General
1 106 (33.33%) Finance
2 45 (14.15%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.06%) Marketing
4 30 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 29 (9.12%) Telecoms
6 25 (7.86%) Manufacturing
7 24 (7.55%) Electronics
8 17 (5.35%) Legal
9 8 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.20%) Local Government
11 6 (1.89%) Banking
11 6 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.89%) Police
11 6 (1.89%) Retail
12 5 (1.57%) Automotive
13 4 (1.26%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (1.26%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.31%) EDI
1 1 (0.31%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 109 (34.28%) Management Information System
2 106 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 12 (3.77%) PMI
4 7 (2.20%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.94%) Acoustics
6 3 (0.94%) CESG
6 3 (0.94%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.63%) Robotics
8 1 (0.31%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.31%) FMCG
8 1 (0.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.31%) IVR
8 1 (0.31%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.31%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.31%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.29%) Windows
2 7 (2.20%) Android
2 7 (2.20%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.63%) AIX
4 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (76.42%) Project Management
2 197 (61.95%) Project Delivery
3 177 (55.66%) PRINCE2
4 132 (41.51%) SDLC
5 125 (39.31%) Scrum
6 122 (38.36%) Computer Science
7 114 (35.85%) ERP
8 110 (34.59%) Migration
9 88 (27.67%) Agile
10 57 (17.92%) Stakeholder Management
11 48 (15.09%) Waterfall
12 32 (10.06%) Programme Management
13 30 (9.43%) Change Management
13 30 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (8.81%) Business Case
15 24 (7.55%) Decision-Making
15 24 (7.55%) Digital Marketing
16 22 (6.92%) Business Intelligence
16 22 (6.92%) Project Governance
17 21 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 164 (51.57%) Degree
2 122 (38.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (9.43%) PMI Certification
3 30 (9.43%) Security Cleared
4 24 (7.55%) PMP
5 19 (5.97%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 10 (3.14%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 8 (2.52%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.20%) MBA
11 4 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.63%) PhD
13 1 (0.31%) APMP
13 1 (0.31%) HND
13 1 (0.31%) MAPM
13 1 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.09%) PMO
2 11 (3.46%) QA
3 4 (1.26%) GRC
4 1 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.31%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.63%) Firmware
2 2 (0.63%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 110 (34.59%) Salesforce
2 108 (33.96%) NEC
3 43 (13.52%) Microsoft
4 27 (8.49%) SAP
5 5 (1.57%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.26%) Oracle
7 2 (0.63%) Cisco
7 2 (0.63%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (0.63%) VMware
8 1 (0.31%) Aderant
8 1 (0.31%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.31%) iManage
8 1 (0.31%) Intapp
8 1 (0.31%) Meraki
8 1 (0.31%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.31%) Remedy
8 1 (0.31%) Splunk
8 1 (0.31%) Workday