Senior Project Manager Job Trends

Senior Project Manager
UK

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 285 445
Rank change year-on-year -211 +160 +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 149 552 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.00% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 1.07% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 93 164 229
10th Percentile £56,803 £50,000 £52,496
25th Percentile £65,000 £51,672 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £93,750 £71,563 £72,500
90th Percentile £114,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -4.00%

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 53,514 51,675 48,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.18% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 32,893 27,368 37,623
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Top 16 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 31 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
England -188 123 £77,500 +29.17% 328
UK excluding London -203 88 £70,000 +16.67% 320
London +26 52 £92,500 +27.59% 42
South East -1 30 £89,000 +42.40% 88
Work from Home +2 29 £65,000 +8.33% 36
North of England -56 21 £65,000 +4.00% 61
Scotland 0 16 £65,000 -3.70% 15
Midlands -20 11 £62,264 +13.21% 61
North West -23 11 £75,000 +20.00% 29
West Midlands +3 9 £62,264 +3.77% 33
Yorkshire -26 6 £63,750 -8.93% 29
North East +10 4 £61,250 -3.92% 3
East of England -6 4 £70,000 +16.92% 51
Wales -22 3 £70,000 - 11
South West -101 3 £60,000 +17.65% 33
East Midlands -26 2 - - 23

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 83 (55.70%) Project Management
2 64 (42.95%) Agile
3 62 (41.61%) Project Delivery
4 32 (21.48%) Budget Management
4 32 (21.48%) PRINCE2
5 31 (20.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (19.46%) Degree
6 29 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (18.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (18.12%) PMI Certification
8 27 (18.12%) PMP
9 26 (17.45%) Microsoft
10 24 (16.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (15.44%) Programme Management
12 20 (13.42%) Risk Management
13 19 (12.75%) Microsoft Project
14 18 (12.08%) Decision-Making
15 17 (11.41%) Change Management
15 17 (11.41%) Migration
16 16 (10.74%) Coaching
16 16 (10.74%) Waterfall
17 14 (9.40%) Azure
17 14 (9.40%) Budgeting and Forecasting
18 13 (8.72%) CRM
18 13 (8.72%) Scrum
19 12 (8.05%) Contingency Planning
20 11 (7.38%) AWS
20 11 (7.38%) Biotechnology
20 11 (7.38%) Business Development
20 11 (7.38%) Hematology

Senior Project Manager 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 6 (4.03%) Confluence
2 3 (2.01%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (12.75%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.01%) Shopify
3 1 (0.67%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.67%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.67%) Magento
3 1 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.67%) Primavera
3 1 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.67%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.40%) Azure
2 11 (7.38%) AWS
3 5 (3.36%) GCP
4 4 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.68%) SaaS
5 3 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.01%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.01%) Smartsheet
6 2 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.34%) OCI
6 2 (1.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Asana
7 1 (0.67%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.67%) IaaS
7 1 (0.67%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.67%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.67%) Internet
1 1 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (6.04%) JIRA
General
1 78 (52.35%) Finance
2 55 (36.91%) Social Skills
3 29 (19.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (14.09%) Influencing Skills
5 20 (13.42%) Legal
6 12 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (8.05%) Banking
6 12 (8.05%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (6.71%) Retail
8 8 (5.37%) Electronics
8 8 (5.37%) Marketing
9 7 (4.70%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.68%) Advertising
10 4 (2.68%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.01%) International Banking
11 3 (2.01%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.34%) Law
12 2 (1.34%) Police
12 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.03%) Reinsurance
2 4 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (2.68%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.01%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.01%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.01%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.34%) PMI
5 1 (0.67%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.67%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.67%) IoT
5 1 (0.67%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.67%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.67%) NHS
5 1 (0.67%) PropTech
5 1 (0.67%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (55.70%) Project Management
2 64 (42.95%) Agile
3 62 (41.61%) Project Delivery
4 32 (21.48%) Budget Management
4 32 (21.48%) PRINCE2
5 31 (20.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (18.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (16.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 23 (15.44%) Programme Management
10 20 (13.42%) Risk Management
11 18 (12.08%) Decision-Making
12 17 (11.41%) Change Management
12 17 (11.41%) Migration
13 16 (10.74%) Coaching
13 16 (10.74%) Waterfall
14 14 (9.40%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 13 (8.72%) CRM
15 13 (8.72%) Scrum
16 12 (8.05%) Contingency Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 29 (19.46%) Degree
2 27 (18.12%) PMI Certification
2 27 (18.12%) PMP
3 7 (4.70%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.03%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.68%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.34%) APMG
6 2 (1.34%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.34%) MAPM
6 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.67%) CAPM
7 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.67%) MBA
7 1 (0.67%) PhD
7 1 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.70%) PMO
1 7 (4.70%) QA
2 2 (1.34%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 26 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (2.68%) Fortinet
2 4 (2.68%) Palo Alto
2 4 (2.68%) Salesforce
2 4 (2.68%) SAP
3 3 (2.01%) Adobe
3 3 (2.01%) NEC
4 2 (1.34%) Google
4 2 (1.34%) Guidewire
4 2 (1.34%) Oracle
5 1 (0.67%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.67%) IBM
5 1 (0.67%) Marketo
5 1 (0.67%) PayPal
5 1 (0.67%) Planon