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 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 558 473
Rank change year-on-year +8 -85 -125
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 278 108 314
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.22% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.24% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 131 87 144
10th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £47,988
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% +6.91%
75th Percentile £94,375 £89,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +12.00% +4.17%

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 109,799 44,474 69,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 89.76% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 74,691 25,606 40,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,718 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,566 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.11% -6.87% -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 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Top 15 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 6 October 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 -2 217 £80,000 +6.67% 265
UK excluding London -17 184 £68,750 -1.79% 160
Work from Home +56 129 £75,000 +5.26% 104
London -40 75 £88,750 -1.39% 126
North of England -28 51 £60,000 -7.69% 32
South East -15 42 £80,000 -3.03% 42
Scotland +24 41 £60,000 -7.69% 17
North West -2 33 £55,000 -24.14% 15
South West -48 29 £104,000 +38.67% 17
Yorkshire -19 18 £80,000 +23.08% 13
Midlands -53 12 £60,000 -17.24% 33
West Midlands -30 10 £75,000 +3.45% 7
Wales - 7 - - 4
East of England -28 2 - - 14
East Midlands -32 2 £57,150 -23.03% 26

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, 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.

1 146 (52.52%) Project Management
2 131 (47.12%) Project Delivery
3 129 (46.40%) Agile
4 106 (38.13%) PRINCE2
5 104 (37.41%) Degree
6 93 (33.45%) Microsoft Project
7 83 (29.86%) Budget Management
8 77 (27.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 71 (25.54%) Coaching
9 71 (25.54%) Programme Governance
10 69 (24.82%) Microsoft Office
11 67 (24.10%) Customer Experience
12 66 (23.74%) Conflict Management
12 66 (23.74%) Impact Analysis
12 66 (23.74%) Operations Management
13 56 (20.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (11.15%) PMI Certification
14 31 (11.15%) PMP
15 29 (10.43%) Microsoft
16 28 (10.07%) Decision-Making
17 27 (9.71%) Business Transformation
18 26 (9.35%) Project Governance
19 25 (8.99%) Security Cleared
20 24 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
21 22 (7.91%) Problem-Solving
22 21 (7.55%) Roadmaps
23 20 (7.19%) ERP
23 20 (7.19%) Waterfall
24 18 (6.47%) Change Management
24 18 (6.47%) Digital Transformation Programme

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 7 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.08%) Confluence
3 2 (0.72%) SAS
Applications
1 93 (33.45%) Microsoft Project
2 69 (24.82%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.44%) Sage 200
2 4 (1.44%) SAP Business One
3 3 (1.08%) Primavera
4 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.72%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.72%) Shopify
5 1 (0.36%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.36%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.36%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.04%) Azure
2 9 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (1.80%) AWS
4 5 (1.80%) SaaS
5 4 (1.44%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.72%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.36%) GCP
7 1 (0.36%) PaaS
7 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.08%) 2G
1 3 (1.08%) 3G
1 3 (1.08%) 4G
1 3 (1.08%) 5G
1 3 (1.08%) MVNO
2 2 (0.72%) BGP
2 2 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (0.72%) DMVPN
2 2 (0.72%) Extranet
2 2 (0.72%) Network Security
2 2 (0.72%) OSPF
2 2 (0.72%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.36%) Internet
3 1 (0.36%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.36%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 8 (2.88%) JIRA
General
1 119 (42.81%) Social Skills
2 72 (25.90%) Finance
3 17 (6.12%) Pharmaceutical
4 12 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (3.96%) Manufacturing
6 10 (3.60%) Legal
7 9 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.24%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.88%) Law
9 7 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.80%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.80%) Banking
11 5 (1.80%) Retail
12 4 (1.44%) Advertising
12 4 (1.44%) Billing
13 3 (1.08%) Military
14 2 (0.72%) Avionics
14 2 (0.72%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.68%) Data Centre
1 13 (4.68%) NHS
2 10 (3.60%) Reinsurance
3 6 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.80%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.80%) PMI
5 2 (0.72%) CMDB
5 2 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.36%) EPoS
6 1 (0.36%) Equities
6 1 (0.36%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.36%) FMCG
6 1 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.36%) Life Science
6 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Linux
1 1 (0.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (52.52%) Project Management
2 131 (47.12%) Project Delivery
3 129 (46.40%) Agile
4 106 (38.13%) PRINCE2
5 83 (29.86%) Budget Management
6 71 (25.54%) Coaching
6 71 (25.54%) Programme Governance
7 67 (24.10%) Customer Experience
8 66 (23.74%) Conflict Management
8 66 (23.74%) Impact Analysis
8 66 (23.74%) Operations Management
9 56 (20.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (10.07%) Decision-Making
11 27 (9.71%) Business Transformation
12 26 (9.35%) Project Governance
13 24 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (7.91%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (7.55%) Roadmaps
16 20 (7.19%) ERP
16 20 (7.19%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (37.41%) Degree
2 77 (27.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 31 (11.15%) PMI Certification
3 31 (11.15%) PMP
4 25 (8.99%) Security Cleared
5 17 (6.12%) DV Cleared
5 17 (6.12%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.80%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.44%) APMP
7 4 (1.44%) ISEB
8 3 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.72%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.68%) QA
2 12 (4.32%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.96%) PMO
4 3 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.36%) GxP
5 1 (0.36%) IFRS
5 1 (0.36%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.72%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (10.43%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.76%) SAP
3 8 (2.88%) Oracle
3 8 (2.88%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.44%) Sage
5 3 (1.08%) NEC
6 2 (0.72%) Cisco
6 2 (0.72%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.72%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.36%) Aderant
7 1 (0.36%) iManage
7 1 (0.36%) Intapp
7 1 (0.36%) Legora
7 1 (0.36%) Nuix
7 1 (0.36%) Relativity