Senior Project Manager
UK
The median Senior Project Manager salary in the UK is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 375 | 456 | 502 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +81 | +46 | +38 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager | 391 | 531 | 562 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.70% | 0.53% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.77% | 0.56% | 0.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 126 | 351 | 422 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,409 | £46,250 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,125 | £52,500 | £60,800 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,250 | £60,000 | £60,899 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.08% | -1.48% | -6.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £72,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £81,250 | £83,750 | £87,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,500 | £60,800 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -5.43% | +1.33% |
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 | 50,981 | 94,642 | 91,089 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.74% | 94.70% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,187 | 67,606 | 57,639 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,564 | £50,000 | £53,059 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.76% | +6.12% |
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.
Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Project Manager.
Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.
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 20 May 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +107 | 339 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 119 |
| England | +20 | 299 | £60,000 | - | 173 |
| South West | +126 | 108 | £51,000 | -7.27% | 17 |
| Wales | +78 | 65 | - | - | 1 |
| North of England | +26 | 65 | £55,000 | -0.90% | 19 |
| North West | +12 | 58 | £54,793 | -1.27% | 14 |
| Work from Home | +41 | 55 | £62,500 | +5.49% | 80 |
| London | +42 | 40 | £76,250 | +8.93% | 83 |
| Midlands | +16 | 30 | £62,500 | - | 14 |
| South East | +49 | 28 | £68,750 | +10.00% | 45 |
| East of England | +23 | 25 | £59,871 | +8.86% | 15 |
| West Midlands | +40 | 20 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 9 |
| Northern Ireland | +37 | 10 | - | - | 3 |
| East Midlands | +5 | 10 | £55,000 | - | 4 |
| Scotland | +100 | 8 | £53,086 | -5.40% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +39 | 7 | £80,000 | +39.13% | 3 |
Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, 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.
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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:
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