Senior IT Project Manager Jobs

Senior IT Project Manager
UK

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

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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 840 929 1026
Rank change year-on-year +89 +97 -147
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Project Manager 48 66 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.065% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.071% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 42 59 104
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £50,825
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,813 £53,616
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +14.29% -5.77%
75th Percentile £72,188 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,625 £78,710 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +4.35%

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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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 +73 46 £62,500 -3.85% 4
UK excluding London -8 36 £55,000 -15.38% 3
Work from Home +53 20 £65,000 -7.14% 1
London +117 12 £81,250 +16.07% 1
West Midlands +14 11 £57,500 -17.86%
Midlands 0 11 £57,500 -17.86%
East of England +17 10 £55,000 -15.38%
South East - 10 £65,000 - 3
North of England +36 2 £66,250 +26.19%
Wales +10 2 - -
North West - 2 £66,250 -
South West -27 1 £45,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Senior IT 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 IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 25 (52.08%) Agile
1 25 (52.08%) Project Management
2 21 (43.75%) Waterfall
3 20 (41.67%) PRINCE2
4 14 (29.17%) Project Delivery
5 13 (27.08%) PMI Certification
6 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
6 11 (22.92%) Degree
7 10 (20.83%) Programme Management
8 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (18.75%) Finance
9 8 (16.67%) Change Management
9 8 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (16.67%) PMI
9 8 (16.67%) Roadmaps
10 7 (14.58%) ITIL
10 7 (14.58%) PRINCE
10 7 (14.58%) Service Delivery
10 7 (14.58%) Scrum
10 7 (14.58%) Billing
10 7 (14.58%) SDLC
10 7 (14.58%) Project Governance
10 7 (14.58%) JIRA
10 7 (14.58%) Matrix Management
10 7 (14.58%) Kanban
11 6 (12.50%) Process Improvement
11 6 (12.50%) Dependency Management
11 6 (12.50%) PMP
12 5 (10.42%) CheckPoint
12 5 (10.42%) PRINCE2 Certification

Senior IT 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 1 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.08%) Azure
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) Firewall
1 3 (6.25%) LAN
2 2 (4.17%) VLAN
2 2 (4.17%) WAN
2 2 (4.17%) Wireless
2 2 (4.17%) WLAN
3 1 (2.08%) DHCP
3 1 (2.08%) DNS
3 1 (2.08%) Extranet
3 1 (2.08%) MPLS
3 1 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.08%) VPN
3 1 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 7 (14.58%) JIRA
2 2 (4.17%) Eclipse
General
1 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Finance
3 7 (14.58%) Billing
4 5 (10.42%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.17%) Marketing
6 2 (4.17%) Retail
7 1 (2.08%) Law
7 1 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) PMI
2 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Windows
1 2 (4.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (52.08%) Agile
1 25 (52.08%) Project Management
2 21 (43.75%) Waterfall
3 20 (41.67%) PRINCE2
4 14 (29.17%) Project Delivery
5 10 (20.83%) Programme Management
6 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (16.67%) Change Management
7 8 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 8 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (14.58%) ITIL
8 7 (14.58%) Kanban
8 7 (14.58%) Matrix Management
8 7 (14.58%) PRINCE
8 7 (14.58%) Project Governance
8 7 (14.58%) Scrum
8 7 (14.58%) SDLC
8 7 (14.58%) Service Delivery
9 6 (12.50%) Dependency Management
9 6 (12.50%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 13 (27.08%) PMI Certification
2 11 (22.92%) Degree
3 6 (12.50%) PMP
4 5 (10.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) PMO
2 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.25%) Hyper-V
1 3 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) SmoothWall
2 1 (2.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (10.42%) CheckPoint
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.25%) VMware
3 2 (4.17%) Aruba
4 1 (2.08%) Cisco
4 1 (2.08%) Ruckus Wireless