Senior Project Manager Jobs in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Project Manager salary in Scotland is £56,115 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 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 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 191 235
Rank change year-on-year -41 +44 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 37 21 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.54% 0.49% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.54% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 29 19 13
10th Percentile £49,000 £56,000 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,800 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,115 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% +1.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £75,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% -6.31% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,697 3,869 5,969
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.62% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,888 2,108 3,107
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Glasgow -100 26 £56,115 -13.67% 6
Edinburgh +36 8 £59,588 -1.99% 2
West Lothian - 3 £70,000 -
Senior Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, 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 across the Scotland region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 26 (70.27%) Project Management
2 14 (37.84%) Agile
2 14 (37.84%) Business Case
3 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
4 10 (27.03%) Programme Management
4 10 (27.03%) Change Management
5 9 (24.32%) Risk Management
5 9 (24.32%) PRINCE2
5 9 (24.32%) Agile Project Management
6 8 (21.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
6 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
6 8 (21.62%) Actionable Insight
6 8 (21.62%) Knowledge Management
6 8 (21.62%) Decision-Making
7 7 (18.92%) Finance
8 6 (16.22%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (16.22%) Line Management
8 6 (16.22%) Waterfall
8 6 (16.22%) Project Governance
8 6 (16.22%) Change Control
8 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
8 6 (16.22%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (13.51%) Scrum
10 4 (10.81%) Electronics
10 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
10 4 (10.81%) PMI Certification
11 3 (8.11%) Firmware
11 3 (8.11%) PMP
11 3 (8.11%) Marketing

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) SaaS
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Finance
3 4 (10.81%) Electronics
4 3 (8.11%) Marketing
5 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) PMI
1 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (70.27%) Project Management
2 14 (37.84%) Agile
2 14 (37.84%) Business Case
3 10 (27.03%) Change Management
3 10 (27.03%) Programme Management
4 9 (24.32%) Agile Project Management
4 9 (24.32%) PRINCE2
4 9 (24.32%) Risk Management
5 8 (21.62%) Actionable Insight
5 8 (21.62%) Decision-Making
5 8 (21.62%) Knowledge Management
6 6 (16.22%) Change Control
6 6 (16.22%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (16.22%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
6 6 (16.22%) Line Management
6 6 (16.22%) Project Governance
6 6 (16.22%) Waterfall
7 5 (13.51%) Scrum
8 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
1 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) PMI Certification
3 3 (8.11%) PMP
4 2 (5.41%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) PMO
1 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (8.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle