Senior Project Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 408 431 442
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 +113
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 400 370 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.63% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.70% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 255 275 290
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £51,624 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.43% +1.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% -6.31% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 67,946 52,777 68,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.21% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,984 30,164 42,468
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
North of England +38 88 £55,500 -8.72% 22
Midlands +28 73 £62,500 +2.63% 16
South West +15 73 £55,000 -9.54% 10
South East -55 68 £62,500 +2.63% 31
West Midlands +27 40 £60,000 -1.48% 10
Yorkshire +80 39 £57,500 -5.43% 10
East of England +14 39 £55,000 -9.54% 9
North West 0 38 £55,500 -8.72% 11
Scotland -57 34 £56,115 -7.86% 13
East Midlands -1 29 £55,000 -9.54% 6
Wales +7 15 £39,000 -35.86% 2
North East -5 11 £55,000 -9.54% 2
Northern Ireland - 10 £67,500 - 1
Senior Project Manager
UK

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 290 (72.50%) Project Management
2 181 (45.25%) Social Skills
3 152 (38.00%) Agile
4 113 (28.25%) PRINCE2
5 99 (24.75%) Finance
6 91 (22.75%) Decision-Making
7 88 (22.00%) Project Delivery
8 79 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
9 77 (19.25%) Change Management
10 76 (19.00%) Degree
11 70 (17.50%) Security Cleared
12 67 (16.75%) Programme Management
13 65 (16.25%) Risk Management
14 64 (16.00%) Business Case
15 56 (14.00%) SC Cleared
16 49 (12.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 49 (12.25%) Agile Project Management
17 45 (11.25%) Microsoft Excel
18 44 (11.00%) Knowledge Management
18 44 (11.00%) Waterfall
18 44 (11.00%) Self-Motivation
19 43 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
20 40 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
21 39 (9.75%) Mentoring
21 39 (9.75%) Coaching
22 37 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 33 (8.25%) Microsoft
24 30 (7.50%) Project Governance
24 30 (7.50%) Marketing
25 28 (7.00%) Analytical Skills

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (1.50%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.25%) Confluence
3 2 (0.50%) WordPress
4 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (11.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (4.50%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.00%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Magento
1 2 (0.50%) Shopify
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.00%) SaaS
2 12 (3.00%) Azure
3 5 (1.25%) AWS
4 3 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (0.50%) Figma
5 2 (0.50%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.25%) OCI
6 1 (0.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.50%) LAN
2 2 (0.50%) Firewall
2 2 (0.50%) Network Security
2 2 (0.50%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.50%) Wireless
2 2 (0.50%) WLAN
3 1 (0.25%) WAN
3 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (3.75%) JIRA
2 2 (0.50%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 181 (45.25%) Social Skills
2 99 (24.75%) Finance
3 37 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (7.50%) Marketing
5 28 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (5.75%) Retail
7 21 (5.25%) Manufacturing
7 21 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (5.25%) Public Sector
8 19 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (4.25%) Banking
10 14 (3.50%) Front Office
10 14 (3.50%) Investment Banking
10 14 (3.50%) Law
11 13 (3.25%) Legal
12 12 (3.00%) Games
13 9 (2.25%) Advertising
13 9 (2.25%) Billing
13 9 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.50%) ADO
2 1 (0.25%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.00%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (4.25%) Driving Licence
3 14 (3.50%) Derivative
3 14 (3.50%) PMI
4 12 (3.00%) FMCG
4 12 (3.00%) Renewable Energy
5 8 (2.00%) Credit Risk
6 7 (1.75%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.50%) Robotics
7 6 (1.50%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.25%) NHS
8 5 (1.25%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.50%) Life Science
9 2 (0.50%) Satnav
10 1 (0.25%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.25%) iPad
10 1 (0.25%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.25%) Smart Energy
10 1 (0.25%) Social Media
10 1 (0.25%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (72.50%) Project Management
2 152 (38.00%) Agile
3 113 (28.25%) PRINCE2
4 91 (22.75%) Decision-Making
5 88 (22.00%) Project Delivery
6 79 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
7 77 (19.25%) Change Management
8 67 (16.75%) Programme Management
9 65 (16.25%) Risk Management
10 64 (16.00%) Business Case
11 49 (12.25%) Agile Project Management
12 44 (11.00%) Knowledge Management
12 44 (11.00%) Waterfall
13 43 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
14 40 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
15 39 (9.75%) Coaching
15 39 (9.75%) Mentoring
16 30 (7.50%) Project Governance
17 27 (6.75%) Continuous Improvement
17 27 (6.75%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.25%) Java
1 1 (0.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (19.00%) Degree
2 70 (17.50%) Security Cleared
3 56 (14.00%) SC Cleared
4 49 (12.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 28 (7.00%) PMI Certification
6 15 (3.75%) PMP
7 13 (3.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (1.25%) APMP
8 5 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.25%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.25%) HNC
9 4 (1.00%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.50%) CAPM
11 1 (0.25%) MAPM
11 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.25%) MRICS
11 1 (0.25%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.00%) PMO
2 11 (2.75%) GDPR
3 4 (1.00%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.75%) SLA
5 2 (0.50%) QA
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (0.75%) Firmware
2 2 (0.50%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.50%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 33 (8.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.75%) CheckPoint
3 5 (1.25%) SAP
4 3 (0.75%) Adobe
4 3 (0.75%) Oracle
5 2 (0.50%) Aruba
5 2 (0.50%) VMware
5 2 (0.50%) WooCommerce
6 1 (0.25%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.25%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.25%) Sun
6 1 (0.25%) Thales