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 £57,965 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 407 420 448
Rank change year-on-year +13 +28 +119
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 408 362 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.65% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.73% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 257 271 301
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £51,997 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.66% +1.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £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 74,776 49,490 72,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 88.82% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 52,251 29,308 43,150
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
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 8 June 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 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
North of England +16 92 £56,500 -7.07% 15
South West -2 76 £55,000 -9.54% 19
Midlands -10 74 £62,500 +2.63% 13
South East -59 65 £62,500 +2.63% 19
Yorkshire +72 42 £57,500 -5.43% 5
West Midlands +10 41 £60,000 -1.48% 5
East of England +3 39 £55,000 -9.54% 13
North West -5 39 £56,732 -6.69% 8
Scotland -41 37 £56,115 -7.86% 8
East Midlands -23 29 £55,000 -9.54% 8
Wales +8 15 £39,000 -35.86% 4
North East -19 11 £55,000 -9.54% 2
Northern Ireland - 10 £67,500 -
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 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 297 (72.79%) Project Management
2 182 (44.61%) Social Skills
3 155 (37.99%) Agile
4 117 (28.68%) PRINCE2
5 99 (24.26%) Finance
6 91 (22.30%) Project Delivery
6 91 (22.30%) Decision-Making
7 80 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (18.87%) Degree
9 76 (18.63%) Change Management
10 72 (17.65%) Security Cleared
11 68 (16.67%) Programme Management
12 66 (16.18%) Risk Management
12 66 (16.18%) Business Case
13 56 (13.73%) SC Cleared
14 50 (12.25%) Agile Project Management
15 49 (12.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 45 (11.03%) Microsoft Excel
17 44 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
17 44 (10.78%) Knowledge Management
17 44 (10.78%) Self-Motivation
18 43 (10.54%) Waterfall
19 41 (10.05%) Mentoring
20 40 (9.80%) Coaching
20 40 (9.80%) Actionable Insight
21 37 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 35 (8.58%) Microsoft
23 30 (7.35%) Marketing
23 30 (7.35%) PMO
24 29 (7.11%) Project Governance

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 (1.47%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.23%) Confluence
3 2 (0.49%) WordPress
4 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (11.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (6.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (4.41%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.96%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Magento
1 2 (0.49%) Shopify
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (4.66%) SaaS
2 13 (3.19%) Azure
3 5 (1.23%) AWS
4 4 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (0.74%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 2 (0.49%) Figma
6 2 (0.49%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.23%) LAN
2 2 (0.49%) Firewall
2 2 (0.49%) Network Security
2 2 (0.49%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.49%) Wireless
2 2 (0.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (3.68%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 182 (44.61%) Social Skills
2 99 (24.26%) Finance
3 37 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (7.35%) Marketing
5 28 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 23 (5.64%) Manufacturing
7 23 (5.64%) Retail
8 21 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (4.17%) Banking
11 15 (3.68%) Legal
12 14 (3.43%) Front Office
12 14 (3.43%) Investment Banking
12 14 (3.43%) Law
13 12 (2.94%) Games
14 9 (2.21%) Advertising
14 9 (2.21%) Billing
14 9 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.96%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.49%) ADO
2 1 (0.25%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.78%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 14 (3.43%) Derivative
4 13 (3.19%) PMI
5 12 (2.94%) FMCG
5 12 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (1.96%) Credit Risk
7 7 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.47%) Robotics
8 6 (1.47%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.23%) NHS
9 5 (1.23%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.49%) Life Science
10 2 (0.49%) Satnav
11 1 (0.25%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.25%) iPad
11 1 (0.25%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.25%) Social Media
11 1 (0.25%) Solar Energy
11 1 (0.25%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (72.79%) Project Management
2 155 (37.99%) Agile
3 117 (28.68%) PRINCE2
4 91 (22.30%) Decision-Making
4 91 (22.30%) Project Delivery
5 80 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (18.63%) Change Management
7 68 (16.67%) Programme Management
8 66 (16.18%) Business Case
8 66 (16.18%) Risk Management
9 50 (12.25%) Agile Project Management
10 44 (10.78%) Knowledge Management
10 44 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
11 43 (10.54%) Waterfall
12 41 (10.05%) Mentoring
13 40 (9.80%) Actionable Insight
13 40 (9.80%) Coaching
14 29 (7.11%) Project Governance
15 27 (6.62%) Change Control
15 27 (6.62%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.25%) Java
1 1 (0.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (18.87%) Degree
2 72 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 56 (13.73%) SC Cleared
4 49 (12.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 27 (6.62%) PMI Certification
6 17 (4.17%) PMP
7 14 (3.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 7 (1.72%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.23%) APMP
9 5 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.23%) HNC
10 4 (0.98%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.49%) CAPM
12 1 (0.25%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.25%) MAPM
12 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.25%) MRICS
12 1 (0.25%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.35%) PMO
2 11 (2.70%) GDPR
3 4 (0.98%) ISO 9001
3 4 (0.98%) QA
4 3 (0.74%) SLA
5 1 (0.25%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (0.74%) Firmware
2 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.49%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 35 (8.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.72%) CheckPoint
3 4 (0.98%) SAP
4 3 (0.74%) Adobe
4 3 (0.74%) Oracle
5 2 (0.49%) Aruba
5 2 (0.49%) VMware
5 2 (0.49%) WooCommerce
6 1 (0.25%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.25%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.25%) NEC
6 1 (0.25%) Sun
6 1 (0.25%) Thales