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 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 410 415 425
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 +132
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 405 370 515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.65% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.74% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 256 275 300
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £51,259 - £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 £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 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
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 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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 1 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 1 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 +33 92 £55,500 -8.72% 18
South West +2 76 £55,000 -9.54% 20
Midlands +12 73 £62,500 +2.63% 12
South East -62 65 £62,500 +2.63% 22
Yorkshire +64 41 £57,500 -5.43% 5
North West -2 40 £55,500 -8.72% 10
West Midlands -2 40 £60,000 -4.69% 5
East of England +13 39 £55,000 -9.54% 10
Scotland -51 35 £56,115 -7.86% 13
East Midlands -9 29 £55,000 -9.54% 7
Wales +9 15 £39,000 -35.86% 3
North East -13 11 £55,000 -9.54% 3
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 1 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.

1 294 (72.59%) Project Management
2 181 (44.69%) Social Skills
3 152 (37.53%) Agile
4 115 (28.40%) PRINCE2
5 99 (24.44%) Finance
6 91 (22.47%) Decision-Making
7 90 (22.22%) Project Delivery
8 79 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
9 77 (19.01%) Change Management
10 75 (18.52%) Degree
11 72 (17.78%) Security Cleared
12 68 (16.79%) Programme Management
13 66 (16.30%) Risk Management
14 65 (16.05%) Business Case
15 56 (13.83%) SC Cleared
16 49 (12.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 49 (12.10%) Agile Project Management
17 45 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
18 44 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
18 44 (10.86%) Knowledge Management
18 44 (10.86%) Self-Motivation
19 43 (10.62%) Waterfall
20 41 (10.12%) Mentoring
21 40 (9.88%) Coaching
21 40 (9.88%) Actionable Insight
22 37 (9.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 33 (8.15%) Microsoft
24 30 (7.41%) Marketing
24 30 (7.41%) PMO
25 29 (7.16%) 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 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.23%) Confluence
3 2 (0.49%) WordPress
4 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (6.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.98%) 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 (4.69%) SaaS
2 11 (2.72%) Azure
3 5 (1.23%) AWS
4 2 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (0.49%) Figma
4 2 (0.49%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.25%) OCI
5 1 (0.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.48%) 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
3 1 (0.25%) WAN
3 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
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 (3.70%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 181 (44.69%) Social Skills
2 99 (24.44%) Finance
3 37 (9.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (7.41%) Marketing
5 28 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (5.68%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.68%) Retail
7 22 (5.43%) Manufacturing
8 21 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (4.20%) Banking
11 15 (3.70%) Legal
12 14 (3.46%) Front Office
12 14 (3.46%) Investment Banking
12 14 (3.46%) Law
13 12 (2.96%) Games
14 9 (2.22%) Advertising
14 9 (2.22%) Billing
14 9 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.73%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.49%) ADO
2 1 (0.25%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.86%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (4.20%) Driving Licence
3 14 (3.46%) Derivative
4 13 (3.21%) PMI
5 12 (2.96%) FMCG
5 12 (2.96%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (1.98%) Credit Risk
7 7 (1.73%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.48%) Robotics
8 6 (1.48%) 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%) Smart Energy
11 1 (0.25%) Social Media
11 1 (0.25%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (72.59%) Project Management
2 152 (37.53%) Agile
3 115 (28.40%) PRINCE2
4 91 (22.47%) Decision-Making
5 90 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 79 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
7 77 (19.01%) Change Management
8 68 (16.79%) Programme Management
9 66 (16.30%) Risk Management
10 65 (16.05%) Business Case
11 49 (12.10%) Agile Project Management
12 44 (10.86%) Knowledge Management
12 44 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
13 43 (10.62%) Waterfall
14 41 (10.12%) Mentoring
15 40 (9.88%) Actionable Insight
15 40 (9.88%) Coaching
16 29 (7.16%) Project Governance
17 27 (6.67%) Change Control
17 27 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.25%) Java
1 1 (0.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (18.52%) Degree
2 72 (17.78%) Security Cleared
3 56 (13.83%) SC Cleared
4 49 (12.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 27 (6.67%) PMI Certification
6 16 (3.95%) PMP
7 14 (3.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 7 (1.73%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.23%) APMP
9 5 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.23%) HNC
10 4 (0.99%) 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 (7.41%) PMO
2 11 (2.72%) GDPR
3 4 (0.99%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.74%) 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 33 (8.15%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.73%) CheckPoint
3 4 (0.99%) 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