Senior Project Manager
UK

The median Senior Project Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 451 504 548
Rank change year-on-year +53 +44 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 532 562 981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.57% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.62% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 351 421 534
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,800 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,899 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -6.31% -
75th Percentile £72,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.43% +1.33% +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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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 +53 460 £60,000 -1.48% 119
UK excluding London +3 401 £57,500 -5.43% 100
Work from Home +43 141 £59,250 -8.85% 52
London +92 116 £70,000 -3.65% 36
North of England +45 89 £55,500 -8.72% 18
Midlands +18 73 £62,500 +2.63% 15
South West -2 73 £55,000 -9.54% 11
South East -45 68 £62,500 +2.63% 30
Yorkshire +82 40 £57,500 -5.43% 7
West Midlands +25 40 £60,000 -1.48% 10
East of England +16 39 £55,000 -9.54% 10
North West +2 38 £55,500 -8.72% 10
Scotland -49 34 £56,115 -7.86% 15
East Midlands +2 29 £55,000 -9.54% 5
Wales +9 15 £39,000 -35.86% 2
North East -9 11 £55,000 -9.54% 2
Northern Ireland - 10 £67,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 380 (71.43%) Project Management
2 230 (43.23%) Social Skills
3 214 (40.23%) Agile
4 150 (28.20%) PRINCE2
5 130 (24.44%) Finance
6 124 (23.31%) Project Delivery
7 106 (19.92%) Decision-Making
8 101 (18.98%) Degree
9 95 (17.86%) Change Management
9 95 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (16.92%) Security Cleared
11 80 (15.04%) Risk Management
12 75 (14.10%) Programme Management
13 73 (13.72%) Business Case
14 68 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
15 62 (11.65%) SC Cleared
16 58 (10.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 56 (10.53%) Waterfall
17 56 (10.53%) Agile Project Management
18 55 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
18 55 (10.34%) Microsoft
19 53 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
20 50 (9.40%) Knowledge Management
21 49 (9.21%) Mentoring
22 48 (9.02%) Coaching
23 46 (8.65%) Actionable Insight
24 43 (8.08%) Scrum
25 42 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
26 38 (7.14%) PMI Certification
27 37 (6.95%) Marketing

Senior 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 14 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.32%) CMS
3 6 (1.13%) Umbraco
4 5 (0.94%) Confluence
4 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.75%) WordPress
6 3 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.38%) Drupal
7 2 (0.38%) Joomla!
8 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 53 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (2.26%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.13%) Shopify
2 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.38%) Magento
2 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.19%) Primavera
3 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (5.08%) SaaS
2 19 (3.57%) Azure
3 10 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (1.69%) AWS
5 5 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (0.75%) Entra ID
6 4 (0.75%) GCP
6 4 (0.75%) PaaS
7 3 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.56%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.56%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (0.38%) ClickUp
8 2 (0.38%) Figma
9 1 (0.19%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.07%) LAN
2 7 (1.32%) WAN
3 6 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.94%) Network Security
5 4 (0.75%) SAN
5 4 (0.75%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.56%) Firewall
7 2 (0.38%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.38%) VLAN
7 2 (0.38%) Wireless
7 2 (0.38%) WLAN
8 1 (0.19%) DHCP
8 1 (0.19%) DNS
8 1 (0.19%) Extranet
8 1 (0.19%) MPLS
8 1 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (3.38%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 230 (43.23%) Social Skills
2 130 (24.44%) Finance
3 42 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (6.95%) Marketing
5 35 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (6.02%) Manufacturing
7 29 (5.45%) Retail
8 27 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (4.89%) Public Sector
10 23 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (3.76%) Banking
11 20 (3.76%) Legal
12 16 (3.01%) Law
13 14 (2.63%) Front Office
13 14 (2.63%) Investment Banking
14 12 (2.26%) Games
14 12 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.88%) Advertising
17 9 (1.69%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.38%) ADO
1 2 (0.38%) EDI
2 1 (0.19%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (4.70%) Driving Licence
3 20 (3.76%) PMI
4 14 (2.63%) Derivative
5 13 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
6 12 (2.26%) FMCG
7 10 (1.88%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.50%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.50%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.32%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.13%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.13%) Robotics
11 5 (0.94%) NHS
12 3 (0.56%) Life Science
12 3 (0.56%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.56%) Social Media
13 2 (0.38%) e-Learning
13 2 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.38%) Housing Association
13 2 (0.38%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.13%) Windows
2 3 (0.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (71.43%) Project Management
2 214 (40.23%) Agile
3 150 (28.20%) PRINCE2
4 124 (23.31%) Project Delivery
5 106 (19.92%) Decision-Making
6 95 (17.86%) Change Management
6 95 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (15.04%) Risk Management
8 75 (14.10%) Programme Management
9 73 (13.72%) Business Case
10 68 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
11 56 (10.53%) Agile Project Management
11 56 (10.53%) Waterfall
12 50 (9.40%) Knowledge Management
13 49 (9.21%) Mentoring
14 48 (9.02%) Coaching
15 46 (8.65%) Actionable Insight
16 43 (8.08%) Scrum
17 36 (6.77%) Project Governance
18 34 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.38%) SQL
2 1 (0.19%) C
2 1 (0.19%) Java
Qualifications
1 101 (18.98%) Degree
2 90 (16.92%) Security Cleared
3 62 (11.65%) SC Cleared
4 58 (10.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 38 (7.14%) PMI Certification
6 25 (4.70%) PMP
7 21 (3.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 9 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.13%) HNC
10 5 (0.94%) APMP
10 5 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.94%) HND
10 5 (0.94%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.75%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.56%) MAPM
12 3 (0.56%) MRICS
13 2 (0.38%) CAPM
14 1 (0.19%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.19%) MBA
14 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.58%) PMO
2 20 (3.76%) QA
3 11 (2.07%) GDPR
4 4 (0.75%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.56%) GRC
5 3 (0.56%) SLA
6 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.19%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.19%) P3O
7 1 (0.19%) PMBOK
System Software
1 6 (1.13%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (0.56%) Firmware
2 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.38%) SmoothWall
3 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 55 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 15 (2.82%) SAP
3 7 (1.32%) CheckPoint
4 5 (0.94%) Cisco
5 4 (0.75%) Adobe
5 4 (0.75%) Oracle
5 4 (0.75%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.56%) Optimizely
6 3 (0.56%) Sitecore
6 3 (0.56%) Thales
6 3 (0.56%) VMware
7 2 (0.38%) Apple
7 2 (0.38%) Aruba
7 2 (0.38%) Google
7 2 (0.38%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.19%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.19%) Marketo
8 1 (0.19%) NEC
8 1 (0.19%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (0.19%) Sun