Project Management Job Trends in Cambridge

Project Management
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 22 36
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 26 38 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 5.11% 8.09% 5.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.28% 9.34% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 22 13 8
10th Percentile £35,000 - £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £49,109
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +22.18% -11.12%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £55,313
90th Percentile - £78,500 £61,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +3.70% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 414 407 411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 81.34% 86.60% 91.13%
Number of salaries quoted 276 201 267
10th Percentile £29,500 £38,750 £27,300
25th Percentile £34,750 £47,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Project Management
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Cambridge over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Cambridge

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (57.69%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (7.69%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Data Mining
1 3 (11.54%) Tableau
2 2 (7.69%) Redis
2 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (57.69%) Electronics
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Lead
1 15 (57.69%) Robotics Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Trainee
2 4 (15.38%) Trainee Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Data Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Development Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) .NET Development Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Account Manager
4 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.69%) IT Support
4 2 (7.69%) IT Support Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Product Owner
4 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Development Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Software Development Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Software Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (57.69%) Middleware
2 2 (7.69%) .NET
2 2 (7.69%) .NET Framework
2 2 (7.69%) JSON
2 2 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (57.69%) Algorithms
1 15 (57.69%) Robotics
2 2 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (7.69%) Educational Technology
2 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Software Engineering
2 15 (57.69%) Control Theory
2 15 (57.69%) OO
3 6 (23.08%) Business Analysis
4 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) Scrum
4 4 (15.38%) User Stories
5 3 (11.54%) Analytics
5 3 (11.54%) Change Management
5 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (11.54%) Data Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) Data Analytics
5 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.69%) Agile Coaching
6 2 (7.69%) Backlog Management
6 2 (7.69%) Coaching
6 2 (7.69%) Product Backlog
6 2 (7.69%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (7.69%) Product Vision
6 2 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (57.69%) C
1 15 (57.69%) C#
1 15 (57.69%) C++
2 5 (19.23%) SQL
3 3 (11.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft