Project Manager Jobs in Cambridge

Project Manager
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Project Manager salary in Cambridge is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 51 82
Rank change year-on-year +21 +31 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 14 34 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 5.65% 3.34% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.03% 3.44% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6 27 12
10th Percentile £38,820 £33,000 £41,600
25th Percentile £44,168 £35,825 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.98% +4.25%
75th Percentile £69,375 £66,250 £57,013
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £60,800
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 £46,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +29.03% -15.45% +18.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 232 987 765
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 97.05% 84.25%
Number of salaries quoted 145 765 382
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £85,000 £89,875
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Cambridge

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Cambridge

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Cambridge over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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 Cambridge region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Project Management
1 13 (92.86%) Social Skills
2 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (71.43%) Change Management
3 9 (64.29%) Finance
3 9 (64.29%) PRINCE2
3 9 (64.29%) Agile
3 9 (64.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (64.29%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (64.29%) Public Sector
3 9 (64.29%) Budget Management
4 8 (57.14%) Project Delivery
4 8 (57.14%) Customer Experience
4 8 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (57.14%) Software Delivery
4 8 (57.14%) Google Workspace
4 8 (57.14%) Business Transformation
4 8 (57.14%) SaaS
4 8 (57.14%) Local Government
4 8 (57.14%) Google
4 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (57.14%) Salesforce
5 2 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (14.29%) RIBA
6 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
6 1 (7.14%) Business Case
6 1 (7.14%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (7.14%) Actionable Insight

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (7.14%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Google Workspace
1 8 (57.14%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications
1 1 (7.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 13 (92.86%) Social Skills
2 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 9 (64.29%) Public Sector
3 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (57.14%) Local Government
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) CCTV
2 1 (7.14%) Life Science
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Project Management
2 10 (71.43%) Change Management
2 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (64.29%) Agile
3 9 (64.29%) Budget Management
3 9 (64.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (64.29%) PRINCE2
4 8 (57.14%) Business Transformation
4 8 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (57.14%) Customer Experience
4 8 (57.14%) Project Delivery
4 8 (57.14%) Software Delivery
4 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Project Planning
6 1 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (7.14%) Business Case
6 1 (7.14%) CAFM
6 1 (7.14%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (7.14%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (7.14%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) RIBA
2 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Google
1 8 (57.14%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft