Project Management Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 32 33
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 41 51 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 4.61% 5.70% 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.03% 6.61% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 33 16 13
10th Percentile £29,050 £33,150 £45,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -2.78%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £79,500 £76,250 £66,000
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.77% -9.57% +5.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 680 772 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 76.40% 86.35% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 474 347 356
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,780 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +0.92% -0.91%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £88,125
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Cambridge 0 29 £55,000 -8.33% 51
Peterborough 0 8 £31,250 -10.71% 32
St Neots - 2 £35,250 -
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 16 (39.02%) Kinematics
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) IaaS
2 2 (4.88%) PaaS
2 2 (4.88%) SaaS
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) Data Mining
1 5 (12.20%) Tableau
2 2 (4.88%) Redis
2 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (43.90%) Electronics
2 10 (24.39%) Finance
3 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Lead
2 16 (39.02%) Robotics Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Analyst
3 8 (19.51%) Trainee
3 8 (19.51%) Trainee Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) IT Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Data Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) IT Support
7 3 (7.32%) Account Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Assistant IT Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Business Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Development Manager
7 3 (7.32%) IT Assistant
7 3 (7.32%) IT Support Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Architect
8 2 (4.88%) IT Architect
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (39.02%) Middleware
2 2 (4.88%) .NET
2 2 (4.88%) .NET Framework
2 2 (4.88%) JSON
2 2 (4.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (39.02%) Algorithms
1 16 (39.02%) Robotics
2 2 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.88%) Educational Technology
2 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) IoT
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Software Engineering
2 16 (39.02%) Control Theory
2 16 (39.02%) OO
3 10 (24.39%) Business Analysis
4 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.63%) Change Management
6 5 (12.20%) Analytics
6 5 (12.20%) Data Analysis
6 5 (12.20%) Data Analytics
7 4 (9.76%) Agile
7 4 (9.76%) Scrum
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.76%) User Stories
8 3 (7.32%) Business Continuity
8 3 (7.32%) Customer Retention
8 3 (7.32%) Information Security
8 3 (7.32%) IT Strategy
8 3 (7.32%) Performance Improvement
8 3 (7.32%) Roadmaps
8 3 (7.32%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (39.02%) C
1 16 (39.02%) C#
1 16 (39.02%) C++
2 7 (17.07%) SQL
3 5 (12.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) Degree
2 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
2 2 (4.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (4.88%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.88%) ISSAP
3 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft