Project Manager Job Trends in the East of England

Project Manager
England > East of England

The median Project Manager salary in the East of England is £58,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 15 45
Rank change year-on-year -112 +30 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 32 336 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.77% 9.38% 4.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 10.46% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 24 75 80
10th Percentile £46,250 £39,750 £41,975
25th Percentile £47,688 £45,000 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,938 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.20% -6.77% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 3,691 3,211 2,026
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 89.62% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,218 1,482 1,495
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £26,425
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in the East of England

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the East of England

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Essex -39 12 £75,000 +50.00% 10
Hertfordshire -77 11 £58,500 +6.36% 20
Cambridgeshire -19 4 £75,000 +25.00% 8
Bedfordshire +31 2 £56,250 +5.63% 7
Norfolk +4 2 £47,500 +5.56% 4
Suffolk -43 1 £47,500 -32.14% 2
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (40.63%) Agile
1 13 (40.63%) Project Delivery
2 11 (34.38%) Project Management
3 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
5 6 (18.75%) Change Management
5 6 (18.75%) Degree
5 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 5 (15.63%) Business Case
6 5 (15.63%) Project Planning
6 5 (15.63%) Waterfall
7 4 (12.50%) Business Change Management
7 4 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 3 (9.38%) Azure
8 3 (9.38%) Budget Management
8 3 (9.38%) Coaching
8 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
8 3 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (9.38%) CRM
8 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
8 3 (9.38%) JIRA
8 3 (9.38%) PMI Certification
8 3 (9.38%) PMP
8 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.38%) SaaS
8 3 (9.38%) Scrum

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (6.25%) Confluence
1 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.13%) AutoCAD
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (3.13%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
1 3 (9.38%) SaaS
2 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.13%) IaaS
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
General
1 13 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Finance
3 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.25%) Billing
4 2 (6.25%) Electronics
4 2 (6.25%) Legal
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Automotive
5 1 (3.13%) Back Office
5 1 (3.13%) Games
5 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Law
5 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.13%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.13%) Hackathon
3 1 (3.13%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.13%) PMI
3 1 (3.13%) PropTech
3 1 (3.13%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Agile
1 13 (40.63%) Project Delivery
2 11 (34.38%) Project Management
3 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (18.75%) Change Management
4 6 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 5 (15.63%) Business Case
5 5 (15.63%) Project Planning
5 5 (15.63%) Waterfall
6 4 (12.50%) Business Change Management
6 4 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
6 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 3 (9.38%) Budget Management
7 3 (9.38%) Coaching
7 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.38%) CRM
7 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
7 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.38%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 3 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (9.38%) PMI Certification
2 3 (9.38%) PMP
3 1 (3.13%) HNC
3 1 (3.13%) HND
3 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) GDPR
1 1 (3.13%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) NEC
2 2 (6.25%) Oracle
2 2 (6.25%) SAP