Project Manager Jobs in the East of England

Project Manager
England > East of England

The median Project Manager salary in the East of England is £54,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 85 101
Rank change year-on-year +47 +16 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 287 192 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 4.74% 3.47% 3.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.05% 4.12% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 220 97 95
10th Percentile £33,800 £41,550 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,680 4,663 5,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 84.35% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,332 2,314 2,883
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the East of England.

Salary trend for Project Manager 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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
Hertfordshire +6 90 £55,000 - 27
Essex +40 61 £57,500 +18.49% 14
Cambridgeshire +39 57 £47,000 -14.55% 20
Bedfordshire +70 34 £53,000 -15.20% 11
Norfolk -6 28 £50,000 -0.89% 12
Suffolk -2 17 £45,000 -25.00% 3
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 East of England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 179 (62.37%) Project Management
2 120 (41.81%) Social Skills
3 96 (33.45%) Agile
4 91 (31.71%) PRINCE2
5 85 (29.62%) Project Delivery
6 73 (25.44%) Finance
7 53 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
8 50 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 49 (17.07%) Change Management
10 46 (16.03%) Degree
10 46 (16.03%) Business Case
11 44 (15.33%) Risk Management
12 39 (13.59%) Waterfall
13 33 (11.50%) Manufacturing
14 31 (10.80%) Microsoft
15 29 (10.10%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (9.41%) ITIL
17 25 (8.71%) Marketing
18 24 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
18 24 (8.36%) SDLC
19 23 (8.01%) JIRA
19 23 (8.01%) Project Planning
19 23 (8.01%) Customer Service
20 21 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
21 20 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
21 20 (6.97%) PMO
21 20 (6.97%) Telecoms
21 20 (6.97%) Organisational Skills
21 20 (6.97%) Self-Motivation
22 19 (6.62%) Scrum

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 13 (4.53%) CMS
2 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.57%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.18%) AutoCAD
3 12 (4.18%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.39%) InDesign
5 4 (1.39%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Primavera
2 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.79%) AWS
1 8 (2.79%) Azure
2 5 (1.74%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.39%) PaaS
3 4 (1.39%) SaaS
4 3 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.70%) OCI
6 1 (0.35%) ClickUp
6 1 (0.35%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (4.53%) Wireless
3 10 (3.48%) LTE
3 10 (3.48%) TETRA
4 5 (1.74%) Extranet
5 4 (1.39%) Firewall
5 4 (1.39%) Internet
5 4 (1.39%) Intranet
6 3 (1.05%) Network Security
7 1 (0.35%) LAN
7 1 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.74%) Power BI
1 5 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (8.01%) JIRA
2 2 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 120 (41.81%) Social Skills
2 73 (25.44%) Finance
3 33 (11.50%) Manufacturing
4 29 (10.10%) Presentation Skills
5 25 (8.71%) Marketing
6 20 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (6.97%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (6.97%) Telecoms
7 18 (6.27%) Aerospace
8 14 (4.88%) Public Sector
9 13 (4.53%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (4.18%) Billing
11 10 (3.48%) Electronics
12 9 (3.14%) Back Office
13 8 (2.79%) Automotive
13 8 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (2.79%) Legal
13 8 (2.79%) Retail
14 7 (2.44%) Local Government
15 4 (1.39%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.70%) CSS
1 2 (0.70%) HTML
1 2 (0.70%) REST
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.97%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (5.57%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.23%) Digital Signage
4 6 (2.09%) Client/Server
5 5 (1.74%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.39%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.39%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.05%) NHS
8 2 (0.70%) FMCG
8 2 (0.70%) Life Science
8 2 (0.70%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.70%) PMI
8 2 (0.70%) Satnav
8 2 (0.70%) Social Media
9 1 (0.35%) Blog
9 1 (0.35%) Home Automation
9 1 (0.35%) Smart Home
9 1 (0.35%) Solar Energy
9 1 (0.35%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.83%) Android
2 8 (2.79%) Windows
3 7 (2.44%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (62.37%) Project Management
2 96 (33.45%) Agile
3 91 (31.71%) PRINCE2
4 85 (29.62%) Project Delivery
5 53 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (17.07%) Change Management
8 46 (16.03%) Business Case
9 44 (15.33%) Risk Management
10 39 (13.59%) Waterfall
11 27 (9.41%) ITIL
12 24 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (8.36%) SDLC
13 23 (8.01%) Customer Service
13 23 (8.01%) Project Planning
14 19 (6.62%) Scrum
15 17 (5.92%) Roadmaps
16 16 (5.57%) Customer Requirements
17 15 (5.23%) Budgeting
17 15 (5.23%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.70%) Python
2 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (0.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (16.03%) Degree
2 17 (5.92%) PMI Certification
3 15 (5.23%) PMP
4 13 (4.53%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 8 (2.79%) HNC
6 8 (2.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (2.44%) RIBA
8 6 (2.09%) DBS Check
8 6 (2.09%) HND
9 4 (1.39%) APMP
9 4 (1.39%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.70%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.35%) PhD
11 1 (0.35%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.97%) PMO
2 10 (3.48%) QA
3 8 (2.79%) GDPR
3 8 (2.79%) SLA
4 7 (2.44%) COSHH
4 7 (2.44%) NEBOSH
5 4 (1.39%) IEC 62304
5 4 (1.39%) ISO 13485
5 4 (1.39%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (0.70%) Firmware
Vendors
1 31 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.53%) SAP
3 10 (3.48%) BT
3 10 (3.48%) Oracle
4 6 (2.09%) Progress
5 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.39%) Adobe
7 1 (0.35%) WooCommerce