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 £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 40 84
Rank change year-on-year -55 +44 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 97 283 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.96% 4.58% 3.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.14% 4.87% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 41 221 97
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,890 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +3.77%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £68,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,094 5,808 4,311
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 93.90% 83.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,472 4,437 2,178
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,975 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

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 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 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
Essex +3 39 £70,125 +27.50% 49
Cambridgeshire +14 20 £60,000 +29.03% 52
Hertfordshire -32 20 £55,000 - 83
Norfolk +3 10 £28,000 -44.00% 23
Suffolk -27 7 £70,000 +55.56% 19
Bedfordshire -38 1 £52,500 -0.94% 31
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 East of England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 67 (69.07%) Project Management
2 54 (55.67%) Finance
3 31 (31.96%) Project Delivery
4 28 (28.87%) Change Management
5 27 (27.84%) Social Skills
6 26 (26.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (23.71%) PRINCE2
7 23 (23.71%) Degree
8 22 (22.68%) Budget Management
9 20 (20.62%) Customer Service
10 19 (19.59%) Microsoft
11 18 (18.56%) Agile
11 18 (18.56%) Risk Management
11 18 (18.56%) Project Planning
11 18 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (16.49%) Public Sector
12 16 (16.49%) Microsoft Project
13 15 (15.46%) CRM
13 15 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (14.43%) Order Management
14 14 (14.43%) Commercial Awareness
14 14 (14.43%) Customer Retention
14 14 (14.43%) Oracle
14 14 (14.43%) B2B
14 14 (14.43%) Electronics
14 14 (14.43%) Legal
14 14 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (14.43%) Service Delivery
14 14 (14.43%) NEC
14 14 (14.43%) Billing

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 2 (2.06%) Confluence
1 2 (2.06%) IBM Domino
2 1 (1.03%) MS Project Server
2 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (16.49%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (10.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (2.06%) AutoCAD
6 1 (1.03%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.25%) Google Workspace
1 8 (8.25%) SaaS
2 3 (3.09%) Asana
3 1 (1.03%) AWS
3 1 (1.03%) Azure
3 1 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.03%) dbt
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.03%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.03%) Internet
1 1 (1.03%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.03%) Big Data
1 1 (1.03%) GIS
1 1 (1.03%) Power BI
1 1 (1.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.19%) JIRA
General
1 54 (55.67%) Finance
2 27 (27.84%) Social Skills
3 26 (26.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (16.49%) Public Sector
6 14 (14.43%) Billing
6 14 (14.43%) Electronics
6 14 (14.43%) Legal
7 13 (13.40%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (8.25%) Local Government
9 4 (4.12%) Retail
9 4 (4.12%) Telecoms
10 3 (3.09%) Marketing
10 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.06%) Banking
12 1 (1.03%) Aerospace
12 1 (1.03%) Law
12 1 (1.03%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.03%) Military
12 1 (1.03%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.28%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (8.25%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.06%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.06%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.03%) CCTV
4 1 (1.03%) IoT
4 1 (1.03%) Life Science
4 1 (1.03%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.03%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.03%) Windows
1 1 (1.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (69.07%) Project Management
2 31 (31.96%) Project Delivery
3 28 (28.87%) Change Management
4 23 (23.71%) PRINCE2
5 22 (22.68%) Budget Management
6 20 (20.62%) Customer Service
7 18 (18.56%) Agile
7 18 (18.56%) Project Planning
7 18 (18.56%) Risk Management
8 15 (15.46%) CRM
8 15 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (14.43%) B2B
9 14 (14.43%) Commercial Awareness
9 14 (14.43%) Customer Retention
9 14 (14.43%) Market Research
9 14 (14.43%) Order Management
9 14 (14.43%) Service Delivery
9 14 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (12.37%) Software Delivery
11 11 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 23 (23.71%) Degree
2 8 (8.25%) HND
3 6 (6.19%) HNC
4 5 (5.15%) Security Cleared
5 4 (4.12%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.12%) PMI Certification
5 4 (4.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (3.09%) PMP
6 3 (3.09%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.06%) RIBA
8 1 (1.03%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.15%) PMO
2 3 (3.09%) QA
3 1 (1.03%) ISO 14001
3 1 (1.03%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 19 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.43%) NEC
2 14 (14.43%) Oracle
3 10 (10.31%) Salesforce
4 8 (8.25%) Google
5 1 (1.03%) ESRI
5 1 (1.03%) Informatica
5 1 (1.03%) StreamSets
5 1 (1.03%) Zoho