Project Manager Jobs in East Sussex

Project Manager
South East > East Sussex

The median Project Manager salary in East Sussex is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 70 62
Rank change year-on-year +37 -8 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 17 6 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 4.08% 0.83% 3.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.46% 0.90% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 20
10th Percentile £69,000 £54,000 £41,125
25th Percentile - £56,250 £51,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.35% +7.34%
75th Percentile - £68,125 £65,625
90th Percentile - £73,000 £67,625
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -11.02% +6.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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 East Sussex with a recognized job title 381 667 807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 92.13% 85.13%
Number of salaries quoted 208 531 580
10th Percentile £27,125 £25,000 £33,516
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in East Sussex

Project Manager
Salary Trend in East Sussex

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in East Sussex

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in East Sussex over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in East Sussex

Project Manager
Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 29 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
Hove - 4 - -
Brighton +29 1 £60,000 +4.35% 26
Eastbourne - 1 - - 1
Project Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Sussex region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Project Management
2 9 (52.94%) Project Delivery
3 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
4 6 (35.29%) Electronic Patient Records
4 6 (35.29%) PRINCE2
4 6 (35.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (35.29%) Health Technology
5 5 (29.41%) Agile
5 5 (29.41%) Degree
6 4 (23.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
6 4 (23.53%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
6 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
6 4 (23.53%) Data Quality
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
7 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
8 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
8 1 (5.88%) Finance
8 1 (5.88%) B2B
8 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
8 1 (5.88%) Coaching
8 1 (5.88%) PMBOK
8 1 (5.88%) Cyberattack
8 1 (5.88%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 1 (5.88%) SaaS
8 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (5.88%) Cost Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Health Technology
2 6 (35.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Project Management
2 9 (52.94%) Project Delivery
3 6 (35.29%) PRINCE2
4 5 (29.41%) Agile
5 4 (23.53%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
5 4 (23.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
5 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
5 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
6 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
7 1 (5.88%) Budget Management
7 1 (5.88%) Budgeting
7 1 (5.88%) Coaching
7 1 (5.88%) Cost Management
7 1 (5.88%) Culture Change
7 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (5.88%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 1 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) PMBOK