Project Management Jobs in Essex

Project Management
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 13 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 54 88 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 10.67% 9.72% 11.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.11% 12.27% 12.22%
Number of salaries quoted 21 55 27
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £40,995
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,375 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +13.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,075 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £73,000
East of England median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 446 717 753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 88.14% 79.23% 92.62%
Number of salaries quoted 200 586 348
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,759 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £47,480
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -5.22% -0.04%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Essex

Project Management
Salary Trend in Essex

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Essex.

Salary trend for Project Management in Essex

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Essex over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Essex

Project Management
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Essex region over the 6 months to 31 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
Harlow +6 15 - -
Chelmsford +9 8 £55,000 - 5
Loughton - 7 - - 1
Basildon +6 6 - - 3
Grays - 6 £45,000 - 1
Brentwood +1 5 - - 5
Witham - 2 £27,000 -
Colchester +7 1 £42,500 -17.07% 6
Billericay +6 1 £50,000 +33.33% 1
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.85%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.96%) Azure
2 6 (11.11%) Azure Storage
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) dbt
3 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.11%) DHCP
1 6 (11.11%) DNS
1 6 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 6 (11.11%) Wireless
1 6 (11.11%) Wireless Security
2 1 (1.85%) Firewall
2 1 (1.85%) Network Security
2 1 (1.85%) VPN
2 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.11%) Big Data
2 1 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) JIRA
2 3 (5.56%) Selenium
3 1 (1.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 28 (51.85%) Finance
2 19 (35.19%) Legal
3 16 (29.63%) Electronics
3 16 (29.63%) Social Skills
4 15 (27.78%) Billing
5 12 (22.22%) Marketing
6 10 (18.52%) Advertising
6 10 (18.52%) Public Sector
7 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (7.41%) Law
10 3 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (3.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 16 (29.63%) Senior
3 15 (27.78%) Operations Manager
3 15 (27.78%) Operations Project Manager
3 15 (27.78%) Sales Manager
3 15 (27.78%) Sales Operations Manager
4 13 (24.07%) Senior Manager
5 10 (18.52%) Account Manager
6 7 (12.96%) Senior Project Manager
7 6 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (11.11%) Administrator
7 6 (11.11%) Senior Account Manager
7 6 (11.11%) Support Engineer
7 6 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
7 6 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (11.11%) Systems Support
7 6 (11.11%) Systems Support Engineer
8 4 (7.41%) Strategic Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Digital Media
1 10 (18.52%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Windows
1 7 (12.96%) Windows Server
2 6 (11.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) Customer Retention
2 16 (29.63%) Change Management
3 15 (27.78%) B2B
3 15 (27.78%) Commercial Awareness
3 15 (27.78%) CRM
3 15 (27.78%) Customer Service
3 15 (27.78%) Market Research
3 15 (27.78%) Order Management
3 15 (27.78%) Project Planning
3 15 (27.78%) Service Delivery
4 13 (24.07%) Strategic Thinking
5 12 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 10 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (18.52%) Digital Marketing
6 10 (18.52%) Process Improvement
7 9 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
7 9 (16.67%) Time Management
8 6 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
8 6 (11.11%) Marketing Strategy
8 6 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.85%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) Degree
2 7 (12.96%) HND
3 3 (5.56%) ISTQB
4 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Firmware
2 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) Oracle
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.85%) Informatica
3 1 (1.85%) StreamSets