Project Manager Jobs in Essex

Project Manager
East of England > Essex

The median Project Manager salary in Essex is £56,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 57 69
Rank change year-on-year +34 +12 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 59 26 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 6.77% 3.07% 3.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.17% 3.86% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 48 21 28
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,750 £43,025
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,750 £47,104
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £48,526 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.92% -11.37% +4.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 -
East of England median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +3.77% +0.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 823 673 924
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.38% 79.55% 92.40%
Number of salaries quoted 674 374 451
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,240 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -0.55% -
75th Percentile £61,163 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Essex

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Essex

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Essex over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Essex

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Essex region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Colchester +6 14 £65,000 +6.91% 1
Ongar - 8 £55,000 -
Harlow -2 5 £55,000 +33.33%
Basildon - 4 - - 1
Billericay +1 3 £50,000 -
Chelmsford -1 2 £63,750 +37.10% 3
Brentwood -9 2 £57,500 +22.34%
Project Manager
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 Essex region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 44 (74.58%) Project Management
2 27 (45.76%) Social Skills
3 22 (37.29%) Project Delivery
4 14 (23.73%) PRINCE2
5 13 (22.03%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (22.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
6 12 (20.34%) Manufacturing
6 12 (20.34%) Decarbonisation
6 12 (20.34%) Energy Management
7 11 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (16.95%) Risk Management
8 10 (16.95%) Customer Service
9 9 (15.25%) PMO
10 8 (13.56%) GDPR
10 8 (13.56%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (13.56%) CAD
10 8 (13.56%) AutoCAD
10 8 (13.56%) Supplier Management
10 8 (13.56%) 3D Rendering
11 7 (11.86%) Project Governance
11 7 (11.86%) Business Transformation
11 7 (11.86%) Retail
11 7 (11.86%) Change Management
11 7 (11.86%) Finance
11 7 (11.86%) Legal
11 7 (11.86%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
11 7 (11.86%) Resource Allocation
12 5 (8.47%) PMI Certification
12 5 (8.47%) Degree

Project Manager Skill Set
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 (3.39%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (22.03%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (13.56%) AutoCAD
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.08%) PaaS
1 3 (5.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) Extranet
1 2 (3.39%) LAN
1 2 (3.39%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (3.39%) WAN
1 2 (3.39%) Wireless
2 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 27 (45.76%) Social Skills
2 12 (20.34%) Manufacturing
3 8 (13.56%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (11.86%) Finance
4 7 (11.86%) Legal
4 7 (11.86%) Retail
5 4 (6.78%) Local Government
6 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.08%) Banking
7 2 (3.39%) Marketing
8 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) CSS
1 2 (3.39%) HTML
1 2 (3.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Driving Licence
1 4 (6.78%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (5.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.39%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.39%) PMI
4 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (74.58%) Project Management
2 22 (37.29%) Project Delivery
3 14 (23.73%) PRINCE2
4 13 (22.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (20.34%) Decarbonisation
5 12 (20.34%) Energy Management
6 11 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (16.95%) Customer Service
7 10 (16.95%) Risk Management
8 8 (13.56%) 3D Rendering
8 8 (13.56%) CAD
8 8 (13.56%) Supplier Management
9 7 (11.86%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
9 7 (11.86%) Business Transformation
9 7 (11.86%) Change Management
9 7 (11.86%) Project Governance
9 7 (11.86%) Resource Allocation
10 4 (6.78%) Contract Management
10 4 (6.78%) Cost Control
10 4 (6.78%) Zero Defects
Qualifications
1 5 (8.47%) Degree
1 5 (8.47%) PMI Certification
2 4 (6.78%) APMP
2 4 (6.78%) DBS Check
2 4 (6.78%) HNC
2 4 (6.78%) NVQ Level 3
3 3 (5.08%) PMP
4 1 (1.69%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.25%) PMO
2 8 (13.56%) GDPR
3 4 (6.78%) ISO 9001
3 4 (6.78%) NEBOSH
4 2 (3.39%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) SAP
3 3 (5.08%) Oracle