Project Planning Jobs

Project Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 336 370
Rank change year-on-year +100 +34 +76
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 661 845 955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.28% 0.86% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.00% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 225 482 395
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £41,600
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,734 £46,377
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,967 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.93% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,944 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,822 £90,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,967 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +37.70% -18.18% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Planning 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,105 84,479 100,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.22% 86.05% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 26,550 59,789 58,948
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.71% +2.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
England +92 629 £61,967 +23.93% 388
UK excluding London +133 587 £61,967 +37.70% 213
Midlands +182 289 £50,500 -8.18% 37
West Midlands +158 192 £50,000 -0.99% 21
North of England +91 155 £61,967 +37.70% 53
North West +66 133 £61,967 +37.70% 27
East Midlands +114 97 £95,000 +94.87% 13
Work from Home +23 92 £55,000 +10.00% 186
South East +14 83 £65,000 +40.41% 60
London -3 51 £85,000 +39.34% 210
South West +73 21 £42,500 +4.94% 28
Yorkshire +51 21 £54,793 -4.71% 19
East of England +27 20 £55,000 +46.67% 7
Scotland +74 15 £55,000 -26.67% 20
Wales +20 3 £65,000 +60.29% 6
North East +47 1 - - 7
Channel Islands -2 1 - -

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (2.57%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.66%) IIS
3 9 (1.36%) CMS
3 9 (1.36%) Kentico
4 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.30%) Confluence
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.15%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 40 (6.05%) Microsoft Project
2 33 (4.99%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.97%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.45%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.45%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.15%) Actimize
3 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.15%) Primavera
3 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 40 (6.05%) Azure
1 40 (6.05%) Power Platform
2 23 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
3 13 (1.97%) AWS
3 13 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
4 8 (1.21%) Kontent
5 6 (0.91%) Asana
5 6 (0.91%) SaaS
5 6 (0.91%) Smartsheet
6 5 (0.76%) Power Automate
7 4 (0.61%) Amazon S3
7 4 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (0.61%) AWS Step Functions
7 4 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.61%) dbt
7 4 (0.61%) GitHub
7 4 (0.61%) Serverless
8 3 (0.45%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.66%) 5G
1 11 (1.66%) Bluetooth
1 11 (1.66%) LTE
1 11 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (1.36%) Firewall
3 7 (1.06%) DHCP
3 7 (1.06%) DNS
3 7 (1.06%) VLAN
3 7 (1.06%) VoIP
4 5 (0.76%) ADSL
4 5 (0.76%) VPN
5 4 (0.61%) Intranet
5 4 (0.61%) Network Security
6 3 (0.45%) BGP
6 3 (0.45%) MPLS
6 3 (0.45%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.45%) WAN
7 1 (0.15%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.15%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.63%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.82%) Power BI
4 11 (1.66%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.06%) GIS
6 5 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.76%) Metadata
7 4 (0.61%) Dremio
7 4 (0.61%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.61%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.61%) Tableau
8 2 (0.30%) Ataccama
8 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (4.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.15%) GCC
2 1 (0.15%) gcov
2 1 (0.15%) GDB
2 1 (0.15%) Git
2 1 (0.15%) GitLab
2 1 (0.15%) JDeveloper
2 1 (0.15%) LSMW
2 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 128 (19.36%) Social Skills
2 98 (14.83%) Telecoms
3 96 (14.52%) Finance
4 90 (13.62%) Automotive
5 64 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (4.69%) Law
7 23 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (3.33%) Banking
9 21 (3.18%) Legal
9 21 (3.18%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.87%) Electronics
11 17 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (2.57%) Marketing
12 16 (2.42%) Retail
13 13 (1.97%) Public Sector
14 10 (1.51%) Advertising
14 10 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.76%) Billing
16 5 (0.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 223 (33.74%) Principal Engineer
1 223 (33.74%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 146 (22.09%) Senior
3 132 (19.97%) Systems Engineer
4 99 (14.98%) Project Manager
5 93 (14.07%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 81 (12.25%) Principal Modelling Engineer
7 55 (8.32%) Engineering Manager
8 45 (6.81%) Lead
9 25 (3.78%) Senior Manager
10 23 (3.48%) Technical Manager
11 22 (3.33%) Analyst
12 20 (3.03%) Developer
13 17 (2.57%) Senior Project Manager
14 16 (2.42%) Architect
14 16 (2.42%) Consultant
14 16 (2.42%) IT Manager
15 15 (2.27%) Team Leader
16 14 (2.12%) Software Team Leader
17 12 (1.82%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.87%) XML
2 13 (1.97%) .NET
3 9 (1.36%) AngularJS
3 9 (1.36%) HTML
4 4 (0.61%) CSS
4 4 (0.61%) JSON
5 2 (0.30%) ADO
5 2 (0.30%) REST
6 1 (0.15%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.15%) Android SDK
6 1 (0.15%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.15%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (0.15%) Django
6 1 (0.15%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.15%) HTML5
6 1 (0.15%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.15%) jQuery
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.15%) React
6 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.12%) Embedded Systems
1 14 (2.12%) Product Ownership
2 11 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (1.66%) IoT
2 11 (1.66%) NB-IoT
3 10 (1.51%) Management Information System
4 9 (1.36%) PMI
5 8 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.06%) Driving Licence
7 6 (0.91%) Onboarding
7 6 (0.91%) Virtual Team
8 5 (0.76%) Cloud Native
8 5 (0.76%) Data Centre
8 5 (0.76%) Social Media
9 4 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.45%) Smart City
11 2 (0.30%) SCADA
11 2 (0.30%) Tandem
12 1 (0.15%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.75%) Windows
2 27 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.18%) Linux
4 4 (0.61%) Unix
5 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.30%) Android
6 2 (0.30%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.15%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (56.13%) Systems Engineering
2 185 (27.99%) Validation
3 181 (27.38%) Verification and Validation
4 141 (21.33%) Project Management
5 140 (21.18%) SysML
6 126 (19.06%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 119 (18.00%) Project Delivery
8 101 (15.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 91 (13.77%) Agile
10 88 (13.31%) Change Management
11 82 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
12 61 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 52 (7.87%) PRINCE2
14 50 (7.56%) Acceptance Criteria
15 46 (6.96%) Requirements Management
16 45 (6.81%) Risk Management
17 35 (5.30%) Waterfall
18 31 (4.69%) Resource Allocation
19 30 (4.54%) Budget Management
19 30 (4.54%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.69%) SQL
2 24 (3.63%) Python
3 19 (2.87%) PowerShell
4 16 (2.42%) C
5 14 (2.12%) Ada
6 13 (1.97%) C#
7 11 (1.66%) Bash
8 8 (1.21%) Java
9 5 (0.76%) C++
10 4 (0.61%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.61%) VBA
11 2 (0.30%) R
12 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.15%) SAPscript
12 1 (0.15%) SOQL
12 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 380 (57.49%) BPSS Clearance
2 235 (35.55%) Degree
3 68 (10.29%) Master's Degree
4 55 (8.32%) Chartered Engineer
5 48 (7.26%) HNC
5 48 (7.26%) HND
6 25 (3.78%) PMP
7 24 (3.63%) Security Cleared
8 22 (3.33%) PMI Certification
9 15 (2.27%) SC Cleared
10 11 (1.66%) CompTIA Security+
10 11 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.06%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.91%) MBA
13 6 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 6 (0.91%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.45%) CCNP
14 3 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.69%) QA
2 18 (2.72%) PMO
3 12 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.21%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.15%) P3O
6 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.66%) vSphere
4 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.30%) Docker
5 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (1.66%) Ansible
1 11 (1.66%) Puppet
1 11 (1.66%) Terraform
2 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.45%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 94 (14.22%) Microsoft
2 15 (2.27%) SAP
3 13 (1.97%) VMware
4 8 (1.21%) Oracle
5 7 (1.06%) Google
5 7 (1.06%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.61%) Adobe
6 4 (0.61%) Blue Prism
6 4 (0.61%) Fortinet
6 4 (0.61%) UiPath
7 3 (0.45%) Autodesk
7 3 (0.45%) Cisco
7 3 (0.45%) Databricks
7 3 (0.45%) Juniper
8 2 (0.30%) ConnectWise
8 2 (0.30%) Veeam
9 1 (0.15%) Concur
9 1 (0.15%) Okta
9 1 (0.15%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.15%) Sparx