Project Planning Job Trends in Birmingham

Project Planning
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Project Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 99 108
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +23
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 2 33 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.12% 1.83% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 1.96% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2 23 3
10th Percentile £53,500 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £66,750
90th Percentile £66,500 £59,751 £72,300
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £42,150
% change year-on-year +26.32% +12.69% -23.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,367 1,680 1,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.25% 93.23% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 964 785 1,013
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,375 £90,750 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Project Planning
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Project Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Change Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Project Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft