Project Planning Job Trends in the East of England

Project Planning
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Project Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 157 128
Rank change year-on-year +6 -29 +71
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 5 25 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.12% 0.71% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.81% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 8
10th Percentile £75,090 £49,778 £28,775
25th Percentile £75,225 £52,500 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,450 £64,743 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +16.54% +32.81% -22.00%
75th Percentile £75,675 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,810 £81,833 -
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.93% +7.27% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,110 3,086 2,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.01% 87.32% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,829 1,193 1,566
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in the East of England

Project Planning
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Project Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Essex - 3 £75,900 - 3
Cambridgeshire +11 2 £75,000 +11.11% 3
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Confluence
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Billing
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Delivery Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Software Team Leader
2 2 (40.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Operations Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Operations Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Sales Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Sales Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (40.00%) Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) Kanban
2 2 (40.00%) OO
2 2 (40.00%) OOD
2 2 (40.00%) Product Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) SysML
2 2 (40.00%) System Testing
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (40.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle