Planning Manager Jobs in England

Planning Manager
UK > England

The median Planning Manager salary in England is £52,950 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 668 820 878
Rank change year-on-year +152 +58 +288
Permanent jobs requiring a Planning Manager 11 30 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.033% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.035% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 18
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,700 £45,562
25th Percentile £46,875 £57,188 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,950 £90,000 £47,089
Median % change year-on-year -41.17% +91.13% +1.87%
75th Percentile £63,000 £108,438 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,600 £111,250 -
UK median annual salary £52,950 £90,000 £47,089
% change year-on-year -41.17% +91.13% +1.87%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Planning Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Planning Manager in England

Planning Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Planning Manager in England

Planning Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Planning Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Planning Manager in England

Planning Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Planning Manager within the England 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
London +102 6 £52,725 -47.28% 16
North of England +30 2 - - 8
North West -2 2 - - 5
Midlands - 2 £60,000 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £60,000 - 1
South West +112 1 - -
Planning Manager
UK

Planning Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Planning 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 England region featuring Planning Manager in the job title.

1 3 (27.27%) Primavera
1 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
2 2 (18.18%) Dependency Management
2 2 (18.18%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (18.18%) Pay per click
2 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Palantir
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Project Planning
3 1 (9.09%) Resource Management
3 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
3 1 (9.09%) Information Management
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Service Management
3 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) ITSM
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL

Planning Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Primavera
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
1 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
2 2 (18.18%) Analytics
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) Dependency Management
2 2 (18.18%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (18.18%) Pay per click
2 2 (18.18%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (9.09%) Coaching
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Assurance
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Global Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Multichannel Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Service Design
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (9.09%) Synthetic Environment
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) OPNET
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Palantir
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow