Production Planning Job Trends in England

Production Planning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Production Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 607 716 675
Rank change year-on-year +109 -41 +402
Permanent jobs citing Production Planning 28 42 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.062% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% 0.076% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 24
10th Percentile £62,500 - £42,000
25th Percentile £67,188 £36,625 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +14.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £83,438 £80,938 £71,875
90th Percentile £98,000 £106,500 £78,375
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +33.33% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Production 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38,286 55,566 49,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 88.95% 82.21% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 21,806 30,376 37,867
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% -4.03% +3.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Production Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Production Planning in England

Production Planning
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Production Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in England over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Production Planning in England

Production Planning
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Production Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
South East +70 11 £75,000 -27.18% 5
London +62 6 £90,250 -14.05% 9
North of England +24 6 £75,000 +96.08% 3
North West +6 6 £75,000 +15.38% 3
South West +67 3 £75,000 - 3
West Midlands +42 2 £68,750 -14.06%
Midlands +42 2 £68,750 -14.06%
Production Planning
UK

Production Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (50.00%) SAP PP
2 13 (46.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (28.57%) SAP IBP
4 3 (10.71%) SAP EHS
4 3 (10.71%) SAP SCM
5 2 (7.14%) Infor M3
5 2 (7.14%) NetSuite
5 2 (7.14%) SAP APO
5 2 (7.14%) SAP MII
5 2 (7.14%) SAP QM
6 1 (3.57%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (3.57%) SAP EWM
6 1 (3.57%) SAP LE
6 1 (3.57%) SAP MM
6 1 (3.57%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 9 (32.14%) Power Platform
2 6 (21.43%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (32.14%) Power BI
1 9 (32.14%) SAP BW
2 6 (21.43%) Data Lake
3 3 (10.71%) Power Query
4 2 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 19 (67.86%) Manufacturing
2 5 (17.86%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Automotive
4 2 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Analyst
1 8 (28.57%) Consultant
1 8 (28.57%) SAP Consultant
1 8 (28.57%) SAP PP Consultant
2 6 (21.43%) Report Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Lead
3 4 (14.29%) SAP QM Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Supply Chain Planner
5 2 (7.14%) Planning Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) SAP PP Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) SAP Supply Chain Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Senior SAP QM Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) SAPUI5
2 1 (3.57%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Virtual Team
2 2 (7.14%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Analytics
2 9 (32.14%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (32.14%) Quality Management
3 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (21.43%) Data Cleansing
5 6 (21.43%) Data Modelling
5 6 (21.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 6 (21.43%) ERP
5 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (17.86%) Logistics
6 5 (17.86%) Process Improvement
6 5 (17.86%) Test Scripting
7 4 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (10.71%) Change Control
8 3 (10.71%) OOD
8 3 (10.71%) Supply Chain Management
8 3 (10.71%) Thought Leadership
8 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
1 3 (10.71%) VBA
2 2 (7.14%) ABAP
3 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) Degree
2 6 (21.43%) SAP Certification
3 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) QA
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.57%) Atlassian