Project Planning Jobs in England

Project Planning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 328 348
Rank change year-on-year +77 +20 +97
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 684 727 803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.40% 0.81% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 0.97% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 176 433 347
10th Percentile £43,000 £31,800 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £38,734 £46,377
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,967 £50,000 £58,386
Median % change year-on-year +23.93% -14.36% +1.54%
75th Percentile £70,313 £63,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £99,000 £81,600 £81,250
UK median annual salary £61,967 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.93% -16.67% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,039 75,199 82,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.03% 84.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,875 54,702 49,146
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in England

Project 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 Project Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Midlands +195 324 £51,250 -6.82% 235
West Midlands +157 206 £50,000 -9.09% 135
North of England +68 155 £61,967 +37.70% 237
North West +48 142 £61,967 +37.70% 105
East Midlands +108 118 £95,000 +123.53% 86
South East -11 92 £65,000 +36.42% 296
London +2 54 £87,500 +45.83% 102
East of England +19 31 £44,000 +10.00% 161
South West +58 20 £40,000 -1.23% 145
Yorkshire +32 13 £54,793 -4.71% 100
Project Planning
UK

Project 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 11 (1.61%) IIS
2 8 (1.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.58%) CMS
3 4 (0.58%) Kentico
4 2 (0.29%) Confluence
4 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 29 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.05%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (1.02%) Trello
7 3 (0.44%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.29%) Primavera
4 1 (0.15%) Actimize
4 1 (0.15%) Adaptiv
4 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 35 (5.12%) Power Platform
2 32 (4.68%) Azure
3 23 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (1.46%) AWS
5 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (0.73%) SaaS
7 5 (0.73%) Smartsheet
8 4 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.58%) Kontent
8 4 (0.58%) OCI
9 3 (0.44%) Asana
9 3 (0.44%) Figma
9 3 (0.44%) GitHub
10 2 (0.29%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.29%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.29%) GCP
10 2 (0.29%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.29%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.61%) 5G
1 11 (1.61%) Bluetooth
1 11 (1.61%) LTE
1 11 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (1.32%) Firewall
3 8 (1.17%) DHCP
3 8 (1.17%) DNS
4 7 (1.02%) VoIP
5 6 (0.88%) Network Security
5 6 (0.88%) VPN
6 5 (0.73%) ADSL
6 5 (0.73%) VLAN
7 3 (0.44%) BGP
7 3 (0.44%) InfiniBand
7 3 (0.44%) MPLS
7 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.44%) WAN
8 2 (0.29%) Wireless
9 1 (0.15%) Intranet
9 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (1.46%) Power BI
4 9 (1.32%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.17%) GIS
6 6 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.73%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.58%) Tableau
9 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.15%) Big Data
10 1 (0.15%) Dremio
10 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (3.95%) 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%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 107 (15.64%) Telecoms
2 105 (15.35%) Social Skills
3 99 (14.47%) Automotive
4 88 (12.87%) Finance
5 67 (9.80%) Electronics
6 57 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (7.46%) Manufacturing
8 44 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
9 28 (4.09%) Law
10 23 (3.36%) Legal
11 21 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.78%) Billing
13 17 (2.49%) Retail
14 14 (2.05%) Marketing
15 13 (1.90%) Banking
16 11 (1.61%) Local Government
17 10 (1.46%) Public Sector
18 9 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (1.02%) Advertising
20 3 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 243 (35.53%) Principal Engineer
1 243 (35.53%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 161 (23.54%) Systems Engineer
3 150 (21.93%) Senior
4 110 (16.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 87 (12.72%) Project Manager
6 81 (11.84%) Principal Modelling Engineer
7 55 (8.04%) Engineering Manager
8 45 (6.58%) Lead
9 39 (5.70%) Associate Engineer
9 39 (5.70%) Design Engineer
9 39 (5.70%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 39 (5.70%) Electronics Engineer
9 39 (5.70%) PCB Design Engineer
9 39 (5.70%) PCB Engineer
10 19 (2.78%) Analyst
11 17 (2.49%) Consultant
12 16 (2.34%) Developer
13 15 (2.19%) Operations Manager
13 15 (2.19%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.34%) XML
2 10 (1.46%) .NET
3 7 (1.02%) HTML
4 6 (0.88%) AngularJS
4 6 (0.88%) CSS
5 4 (0.58%) JSON
6 3 (0.44%) REST
7 2 (0.29%) Middleware
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle ADF
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.15%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.15%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (0.15%) D3.js
8 1 (0.15%) Django
8 1 (0.15%) HTML5
8 1 (0.15%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.15%) jQuery
8 1 (0.15%) OpenCV
8 1 (0.15%) SOAP
8 1 (0.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (1.61%) IoT
2 11 (1.61%) NB-IoT
3 8 (1.17%) Management Information System
3 8 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (1.02%) Driving Licence
4 7 (1.02%) Onboarding
4 7 (1.02%) Product Ownership
5 6 (0.88%) Cloud Native
5 6 (0.88%) PMI
5 6 (0.88%) Social Media
5 6 (0.88%) Virtual Team
6 5 (0.73%) Security Posture
7 3 (0.44%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.29%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.29%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.29%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.29%) SCADA
8 2 (0.29%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.82%) Windows
2 24 (3.51%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.92%) Linux
4 6 (0.88%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (59.65%) Systems Engineering
2 194 (28.36%) Validation
3 190 (27.78%) Verification and Validation
4 147 (21.49%) SysML
5 135 (19.74%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 112 (16.37%) Project Management
7 104 (15.20%) Change Management
8 96 (14.04%) Project Delivery
9 94 (13.74%) Stakeholder Management
10 74 (10.82%) Agile
11 59 (8.63%) Acceptance Criteria
12 56 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
13 54 (7.89%) Requirements Management
14 48 (7.02%) Risk Management
15 44 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (5.70%) Schematic Capture
17 38 (5.56%) CRM
18 35 (5.12%) PRINCE2
19 30 (4.39%) Business Development
20 29 (4.24%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (3.22%) SQL
2 21 (3.07%) Python
3 18 (2.63%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.90%) Bash
4 13 (1.90%) C
5 12 (1.75%) Ada
6 9 (1.32%) C#
7 5 (0.73%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.44%) C++
9 2 (0.29%) Perl
9 2 (0.29%) R
10 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.15%) Java
10 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.15%) SOQL
10 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 416 (60.82%) BPSS Clearance
2 277 (40.50%) Degree
3 95 (13.89%) HND
4 67 (9.80%) Master's Degree
5 56 (8.19%) HNC
6 55 (8.04%) Chartered Engineer
7 23 (3.36%) Security Cleared
8 22 (3.22%) PMI Certification
9 16 (2.34%) PMP
10 13 (1.90%) SC Cleared
11 12 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.17%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.88%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 5 (0.73%) CISM
16 5 (0.73%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.12%) QA
2 11 (1.61%) PMO
3 9 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.73%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.73%) NIST
6 1 (0.15%) GDPR
6 1 (0.15%) P3O
6 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (1.61%) vSphere
2 9 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.44%) NFS
4 2 (0.29%) Docker
4 2 (0.29%) GPFS
4 2 (0.29%) Lustre
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (1.61%) Ansible
1 11 (1.61%) Puppet
1 11 (1.61%) Terraform
2 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.44%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 67 (9.80%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.70%) EMC
3 25 (3.65%) Oracle
4 11 (1.61%) VMware
5 8 (1.17%) SAP
6 7 (1.02%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.58%) Adobe
7 4 (0.58%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.44%) Autodesk
8 3 (0.44%) Cisco
8 3 (0.44%) Databricks
8 3 (0.44%) Juniper
8 3 (0.44%) Murex
9 2 (0.29%) Google
10 1 (0.15%) Aruba
10 1 (0.15%) LexisNexis
10 1 (0.15%) Meraki
10 1 (0.15%) Okta
10 1 (0.15%) QNX
10 1 (0.15%) Sparx