Project Planning Job Trends in Manchester

Project Planning
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester 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 112 145 140
Rank change year-on-year +33 -5 +90
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 18 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.63% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 15 3 6
10th Percentile - £49,000 £43,134
25th Percentile - £51,250 £47,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £51,075
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.47% +4.23%
75th Percentile £73,750 £66,250 £51,725
90th Percentile £82,907 £67,000 £52,738
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £38,734
% change year-on-year -9.09% +41.99% -18.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,287 2,496 2,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.63% 93.83% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,369 1,167 1,854
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,750 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Manchester

Project Planning
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Project Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in Manchester

Project Planning
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bolton - 5 £50,000 - 1
Salford - 5 £50,000 - 3
Project Planning
North West

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Boomi
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.56%) MySQL
2 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Law
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Games
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Project Manager
2 5 (27.78%) Commercial Manager
2 5 (27.78%) Commercial Project Manager
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Integration Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) .NET Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) CRM Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Games Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Lead .NET Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.56%) CSS
1 1 (5.56%) HTML
1 1 (5.56%) Web Services
1 1 (5.56%) WinForms
1 1 (5.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Social Media
2 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Project Delivery
2 9 (50.00%) Agile
3 7 (38.89%) Project Governance
4 5 (27.78%) Budget Management
4 5 (27.78%) Business Case
4 5 (27.78%) Business Transformation
4 5 (27.78%) Change Management
4 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (27.78%) Data Protection
4 5 (27.78%) Demand Management
4 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (27.78%) Matrix Organization
4 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
4 5 (27.78%) Process Improvement
4 5 (27.78%) Project Management
4 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.11%) Information Security
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) C#
1 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
1 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) DBS Check
1 5 (27.78%) PMI Certification
1 5 (27.78%) PMP
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) QA
2 2 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Software AG
2 2 (11.11%) webMethods