Project Planning Jobs in Manchester

Project Planning
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 197 206
Rank change year-on-year +51 +9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 20 26 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.88% 0.50% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.58% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11 21 21
10th Percentile - £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile - £46,750 £55,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,690 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -22.02% +13.04%
75th Percentile £66,875 £54,739 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £61,967 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +37.70% -25.00% +4.35%

All Process and 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 2,164 4,491 4,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.25% 86.35% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 3,425 2,533
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £32,550
25th Percentile £40,040 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £69,914 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in Manchester

Project Planning
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Project Planning in Manchester

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

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 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
Bolton - 6 £50,000 - 1
Project Planning
North West

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (30.00%) MS Visio
1 6 (30.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Law
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Principal Engineer
1 8 (40.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 8 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Project Manager
3 5 (25.00%) Senior
4 3 (15.00%) Consultant
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Platform Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Web Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Django
1 1 (5.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (5.00%) React
1 1 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
1 6 (30.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Agile
2 10 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 8 (40.00%) Project Management
3 8 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
4 7 (35.00%) Change Management
5 6 (30.00%) Business Case
5 6 (30.00%) Business Process Improvement
5 6 (30.00%) Business Transformation
5 6 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (30.00%) Data Protection
5 6 (30.00%) Demand Management
5 6 (30.00%) PRINCE2
5 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (30.00%) Process Improvement
5 6 (30.00%) Project Governance
5 6 (30.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 6 (30.00%) Resource Management
5 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (30.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) Degree
2 9 (45.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (35.00%) PMP
4 6 (30.00%) DBS Check
4 6 (30.00%) PMI Certification
5 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
7 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
7 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft