Project Planning Jobs in the Midlands

Project Planning
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 237 184
Rank change year-on-year +184 -53 +59
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 323 85 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.75% 0.67% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.19% 0.84% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 11 31 47
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £44,000
25th Percentile £38,125 £40,875 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -24.14% +29.46%
75th Percentile £55,625 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £61,967 £50,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +23.93% -13.79% +0.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,225 10,156 8,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.57% 80.56% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,443 7,358 4,443
10th Percentile £26,974 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,276
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the Midlands

Project Planning
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Planning in the Midlands

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the Midlands

Project Planning
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
West Midlands +162 205 £51,250 -6.82% 50
East Midlands +107 118 £95,000 +123.53% 21
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.31%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.62%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.31%) OCI
2 1 (0.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.62%) 5G
1 2 (0.62%) Bluetooth
1 2 (0.62%) LTE
1 2 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.93%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.62%) Power BI
2 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.62%) JIRA
General
1 99 (30.65%) Automotive
1 99 (30.65%) Telecoms
2 18 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (4.64%) Electronics
3 15 (4.64%) Manufacturing
4 8 (2.48%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (2.48%) Social Skills
5 7 (2.17%) Finance
6 4 (1.24%) Billing
7 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.62%) Police
7 2 (0.62%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.31%) Law
8 1 (0.31%) Local Government
8 1 (0.31%) Marketing
8 1 (0.31%) Public Speaking
8 1 (0.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 234 (72.45%) Principal Engineer
1 234 (72.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 153 (47.37%) Systems Engineer
3 81 (25.08%) Principal Modelling Engineer
4 55 (17.03%) Senior
5 54 (16.72%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 13 (4.02%) Associate Engineer
6 13 (4.02%) Design Engineer
6 13 (4.02%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 13 (4.02%) Electronics Engineer
6 13 (4.02%) PCB Design Engineer
6 13 (4.02%) PCB Engineer
7 5 (1.55%) Lead
8 4 (1.24%) Analyst
9 3 (0.93%) Developer
9 3 (0.93%) Integration Manager
9 3 (0.93%) PMO Analyst
9 3 (0.93%) Technical Manager
10 2 (0.62%) PMO Lead
10 2 (0.62%) Supply Chain Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.62%) .NET
1 2 (0.62%) JSON
1 2 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (0.93%) Driving Licence
1 3 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (0.62%) IoT
2 2 (0.62%) NB-IoT
3 1 (0.31%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.62%) Linux
1 2 (0.62%) Windows
1 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (89.16%) Systems Engineering
2 136 (42.11%) Validation
3 135 (41.80%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 135 (41.80%) SysML
3 135 (41.80%) Verification and Validation
4 54 (16.72%) Requirements Management
5 13 (4.02%) Schematic Capture
6 10 (3.10%) Project Management
7 9 (2.79%) Risk Management
8 6 (1.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (1.86%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (1.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (1.55%) Asset Management
10 4 (1.24%) Commercial Awareness
10 4 (1.24%) Decision-Making
10 4 (1.24%) Strategic Thinking
11 3 (0.93%) Active Listening
11 3 (0.93%) Analytical Thinking
11 3 (0.93%) Business Case
11 3 (0.93%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.24%) PowerShell
1 4 (1.24%) Python
1 4 (1.24%) SQL
2 2 (0.62%) Bash
2 2 (0.62%) C#
2 2 (0.62%) R
3 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 275 (85.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 119 (36.84%) Degree
3 13 (4.02%) HND
4 2 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.31%) PMP
5 1 (0.31%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (0.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.55%) PMO
2 3 (0.93%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.62%) Ansible
1 2 (0.62%) Puppet
1 2 (0.62%) Terraform
2 1 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 13 (4.02%) EMC
2 4 (1.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.24%) Oracle
3 3 (0.93%) Autodesk
4 2 (0.62%) VMware
5 1 (0.31%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.31%) SAP