Production Planning Job Trends in the North of England

Production Planning
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Production Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 295 289
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +150
Permanent jobs citing Production Planning 6 10 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.063% 0.073% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.092% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile £45,000 - -
25th Percentile £56,250 £36,625 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £38,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +96.08% -27.14% +2.94%
75th Percentile £80,625 £43,656 £53,750
90th Percentile £84,000 £58,000 £61,875
England median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% +14.29% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,327 10,840 8,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 87.99% 79.43% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4,016 5,580 6,162
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,525
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,750 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,225 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.44% +2.50%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Production Planning in the North of England

Production Planning
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Production Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Production Planning in the North of England

Production Planning
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
North West +11 6 £75,000 +15.38% 3
Production Planning
England

Production Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP IBP
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (16.67%) SAP EHS
2 1 (16.67%) SAP MII
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Power Query
1 1 (16.67%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Supply Chain Planner
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Change Control
2 3 (50.00%) Supply Chain Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) OOD
3 1 (16.67%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (16.67%) Presales
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle