Project Planning Jobs in the North of England

Project Planning
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 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 200 259 271
Rank change year-on-year +59 +12 +59
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 156 131 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.35% 0.72% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 0.88% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60 98 53
10th Percentile £50,000 - £43,000
25th Percentile £54,793 £38,734 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,967 £45,574 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.97% -17.14% -4.35%
75th Percentile - £59,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,782 £76,500
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
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,913 14,844 16,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.30% 81.98% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,415 11,360 7,881
10th Percentile £25,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the North of England

Project 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 Project Planning within the North of England 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
North West +34 142 £61,967 +37.70% 42
Yorkshire +35 14 £54,793 -4.71% 24
Project Planning
England

Project 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 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (0.64%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.77%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.85%) Trello
4 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.64%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.21%) Azure
2 4 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (2.56%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.28%) AWS
3 2 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (1.28%) Collibra
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (0.64%) Figma
4 1 (0.64%) GCP
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.64%) OCI
4 1 (0.64%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.92%) Tableau
2 2 (1.28%) Ataccama
2 2 (1.28%) Metadata
3 1 (0.64%) GIS
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.13%) JIRA
2 1 (0.64%) JDeveloper
General
1 19 (12.18%) Finance
2 18 (11.54%) Social Skills
3 6 (3.85%) Law
4 5 (3.21%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.56%) Retail
6 3 (1.92%) Banking
6 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.28%) Electronics
7 2 (1.28%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Advertising
8 1 (0.64%) Back Office
8 1 (0.64%) Front Office
8 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.64%) Legal
8 1 (0.64%) Local Government
8 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (45.51%) Senior
2 56 (35.90%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 55 (35.26%) Engineering Manager
4 20 (12.82%) Project Manager
5 9 (5.77%) Senior Manager
6 8 (5.13%) Principal Engineer
6 8 (5.13%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 8 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (3.85%) IT Manager
7 6 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
7 6 (3.85%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (1.92%) Architect
8 3 (1.92%) Consultant
8 3 (1.92%) Lead
8 3 (1.92%) Lead Project Manager
8 3 (1.92%) Project Leader
8 3 (1.92%) Senior Consultant
8 3 (1.92%) Senior IT Manager
8 3 (1.92%) Senior IT Project Manager
9 2 (1.28%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.64%) .NET
1 1 (0.64%) CSS
1 1 (0.64%) Django
1 1 (0.64%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.64%) HTML
1 1 (0.64%) Middleware
1 1 (0.64%) Oracle ADF
1 1 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.64%) React
1 1 (0.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.85%) Social Media
2 3 (1.92%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.92%) Onboarding
2 3 (1.92%) PMI
3 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.64%) e-Learning
3 1 (0.64%) Graphic Design
3 1 (0.64%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.64%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.49%) Windows
2 6 (3.85%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (76.28%) Systems Engineering
2 68 (43.59%) Change Management
3 67 (42.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (36.54%) Acceptance Criteria
5 55 (35.26%) Validation
5 55 (35.26%) Verification and Validation
6 21 (13.46%) Project Management
7 18 (11.54%) Agile
8 15 (9.62%) Project Delivery
9 12 (7.69%) Budget Management
9 12 (7.69%) PRINCE2
10 11 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (7.05%) Risk Management
11 10 (6.41%) Resource Management
12 9 (5.77%) Business Transformation
12 9 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (5.77%) Process Improvement
12 9 (5.77%) Project Governance
13 7 (4.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 6 (3.85%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.64%) Python
1 1 (0.64%) T-SQL
1 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (78.85%) BPSS Clearance
2 79 (50.64%) Degree
3 60 (38.46%) Master's Degree
4 58 (37.18%) HND
5 56 (35.90%) HNC
6 55 (35.26%) Chartered Engineer
7 9 (5.77%) PMI Certification
8 6 (3.85%) DBS Check
8 6 (3.85%) PMP
9 4 (2.56%) MBA
10 3 (1.92%) Security Cleared
11 2 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.28%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.49%) QA
2 2 (1.28%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.28%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.28%) EMC
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle
3 1 (0.64%) Adobe
3 1 (0.64%) SAP
3 1 (0.64%) Sparx