Production Planning Job Trends in the North West

Production Planning
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Production Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 237 197
Rank change year-on-year +6 -40 -
Permanent jobs citing Production Planning 6 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.12% 0.026% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.033% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £45,000 - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £80,625 - -
90th Percentile £84,000 - -
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,646 6,021 4,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 89.48% 79.11% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,180 3,265 3,148
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,803 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% -7.63% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% -4.03% +3.33%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Production Planning in the North West

Production Planning
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in the North West over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Production Planning in the North West

Production Planning
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Merseyside - 3 - -
Cheshire - 2 £57,500 -
Manchester +31 1 £82,500 - 2
Production Planning
England

Production Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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