Project Planning Jobs in the North West

Project Planning
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 202 218
Rank change year-on-year +45 +16 +27
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 146 87 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.83% 0.88% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 1.07% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 51 73 34
10th Percentile £50,000 - £43,701
25th Percentile £55,625 £38,734 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,967 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.70% -25.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,836 £85,000
England median annual salary £61,967 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.93% -16.67% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,662 8,161 7,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 82.83% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 6,195 3,909
10th Percentile £26,722 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the North West over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the North West

Project 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 Project Planning within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Cumbria -39 111 £61,967 +59.98% 4
Manchester +54 18 £60,000 +18.37% 10
Cheshire +11 9 £55,000 +5.77% 4
Lancashire -64 5 £45,000 +28.57% 5
Merseyside +36 3 £70,000 +27.27%
Project Planning
England

Project 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:

Applications
1 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.74%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (2.74%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.05%) Asana
2 3 (2.05%) Azure
3 2 (1.37%) AWS
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (0.68%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.74%) JIRA
General
1 11 (7.53%) Finance
2 9 (6.16%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.42%) Law
4 5 (3.42%) Retail
5 3 (2.05%) Legal
5 3 (2.05%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.37%) Banking
6 2 (1.37%) Electronics
6 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Local Government
7 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (45.21%) Senior
2 56 (38.36%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 55 (37.67%) Engineering Manager
4 16 (10.96%) Project Manager
5 8 (5.48%) Principal Engineer
5 8 (5.48%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 8 (5.48%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (4.11%) Senior Manager
7 5 (3.42%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (2.05%) Consultant
8 3 (2.05%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (1.37%) Architect
9 2 (1.37%) Associate Engineer
9 2 (1.37%) Delivery Manager
9 2 (1.37%) Design Engineer
9 2 (1.37%) Electronics Engineer
9 2 (1.37%) IT Manager
9 2 (1.37%) IT Project Manager
9 2 (1.37%) Technical Delivery Manager
9 2 (1.37%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.68%) Django
1 1 (0.68%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.68%) React
1 1 (0.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.74%) Social Media
2 2 (1.37%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.68%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.74%) Windows
1 4 (2.74%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (81.51%) Systems Engineering
2 61 (41.78%) Change Management
3 60 (41.10%) Stakeholder Management
4 56 (38.36%) Acceptance Criteria
5 55 (37.67%) Validation
5 55 (37.67%) Verification and Validation
6 19 (13.01%) Project Management
7 13 (8.90%) Agile
8 12 (8.22%) Project Delivery
9 11 (7.53%) PRINCE2
10 10 (6.85%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (6.16%) Budget Management
12 6 (4.11%) Resource Allocation
13 5 (3.42%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
13 5 (3.42%) Feasibility Study
13 5 (3.42%) Process Improvement
13 5 (3.42%) Risk Management
13 5 (3.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 4 (2.74%) Business Transformation
14 4 (2.74%) Demand Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.68%) Python
1 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 120 (82.19%) BPSS Clearance
2 77 (52.74%) Degree
3 58 (39.73%) HND
4 57 (39.04%) Master's Degree
5 56 (38.36%) HNC
6 55 (37.67%) Chartered Engineer
7 6 (4.11%) PMP
8 4 (2.74%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.74%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.05%) Security Cleared
10 2 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.37%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.68%) MBA
11 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.74%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (4.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.37%) EMC
3 1 (0.68%) Sparx