Project Planning Job Trends in the South East

Project Planning
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Project Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 161 216
Rank change year-on-year -67 +55 +14
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 39 139 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.38% 1.51% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 1.72% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 32 76 30
10th Percentile £36,250 £23,500 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +47.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,250 £57,563
90th Percentile £89,000 £78,750 £69,125
England median annual salary £62,500 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +2.27% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,408 8,070 6,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.93% 87.58% 89.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,990 3,994 4,923
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £44,027 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in the South East

Project Planning
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Project Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the South East over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the South East

Project Planning
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Thames Valley -54 10 £37,500 -40.24% 23
Surrey 0 8 £57,500 -4.09% 14
West Sussex +6 7 £70,000 - 4
Hampshire -8 6 £55,000 -6.78% 13
Berkshire -13 5 £45,000 -18.18% 14
Buckinghamshire -13 5 £37,500 -25.00% 5
Isle of Wight - 3 £75,900 - 2
East Sussex +12 2 £77,500 +19.23% 3
Middlesex +4 2 - -
Kent -14 1 - - 10
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.56%) Civil 3D
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.56%) MicroStation
2 1 (2.56%) Navisworks
2 1 (2.56%) ProjectWise
2 1 (2.56%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.95%) SaaS
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.69%) Google Ads
4 2 (5.13%) Azure
5 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) Firewall
1 4 (10.26%) Wireless
2 1 (2.56%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) GIS
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Selenium
1 4 (10.26%) SpecFlow
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 14 (35.90%) Finance
3 13 (33.33%) Legal
4 9 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (10.26%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Retail
6 3 (7.69%) Advertising
6 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Law
8 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.56%) Military
8 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Project Manager
2 8 (20.51%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Senior
4 4 (10.26%) Automation Test Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Test Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Trainer
5 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Product Owner
6 2 (5.13%) Head of Project Management
6 2 (5.13%) Lead
6 2 (5.13%) Software Team Leader
6 2 (5.13%) Team Leader
7 1 (2.56%) ERP Consultant
7 1 (2.56%) ERP Implementation Consultant
7 1 (2.56%) Graduate Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.26%) .NET
1 4 (10.26%) Gherkin
2 2 (5.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (48.72%) Project Delivery
2 13 (33.33%) Project Management
3 12 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (25.64%) Agile
5 7 (17.95%) Change Management
5 7 (17.95%) Coaching
5 7 (17.95%) Requirements Gathering
6 6 (15.38%) PRINCE2
7 5 (12.82%) Business Analysis
7 5 (12.82%) Mathematics
7 5 (12.82%) Service Delivery
7 5 (12.82%) Software Testing
8 4 (10.26%) BDD
8 4 (10.26%) Project Governance
8 4 (10.26%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (10.26%) Supplier Management
8 4 (10.26%) Test Scripting
8 4 (10.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) C#
2 2 (5.13%) C
3 1 (2.56%) C++
3 1 (2.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 19 (48.72%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) APMP
2 4 (10.26%) ISEB
2 4 (10.26%) ISTQB
2 4 (10.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 4 (10.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.56%) HP APS
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Aruba
2 4 (10.26%) Cisco
2 4 (10.26%) Draytek
2 4 (10.26%) Fortinet
2 4 (10.26%) Meraki
2 4 (10.26%) NEC
2 4 (10.26%) Sophos
3 1 (2.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.56%) Autodesk
3 1 (2.56%) ConnectWise
3 1 (2.56%) Epicor
3 1 (2.56%) HP
3 1 (2.56%) PTC
3 1 (2.56%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.56%) VMware