Project Planning Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Project Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 117 108
Rank change year-on-year -44 -9 +68
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 10 65 93
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.25% 1.92% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 2.09% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9 28 13
10th Percentile £34,400 £50,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £51,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £62,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.24% +19.52% -22.22%
75th Percentile £47,500 £70,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £53,250 £85,000 £74,550
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +31.87% -24.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,245 3,106 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.48% 91.78% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 1,383 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £39,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Project Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Buckinghamshire -9 5 £37,500 -37.50% 6
Berkshire -21 5 £45,000 -43.75% 3
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Civil 3D
1 1 (10.00%) MicroStation
1 1 (10.00%) Navisworks
1 1 (10.00%) ProjectWise
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (40.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) GIS
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Trainer
2 3 (30.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (40.00%) Break/Fix
2 4 (40.00%) Presales
2 4 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (40.00%) Risk Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Time Management
2 4 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Building Information Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) Data Sharing
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) HP APS
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Aruba
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco
1 4 (40.00%) Draytek
1 4 (40.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (40.00%) Meraki
1 4 (40.00%) Sophos
2 1 (10.00%) Autodesk
2 1 (10.00%) ConnectWise
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) VMware