Planning Manager Jobs

Planning Manager
UK

The median Planning Manager salary in the UK is £52,950 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 690 877 941
Rank change year-on-year +187 +64 +296
Permanent jobs requiring a Planning Manager 12 30 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.029% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.031% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 18
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,700 £45,562
25th Percentile £46,875 £57,188 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,950 £90,000 £47,089
Median % change year-on-year -41.17% +91.13% +1.87%
75th Percentile £63,000 £108,438 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,600 £111,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +24.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

Planning Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Planning Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Planning Manager in the UK

Planning Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Planning Manager.

Salary trend for Planning Manager in the UK

Planning Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Planning Manager over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Planning Manager in the UK

Planning Manager
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Planning Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England +152 11 £52,950 -41.17% 29
London +102 6 £52,725 -47.28% 16
UK excluding London +167 5 £60,000 - 14
Work from Home +117 2 £52,500 -2.78% 12
North of England +30 2 - - 8
North West -2 2 - - 5
Midlands - 2 £60,000 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £60,000 - 1
South West +112 1 - -

Planning Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Planning Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Planning Manager in the job title.

1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) Primavera
1 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) Analytics
2 2 (16.67%) Dependency Management
2 2 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (16.67%) Pay per click
2 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) Military
3 1 (8.33%) Product Management
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (8.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (8.33%) JSP 440
3 1 (8.33%) Information Management
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Service Management
3 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) ITSM
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office

Planning Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Smartsheet
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Military
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (16.67%) Analytics
2 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) Dependency Management
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (16.67%) Pay per click
2 2 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (8.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Assurance
3 1 (8.33%) DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Global Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Multichannel Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (8.33%) Service Design
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) JSP 440
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Palantir
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow