Production Planning Job Trends

Production Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Production Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 653 634 830
Rank change year-on-year -19 +196 +95
Permanent jobs citing Production Planning 65 13 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.031% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.098% 0.033% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 43 4 20
10th Percentile - £68,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £81,563
90th Percentile £87,000 £102,000 £96,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -10.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66,065 38,941 81,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.24% 92.85% 85.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40,765 22,745 59,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Production Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Production Planning job vacancy trend in the UK

Production Planning
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Production Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Production Planning over the 6 months to 22 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Production Planning in the UK

Production Planning
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Production Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 22 April 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
England -8 63 £80,000 -3.03% 18
London +35 35 £80,000 -23.81% 2
UK excluding London -60 24 £80,000 +14.29% 15
North of England -41 12 £80,000 - 4
North West -17 10 £80,000 - 4
Work from Home +10 8 £100,000 +33.33% 6
West Midlands -21 5 £60,000 - 3
Midlands -43 5 £60,000 - 7
South West - 5 - - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - -
South East -43 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - - 1

Production Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 54 (83.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (64.62%) SAP PP
3 35 (53.85%) SAP IBP
4 3 (4.62%) SAP ERP
5 2 (3.08%) NetSuite
5 2 (3.08%) SAP MII
5 2 (3.08%) SAP MM
5 2 (3.08%) Teamcenter
6 1 (1.54%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) JIRA
General
1 57 (87.69%) Manufacturing
2 32 (49.23%) Law
3 15 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 11 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.23%) Finance
6 5 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Retail
8 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 45 (69.23%) Consultant
2 44 (67.69%) SAP Consultant
3 39 (60.00%) SAP PP Consultant
4 31 (47.69%) Managing Consultant
5 6 (9.23%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 4 (6.15%) Architect
6 4 (6.15%) Planning Manager
6 4 (6.15%) SAP Architect
6 4 (6.15%) SAP Manager
7 3 (4.62%) SAP QM Consultant
7 3 (4.62%) Senior
7 3 (4.62%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (4.62%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 3 (4.62%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
8 2 (3.08%) Lead
8 2 (3.08%) SAP HANA Consultant
8 2 (3.08%) SAP Trainer
8 2 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.08%) Trainer
9 1 (1.54%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (60.00%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (7.69%) SAP Core Interface
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 34 (52.31%) Greenfield Project
2 31 (47.69%) Life Science
3 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 2 (3.08%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.54%) FMCG
5 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.92%) Analytics
2 32 (49.23%) Business Development
3 14 (21.54%) Capacity Planning
4 13 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (20.00%) ERP
4 13 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (13.85%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (12.31%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 8 (12.31%) Migration
8 7 (10.77%) Data Migration
9 6 (9.23%) Demand Forecasting
9 6 (9.23%) Quality Management
10 5 (7.69%) Data Analysis
10 5 (7.69%) Demand Management
10 5 (7.69%) Integration Testing
10 5 (7.69%) Logistics
10 5 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (7.69%) System Integration Testing
10 5 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.08%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (7.69%) CPIM
2 4 (6.15%) Degree
2 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.62%) SAP Certification
4 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.08%) HNC
4 2 (3.08%) HND
4 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.54%) ACCA
5 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.54%) CIMA
5 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) PMO
2 2 (3.08%) QA
3 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.54%) GMP
Vendors
1 58 (89.23%) SAP
2 4 (6.15%) Oracle
3 2 (3.08%) Epicor
4 1 (1.54%) Ariba
4 1 (1.54%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.54%) Concur
4 1 (1.54%) IFS
4 1 (1.54%) Sage