Production Planning Job Trends

Production Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Production Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 711 697
Rank change year-on-year +88 -14 +449
Permanent jobs citing Production Planning 37 55 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.073% 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.090% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 25 19 24
10th Percentile £63,500 - £42,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £36,625 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +33.33% -22.22%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £71,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,500 £78,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,750 £38,250 £56,000
% change year-on-year +92.81% -31.70% +1.82%

All Process and 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 43,711 61,337 55,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.06% 81.75% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 24,267 33,446 42,434
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Production Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Production Planning 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 29 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Production Planning in the UK

Production Planning
Top 10 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 29 September 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 +97 28 £75,000 +25.00% 19
UK excluding London +108 21 £73,750 +92.81% 11
Work from Home +71 12 £75,000 -18.03% 8
South East +69 11 £75,000 -27.18% 5
London +54 6 £90,250 -14.05% 9
North West +11 6 £75,000 +15.38% 3
North of England +7 6 £75,000 +96.08% 3
South West +61 3 £75,000 - 2
Midlands +54 2 £68,750 -14.06%
West Midlands +45 2 £68,750 -14.06%

Production Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (59.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (45.95%) SAP PP
3 13 (35.14%) SAP IBP
4 5 (13.51%) SAP MII
5 4 (10.81%) SAP MM
5 4 (10.81%) SAP SCM
6 3 (8.11%) SAP EHS
7 2 (5.41%) Infor M3
7 2 (5.41%) NetSuite
7 2 (5.41%) SAP APO
7 2 (5.41%) SAP QM
8 1 (2.70%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (2.70%) SAP EWM
8 1 (2.70%) SAP LE
8 1 (2.70%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (2.70%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Power Platform
2 6 (16.22%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (24.32%) Power BI
1 9 (24.32%) SAP BW
2 6 (16.22%) Data Lake
3 3 (8.11%) Power Query
4 2 (5.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (32.43%) JIRA
General
1 27 (72.97%) Manufacturing
2 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (13.51%) Aerospace
4 5 (13.51%) Automotive
4 5 (13.51%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Finance
7 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Consultant
1 15 (40.54%) SAP Consultant
2 12 (32.43%) SAP PP Consultant
3 11 (29.73%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 8 (21.62%) Analyst
5 6 (16.22%) Report Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Functional Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) Lead
6 4 (10.81%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) SAP QM Consultant
7 3 (8.11%) Logistics Consultant
7 3 (8.11%) SAP Logistics Consultant
7 3 (8.11%) SAP WM Consultant
7 3 (8.11%) Senior
7 3 (8.11%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (8.11%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 3 (8.11%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
7 3 (8.11%) Supply Chain Planner
8 2 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (21.62%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (5.41%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Virtual Team
2 3 (8.11%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (5.41%) IoT
4 1 (2.70%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Analytics
2 10 (27.03%) Agile
3 9 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (24.32%) Quality Management
4 8 (21.62%) Logistics
4 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (18.92%) Capacity Planning
5 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
5 7 (18.92%) Presales
5 7 (18.92%) Supply Chain Transformation
6 6 (16.22%) Data Cleansing
6 6 (16.22%) Data Modelling
6 6 (16.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 6 (16.22%) ERP
6 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (13.51%) Mentoring
7 5 (13.51%) Process Improvement
7 5 (13.51%) Supply Chain Management
7 5 (13.51%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) SQL
1 3 (8.11%) VBA
2 2 (5.41%) ABAP
3 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (32.43%) Degree
2 9 (24.32%) SAP Certification
3 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.11%) GMP
3 1 (2.70%) QA
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (8.11%) Oracle
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.70%) Atlassian