Project Planner Jobs

Project Planner
UK

The median Project Planner salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 861 911
Rank change year-on-year +155 +50 +319
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Planner 3 51 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.049% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.052% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 1 43 49
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,734 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.18% +61.39% -40.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £46,293 -
90th Percentile - £47,500 £46,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £38,734 £24,000
% change year-on-year +16.18% +61.39% -43.53%

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 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £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% +6.63%

Project Planner
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Planner.

Salary trend for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planner within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
UK excluding London +148 3 £45,000 +16.18% 1
England +112 3 £45,000 +16.18% 1
Work from Home +92 1 £45,000 +16.18%
Midlands +83 1 £45,000 -21.74% 1
South East +76 1 - -
West Midlands +55 1 £45,000 -21.74% 1
East of England - 1 - -

Project Planner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Project Planner 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 Project Planner in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Earned Value Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Primavera
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Life Science
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Twitter
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Instagram
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform

Project Planner 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 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Earned Value Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Instagram
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Twitter