Project Planning Job Trends

Project Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Project Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 351 353
Rank change year-on-year -132 +2 +74
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 194 400 568
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.82% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.88% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 123 190 380
10th Percentile £42,272 £36,921 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,313 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £59,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% +12.38% -11.39%
75th Percentile £74,375 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £46,048
% change year-on-year +13.64% +19.44% -16.28%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 53,577 45,271 66,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.42% 92.38% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 32,051 21,953 51,270
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,504 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.10% +10.01% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in the UK

Project Planning
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 17 February 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 -101 184 £63,076 +6.01% 94
UK excluding London -138 125 £62,500 +13.64% 91
Work from Home +18 50 £63,076 +0.52% 37
London +5 46 £70,000 -5.08% 23
South East -58 37 £65,000 +8.33% 27
North of England -35 36 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Midlands -15 33 £59,038 +12.45% 22
North West -7 24 £50,000 -9.09% 11
West Midlands -8 24 £63,076 +20.14% 15
Yorkshire -45 10 £63,076 +15.12% 5
East Midlands -7 9 £43,250 -21.36% 7
South West -44 9 £46,532 -22.45% 8
East of England +4 8 £82,950 +28.12% 6
North East -6 2 £63,076 - 2
Wales -10 1 £65,000 +62.50% 8
Scotland -22 1 - - 3

Project 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 6 (3.09%) Confluence
2 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.03%) CMS
3 2 (1.03%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.06%) AutoCAD
3 4 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.52%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.52%) Sketch
4 1 (0.52%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.58%) Primavera
2 3 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.03%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.52%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.52%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.52%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.25%) Azure
2 10 (5.15%) SaaS
3 9 (4.64%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.58%) Google Ads
6 3 (1.55%) Asana
6 3 (1.55%) AWS
6 3 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.03%) Boomi
8 1 (0.52%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.52%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.52%) Figma
8 1 (0.52%) Google Data Studio
8 1 (0.52%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.52%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.52%) Matillion
8 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.55%) WebEx
2 2 (1.03%) Firewall
3 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.06%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.55%) FileMaker
2 3 (1.55%) Power BI
2 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.03%) EDMS
3 2 (1.03%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.52%) MySQL
4 1 (0.52%) RavenDB
4 1 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 11 (5.67%) JIRA
2 8 (4.12%) Selenium
3 4 (2.06%) Cypress.io
3 4 (2.06%) Postman
3 4 (2.06%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.03%) Git
5 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.52%) JUnit
General
1 69 (35.57%) Social Skills
2 53 (27.32%) Finance
3 20 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.73%) Legal
6 10 (5.15%) Law
6 10 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.64%) Retail
8 8 (4.12%) Advertising
9 6 (3.09%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.09%) Marketing
10 5 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.06%) French Language
12 3 (1.55%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.55%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (1.55%) Spanish Language
13 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (28.87%) Project Manager
2 52 (26.80%) Senior
3 22 (11.34%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 22 (11.34%) Systems Engineer
4 20 (10.31%) Analyst
5 19 (9.79%) Senior Manager
6 18 (9.28%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (7.73%) Business Analyst
8 13 (6.70%) Lead
9 12 (6.19%) Digital Project Manager
9 12 (6.19%) Security Manager
9 12 (6.19%) Security Project Manager
9 12 (6.19%) Senior Digital Project Manager
10 11 (5.67%) Consultant
11 7 (3.61%) Developer
11 7 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.09%) Commercial Manager
12 6 (3.09%) Commercial Project Manager
12 6 (3.09%) Finance Business Analyst
12 6 (3.09%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.19%) .NET
2 9 (4.64%) CSS
2 9 (4.64%) HTML
3 4 (2.06%) Gherkin
3 4 (2.06%) XML
4 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.52%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.52%) Kendo UI
4 1 (0.52%) Material Design
4 1 (0.52%) Middleware
4 1 (0.52%) Pyramid
4 1 (0.52%) React
4 1 (0.52%) SPFx
4 1 (0.52%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (0.52%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.52%) Web Services
4 1 (0.52%) WinForms
4 1 (0.52%) WireMock
4 1 (0.52%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.64%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.09%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.09%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.09%) Social Media
3 5 (2.58%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.55%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.55%) Cyberattack
4 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.55%) Digital Signage
4 3 (1.55%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.55%) Life Science
4 3 (1.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.03%) Blog
5 2 (1.03%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.03%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.15%) Windows
2 4 (2.06%) Linux
3 3 (1.55%) Android
3 3 (1.55%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.03%) CentOS
5 1 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (32.99%) Agile
2 56 (28.87%) Project Management
3 52 (26.80%) Project Delivery
4 40 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (20.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 36 (18.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (18.04%) Coaching
8 34 (17.53%) Mentoring
9 25 (12.89%) Systems Engineering
10 24 (12.37%) Change Management
11 22 (11.34%) Budget Management
12 20 (10.31%) PRINCE2
13 18 (9.28%) Validation
14 17 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (8.76%) Requirements Gathering
15 16 (8.25%) Business Case
15 16 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 16 (8.25%) Test Automation
16 15 (7.73%) SysML
17 13 (6.70%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.15%) JavaScript
2 8 (4.12%) C#
2 8 (4.12%) SQL
3 5 (2.58%) C
3 5 (2.58%) Python
4 3 (1.55%) Java
4 3 (1.55%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.03%) Bash
5 2 (1.03%) C++
5 2 (1.03%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.52%) Bicep
6 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 43 (22.16%) Degree
2 31 (15.98%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (7.73%) PMI Certification
3 15 (7.73%) PMP
4 14 (7.22%) Security Cleared
5 10 (5.15%) DBS Check
6 8 (4.12%) ISTQB
7 7 (3.61%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.58%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.06%) APMP
9 4 (2.06%) CAPM
9 4 (2.06%) ISEB
9 4 (2.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (2.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.55%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.52%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.28%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 17 (8.76%) QA
3 5 (2.58%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.06%) PMO
5 2 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.03%) GDPR
6 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.52%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.52%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.52%) IFRS
6 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.52%) Docker
1 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Grafana
1 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.64%) SAP
3 5 (2.58%) Google
3 5 (2.58%) NEC
4 4 (2.06%) Anaplan
4 4 (2.06%) Pega
4 4 (2.06%) Tagetik
4 4 (2.06%) WorldPay
5 3 (1.55%) Cisco
5 3 (1.55%) Oracle
5 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.55%) Workday
6 2 (1.03%) Adobe
6 2 (1.03%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.03%) Software AG
6 2 (1.03%) webMethods
7 1 (0.52%) Ariba
7 1 (0.52%) Aruba
7 1 (0.52%) Meraki