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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 359 337
Rank change year-on-year -146 -22 +64
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 208 288 759
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.70% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.76% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 122 172 454
10th Percentile £42,244 £37,639 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,125 £46,571 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,788 £59,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.42% +18.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £74,688 £70,000 £67,319
90th Percentile £89,000 £85,900 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,750 £55,000 £46,293
% change year-on-year +12.27% +18.81% -15.83%

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 63,052 38,055 78,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.14% 93.05% 86.27%
Number of salaries quoted 38,936 22,478 58,228
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,237
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +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 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -7.94%

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 8 April 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 8 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 -110 199 £62,788 +4.65% 99
UK excluding London -126 142 £61,750 +12.27% 77
London -5 51 £67,500 - 32
Work from Home -30 51 £63,076 +14.68% 39
North of England -62 41 £50,000 -9.09% 12
South East -65 39 £62,500 - 22
Midlands -52 37 £63,076 +29.39% 13
West Midlands -13 27 £63,076 +32.79% 9
North West -35 26 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Yorkshire -61 13 £50,000 -8.75% 4
East of England -44 11 £75,900 +38.00% 13
South West -55 11 £46,532 +9.49% 14
East Midlands -58 9 £72,500 -23.68% 4
North East -25 2 £63,076 - 2
Wales -25 2 £70,750 +88.67% 4
Scotland -34 1 - - 1

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 8 (3.85%) Confluence
2 5 (2.40%) CMS
3 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.92%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.48%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 5 (2.40%) Primavera
2 3 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.96%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.48%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.48%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.48%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.48%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.77%) Azure
2 8 (3.85%) SaaS
3 7 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (3.37%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.92%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.44%) Asana
6 3 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.44%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (1.44%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.44%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.96%) AWS
7 2 (0.96%) Boomi
7 2 (0.96%) GCP
7 2 (0.96%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.96%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.96%) Zapier
8 1 (0.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.48%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.44%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (1.44%) WebEx
2 2 (0.96%) Firewall
2 2 (0.96%) Wireless
3 1 (0.48%) LAN
3 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.48%) VPN
3 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.92%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.44%) FileMaker
2 3 (1.44%) Power BI
2 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.96%) EDMS
3 2 (0.96%) Metadata
3 2 (0.96%) Power Query
3 2 (0.96%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.48%) MySQL
4 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 14 (6.73%) JIRA
2 8 (3.85%) Selenium
3 4 (1.92%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.92%) Postman
3 4 (1.92%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.48%) Git
4 1 (0.48%) GitLab
4 1 (0.48%) JUnit
General
1 77 (37.02%) Social Skills
2 63 (30.29%) Finance
3 32 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.21%) Retail
6 14 (6.73%) Legal
7 9 (4.33%) Law
7 9 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.85%) Aerospace
8 8 (3.85%) Banking
9 7 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.37%) Marketing
10 5 (2.40%) Advertising
10 5 (2.40%) Local Government
11 4 (1.92%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.44%) French Language
12 3 (1.44%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (29.81%) Project Manager
2 55 (26.44%) Senior
3 23 (11.06%) Analyst
3 23 (11.06%) Senior Manager
3 23 (11.06%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 23 (11.06%) Systems Engineer
4 18 (8.65%) Senior Project Manager
5 17 (8.17%) Business Analyst
6 12 (5.77%) Consultant
6 12 (5.77%) Digital Project Manager
6 12 (5.77%) Security Manager
6 12 (5.77%) Security Project Manager
6 12 (5.77%) Senior Digital Project Manager
7 9 (4.33%) Developer
7 9 (4.33%) Lead
8 7 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.37%) Junior
9 5 (2.40%) Commercial Manager
9 5 (2.40%) Commercial Project Manager
9 5 (2.40%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.29%) .NET
2 8 (3.85%) CSS
2 8 (3.85%) HTML
3 4 (1.92%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.92%) XML
4 1 (0.48%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.48%) Middleware
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.48%) Pyramid
4 1 (0.48%) SPFx
4 1 (0.48%) Web Services
4 1 (0.48%) WinForms
4 1 (0.48%) WireMock
4 1 (0.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.85%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.88%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.40%) Data Structures
3 5 (2.40%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.40%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (2.40%) Security Posture
3 5 (2.40%) Social Media
4 4 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (1.92%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.92%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.92%) Digital Signage
4 4 (1.92%) Life Science
4 4 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.44%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.44%) Cyberattack
5 3 (1.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (0.96%) FMCG
6 2 (0.96%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.96%) Reference Data
6 2 (0.96%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.33%) Windows
2 5 (2.40%) Linux
3 4 (1.92%) Android
4 3 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.44%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (31.73%) Project Management
2 60 (28.85%) Agile
3 54 (25.96%) Project Delivery
4 41 (19.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (19.23%) Mentoring
5 40 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (14.90%) Coaching
8 27 (12.98%) Systems Engineering
9 25 (12.02%) Budget Management
10 23 (11.06%) PRINCE2
11 21 (10.10%) Change Management
12 20 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (9.62%) Risk Management
12 20 (9.62%) Validation
13 16 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (7.69%) SysML
14 14 (6.73%) Analytics
14 14 (6.73%) Test Automation
14 14 (6.73%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.29%) SQL
2 9 (4.33%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.88%) C#
4 5 (2.40%) C
4 5 (2.40%) Python
5 3 (1.44%) Bash
5 3 (1.44%) C++
5 3 (1.44%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.96%) Java
7 1 (0.48%) Scala
7 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (23.08%) Degree
2 33 (15.87%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 11 (5.29%) PMI Certification
4 11 (5.29%) PMP
5 8 (3.85%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.85%) ISTQB
5 8 (3.85%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.37%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (2.40%) CCSP
7 5 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.40%) CISM
7 5 (2.40%) CISSP
7 5 (2.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (1.92%) APMP
8 4 (1.92%) ISEB
8 4 (1.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.44%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.58%) QA
2 19 (9.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 9 (4.33%) PMO
4 5 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.40%) NIST
5 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.44%) GDPR
6 2 (0.96%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.48%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.48%) DO-160
7 1 (0.48%) DO-254
7 1 (0.48%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.48%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 26 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.88%) NEC
3 4 (1.92%) SAP
4 3 (1.44%) Anaplan
4 3 (1.44%) Cisco
4 3 (1.44%) Oracle
4 3 (1.44%) Pega
4 3 (1.44%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.44%) Tagetik
4 3 (1.44%) Workday
4 3 (1.44%) WorldPay
5 2 (0.96%) Bloomberg
5 2 (0.96%) Cognizant
5 2 (0.96%) FactSet
5 2 (0.96%) Google
5 2 (0.96%) Guidewire
5 2 (0.96%) Refinitiv
5 2 (0.96%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.96%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.96%) webMethods