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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 403 389
Rank change year-on-year -154 -14 -59
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 222 302 662
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.61% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.68% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 132 151 425
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,298 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,719 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,875 £105,000 £90,822
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,723 £48,750
% change year-on-year +13.36% +4.05% -7.14%

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 72,823 44,302 82,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.72% 90.16% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,276 24,855 57,929
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -115 209 £57,500 -8.00% 93
UK excluding London -148 143 £57,500 +13.36% 83
Work from Home -29 70 £61,538 +21.99% 34
London -30 63 £52,500 -32.26% 25
North of England -33 41 £60,326 +20.65% 9
South East -35 37 £56,000 -10.40% 32
Midlands -31 31 £60,288 +20.58% 10
West Midlands -22 27 £57,500 +27.78% 7
North West -13 21 £60,163 +20.33% 5
East of England -29 19 £82,500 +85.39% 9
Yorkshire -26 18 £52,000 +1.46% 3
South West -63 11 £47,500 +18.75% 12
Wales -52 3 £26,400 - 1
East Midlands -55 3 £78,750 -17.11% 3
North East - 2 £63,076 - 1
Scotland -4 1 - - 7

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 (3.60%) Confluence
2 5 (2.25%) CMS
3 2 (0.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (7.66%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.80%) Trello
5 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.60%) Primavera
2 5 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.80%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.31%) Azure
2 10 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.70%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.70%) Smartsheet
4 4 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (1.80%) Snowflake
5 3 (1.35%) AWS
5 3 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.35%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (1.35%) GCP
5 3 (1.35%) Google Analytics
5 3 (1.35%) SaaS
6 2 (0.90%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.90%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.90%) Zapier
7 1 (0.45%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (0.45%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.45%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.15%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (2.70%) Network Security
3 4 (1.80%) Wireless
4 3 (1.35%) Firewall
4 3 (1.35%) LAN
4 3 (1.35%) SMS
4 3 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.35%) VPN
4 3 (1.35%) WAN
5 2 (0.90%) BGP
5 2 (0.90%) DHCP
5 2 (0.90%) DNS
5 2 (0.90%) OSPF
5 2 (0.90%) VLAN
5 2 (0.90%) VoIP
5 2 (0.90%) Wireless Backhaul
6 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.25%) Power BI
2 4 (1.80%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.35%) DTS
4 2 (0.90%) FileMaker
4 2 (0.90%) Metadata
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.90%) Power Query
4 2 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.90%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (7.66%) JIRA
2 8 (3.60%) LabVIEW
3 3 (1.35%) Git
4 2 (0.90%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.90%) JUnit
5 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.45%) Postman
5 1 (0.45%) Selenium
General
1 102 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 58 (26.13%) Finance
3 54 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (14.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (13.06%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (9.46%) Banking
6 21 (9.46%) Retail
7 20 (9.01%) Public Sector
8 17 (7.66%) Local Government
9 9 (4.05%) Electronics
9 9 (4.05%) Marketing
10 8 (3.60%) Advertising
10 8 (3.60%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.60%) Legal
10 8 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.70%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.25%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.80%) Law
14 3 (1.35%) French Language
Job Titles
1 59 (26.58%) Project Manager
2 51 (22.97%) Senior
3 27 (12.16%) Analyst
4 23 (10.36%) Business Analyst
5 21 (9.46%) Senior Manager
6 16 (7.21%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (6.76%) Junior
7 15 (6.76%) Systems Engineer
8 14 (6.31%) Lead
8 14 (6.31%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) Consultant
10 12 (5.41%) Digital Project Manager
10 12 (5.41%) Security Manager
10 12 (5.41%) Security Project Manager
10 12 (5.41%) Senior Digital Project Manager
11 7 (3.15%) Project Planner
12 6 (2.70%) Administrator
12 6 (2.70%) Cabling Engineer
12 6 (2.70%) Developer
12 6 (2.70%) Project Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.15%) .NET
2 5 (2.25%) CSS
2 5 (2.25%) HTML
3 2 (0.90%) Middleware
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.90%) WireMock
3 2 (0.90%) YAML
4 1 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.21%) Security Posture
2 13 (5.86%) Renewable Energy
3 8 (3.60%) Fibre Optics
4 6 (2.70%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.70%) FPGA
4 6 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.25%) PMI
6 4 (1.80%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.80%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.80%) Life Science
6 4 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.35%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.35%) FMCG
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.90%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.90%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.60%) Linux
2 4 (1.80%) Android
2 4 (1.80%) CentOS
3 3 (1.35%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.90%) Windows
5 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.45%) Rocky
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (36.04%) Project Management
2 61 (27.48%) Agile
3 52 (23.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 49 (22.07%) Mentoring
4 49 (22.07%) Project Delivery
5 47 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (17.12%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (14.41%) Risk Management
9 24 (10.81%) Budget Management
10 22 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (9.91%) Time Management
11 21 (9.46%) Business Development
11 21 (9.46%) Strategic Thinking
12 20 (9.01%) Resource Management
12 20 (9.01%) Validation
13 19 (8.56%) Decision-Making
14 18 (8.11%) AI
14 18 (8.11%) PRINCE2
14 18 (8.11%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.66%) Python
2 10 (4.50%) SQL
3 8 (3.60%) JavaScript
3 8 (3.60%) MATLAB
4 5 (2.25%) C
4 5 (2.25%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.80%) Java
6 3 (1.35%) Bash
6 3 (1.35%) C++
7 2 (0.90%) Scala
8 1 (0.45%) Bicep
8 1 (0.45%) C#
8 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (29.28%) Degree
2 27 (12.16%) Master's Degree
3 23 (10.36%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (9.46%) CISSP
5 20 (9.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 20 (9.01%) CCSP
6 19 (8.56%) Security Cleared
7 16 (7.21%) CISM
8 14 (6.31%) PMI Certification
9 13 (5.86%) SC Cleared
10 12 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (4.95%) PhD
12 9 (4.05%) PMP
13 8 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.80%) DV Cleared
15 3 (1.35%) CCNA
15 3 (1.35%) DBS Check
15 3 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 1 (0.45%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (17.57%) QA
2 21 (9.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (9.01%) NIST
4 12 (5.41%) PMO
5 6 (2.70%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 5 (2.25%) GDPR
7 3 (1.35%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.35%) PERC
8 1 (0.45%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.45%) DO-160
8 1 (0.45%) DO-254
8 1 (0.45%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (2.25%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (2.25%) Firmware
2 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.90%) Grafana
1 2 (0.90%) Prometheus
1 2 (0.90%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (9.91%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.95%) SAP
3 7 (3.15%) NEC
4 6 (2.70%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.25%) Google
6 4 (1.80%) Oracle
6 4 (1.80%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.80%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.35%) BMC
7 3 (1.35%) Cognizant
7 3 (1.35%) dotdigital
7 3 (1.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.90%) FactSet
8 2 (0.90%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.90%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.90%) Refinitiv
9 1 (0.45%) Altera
9 1 (0.45%) NETGEAR
9 1 (0.45%) Xilinx