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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 406 373
Rank change year-on-year -119 -33 -48
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 289 269 455
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.55% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.62% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 141 149 222
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +15.74% -10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £105,000 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% - -4.76%

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 87,229 43,738 58,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 88.90% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 59,718 24,553 31,325
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,243 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,600
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.70% -2.59%

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 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Top 17 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 15 October 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 -108 268 £57,500 -8.00% 66
UK excluding London -121 207 £56,000 +12.00% 63
Work from Home -40 84 £56,000 +5.66% 29
London -83 65 £65,000 -3.70% 14
South East -62 54 £56,000 -6.67% 19
Midlands -22 51 £55,000 +32.53% 8
West Midlands -18 39 £75,000 +36.36% 6
North of England -67 36 £56,250 +12.50% 13
East of England -38 35 £69,500 +44.79% 9
North West -33 24 £56,250 +12.50% 9
South West -60 24 £52,500 -12.50% 11
East Midlands -32 12 £50,000 +25.00% 2
Yorkshire -29 11 £52,000 +9.47% 2
Scotland +10 3 £51,250 -18.00% 3
Wales -65 3 £26,400 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £75,000 - 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 10 (3.46%) Confluence
2 5 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.69%) CMS
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.35%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (18.34%) Microsoft Project
2 42 (14.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (9.34%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.73%) Trello
6 3 (1.04%) Navisworks
6 3 (1.04%) Revit
7 1 (0.35%) Elementor
7 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.35%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 35 (12.11%) Primavera
2 25 (8.65%) SAP EHS
3 6 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.35%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.35%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.00%) Smartsheet
2 21 (7.27%) Azure
3 12 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (3.46%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.42%) SaaS
6 6 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.73%) Asana
7 5 (1.73%) AWS
7 5 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.38%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.04%) GCP
9 3 (1.04%) GitHub
10 2 (0.69%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.35%) AWS CodePipeline
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.35%) Datadog
11 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.35%) Google Tag Manager
11 1 (0.35%) Miro
11 1 (0.35%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.08%) Network Security
2 5 (1.73%) DNS
2 5 (1.73%) Firewall
2 5 (1.73%) Wireless
3 4 (1.38%) DHCP
3 4 (1.38%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (1.38%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.38%) VLAN
4 3 (1.04%) LAN
4 3 (1.04%) SMS
4 3 (1.04%) SSL
4 3 (1.04%) VoIP
4 3 (1.04%) WAN
5 2 (0.69%) BGP
5 2 (0.69%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.69%) NAS
5 2 (0.69%) OSPF
5 2 (0.69%) SAN
5 2 (0.69%) VPN
5 2 (0.69%) Wireless Backhaul
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.11%) Power BI
2 6 (2.08%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.04%) DTS
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.69%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.35%) MySQL
5 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (9.34%) JIRA
2 8 (2.77%) LabVIEW
3 7 (2.42%) Git
4 2 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.35%) JUnit
5 1 (0.35%) Postman
5 1 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 139 (48.10%) Social Skills
2 87 (30.10%) Finance
3 43 (14.88%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (13.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (12.80%) Legal
6 34 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (9.69%) Aerospace
8 23 (7.96%) Manufacturing
9 19 (6.57%) Electronics
10 15 (5.19%) Banking
11 14 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (4.50%) Local Government
12 13 (4.50%) Public Sector
13 12 (4.15%) Retail
14 10 (3.46%) Telecoms
15 9 (3.11%) Law
15 9 (3.11%) Military
16 8 (2.77%) Automotive
16 8 (2.77%) Marketing
17 5 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 73 (25.26%) Project Manager
2 47 (16.26%) Lead
3 34 (11.76%) Senior
4 25 (8.65%) Analyst
5 14 (4.84%) Business Analyst
5 14 (4.84%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (3.81%) IT Manager
6 11 (3.81%) IT Project Manager
7 10 (3.46%) Junior
7 10 (3.46%) Senior Manager
8 9 (3.11%) Bid Manager
8 9 (3.11%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (3.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 8 (2.77%) Software Manager
10 7 (2.42%) Administrator
10 7 (2.42%) Architect
10 7 (2.42%) Project Administrator
10 7 (2.42%) Software Engineer
11 6 (2.08%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (2.08%) Project Support Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.46%) .NET
2 3 (1.04%) CSS
2 3 (1.04%) CSS3
2 3 (1.04%) Django
2 3 (1.04%) HTML
2 3 (1.04%) HTML5
2 3 (1.04%) Middleware
2 3 (1.04%) REST
2 3 (1.04%) Terraform
2 3 (1.04%) Web Services
3 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (0.69%) React
3 2 (0.69%) Vue
4 1 (0.35%) Blazor
4 1 (0.35%) EDI
4 1 (0.35%) JSON
4 1 (0.35%) WireMock
4 1 (0.35%) XML
4 1 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.69%) PMI
2 12 (4.15%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.81%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.11%) Fibre Optics
4 9 (3.11%) FPGA
4 9 (3.11%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.42%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (2.42%) Robotics
7 6 (2.08%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.73%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.73%) SCADA
9 4 (1.38%) IoT
9 4 (1.38%) NHS
10 3 (1.04%) CCTV
10 3 (1.04%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.04%) FMCG
10 3 (1.04%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.84%) Linux
2 4 (1.38%) CentOS
2 4 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (1.38%) Rocky
2 4 (1.38%) Windows
3 1 (0.35%) VMS
3 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (46.37%) Project Management
2 114 (39.45%) Agile
3 108 (37.37%) Project Delivery
4 101 (34.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 87 (30.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 68 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 58 (20.07%) Decision-Making
8 55 (19.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 45 (15.57%) Mentoring
10 40 (13.84%) Technical Leadership
11 39 (13.49%) Waterfall
12 38 (13.15%) ERP
12 38 (13.15%) Risk Management
13 35 (12.11%) PRINCE2
14 31 (10.73%) Budget Management
15 30 (10.38%) Resource Management
16 27 (9.34%) Strategic Planning
17 26 (9.00%) Project Governance
17 26 (9.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
18 25 (8.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.03%) Python
2 12 (4.15%) C++
3 10 (3.46%) SQL
4 9 (3.11%) JavaScript
4 9 (3.11%) MATLAB
5 8 (2.77%) C
5 8 (2.77%) C#
6 5 (1.73%) Rust
6 5 (1.73%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.38%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.04%) Java
9 2 (0.69%) Bash
10 1 (0.35%) PHP
10 1 (0.35%) R
10 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 92 (31.83%) Degree
2 66 (22.84%) Security Cleared
3 48 (16.61%) PMI Certification
4 44 (15.22%) SC Cleared
5 20 (6.92%) PMP
6 18 (6.23%) DV Cleared
7 17 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (5.88%) Master's Degree
8 14 (4.84%) CISSP
9 13 (4.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 13 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (4.50%) CCSP
10 9 (3.11%) CISM
11 8 (2.77%) APMP
11 8 (2.77%) PhD
12 7 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (1.38%) CCNA
14 4 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (1.04%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.49%) QA
2 19 (6.57%) PMO
3 15 (5.19%) Accessibility
4 14 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (4.50%) NIST
6 6 (2.08%) GDPR
7 5 (1.73%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.04%) PERC
9 2 (0.69%) MISRA
10 1 (0.35%) GRC
10 1 (0.35%) GxP
System Software
1 11 (3.81%) Firmware
2 7 (2.42%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.73%) Docker
4 4 (1.38%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.69%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.04%) Ansible
1 3 (1.04%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.35%) Grafana
2 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.35%) Salt
Vendors
1 44 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 43 (14.88%) SAP
3 6 (2.08%) Google
4 5 (1.73%) Remedy
4 5 (1.73%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.38%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.38%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.38%) Xilinx
6 3 (1.04%) Altera
6 3 (1.04%) Cisco
6 3 (1.04%) dotdigital
6 3 (1.04%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.04%) Intel
6 3 (1.04%) Oracle
6 3 (1.04%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.69%) Apple
7 2 (0.69%) BMC
7 2 (0.69%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.69%) NEC
7 2 (0.69%) VMware