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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 413 380
Rank change year-on-year -140 -33 -61
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 243 309 552
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.62% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.69% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 139 164 318
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,274
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67,375 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,750 £50,223 £46,293
% change year-on-year +13.00% +8.49% -11.82%

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 77,641 44,566 67,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.69% 89.32% 81.09%
Number of salaries quoted 53,461 25,406 43,850
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,073 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.41% -3.85% -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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -108 228 £56,000 -10.40% 199
UK excluding London -132 159 £56,750 +13.00% 145
Work from Home -42 75 £60,000 +18.94% 74
London -53 68 £52,500 -25.00% 77
South East -56 45 £56,000 -10.40% 49
North of England -38 42 £60,000 +20.00% 23
Midlands -42 28 £60,288 +33.97% 27
West Midlands -23 24 £57,500 +43.75% 19
East of England -41 24 £75,000 +68.54% 13
North West -18 20 £60,000 +20.00% 14
Yorkshire -27 20 £52,000 +1.46% 8
South West -63 16 £55,000 +37.50% 15
East Midlands -45 3 £78,750 +23.53% 8
Wales -62 3 £26,400 - 1
North East - 2 £63,076 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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 11 (4.53%) Confluence
2 5 (2.06%) CMS
3 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (8.64%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.65%) Trello
6 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (5.76%) Primavera
2 7 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (2.06%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.41%) Azure
2 12 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (4.12%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.88%) Smartsheet
6 5 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.65%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.23%) AWS
8 3 (1.23%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (1.23%) GCP
8 3 (1.23%) GitHub
8 3 (1.23%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.23%) SaaS
9 2 (0.82%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.82%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.82%) Zapier
10 1 (0.41%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.41%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.41%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.29%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (2.47%) Firewall
2 6 (2.47%) Network Security
2 6 (2.47%) Wireless
3 4 (1.65%) DHCP
3 4 (1.65%) DNS
3 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.65%) VLAN
4 3 (1.23%) LAN
4 3 (1.23%) SMS
4 3 (1.23%) VoIP
4 3 (1.23%) VPN
4 3 (1.23%) WAN
5 2 (0.82%) BGP
5 2 (0.82%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.82%) IP Telephony
5 2 (0.82%) OSPF
5 2 (0.82%) SAN
5 2 (0.82%) SSL
5 2 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.70%) Power BI
2 7 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.23%) DTS
4 2 (0.82%) Metadata
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.82%) Power Query
4 2 (0.82%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.82%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (8.64%) JIRA
2 8 (3.29%) LabVIEW
3 5 (2.06%) Git
4 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.41%) JUnit
4 1 (0.41%) Postman
4 1 (0.41%) Selenium
General
1 113 (46.50%) Social Skills
2 69 (28.40%) Finance
3 48 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (15.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (13.17%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (9.47%) Banking
7 20 (8.23%) Public Sector
7 20 (8.23%) Retail
8 18 (7.41%) Local Government
9 13 (5.35%) Aerospace
10 11 (4.53%) Electronics
10 11 (4.53%) Manufacturing
10 11 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (4.12%) Legal
11 10 (4.12%) Marketing
12 8 (3.29%) Advertising
12 8 (3.29%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.47%) Military
14 5 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (2.06%) Law
Job Titles
1 67 (27.57%) Project Manager
2 47 (19.34%) Senior
3 26 (10.70%) Analyst
4 22 (9.05%) Senior Manager
5 21 (8.64%) Business Analyst
6 19 (7.82%) Lead
7 17 (7.00%) Senior Project Manager
8 15 (6.17%) Junior
9 12 (4.94%) Digital Project Manager
9 12 (4.94%) Security Manager
9 12 (4.94%) Security Project Manager
9 12 (4.94%) Senior Digital Project Manager
10 11 (4.53%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (4.12%) Consultant
11 10 (4.12%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 7 (2.88%) Administrator
12 7 (2.88%) Junior Project Administrator
12 7 (2.88%) Project Administrator
12 7 (2.88%) Project Support Administrator
13 6 (2.47%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.47%) .NET
2 3 (1.23%) Middleware
3 2 (0.82%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.82%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (0.82%) CSS
3 2 (0.82%) CSS3
3 2 (0.82%) HTML
3 2 (0.82%) HTML5
3 2 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.82%) React
3 2 (0.82%) Vue
3 2 (0.82%) YAML
4 1 (0.41%) EDI
4 1 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.41%) JSON
4 1 (0.41%) WireMock
4 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.58%) Security Posture
2 13 (5.35%) Renewable Energy
3 9 (3.70%) Fibre Optics
4 8 (3.29%) PMI
5 7 (2.88%) FPGA
6 6 (2.47%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.65%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.65%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.23%) FMCG
8 3 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.82%) Clustering
9 2 (0.82%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.82%) Life Science
9 2 (0.82%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.82%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.82%) Verilog
9 2 (0.82%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.76%) Linux
2 6 (2.47%) CentOS
3 4 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.65%) Rocky
4 3 (1.23%) Windows
5 1 (0.41%) Android
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (40.33%) Project Management
2 73 (30.04%) Agile
3 67 (27.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 66 (27.16%) Project Delivery
5 60 (24.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (19.75%) Mentoring
7 45 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (16.87%) Cybersecurity
9 38 (15.64%) Risk Management
10 30 (12.35%) Budget Management
11 25 (10.29%) Decision-Making
11 25 (10.29%) Roadmaps
11 25 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
12 24 (9.88%) Resource Management
12 24 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (9.47%) Business Development
13 23 (9.47%) Time Management
13 23 (9.47%) Waterfall
14 22 (9.05%) Coaching
14 22 (9.05%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.64%) Python
2 9 (3.70%) C++
3 8 (3.29%) MATLAB
4 7 (2.88%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.88%) SQL
5 6 (2.47%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.06%) C
6 5 (2.06%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.65%) C#
8 3 (1.23%) Java
8 3 (1.23%) Rust
9 2 (0.82%) Bash
10 1 (0.41%) Bicep
10 1 (0.41%) R
10 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 70 (28.81%) Degree
2 31 (12.76%) Security Cleared
3 26 (10.70%) Master's Degree
4 23 (9.47%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (8.64%) CISSP
6 20 (8.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 20 (8.23%) CCSP
7 18 (7.41%) PMI Certification
7 18 (7.41%) SC Cleared
8 16 (6.58%) CISM
9 13 (5.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (4.53%) DV Cleared
11 10 (4.12%) PhD
11 10 (4.12%) PMP
12 8 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.23%) CCNA
13 3 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (18.11%) QA
2 21 (8.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.23%) NIST
4 17 (7.00%) PMO
5 10 (4.12%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.06%) GDPR
7 4 (1.65%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.23%) PERC
9 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.41%) ARP4761
10 1 (0.41%) DO-160
10 1 (0.41%) DO-254
10 1 (0.41%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (2.06%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (2.06%) Firmware
2 4 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.82%) Grafana
1 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
1 2 (0.82%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.82%) SAP
3 7 (2.88%) NEC
4 6 (2.47%) Red Hat
4 6 (2.47%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.06%) Google
6 4 (1.65%) Oracle
7 3 (1.23%) BMC
7 3 (1.23%) Cognizant
7 3 (1.23%) dotdigital
7 3 (1.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.23%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.82%) Altera
8 2 (0.82%) Apple
8 2 (0.82%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.82%) Cisco
8 2 (0.82%) FactSet
8 2 (0.82%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.82%) Intel
8 2 (0.82%) Xilinx