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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 398 376
Rank change year-on-year -159 -22 -43
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 219 311 665
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.63% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.70% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 128 158 426
10th Percentile £40,700 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £71,375 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,675 £105,000 £89,161
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +8.25% -7.62%

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 72,820 44,444 83,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.76% 90.26% 82.20%
Number of salaries quoted 50,274 24,878 58,156
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
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 13 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 13 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 -114 206 £60,000 -4.00% 136
UK excluding London -140 141 £60,000 +14.29% 108
Work from Home -34 68 £63,076 +21.89% 47
London -28 62 £56,250 -27.42% 47
North of England -34 40 £60,718 +21.44% 13
South East -46 35 £56,000 -10.40% 35
Midlands -45 32 £60,288 +20.58% 19
West Midlands -15 28 £57,500 +27.78% 13
North West -29 21 £60,163 +20.33% 9
East of England -34 19 £82,500 +83.33% 10
Yorkshire -28 17 £56,250 +9.76% 4
South West -69 11 £47,500 +18.75% 20
Wales -47 3 £26,400 - 1
East Midlands -50 3 £78,750 -17.11% 6
North East - 2 £63,076 -
Scotland -10 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 7 (3.20%) Confluence
2 5 (2.28%) CMS
3 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (7.31%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (3.65%) Primavera
2 5 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.83%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 13 (5.94%) Azure
2 9 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.74%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.74%) Smartsheet
4 4 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (1.83%) Snowflake
5 3 (1.37%) AWS
5 3 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.37%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (1.37%) GCP
5 3 (1.37%) Google Analytics
5 3 (1.37%) SaaS
6 2 (0.91%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.91%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.91%) Zapier
7 1 (0.46%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.46%) Azure Pipelines
7 1 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.20%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (2.74%) Network Security
3 4 (1.83%) Wireless
4 3 (1.37%) Firewall
4 3 (1.37%) LAN
4 3 (1.37%) SMS
4 3 (1.37%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.37%) VPN
4 3 (1.37%) WAN
5 2 (0.91%) BGP
5 2 (0.91%) DHCP
5 2 (0.91%) DNS
5 2 (0.91%) OSPF
5 2 (0.91%) VLAN
5 2 (0.91%) VoIP
5 2 (0.91%) Wireless Backhaul
6 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.28%) Power BI
2 4 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.37%) DTS
4 2 (0.91%) FileMaker
4 2 (0.91%) Metadata
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.91%) Power Query
4 2 (0.91%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.91%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.91%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (6.85%) JIRA
2 7 (3.20%) LabVIEW
3 3 (1.37%) Git
4 2 (0.91%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.91%) JUnit
5 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.46%) Postman
5 1 (0.46%) Selenium
General
1 98 (44.75%) Social Skills
2 58 (26.48%) Finance
3 53 (24.20%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (14.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (12.79%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (9.59%) Banking
6 21 (9.59%) Retail
7 20 (9.13%) Public Sector
8 16 (7.31%) Local Government
9 9 (4.11%) Aerospace
9 9 (4.11%) Marketing
10 8 (3.65%) Advertising
10 8 (3.65%) Electronics
10 8 (3.65%) Legal
10 8 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.28%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.28%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.37%) French Language
13 3 (1.37%) Law
Job Titles
1 55 (25.11%) Project Manager
2 51 (23.29%) Senior
3 27 (12.33%) Analyst
4 23 (10.50%) Business Analyst
5 21 (9.59%) Senior Manager
6 16 (7.31%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (6.85%) Junior
7 15 (6.85%) Systems Engineer
8 14 (6.39%) Lead
8 14 (6.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 13 (5.94%) Consultant
10 12 (5.48%) Digital Project Manager
10 12 (5.48%) Security Manager
10 12 (5.48%) Security Project Manager
10 12 (5.48%) Senior Digital Project Manager
11 7 (3.20%) Project Planner
12 6 (2.74%) Administrator
12 6 (2.74%) Cabling Engineer
12 6 (2.74%) Developer
12 6 (2.74%) Project Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.20%) .NET
2 5 (2.28%) CSS
2 5 (2.28%) HTML
3 2 (0.91%) Middleware
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.91%) WireMock
3 2 (0.91%) YAML
4 1 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.31%) Security Posture
2 13 (5.94%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (3.20%) Fibre Optics
3 7 (3.20%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.74%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.74%) FPGA
4 6 (2.74%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.83%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.83%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.83%) Life Science
5 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.83%) PMI
6 3 (1.37%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.37%) FMCG
7 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.91%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.91%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.91%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.46%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.20%) Linux
2 4 (1.83%) Android
3 3 (1.37%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.37%) CentOS
4 2 (0.91%) Windows
5 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (35.16%) Project Management
2 59 (26.94%) Agile
3 50 (22.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 49 (22.37%) Mentoring
5 47 (21.46%) Project Delivery
6 43 (19.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
8 36 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (13.24%) Risk Management
10 22 (10.05%) Budget Management
10 22 (10.05%) Time Management
11 21 (9.59%) Business Development
11 21 (9.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (9.13%) Strategic Thinking
13 19 (8.68%) Decision-Making
13 19 (8.68%) Resource Management
13 19 (8.68%) Validation
14 18 (8.22%) AI
14 18 (8.22%) Target Operating Model
14 18 (8.22%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.31%) Python
2 10 (4.57%) SQL
3 8 (3.65%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.20%) MATLAB
5 5 (2.28%) C
5 5 (2.28%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.83%) Java
7 3 (1.37%) Bash
7 3 (1.37%) C++
8 2 (0.91%) Scala
9 1 (0.46%) Bicep
9 1 (0.46%) C#
9 1 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 64 (29.22%) Degree
2 26 (11.87%) Master's Degree
3 23 (10.50%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (9.59%) CISSP
5 20 (9.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 20 (9.13%) CCSP
6 19 (8.68%) Security Cleared
7 16 (7.31%) CISM
8 13 (5.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (5.94%) SC Cleared
9 11 (5.02%) PMI Certification
10 10 (4.57%) PhD
11 8 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (3.20%) PMP
13 3 (1.37%) CCNA
13 3 (1.37%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.37%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 1 (0.46%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (17.35%) QA
2 21 (9.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (9.13%) NIST
4 13 (5.94%) PMO
5 7 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 6 (2.74%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.28%) GDPR
8 3 (1.37%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.37%) PERC
9 1 (0.46%) ARP4761
9 1 (0.46%) DO-160
9 1 (0.46%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (2.28%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (2.28%) Firmware
2 2 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.91%) Grafana
1 2 (0.91%) Prometheus
1 2 (0.91%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (10.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.02%) SAP
3 7 (3.20%) NEC
4 6 (2.74%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.28%) Google
6 4 (1.83%) Oracle
6 4 (1.83%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.37%) BMC
7 3 (1.37%) Cognizant
7 3 (1.37%) dotdigital
7 3 (1.37%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.91%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.91%) FactSet
8 2 (0.91%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.91%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.91%) Refinitiv
9 1 (0.46%) Altera
9 1 (0.46%) NETGEAR
9 1 (0.46%) Xilinx