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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 406 367
Rank change year-on-year -145 -39 -51
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 236 312 553
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.62% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.70% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 127 168 309
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £35,314
25th Percentile £45,753 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £68,250 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £50,223 £46,293
% change year-on-year +11.50% +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 78,515 44,640 67,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.47% 89.25% 80.94%
Number of salaries quoted 54,079 25,322 43,171
10th Percentile £30,975 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £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 £97,236 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Top 15 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 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 -128 220 £56,000 -10.40% 176
UK excluding London -159 153 £56,000 +11.50% 151
London -51 69 £52,500 -23.64% 45
Work from Home -52 66 £56,000 +11.01% 71
South East -55 48 £56,000 -10.40% 48
North of England -63 33 £52,000 +4.00% 32
East of England -40 26 £75,000 +68.54% 9
Midlands -44 24 £43,102 -4.22% 25
West Midlands -26 20 £46,205 +15.51% 16
North West -23 18 £52,500 +5.00% 18
South West -79 17 £57,500 +43.75% 26
Yorkshire -24 15 £52,000 +9.47% 12
Wales -59 4 £26,400 - 3
East Midlands -44 3 £50,250 -21.18% 9
Northern Ireland - 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 12 (5.08%) Confluence
2 4 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.27%) CMS
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (9.32%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (5.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.69%) Trello
6 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (7.20%) Primavera
2 7 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (2.12%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.63%) Azure
2 12 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (4.24%) Power Platform
4 7 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.97%) Smartsheet
5 5 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.69%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.27%) AWS
7 3 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (1.27%) GCP
7 3 (1.27%) GitHub
7 3 (1.27%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.27%) SaaS
8 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.85%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.85%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.85%) Zapier
9 1 (0.42%) AWS CodePipeline
9 1 (0.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.39%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (2.54%) Firewall
2 6 (2.54%) Network Security
2 6 (2.54%) Wireless
3 4 (1.69%) DHCP
3 4 (1.69%) DNS
3 4 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.69%) VLAN
4 3 (1.27%) LAN
4 3 (1.27%) SMS
4 3 (1.27%) VoIP
4 3 (1.27%) VPN
4 3 (1.27%) WAN
5 2 (0.85%) BGP
5 2 (0.85%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.85%) IP Telephony
5 2 (0.85%) OSPF
5 2 (0.85%) SAN
5 2 (0.85%) SSL
5 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.81%) Power BI
2 6 (2.54%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.27%) DTS
4 2 (0.85%) Metadata
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.85%) Power Query
4 2 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.85%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (9.32%) JIRA
2 8 (3.39%) LabVIEW
3 6 (2.54%) Git
4 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.42%) JUnit
4 1 (0.42%) Postman
4 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 118 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 77 (32.63%) Finance
3 51 (21.61%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (16.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (13.56%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (9.75%) Banking
7 20 (8.47%) Retail
8 18 (7.63%) Local Government
9 17 (7.20%) Aerospace
10 13 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (4.66%) Electronics
11 11 (4.66%) Manufacturing
12 10 (4.24%) Legal
13 9 (3.81%) Marketing
13 9 (3.81%) Telecoms
14 8 (3.39%) Military
14 8 (3.39%) Public Sector
15 7 (2.97%) Advertising
16 5 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (2.12%) Law
Job Titles
1 62 (26.27%) Project Manager
2 37 (15.68%) Senior
3 27 (11.44%) Analyst
4 21 (8.90%) Business Analyst
5 19 (8.05%) Lead
6 14 (5.93%) Junior
7 13 (5.51%) Senior Manager
8 10 (4.24%) Systems Engineer
9 9 (3.81%) Consultant
9 9 (3.81%) IT Manager
9 9 (3.81%) IT Project Manager
9 9 (3.81%) Senior Project Manager
9 9 (3.81%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 7 (2.97%) Administrator
10 7 (2.97%) Junior Project Administrator
10 7 (2.97%) Project Administrator
10 7 (2.97%) Project Support Administrator
11 6 (2.54%) Developer
11 6 (2.54%) Project Planner
11 6 (2.54%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.54%) .NET
2 3 (1.27%) Middleware
3 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (0.85%) CSS
3 2 (0.85%) CSS3
3 2 (0.85%) HTML
3 2 (0.85%) HTML5
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.85%) React
3 2 (0.85%) Vue
3 2 (0.85%) YAML
4 1 (0.42%) EDI
4 1 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.42%) JSON
4 1 (0.42%) WireMock
4 1 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.78%) Security Posture
2 13 (5.51%) Renewable Energy
3 9 (3.81%) Fibre Optics
4 8 (3.39%) PMI
5 7 (2.97%) FPGA
6 6 (2.54%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.69%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.27%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.27%) FMCG
8 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.85%) Clustering
9 2 (0.85%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.85%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.85%) Verilog
9 2 (0.85%) VHDL
10 1 (0.42%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.51%) Linux
2 5 (2.12%) CentOS
3 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.69%) Rocky
4 3 (1.27%) Windows
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (40.25%) Project Management
2 80 (33.90%) Agile
3 74 (31.36%) Project Delivery
4 67 (28.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (16.95%) Risk Management
8 39 (16.53%) Mentoring
9 31 (13.14%) Decision-Making
10 29 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
11 27 (11.44%) Resource Management
12 26 (11.02%) Technical Leadership
13 25 (10.59%) Roadmaps
13 25 (10.59%) Waterfall
14 24 (10.17%) PRINCE2
14 24 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (9.75%) Business Development
15 23 (9.75%) Time Management
16 21 (8.90%) Budget Management
16 21 (8.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.32%) Python
2 10 (4.24%) C++
3 8 (3.39%) MATLAB
3 8 (3.39%) SQL
4 7 (2.97%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.12%) C
5 5 (2.12%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.12%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.69%) C#
7 3 (1.27%) Java
7 3 (1.27%) Rust
8 1 (0.42%) Bash
8 1 (0.42%) Bicep
8 1 (0.42%) R
8 1 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (30.51%) Degree
2 35 (14.83%) Security Cleared
3 26 (11.02%) Master's Degree
4 23 (9.75%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (8.90%) CISSP
6 20 (8.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 20 (8.47%) CCSP
6 20 (8.47%) PMI Certification
6 20 (8.47%) SC Cleared
7 16 (6.78%) CISM
8 15 (6.36%) DV Cleared
9 14 (5.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (5.08%) PMP
11 10 (4.24%) PhD
12 8 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.27%) CCNA
13 3 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (19.07%) QA
2 21 (8.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.47%) NIST
4 18 (7.63%) PMO
5 13 (5.51%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.12%) GDPR
7 4 (1.69%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.27%) PERC
9 1 (0.42%) ARP4761
9 1 (0.42%) DO-160
9 1 (0.42%) DO-254
9 1 (0.42%) GRC
9 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 5 (2.12%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (2.12%) Firmware
2 4 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.85%) Grafana
1 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
1 2 (0.85%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.42%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (11.02%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.32%) SAP
3 7 (2.97%) NEC
4 6 (2.54%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.12%) Google
5 5 (2.12%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.69%) Oracle
7 3 (1.27%) BMC
7 3 (1.27%) Cognizant
7 3 (1.27%) dotdigital
7 3 (1.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.27%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.85%) Altera
8 2 (0.85%) Apple
8 2 (0.85%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.85%) FactSet
8 2 (0.85%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.85%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.85%) Intel
8 2 (0.85%) Refinitiv