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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 384 353
Rank change year-on-year -150 -31 +33
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 208 323 826
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.73% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.78% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 118 155 494
10th Percentile £40,700 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,055 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,906 £79,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,125 £102,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,000 £55,000 £46,293
% change year-on-year +10.91% +18.81% -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 67,701 41,203 88,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.64% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 46,469 21,965 62,595
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,613
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 14 June 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 14 June 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 -118 199 £62,500 - 94
UK excluding London -174 129 £61,000 +10.91% 71
London -13 66 £65,625 -28.67% 29
Work from Home -29 58 £63,076 +16.07% 30
North of England -44 43 £60,326 +10.10% 10
Midlands -44 29 £63,076 +23.07% 14
South East -73 27 £55,000 -12.00% 25
North West -19 24 £60,000 +17.65% 6
West Midlands -23 24 £54,640 +9.28% 9
Yorkshire -41 17 £56,250 +2.66% 2
East of England -38 16 £75,000 +70.45% 10
South West -59 11 £47,500 +18.75% 8
East Midlands -45 4 £78,750 -17.11% 5
Wales -43 2 £51,450 -
North East - 2 £63,076 - 2
Scotland +3 1 - - 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 6 (2.88%) Confluence
2 5 (2.40%) CMS
3 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.92%) Primavera
2 3 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.48%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.77%) Azure
2 10 (4.81%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.92%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.44%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (1.44%) GCP
6 3 (1.44%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.96%) AWS
7 2 (0.96%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.96%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.96%) SaaS
7 2 (0.96%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.96%) Zapier
8 1 (0.48%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (0.48%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.48%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.88%) Network Security
1 6 (2.88%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.92%) Wireless
3 3 (1.44%) Firewall
3 3 (1.44%) LAN
3 3 (1.44%) SMS
3 3 (1.44%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.44%) VPN
3 3 (1.44%) WAN
4 2 (0.96%) BGP
4 2 (0.96%) DHCP
4 2 (0.96%) DNS
4 2 (0.96%) OSPF
4 2 (0.96%) VLAN
4 2 (0.96%) VoIP
4 2 (0.96%) Wireless Backhaul
5 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.40%) Power BI
2 3 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.44%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.96%) FileMaker
3 2 (0.96%) Metadata
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.96%) Power Query
3 2 (0.96%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.96%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.48%) MySQL
4 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (7.21%) JIRA
2 5 (2.40%) Cypress.io
2 5 (2.40%) Postman
2 5 (2.40%) Selenium
3 3 (1.44%) Git
4 2 (0.96%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.96%) JUnit
General
1 77 (37.02%) Social Skills
2 59 (28.37%) Finance
3 45 (21.63%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.06%) Banking
4 23 (11.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (10.58%) Retail
6 19 (9.13%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (8.65%) Public Sector
8 16 (7.69%) Local Government
9 10 (4.81%) Marketing
10 9 (4.33%) Aerospace
11 8 (3.85%) Advertising
12 6 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.40%) Manufacturing
13 5 (2.40%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.92%) Legal
15 3 (1.44%) French Language
15 3 (1.44%) Front Office
15 3 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 47 (22.60%) Project Manager
2 45 (21.63%) Senior
3 24 (11.54%) Analyst
4 20 (9.62%) Business Analyst
4 20 (9.62%) Senior Manager
5 15 (7.21%) Senior Project Manager
6 14 (6.73%) Consultant
7 13 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
8 12 (5.77%) Digital Project Manager
8 12 (5.77%) Junior
8 12 (5.77%) Lead
8 12 (5.77%) Security Manager
8 12 (5.77%) Security Project Manager
8 12 (5.77%) Senior Digital Project Manager
8 12 (5.77%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 7 (3.37%) Developer
9 7 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.88%) Cabling Engineer
11 5 (2.40%) Technical Support
12 4 (1.92%) Business Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.37%) .NET
2 6 (2.88%) CSS
2 6 (2.88%) HTML
3 2 (0.96%) Middleware
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.96%) WireMock
3 2 (0.96%) YAML
4 1 (0.48%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.48%) SPFx
4 1 (0.48%) Web Services
4 1 (0.48%) WinForms
4 1 (0.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 11 (5.29%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.88%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.92%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.92%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.92%) Life Science
6 3 (1.44%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.44%) FMCG
6 3 (1.44%) FPGA
7 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.96%) Blog
7 2 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.96%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.96%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.96%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.48%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.37%) Linux
2 4 (1.92%) Android
3 3 (1.44%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.44%) CentOS
3 3 (1.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (29.33%) Project Management
2 52 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 49 (23.56%) Agile
4 45 (21.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (21.63%) Project Delivery
5 38 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (17.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (13.46%) Risk Management
9 22 (10.58%) Budget Management
9 22 (10.58%) Business Development
9 22 (10.58%) Coaching
10 21 (10.10%) Time Management
11 20 (9.62%) Strategic Thinking
12 18 (8.65%) AI
12 18 (8.65%) Resource Management
12 18 (8.65%) Systems Engineering
12 18 (8.65%) Target Operating Model
13 17 (8.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (7.69%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.29%) SQL
2 9 (4.33%) Python
3 8 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.40%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.92%) C
5 4 (1.92%) Java
6 3 (1.44%) Bash
7 2 (0.96%) C++
7 2 (0.96%) Scala
8 1 (0.48%) Bicep
8 1 (0.48%) C#
8 1 (0.48%) R
8 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 51 (24.52%) Degree
2 22 (10.58%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (10.10%) CISSP
4 20 (9.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 20 (9.62%) CCSP
5 19 (9.13%) Master's Degree
6 18 (8.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (7.69%) CISM
7 16 (7.69%) Security Cleared
8 10 (4.81%) SC Cleared
9 7 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.40%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.44%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.44%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.44%) PhD
11 3 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.96%) CCNA
12 2 (0.96%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.96%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (18.27%) QA
2 20 (9.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (9.62%) NIST
3 12 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 12 (5.77%) PMO
4 7 (3.37%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.40%) GDPR
6 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.44%) PERC
7 1 (0.48%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.48%) DO-160
7 1 (0.48%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (1.44%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (1.44%) Firmware
2 2 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) Grafana
1 2 (0.96%) Prometheus
1 2 (0.96%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (11.06%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.37%) NEC
3 6 (2.88%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.40%) Google
5 4 (1.92%) Oracle
5 4 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.44%) BMC
6 3 (1.44%) Cognizant
6 3 (1.44%) dotdigital
6 3 (1.44%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.96%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.96%) FactSet
7 2 (0.96%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.96%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.96%) Refinitiv
7 2 (0.96%) SAP
8 1 (0.48%) Foundry
8 1 (0.48%) NETGEAR