Project Planning Jobs

Project Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 332 346
Rank change year-on-year +80 +14 +111
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 713 860 957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.29% 0.83% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 0.99% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 198 491 398
10th Percentile £39,700 £32,500 £43,585
25th Percentile £52,500 £38,734 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,967 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.93% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,125 £73,438
90th Percentile £97,325 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,967 £46,293 £52,500
% change year-on-year +33.86% -11.82% -4.55%

All Process and 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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Planning.

Salary trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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 +77 684 £61,967 +23.93% 1,047
UK excluding London +99 638 £61,967 +33.86% 1,068
Midlands +195 324 £51,250 -6.82% 221
West Midlands +157 206 £50,000 -9.09% 128
North of England +68 155 £61,967 +37.70% 226
North West +48 142 £61,967 +37.70% 103
East Midlands +108 118 £95,000 +123.53% 80
South East -11 92 £65,000 +36.42% 279
Work from Home -35 85 £56,250 +7.14% 323
London +2 54 £87,500 +45.83% 101
East of England +19 31 £44,000 +10.00% 150
South West +58 20 £40,000 -1.23% 137
Scotland +55 14 £55,000 -15.47% 54
Yorkshire +32 13 £54,793 -4.71% 92
Wales +23 4 £65,000 +60.29% 29
Channel Islands -4 1 - -

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.54%) IIS
2 8 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.56%) CMS
3 4 (0.56%) Kentico
4 3 (0.42%) Confluence
5 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 32 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
1 32 (4.49%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.98%) Trello
6 3 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.28%) Primavera
4 1 (0.14%) Actimize
4 1 (0.14%) Adaptiv
4 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 42 (5.89%) Azure
2 37 (5.19%) Power Platform
3 25 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
5 10 (1.40%) AWS
5 10 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (0.84%) Smartsheet
7 5 (0.70%) Power Automate
7 5 (0.70%) SaaS
8 4 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.56%) Kontent
8 4 (0.56%) OCI
9 3 (0.42%) Asana
9 3 (0.42%) Figma
9 3 (0.42%) GitHub
10 2 (0.28%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.28%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.28%) GCP
10 2 (0.28%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.54%) 5G
1 11 (1.54%) Bluetooth
1 11 (1.54%) LTE
1 11 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (1.26%) Firewall
3 8 (1.12%) DHCP
3 8 (1.12%) DNS
4 7 (0.98%) VoIP
5 6 (0.84%) Network Security
5 6 (0.84%) VPN
6 5 (0.70%) ADSL
6 5 (0.70%) VLAN
7 3 (0.42%) BGP
7 3 (0.42%) InfiniBand
7 3 (0.42%) MPLS
7 3 (0.42%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.42%) WAN
8 2 (0.28%) Wireless
9 1 (0.14%) Intranet
9 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.66%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (1.40%) Power BI
4 9 (1.26%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.12%) GIS
6 6 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.70%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.56%) Tableau
9 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.14%) Big Data
10 1 (0.14%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.14%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.14%) GCC
2 1 (0.14%) gcov
2 1 (0.14%) GDB
2 1 (0.14%) Git
2 1 (0.14%) GitLab
2 1 (0.14%) JDeveloper
2 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 120 (16.83%) Social Skills
2 107 (15.01%) Telecoms
3 105 (14.73%) Finance
4 99 (13.88%) Automotive
5 68 (9.54%) Electronics
6 57 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
8 51 (7.15%) Manufacturing
9 34 (4.77%) Law
10 26 (3.65%) Legal
11 21 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.66%) Billing
13 17 (2.38%) Banking
13 17 (2.38%) Retail
14 14 (1.96%) Marketing
15 11 (1.54%) Local Government
16 10 (1.40%) Public Sector
17 9 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.98%) Advertising
19 3 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 243 (34.08%) Principal Engineer
1 243 (34.08%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 161 (22.58%) Systems Engineer
3 160 (22.44%) Senior
4 110 (15.43%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 99 (13.88%) Project Manager
6 81 (11.36%) Principal Modelling Engineer
7 55 (7.71%) Engineering Manager
8 47 (6.59%) Lead
9 39 (5.47%) Associate Engineer
9 39 (5.47%) Design Engineer
9 39 (5.47%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 39 (5.47%) Electronics Engineer
9 39 (5.47%) PCB Design Engineer
9 39 (5.47%) PCB Engineer
10 22 (3.09%) Analyst
11 20 (2.81%) Developer
12 18 (2.52%) Consultant
13 17 (2.38%) Senior Manager
14 15 (2.10%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.52%) XML
2 11 (1.54%) HTML
3 10 (1.40%) .NET
4 6 (0.84%) AngularJS
4 6 (0.84%) CSS
5 4 (0.56%) JSON
6 3 (0.42%) REST
7 2 (0.28%) ADO
7 2 (0.28%) Middleware
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle ADF
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.14%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (0.14%) D3.js
8 1 (0.14%) Django
8 1 (0.14%) HTML5
8 1 (0.14%) jQuery
8 1 (0.14%) OpenCV
8 1 (0.14%) SOAP
8 1 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (1.54%) IoT
3 11 (1.54%) NB-IoT
4 8 (1.12%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (0.98%) Driving Licence
5 7 (0.98%) Onboarding
5 7 (0.98%) Product Ownership
6 6 (0.84%) Cloud Native
6 6 (0.84%) Data Centre
6 6 (0.84%) PMI
6 6 (0.84%) Social Media
6 6 (0.84%) Virtual Team
7 5 (0.70%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.28%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.28%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.28%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.28%) SCADA
8 2 (0.28%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.05%) Windows
2 24 (3.37%) Windows Server
3 21 (2.95%) Linux
4 6 (0.84%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.14%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (57.22%) Systems Engineering
2 194 (27.21%) Validation
3 190 (26.65%) Verification and Validation
4 149 (20.90%) SysML
5 135 (18.93%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 132 (18.51%) Project Management
7 111 (15.57%) Project Delivery
8 110 (15.43%) Change Management
9 99 (13.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 89 (12.48%) Agile
11 70 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
12 59 (8.27%) Acceptance Criteria
13 54 (7.57%) Requirements Management
14 53 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
15 50 (7.01%) Risk Management
16 41 (5.75%) PRINCE2
17 39 (5.47%) CRM
17 39 (5.47%) Schematic Capture
18 33 (4.63%) Waterfall
19 32 (4.49%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (3.65%) Python
2 23 (3.23%) SQL
3 18 (2.52%) PowerShell
4 16 (2.24%) C
5 14 (1.96%) Ada
6 13 (1.82%) Bash
7 10 (1.40%) C#
8 8 (1.12%) Java
9 6 (0.84%) C++
10 5 (0.70%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.56%) VBA
12 2 (0.28%) Perl
12 2 (0.28%) R
13 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.14%) SOQL
13 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 419 (58.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 285 (39.97%) Degree
3 95 (13.32%) HND
4 68 (9.54%) Master's Degree
5 56 (7.85%) HNC
6 55 (7.71%) Chartered Engineer
7 25 (3.51%) PMI Certification
7 25 (3.51%) Security Cleared
8 19 (2.66%) PMP
9 15 (2.10%) SC Cleared
10 13 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (1.26%) Azure Certification
13 9 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 6 (0.84%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.70%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.05%) QA
2 15 (2.10%) PMO
3 10 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.70%) NIST
6 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.14%) GDPR
6 1 (0.14%) P3O
6 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (1.54%) vSphere
2 9 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.42%) NFS
4 2 (0.28%) Docker
4 2 (0.28%) GPFS
4 2 (0.28%) Lustre
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (1.54%) Ansible
1 11 (1.54%) Puppet
1 11 (1.54%) Terraform
2 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 79 (11.08%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.47%) EMC
3 25 (3.51%) Oracle
4 11 (1.54%) VMware
5 8 (1.12%) SAP
6 7 (0.98%) Salesforce
7 6 (0.84%) Google
8 4 (0.56%) Adobe
8 4 (0.56%) Blue Prism
8 4 (0.56%) Fortinet
8 4 (0.56%) UiPath
9 3 (0.42%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.42%) Cisco
9 3 (0.42%) Databricks
9 3 (0.42%) Juniper
9 3 (0.42%) Murex
10 1 (0.14%) Ariba
10 1 (0.14%) IBM
10 1 (0.14%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.14%) Sage