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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 402 381
Rank change year-on-year -157 -21 -58
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 234 307 554
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.62% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.69% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 138 162 320
10th Percentile £41,175 £36,250 £35,353
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 £68,250 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,250 £105,000 £92,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,223 £46,293
% change year-on-year +14.49% +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 76,247 44,374 67,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.45% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52,515 25,244 44,456
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,246
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,246 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -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 4 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 4 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 -105 220 £57,500 -8.00% 210
UK excluding London -132 152 £57,500 +14.49% 152
Work from Home -36 73 £61,538 +21.99% 76
London -44 66 £52,500 -25.00% 79
South East -46 42 £56,000 -10.40% 56
North of England -36 41 £60,000 +20.00% 25
Midlands -52 28 £60,288 +50.72% 24
West Midlands -26 24 £57,500 +43.75% 16
East of England -38 23 £75,000 +68.54% 12
North West -17 20 £60,000 +20.00% 14
Yorkshire -23 19 £52,000 -5.45% 9
South West -62 15 £55,000 +37.50% 18
East Midlands -39 3 £78,750 +23.53% 8
Wales -50 3 £26,400 - 1
North East - 2 £63,076 - 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 11 (4.70%) Confluence
2 5 (2.14%) CMS
3 4 (1.71%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (8.12%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.71%) Trello
5 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (4.70%) Primavera
2 7 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.71%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.43%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.69%) Azure
2 12 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (4.27%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.56%) Smartsheet
6 5 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.71%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.28%) AWS
8 3 (1.28%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (1.28%) GCP
8 3 (1.28%) GitHub
8 3 (1.28%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.28%) SaaS
9 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.85%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.85%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.85%) Zapier
10 1 (0.43%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.43%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.99%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (2.56%) Firewall
2 6 (2.56%) Network Security
3 5 (2.14%) Wireless
4 4 (1.71%) DHCP
4 4 (1.71%) DNS
4 4 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.71%) VLAN
5 3 (1.28%) LAN
5 3 (1.28%) SMS
5 3 (1.28%) VoIP
5 3 (1.28%) VPN
5 3 (1.28%) WAN
6 2 (0.85%) BGP
6 2 (0.85%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.85%) IP Telephony
6 2 (0.85%) OSPF
6 2 (0.85%) SAN
6 2 (0.85%) SSL
6 2 (0.85%) Wireless Backhaul
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.85%) Power BI
2 7 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.28%) 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 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (8.55%) JIRA
2 8 (3.42%) LabVIEW
3 5 (2.14%) Git
4 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.43%) JUnit
4 1 (0.43%) Postman
4 1 (0.43%) Selenium
General
1 109 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 65 (27.78%) Finance
3 49 (20.94%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (14.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (13.68%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (9.40%) Banking
7 20 (8.55%) Retail
8 19 (8.12%) Public Sector
9 17 (7.26%) Local Government
10 11 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (4.27%) Aerospace
11 10 (4.27%) Electronics
12 9 (3.85%) Legal
12 9 (3.85%) Manufacturing
12 9 (3.85%) Marketing
13 8 (3.42%) Advertising
14 6 (2.56%) Telecoms
15 5 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (1.71%) Law
17 3 (1.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 63 (26.92%) Project Manager
2 47 (20.09%) Senior
3 26 (11.11%) Analyst
4 21 (8.97%) Business Analyst
4 21 (8.97%) Senior Manager
5 18 (7.69%) Lead
6 16 (6.84%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (6.41%) Junior
8 12 (5.13%) Digital Project Manager
8 12 (5.13%) Security Manager
8 12 (5.13%) Security Project Manager
8 12 (5.13%) Senior Digital Project Manager
8 12 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
9 11 (4.70%) Consultant
9 11 (4.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 7 (2.99%) Administrator
10 7 (2.99%) Junior Project Administrator
10 7 (2.99%) Project Administrator
10 7 (2.99%) Project Support Administrator
11 6 (2.56%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.56%) .NET
2 3 (1.28%) 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 (0.43%) EDI
4 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.43%) JSON
4 1 (0.43%) WireMock
4 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.84%) Security Posture
2 13 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
3 8 (3.42%) Fibre Optics
4 7 (2.99%) FPGA
4 7 (2.99%) PMI
5 6 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.71%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.71%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.28%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.28%) FMCG
7 3 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.28%) Life Science
7 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.85%) Clustering
8 2 (0.85%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.85%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.85%) Verilog
8 2 (0.85%) VHDL
9 1 (0.43%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.13%) Linux
2 5 (2.14%) CentOS
3 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.28%) Rocky
3 3 (1.28%) Windows
4 1 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (39.32%) Project Management
2 69 (29.49%) Agile
3 64 (27.35%) Project Delivery
4 62 (26.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (24.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (20.51%) Mentoring
7 41 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (17.09%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (15.38%) Risk Management
10 30 (12.82%) Budget Management
11 24 (10.26%) Business Development
12 23 (9.83%) Roadmaps
12 23 (9.83%) Technical Leadership
13 22 (9.40%) Coaching
13 22 (9.40%) Decision-Making
13 22 (9.40%) Resource Management
13 22 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (9.40%) Time Management
13 22 (9.40%) Waterfall
14 21 (8.97%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.55%) Python
2 8 (3.42%) C++
2 8 (3.42%) MATLAB
3 7 (2.99%) SQL
4 6 (2.56%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.56%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.14%) C
6 4 (1.71%) C#
6 4 (1.71%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.28%) Java
8 2 (0.85%) Bash
8 2 (0.85%) Rust
9 1 (0.43%) Bicep
9 1 (0.43%) R
9 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 65 (27.78%) Degree
2 26 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 26 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.83%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (8.97%) CISSP
5 20 (8.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 20 (8.55%) CCSP
6 17 (7.26%) PMI Certification
7 16 (6.84%) CISM
7 16 (6.84%) SC Cleared
8 12 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (4.27%) PhD
9 10 (4.27%) PMP
10 8 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (3.42%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.28%) CCNA
11 3 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (17.09%) QA
2 21 (8.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.55%) NIST
4 17 (7.26%) PMO
5 8 (3.42%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.14%) GDPR
7 4 (1.71%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (1.28%) PERC
9 1 (0.43%) ARP4761
9 1 (0.43%) DO-160
9 1 (0.43%) DO-254
9 1 (0.43%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (2.14%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (2.14%) Firmware
2 4 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.85%) Grafana
1 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
1 2 (0.85%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.84%) SAP
3 7 (2.99%) NEC
4 6 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.14%) Google
5 5 (2.14%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.71%) Oracle
7 3 (1.28%) BMC
7 3 (1.28%) Cognizant
7 3 (1.28%) dotdigital
7 3 (1.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.28%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.85%) Altera
8 2 (0.85%) Apple
8 2 (0.85%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.85%) Cisco
8 2 (0.85%) FactSet
8 2 (0.85%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.85%) Intel
8 2 (0.85%) Xilinx