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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 370 352
Rank change year-on-year -159 -18 +40
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 210 322 823
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.73% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.79% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 118 155 497
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,059 £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 67,454 41,012 87,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.86% 92.64% 82.31%
Number of salaries quoted 46,240 21,844 62,402
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £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 12 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 12 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 -122 200 £62,500 - 97
UK excluding London -150 130 £61,000 +10.91% 74
London -16 66 £65,625 -28.67% 33
Work from Home -36 60 £63,076 +14.68% 42
North of England -35 43 £60,326 +10.10% 10
Midlands -43 30 £63,076 +23.07% 14
South East -74 27 £55,000 -12.00% 26
West Midlands -27 25 £54,640 +9.28% 10
North West +6 24 £60,000 +6.23% 6
Yorkshire -34 17 £56,250 +2.66% 2
East of England -33 16 £75,000 +70.45% 9
South West -70 11 £47,500 +18.75% 8
East Midlands -53 4 £78,750 -17.11% 4
Wales -40 2 £51,450 - 1
North East - 2 £63,076 - 2
Scotland -6 1 - - 4

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 (2.86%) Confluence
2 5 (2.38%) CMS
3 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Primavera
2 3 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.48%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.19%) Azure
2 11 (5.24%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.90%) Copilot Studio
5 4 (1.90%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.43%) GCP
6 3 (1.43%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.43%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.43%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.95%) AWS
7 2 (0.95%) SaaS
7 2 (0.95%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.95%) Zapier
8 1 (0.48%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Pipelines
8 1 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.86%) Network Security
1 6 (2.86%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.90%) Wireless
3 3 (1.43%) Firewall
3 3 (1.43%) SMS
3 3 (1.43%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.43%) VPN
4 2 (0.95%) BGP
4 2 (0.95%) DHCP
4 2 (0.95%) DNS
4 2 (0.95%) LAN
4 2 (0.95%) OSPF
4 2 (0.95%) VLAN
4 2 (0.95%) WAN
4 2 (0.95%) Wireless Backhaul
5 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.48%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.86%) Power BI
2 4 (1.90%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.95%) FileMaker
4 2 (0.95%) Metadata
4 2 (0.95%) Power Query
4 2 (0.95%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.48%) MySQL
5 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (7.14%) JIRA
2 5 (2.38%) Cypress.io
2 5 (2.38%) Postman
2 5 (2.38%) Selenium
3 3 (1.43%) Git
4 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.95%) JUnit
General
1 78 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 59 (28.10%) Finance
3 45 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.95%) Banking
4 23 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (10.95%) Retail
5 19 (9.05%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (8.57%) Public Sector
7 16 (7.62%) Local Government
8 10 (4.76%) Marketing
9 9 (4.29%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.81%) Advertising
11 6 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.38%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.38%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.90%) Legal
14 3 (1.43%) French Language
14 3 (1.43%) Italian Language
14 3 (1.43%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (1.43%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 47 (22.38%) Project Manager
2 45 (21.43%) Senior
3 23 (10.95%) Analyst
4 20 (9.52%) Business Analyst
4 20 (9.52%) Senior Manager
5 15 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
6 14 (6.67%) Consultant
7 13 (6.19%) Systems Engineer
8 12 (5.71%) Digital Project Manager
8 12 (5.71%) Junior
8 12 (5.71%) Lead
8 12 (5.71%) Security Manager
8 12 (5.71%) Security Project Manager
8 12 (5.71%) Senior Digital Project Manager
8 12 (5.71%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 7 (3.33%) Developer
9 7 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.86%) Cabling Engineer
11 4 (1.90%) Administrator
11 4 (1.90%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.81%) .NET
2 7 (3.33%) CSS
2 7 (3.33%) HTML
3 2 (0.95%) Middleware
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.95%) WireMock
3 2 (0.95%) 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 (7.62%) Security Posture
2 11 (5.24%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.90%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.90%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.90%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.90%) Life Science
6 3 (1.43%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.43%) FMCG
6 3 (1.43%) FPGA
7 2 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.95%) Blog
7 2 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.95%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.95%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.95%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.48%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.33%) Linux
2 4 (1.90%) Android
3 3 (1.43%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.43%) CentOS
3 3 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (29.52%) Project Management
2 53 (25.24%) Mentoring
3 49 (23.33%) Agile
4 45 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (21.43%) Project Delivery
5 38 (18.10%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (17.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (13.33%) Risk Management
9 22 (10.48%) Business Development
9 22 (10.48%) Coaching
10 21 (10.00%) Budget Management
11 20 (9.52%) Strategic Thinking
11 20 (9.52%) Time Management
12 19 (9.05%) AI
13 18 (8.57%) Resource Management
13 18 (8.57%) Systems Engineering
13 18 (8.57%) Target Operating Model
14 17 (8.10%) Analytics
14 17 (8.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.24%) SQL
2 9 (4.29%) JavaScript
2 9 (4.29%) Python
3 5 (2.38%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.90%) C
4 4 (1.90%) Java
5 3 (1.43%) Bash
6 2 (0.95%) C#
6 2 (0.95%) C++
6 2 (0.95%) Scala
7 1 (0.48%) Bicep
7 1 (0.48%) R
7 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (23.81%) Degree
2 22 (10.48%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (10.00%) CISSP
4 20 (9.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 20 (9.52%) CCSP
5 19 (9.05%) Master's Degree
6 18 (8.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (7.62%) CISM
7 16 (7.62%) Security Cleared
8 10 (4.76%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.38%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.43%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.43%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.43%) PhD
11 3 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.95%) CCNA
12 2 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.95%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.95%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (18.10%) QA
2 20 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (9.52%) NIST
3 12 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 12 (5.71%) PMO
4 7 (3.33%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.38%) GDPR
6 3 (1.43%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.43%) PERC
7 1 (0.48%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.48%) DO-160
7 1 (0.48%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (1.43%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (1.43%) Firmware
2 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) Grafana
1 2 (0.95%) Prometheus
1 2 (0.95%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (10.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.33%) NEC
3 6 (2.86%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.38%) Google
5 4 (1.90%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.43%) BMC
6 3 (1.43%) Cognizant
6 3 (1.43%) dotdigital
6 3 (1.43%) Oracle
6 3 (1.43%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.95%) FactSet
7 2 (0.95%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.95%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.95%) Refinitiv
7 2 (0.95%) SAP
8 1 (0.48%) Foundry
8 1 (0.48%) NETGEAR