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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 342 360
Rank change year-on-year -126 +18 +76
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 188 419 558
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.83% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.90% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 117 197 374
10th Percentile £41,929 £36,697 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £38,801
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +12.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,900 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,381
% change year-on-year - +16.08% -13.85%

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 51,976 46,628 65,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.87% 91.97% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30,795 22,565 51,052
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -128 177 £65,000 +10.17% 134
UK excluding London -146 115 £55,000 - 117
London +32 51 £67,500 -10.00% 39
Work from Home -11 38 £55,000 -8.71% 57
South East -70 38 £63,750 +6.25% 33
North of England -38 31 £50,000 -9.09% 23
Midlands -26 28 £45,000 -14.29% 28
North West +8 25 £50,000 -9.09% 12
West Midlands -7 20 £60,000 +17.65% 20
South West -44 9 £46,532 -19.08% 14
East Midlands -14 8 £41,500 -23.15% 8
East of England +8 7 £75,900 +17.23% 7
Yorkshire -35 6 £47,500 -12.68% 9
Wales +3 1 £65,000 +62.50% 8
Scotland -20 1 - - 5

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 7 (3.72%) Confluence
2 4 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.79%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.13%) AutoCAD
6 2 (1.06%) Adobe XD
6 2 (1.06%) Sketch
7 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.53%) Civil 3D
7 1 (0.53%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.53%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.53%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.53%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.53%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.13%) Primavera
3 3 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.06%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 2 (1.06%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.53%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.53%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.53%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.53%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.53%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 19 (10.11%) Azure
2 12 (6.38%) Power Platform
3 10 (5.32%) SaaS
4 9 (4.79%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.66%) Google Ads
6 3 (1.60%) Asana
6 3 (1.60%) AWS
6 3 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.06%) Boomi
7 2 (1.06%) Figma
7 2 (1.06%) Matillion
7 2 (1.06%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.53%) GCP
8 1 (0.53%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.60%) Firewall
1 3 (1.60%) WebEx
2 2 (1.06%) Wireless
3 1 (0.53%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.13%) Power BI
1 4 (2.13%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.60%) FileMaker
3 2 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.06%) EDMS
3 2 (1.06%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.06%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.53%) GIS
4 1 (0.53%) MySQL
4 1 (0.53%) RavenDB
4 1 (0.53%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 12 (6.38%) JIRA
2 8 (4.26%) Selenium
3 4 (2.13%) Cypress.io
3 4 (2.13%) Postman
3 4 (2.13%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.06%) Git
5 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.53%) GitLab
5 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.53%) JUnit
General
1 72 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 58 (30.85%) Finance
3 21 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.98%) Legal
5 12 (6.38%) Law
6 11 (5.85%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.79%) Retail
9 8 (4.26%) Advertising
10 6 (3.19%) Aerospace
10 6 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.19%) Marketing
11 5 (2.66%) French Language
11 5 (2.66%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.13%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.60%) Italian Language
13 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.60%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (1.60%) Spanish Language
13 3 (1.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (23.40%) Project Manager
2 42 (22.34%) Senior
3 23 (12.23%) Analyst
4 21 (11.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 21 (11.17%) Systems Engineer
5 18 (9.57%) Business Analyst
6 13 (6.91%) Lead
7 12 (6.38%) Consultant
8 7 (3.72%) Developer
8 7 (3.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.72%) Senior Manager
8 7 (3.72%) Senior Project Manager
9 6 (3.19%) Commercial Manager
9 6 (3.19%) Commercial Project Manager
9 6 (3.19%) Finance Business Analyst
9 6 (3.19%) Financial Analyst
9 6 (3.19%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (2.66%) Team Leader
11 4 (2.13%) Automation Test Analyst
11 4 (2.13%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.91%) .NET
2 10 (5.32%) CSS
2 10 (5.32%) HTML
3 4 (2.13%) Gherkin
3 4 (2.13%) XML
4 2 (1.06%) Material Design
4 2 (1.06%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (1.06%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.53%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.53%) Kendo UI
5 1 (0.53%) Middleware
5 1 (0.53%) Pyramid
5 1 (0.53%) React
5 1 (0.53%) Web Services
5 1 (0.53%) WinForms
5 1 (0.53%) WireMock
5 1 (0.53%) WPF
5 1 (0.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.79%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.19%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.19%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.19%) Social Media
3 5 (2.66%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.13%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.60%) Cyberattack
5 3 (1.60%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.60%) Digital Signage
5 3 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.06%) Blog
6 2 (1.06%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.06%) Life Science
6 2 (1.06%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.06%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.32%) Windows
2 3 (1.60%) Android
2 3 (1.60%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.60%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) CentOS
3 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (37.77%) Agile
2 56 (29.79%) Project Delivery
3 45 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (23.94%) Project Management
4 41 (21.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (13.30%) Mentoring
6 24 (12.77%) Coaching
7 23 (12.23%) Change Management
7 23 (12.23%) Systems Engineering
8 20 (10.64%) PRINCE2
8 20 (10.64%) Requirements Gathering
9 18 (9.57%) Validation
10 17 (9.04%) Business Case
10 17 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 17 (9.04%) Test Automation
11 16 (8.51%) ERP
12 14 (7.45%) Analytics
12 14 (7.45%) Computer Science
12 14 (7.45%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.85%) JavaScript
2 9 (4.79%) C#
2 9 (4.79%) SQL
3 5 (2.66%) C
3 5 (2.66%) Python
4 3 (1.60%) Java
5 2 (1.06%) C++
5 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.06%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.53%) Bash
6 1 (0.53%) Bicep
6 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 48 (25.53%) Degree
2 29 (15.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (7.98%) PMI Certification
3 15 (7.98%) PMP
4 14 (7.45%) Security Cleared
5 10 (5.32%) DBS Check
6 8 (4.26%) ISTQB
6 8 (4.26%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.72%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.13%) APMP
8 4 (2.13%) CAPM
8 4 (2.13%) ISEB
8 4 (2.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.06%) HND
10 2 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.04%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 16 (8.51%) QA
3 6 (3.19%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.13%) PMO
5 3 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.06%) GDPR
6 2 (1.06%) WCAG
7 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.53%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.53%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.53%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.53%) Grafana
1 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 30 (15.96%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.79%) SAP
3 5 (2.66%) Google
3 5 (2.66%) NEC
4 4 (2.13%) Anaplan
4 4 (2.13%) Cisco
4 4 (2.13%) Oracle
4 4 (2.13%) Pega
4 4 (2.13%) Tagetik
4 4 (2.13%) WorldPay
5 3 (1.60%) Adobe
5 3 (1.60%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.60%) Workday
6 2 (1.06%) Aruba
6 2 (1.06%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.06%) Meraki
6 2 (1.06%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.06%) Software AG
6 2 (1.06%) webMethods
7 1 (0.53%) Allen-Bradley