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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 405 388
Rank change year-on-year -141 -17 -63
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 282 281 461
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.57% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.64% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 136 156 228
10th Percentile £34,375 £36,250 £33,200
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,375 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +15.74% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £77,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £105,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -4.76%

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 86,526 44,119 60,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 89.04% 81.91%
Number of salaries quoted 59,327 24,381 32,429
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Top 17 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 6 October 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 -108 263 £56,000 -10.40% 511
UK excluding London -117 196 £56,000 +1.82% 343
Work from Home -44 73 £56,000 +1.82% 203
London -79 70 £58,000 -14.07% 179
Midlands -36 50 £55,000 +32.53% 49
South East -49 50 £56,000 -10.40% 106
North of England -63 39 £55,000 +10.00% 70
West Midlands -8 38 £75,000 +36.36% 30
East of England -26 32 £69,500 +44.79% 43
North West -37 26 £57,500 +15.00% 45
South West -66 20 £57,500 -4.17% 39
Yorkshire -25 12 £52,000 +9.47% 11
East Midlands -36 12 £50,000 +25.00% 19
Wales -65 3 £26,400 - 5
Scotland -9 1 £50,000 -20.00% 30
North East - 1 £75,000 - 14
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6

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 10 (3.55%) Confluence
2 5 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.71%) CMS
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.35%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 50 (17.73%) Microsoft Project
2 39 (13.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.77%) Trello
6 3 (1.06%) Navisworks
6 3 (1.06%) Revit
7 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.35%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 34 (12.06%) Primavera
2 25 (8.87%) SAP EHS
3 6 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.35%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.22%) Smartsheet
2 20 (7.09%) Azure
3 12 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (3.19%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.77%) Asana
6 5 (1.77%) AWS
7 4 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.42%) SaaS
8 3 (1.06%) GCP
8 3 (1.06%) GitHub
8 3 (1.06%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.71%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Pipelines
10 1 (0.35%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.35%) Datadog
10 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.35%) Miro
10 1 (0.35%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.13%) Network Security
2 5 (1.77%) Firewall
2 5 (1.77%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (1.77%) Wireless
3 4 (1.42%) DHCP
3 4 (1.42%) DNS
3 4 (1.42%) VLAN
4 3 (1.06%) LAN
4 3 (1.06%) SMS
4 3 (1.06%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.06%) VoIP
4 3 (1.06%) WAN
5 2 (0.71%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.71%) IP Telephony
5 2 (0.71%) NAS
5 2 (0.71%) SAN
5 2 (0.71%) SSL
5 2 (0.71%) VPN
5 2 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.71%) Wireless Backhaul
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.84%) Power BI
2 6 (2.13%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.06%) DTS
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.71%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (9.22%) JIRA
2 8 (2.84%) LabVIEW
3 7 (2.48%) Git
4 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.35%) JUnit
5 1 (0.35%) Postman
5 1 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 133 (47.16%) Social Skills
2 87 (30.85%) Finance
3 43 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (14.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (12.41%) Organisational Skills
6 33 (11.70%) Legal
7 25 (8.87%) Aerospace
8 19 (6.74%) Manufacturing
9 17 (6.03%) Banking
10 16 (5.67%) Electronics
11 15 (5.32%) Retail
12 14 (4.96%) Local Government
13 13 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (4.26%) Public Sector
15 10 (3.55%) Telecoms
16 9 (3.19%) Military
17 8 (2.84%) Marketing
18 7 (2.48%) Automotive
19 6 (2.13%) Law
20 4 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 70 (24.82%) Project Manager
2 45 (15.96%) Lead
3 35 (12.41%) Senior
4 26 (9.22%) Analyst
5 16 (5.67%) Business Analyst
6 13 (4.61%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (3.90%) IT Manager
7 11 (3.90%) IT Project Manager
7 11 (3.90%) Junior
7 11 (3.90%) Senior Manager
8 9 (3.19%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (3.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 8 (2.84%) Administrator
9 8 (2.84%) Bid Manager
9 8 (2.84%) Project Administrator
10 7 (2.48%) Architect
10 7 (2.48%) Junior Project Administrator
10 7 (2.48%) Project Support Administrator
10 7 (2.48%) Software Engineer
10 7 (2.48%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.55%) .NET
2 3 (1.06%) Django
2 3 (1.06%) Middleware
2 3 (1.06%) REST
2 3 (1.06%) Terraform
2 3 (1.06%) Web Services
3 2 (0.71%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.71%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (0.71%) CSS
3 2 (0.71%) CSS3
3 2 (0.71%) HTML
3 2 (0.71%) HTML5
3 2 (0.71%) React
3 2 (0.71%) Vue
3 2 (0.71%) YAML
4 1 (0.35%) EDI
4 1 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.35%) JSON
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.93%) PMI
2 11 (3.90%) Security Posture
3 9 (3.19%) Fibre Optics
3 9 (3.19%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.19%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (2.84%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.48%) FPGA
6 6 (2.13%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.13%) Robotics
7 5 (1.77%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.77%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.77%) SCADA
8 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.42%) IoT
8 4 (1.42%) NHS
8 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.06%) CCTV
9 3 (1.06%) FMCG
9 3 (1.06%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.32%) Linux
2 5 (1.77%) Windows
3 4 (1.42%) CentOS
3 4 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.42%) Rocky
4 1 (0.35%) VMS
4 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (45.04%) Project Management
2 110 (39.01%) Agile
3 102 (36.17%) Project Delivery
4 88 (31.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 80 (28.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 62 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (20.21%) Decision-Making
8 52 (18.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (14.89%) Mentoring
10 37 (13.12%) ERP
10 37 (13.12%) Technical Leadership
11 36 (12.77%) Risk Management
12 32 (11.35%) Waterfall
13 31 (10.99%) PRINCE2
13 31 (10.99%) Strategic Planning
14 30 (10.64%) Budget Management
15 28 (9.93%) Resource Management
16 26 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
16 26 (9.22%) Work Breakdown Structure
17 25 (8.87%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.93%) Python
2 12 (4.26%) C++
3 9 (3.19%) MATLAB
4 8 (2.84%) C#
4 8 (2.84%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.84%) SQL
5 7 (2.48%) C
6 5 (1.77%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.77%) Rust
6 5 (1.77%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.06%) Java
8 2 (0.71%) Bash
9 1 (0.35%) Bicep
9 1 (0.35%) R
9 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 94 (33.33%) Degree
2 65 (23.05%) Security Cleared
3 45 (15.96%) PMI Certification
4 43 (15.25%) SC Cleared
5 19 (6.74%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (6.74%) Master's Degree
6 17 (6.03%) PMP
7 16 (5.67%) CISSP
8 15 (5.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 15 (5.32%) CCSP
8 15 (5.32%) DV Cleared
9 13 (4.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (3.90%) CISM
11 8 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.84%) PhD
12 6 (2.13%) APMP
13 4 (1.42%) CCNA
13 4 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (1.06%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (14.18%) QA
2 17 (6.03%) PMO
3 16 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (5.32%) NIST
5 14 (4.96%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.13%) GDPR
7 3 (1.06%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.06%) PERC
8 2 (0.71%) MISRA
9 1 (0.35%) GRC
9 1 (0.35%) GxP
System Software
1 9 (3.19%) Firmware
2 6 (2.13%) Docker
2 6 (2.13%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.42%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.06%) Ansible
3 2 (0.71%) Grafana
3 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.35%) Salt
Vendors
1 41 (14.54%) SAP
2 39 (13.83%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.13%) NEC
4 5 (1.77%) Google
4 5 (1.77%) Remedy
4 5 (1.77%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.42%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.42%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.06%) BMC
6 3 (1.06%) Cisco
6 3 (1.06%) Cognizant
6 3 (1.06%) dotdigital
6 3 (1.06%) Oracle
6 3 (1.06%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.71%) Apple
7 2 (0.71%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.71%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.71%) Intel
7 2 (0.71%) VMware
7 2 (0.71%) Xilinx