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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 446 364 338
Rank change year-on-year -82 -26 +126
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 206 452 440
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.70% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.81% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 143 215 252
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,100 £37,550
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,711
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £74,375 £69,250 £75,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £86,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% -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 45,446 55,486 47,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.93% 85.56% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 27,712 28,853 36,694
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 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 -63 189 £62,500 +13.64% 116
UK excluding London -99 121 £50,000 -7.41% 105
London +44 63 £66,250 -11.67% 32
Work from Home +29 49 £49,000 -9.26% 62
South East -34 42 £57,500 +4.55% 33
North of England +6 29 £50,000 -7.41% 22
North West +36 23 £60,326 +9.68% 9
Midlands +1 18 £50,000 +5.26% 19
East of England +17 14 £48,000 -25.86% 5
South West -28 12 £45,564 -20.76% 22
West Midlands +17 9 £65,000 +36.84% 8
East Midlands +10 8 £40,750 -24.54% 11
Yorkshire -7 6 £47,500 +8.57% 12
Scotland +2 5 £62,500 +15.65% 2
Wales +5 1 £65,000 -5.45% 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 6 (2.91%) Confluence
1 6 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.49%) CMS
3 1 (0.49%) Drupal
3 1 (0.49%) Kentico
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
1 12 (5.83%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.94%) AutoCAD
3 4 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.46%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.97%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.97%) Sketch
5 2 (0.97%) Trello
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.49%) Civil 3D
6 1 (0.49%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.49%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.49%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.49%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.49%) TeamGantt
6 1 (0.49%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (3.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.46%) Primavera
3 2 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.97%) Towers Watson Igloo
3 2 (0.97%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.49%) Adaptiv
4 1 (0.49%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.49%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.49%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 26 (12.62%) Azure
2 17 (8.25%) Power Platform
2 17 (8.25%) SaaS
3 12 (5.83%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (2.43%) Google Ads
7 4 (1.94%) AWS
8 3 (1.46%) Asana
8 3 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.46%) Matillion
8 3 (1.46%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.97%) Boomi
9 2 (0.97%) Figma
9 2 (0.97%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.49%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.49%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.49%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.37%) Firewall
2 7 (3.40%) Wireless
3 3 (1.46%) LAN
3 3 (1.46%) WebEx
4 1 (0.49%) DHCP
4 1 (0.49%) DNS
4 1 (0.49%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.49%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.91%) Power BI
2 3 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.97%) EDMS
3 2 (0.97%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.49%) FileMaker
4 1 (0.49%) GIS
4 1 (0.49%) MySQL
4 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.49%) RavenDB
4 1 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 12 (5.83%) JIRA
2 6 (2.91%) Selenium
3 4 (1.94%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.97%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.97%) Git
4 2 (0.97%) Postman
5 1 (0.49%) GitLab
5 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
General
1 81 (39.32%) Social Skills
2 77 (37.38%) Finance
3 25 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.65%) Legal
5 18 (8.74%) Law
6 10 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.37%) Marketing
7 9 (4.37%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.88%) Advertising
8 8 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.88%) Retail
9 7 (3.40%) Electronics
9 7 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.91%) Billing
10 6 (2.91%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.43%) Automotive
11 5 (2.43%) Back Office
12 3 (1.46%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (30.58%) Project Manager
2 41 (19.90%) Senior
3 31 (15.05%) Analyst
4 24 (11.65%) Business Analyst
5 18 (8.74%) Lead
6 13 (6.31%) Senior Manager
6 13 (6.31%) Systems Engineer
7 12 (5.83%) Consultant
8 11 (5.34%) Senior Project Manager
9 10 (4.85%) Senior Consultant
10 9 (4.37%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 8 (3.88%) Sales Manager
12 7 (3.40%) Commercial Manager
12 7 (3.40%) Commercial Project Manager
12 7 (3.40%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 6 (2.91%) Finance Business Analyst
13 6 (2.91%) Financial Analyst
13 6 (2.91%) Operations Manager
13 6 (2.91%) Operations Project Manager
13 6 (2.91%) Sales Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.88%) .NET
2 5 (2.43%) HTML
3 4 (1.94%) CSS
3 4 (1.94%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.94%) XML
4 2 (0.97%) Material Design
4 2 (0.97%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (0.97%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.49%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.49%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.49%) CSS3
5 1 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.49%) HTML5
5 1 (0.49%) Kendo UI
5 1 (0.49%) Middleware
5 1 (0.49%) Node.js
5 1 (0.49%) Pyramid
5 1 (0.49%) React
5 1 (0.49%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.34%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (3.40%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (3.40%) Social Media
4 5 (2.43%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.43%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.43%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.46%) Cyberattack
5 3 (1.46%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.46%) Digital Signage
5 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.46%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.97%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (0.97%) Market Risk
6 2 (0.97%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.97%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (0.49%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.37%) Windows
2 4 (1.94%) Linux
3 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (39.81%) Agile
2 77 (37.38%) Project Delivery
3 67 (32.52%) Project Management
4 52 (25.24%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (24.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (16.02%) PRINCE2
7 32 (15.53%) Change Management
8 28 (13.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (12.62%) ERP
10 24 (11.65%) Requirements Gathering
11 22 (10.68%) CRM
12 20 (9.71%) Mentoring
13 19 (9.22%) Business Case
13 19 (9.22%) Risk Management
13 19 (9.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 18 (8.74%) Budget Management
14 18 (8.74%) Coaching
15 17 (8.25%) Computer Science
16 16 (7.77%) Project Governance
16 16 (7.77%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.88%) C#
2 5 (2.43%) C
2 5 (2.43%) SQL
3 4 (1.94%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.46%) Python
5 2 (0.97%) Bash
5 2 (0.97%) C++
5 2 (0.97%) Java
6 1 (0.49%) Bicep
6 1 (0.49%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.49%) Perl
6 1 (0.49%) PHP
6 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 65 (31.55%) Degree
2 21 (10.19%) BPSS Clearance
3 20 (9.71%) PMI Certification
4 19 (9.22%) PMP
5 18 (8.74%) Security Cleared
6 12 (5.83%) SC Cleared
7 11 (5.34%) Master's Degree
8 8 (3.88%) DBS Check
9 7 (3.40%) ISTQB
10 6 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (1.94%) APMP
12 4 (1.94%) CAPM
12 4 (1.94%) ISEB
12 4 (1.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (1.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (1.46%) HND
14 2 (0.97%) CFA
14 2 (0.97%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.19%) QA
2 6 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.94%) PMO
5 3 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.97%) GDPR
6 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.97%) WCAG
7 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.49%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.49%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.49%) IFRS
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.49%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.49%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.49%) Docker
2 1 (0.49%) GPFS
2 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.49%) Lustre
2 1 (0.49%) NFS
2 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.49%) Grafana
1 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (18.45%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.85%) Oracle
3 9 (4.37%) SAP
4 7 (3.40%) Cisco
5 6 (2.91%) Google
5 6 (2.91%) NEC
6 5 (2.43%) Aruba
6 5 (2.43%) Fortinet
6 5 (2.43%) Meraki
7 4 (1.94%) Anaplan
7 4 (1.94%) Draytek
7 4 (1.94%) Pega
7 4 (1.94%) Sophos
7 4 (1.94%) Tagetik
7 4 (1.94%) WorldPay
8 3 (1.46%) Adobe
8 3 (1.46%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.46%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.46%) Workday
9 2 (0.97%) Murex