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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 383 327
Rank change year-on-year -27 -56 +91
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 287 467 539
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.62% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.76% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 158 233 323
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,800 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -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 44,107 61,151 54,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.15% 81.78% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 24,402 33,284 41,954
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,274 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% -2.88% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

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 October 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 October 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 -10 259 £62,500 +19.05% 118
UK excluding London -57 178 £51,000 +2.00% 91
Work from Home +23 80 £51,000 -7.27% 61
London +67 79 £67,500 -8.47% 44
South East -17 57 £62,500 +38.89% 31
North of England +25 37 £50,000 +11.11% 16
North West +7 33 £50,000 -3.24% 9
Midlands +18 32 £40,750 -24.54% 19
East of England -3 29 £48,000 +6.67% 7
East Midlands +17 18 £40,000 -25.93% 5
South West +15 15 £50,000 -9.09% 14
West Midlands +24 13 £46,250 -11.90% 14
Scotland +1 9 £62,500 -16.67% 6
Yorkshire +5 4 £47,500 +11.76% 5
Wales +9 2 - -

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 5 (1.74%) Confluence
1 5 (1.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.35%) CMS
2 1 (0.35%) Drupal
2 1 (0.35%) IIS
2 1 (0.35%) Kentico
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.35%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (8.36%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.83%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (2.79%) Trello
5 4 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.70%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.70%) Sketch
7 1 (0.35%) Civil 3D
7 1 (0.35%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.35%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.35%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.35%) TeamGantt
7 1 (0.35%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (4.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.74%) Primavera
3 3 (1.05%) Adaptiv
3 3 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.70%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.35%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.35%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.35%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.35%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 37 (12.89%) Azure
2 30 (10.45%) Power Platform
3 24 (8.36%) Dynamics 365
4 16 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (5.57%) Microsoft Copilot
5 11 (3.83%) SaaS
6 9 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.44%) AWS
8 5 (1.74%) Google Ads
9 4 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.39%) OCI
10 3 (1.05%) Matillion
10 3 (1.05%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.70%) Figma
11 2 (0.70%) GCP
11 2 (0.70%) Google Analytics
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon Kinesis
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.48%) Firewall
2 8 (2.79%) Wireless
3 5 (1.74%) DHCP
3 5 (1.74%) DNS
4 4 (1.39%) InfiniBand
4 4 (1.39%) LAN
5 3 (1.05%) Network Security
6 2 (0.70%) VPN
7 1 (0.35%) ADSL
7 1 (0.35%) GSM
7 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.35%) VLAN
7 1 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.44%) Power BI
2 4 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.70%) GIS
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.35%) Big Data
4 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.35%) MySQL
4 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 19 (6.62%) JIRA
2 3 (1.05%) Git
3 2 (0.70%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.70%) Postman
3 2 (0.70%) Selenium
4 1 (0.35%) GCC
4 1 (0.35%) gcov
4 1 (0.35%) GDB
4 1 (0.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 103 (35.89%) Finance
2 88 (30.66%) Social Skills
3 60 (20.91%) Electronics
4 49 (17.07%) Manufacturing
5 43 (14.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (10.45%) Law
7 30 (10.45%) Legal
8 24 (8.36%) Billing
9 14 (4.88%) Retail
10 13 (4.53%) Marketing
11 12 (4.18%) Banking
11 12 (4.18%) Telecoms
12 10 (3.48%) Local Government
13 7 (2.44%) Advertising
13 7 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (2.09%) Automotive
14 6 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (2.09%) Public Sector
15 5 (1.74%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 79 (27.53%) Project Manager
2 49 (17.07%) Senior
3 39 (13.59%) Associate Engineer
3 39 (13.59%) Design Engineer
3 39 (13.59%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 39 (13.59%) Electronics Engineer
3 39 (13.59%) PCB Design Engineer
3 39 (13.59%) PCB Engineer
4 33 (11.50%) Analyst
5 23 (8.01%) Business Analyst
5 23 (8.01%) Sales Manager
6 22 (7.67%) Lead
7 21 (7.32%) Operations Manager
7 21 (7.32%) Operations Project Manager
7 21 (7.32%) Sales Operations Manager
8 19 (6.62%) Consultant
9 16 (5.57%) Senior Consultant
10 15 (5.23%) Systems Engineer
11 14 (4.88%) Senior Manager
12 12 (4.18%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.09%) HTML
2 5 (1.74%) CSS
3 3 (1.05%) .NET
4 2 (0.70%) Material Design
4 2 (0.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.35%) EDI
5 1 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.35%) IDoc
5 1 (0.35%) Middleware
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle ADF
5 1 (0.35%) Pandas
5 1 (0.35%) Plotly
5 1 (0.35%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.35%) React
5 1 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.35%) XML
5 1 (0.35%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.48%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.14%) Social Media
3 7 (2.44%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.09%) Market Risk
5 5 (1.74%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.74%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.39%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.05%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.05%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.70%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.70%) Derivative
8 2 (0.70%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.70%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.35%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 1 (0.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.83%) Windows
2 8 (2.79%) Linux
3 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (37.98%) Project Management
2 102 (35.54%) Project Delivery
3 101 (35.19%) Agile
4 61 (21.25%) Change Management
5 60 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (13.94%) CRM
8 39 (13.59%) Schematic Capture
9 37 (12.89%) Risk Management
10 30 (10.45%) PRINCE2
11 29 (10.10%) ERP
12 28 (9.76%) Budget Management
12 28 (9.76%) Business Case
13 27 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 26 (9.06%) B2B
14 26 (9.06%) Business Development
14 26 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 25 (8.71%) Computer Science
15 25 (8.71%) Decision-Making
16 24 (8.36%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.44%) Python
1 7 (2.44%) SQL
2 4 (1.39%) Bash
2 4 (1.39%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.05%) C#
3 3 (1.05%) C++
3 3 (1.05%) Perl
4 2 (0.70%) C
4 2 (0.70%) Java
4 2 (0.70%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.35%) Ada
5 1 (0.35%) Bicep
5 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.35%) PHP
5 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (42.51%) Degree
2 45 (15.68%) HND
3 28 (9.76%) Security Cleared
4 25 (8.71%) PMI Certification
5 24 (8.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (8.36%) PMP
6 19 (6.62%) Master's Degree
7 18 (6.27%) SC Cleared
8 14 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.14%) DBS Check
11 7 (2.44%) Azure Certification
12 6 (2.09%) CFA
12 6 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 5 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (1.74%) CCSP
13 5 (1.74%) CISM
13 5 (1.74%) CISSP
14 3 (1.05%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.10%) QA
2 12 (4.18%) PMO
3 9 (3.14%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.09%) NIST
6 3 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.70%) WCAG
8 1 (0.35%) GDPR
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.35%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (1.39%) NFS
1 4 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.05%) GPFS
2 3 (1.05%) Lustre
3 2 (0.70%) Docker
4 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (0.35%) Grafana
1 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 51 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 41 (14.29%) EMC
3 28 (9.76%) Oracle
4 10 (3.48%) SAP
5 7 (2.44%) Murex
6 6 (2.09%) Google
7 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.39%) Aruba
8 4 (1.39%) Cisco
8 4 (1.39%) Draytek
8 4 (1.39%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.39%) Meraki
8 4 (1.39%) Sophos
9 3 (1.05%) FIS
10 2 (0.70%) Adobe
10 2 (0.70%) NEC
10 2 (0.70%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.35%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.35%) Calypso
11 1 (0.35%) HP