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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 407 381
Rank change year-on-year -140 -26 -50
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 227 304 596
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.62% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.69% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 137 157 361
10th Percentile £40,600 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £68,250 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £105,000 £90,822
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,445 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.99% +6.20% -9.52%

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 74,528 44,262 72,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.78% 81.61%
Number of salaries quoted 51,427 25,101 49,118
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -123 213 £57,500 -8.00% 129
UK excluding London -135 148 £57,500 +13.99% 103
Work from Home -40 72 £58,750 +16.98% 46
London -32 63 £52,500 -25.00% 39
North of England -36 41 £60,000 +20.00% 14
South East -49 40 £56,000 -10.40% 37
Midlands -46 30 £60,288 +50.72% 14
West Midlands -12 26 £57,500 +43.75% 9
East of England -32 21 £75,000 +68.54% 13
North West -11 20 £60,000 +20.00% 10
Yorkshire -28 19 £52,000 -5.45% 4
South West -71 12 £51,250 +28.13% 18
East Midlands -52 3 £78,750 +23.53% 5
Wales -55 3 £26,400 - 1
North East - 2 £63,076 - 1
Scotland +2 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 8 (3.52%) Confluence
2 5 (2.20%) CMS
3 3 (1.32%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (6.61%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.76%) Trello
5 3 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (3.08%) Primavera
2 6 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.76%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.44%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.49%) Azure
2 11 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (3.96%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.64%) Smartsheet
6 5 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.76%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.32%) AWS
8 3 (1.32%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (1.32%) GCP
8 3 (1.32%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.32%) SaaS
9 2 (0.88%) GitHub
9 2 (0.88%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.88%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.88%) Zapier
10 1 (0.44%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Pipelines
10 1 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.44%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.08%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (2.64%) Network Security
3 5 (2.20%) Firewall
3 5 (2.20%) Wireless
4 4 (1.76%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.32%) DHCP
5 3 (1.32%) DNS
5 3 (1.32%) LAN
5 3 (1.32%) SMS
5 3 (1.32%) VLAN
5 3 (1.32%) VoIP
5 3 (1.32%) VPN
5 3 (1.32%) WAN
6 2 (0.88%) BGP
6 2 (0.88%) OSPF
6 2 (0.88%) Wireless Backhaul
7 1 (0.44%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.44%) NAS
7 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.52%) Power BI
2 6 (2.64%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.32%) DTS
4 2 (0.88%) FileMaker
4 2 (0.88%) Metadata
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.88%) Power Query
4 2 (0.88%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.88%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.88%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (7.49%) JIRA
2 8 (3.52%) LabVIEW
3 3 (1.32%) Git
4 2 (0.88%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.88%) JUnit
5 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.44%) Postman
5 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 105 (46.26%) Social Skills
2 58 (25.55%) Finance
3 50 (22.03%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (14.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (13.22%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (9.25%) Banking
7 20 (8.81%) Public Sector
7 20 (8.81%) Retail
8 17 (7.49%) Local Government
9 9 (3.96%) Electronics
9 9 (3.96%) Legal
9 9 (3.96%) Marketing
10 8 (3.52%) Advertising
10 8 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (3.08%) Aerospace
11 7 (3.08%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.64%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.76%) Law
15 1 (0.44%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 60 (26.43%) Project Manager
2 49 (21.59%) Senior
3 26 (11.45%) Analyst
4 21 (9.25%) Business Analyst
4 21 (9.25%) Senior Manager
5 17 (7.49%) Lead
6 16 (7.05%) Junior
6 16 (7.05%) Senior Project Manager
7 13 (5.73%) Consultant
7 13 (5.73%) Systems Engineer
8 12 (5.29%) Digital Project Manager
8 12 (5.29%) Security Manager
8 12 (5.29%) Security Project Manager
8 12 (5.29%) Senior Digital Project Manager
8 12 (5.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 7 (3.08%) Administrator
9 7 (3.08%) Developer
9 7 (3.08%) Junior Project Administrator
9 7 (3.08%) Project Administrator
9 7 (3.08%) Project Support Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.64%) .NET
2 3 (1.32%) CSS
2 3 (1.32%) HTML
2 3 (1.32%) Middleware
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.88%) WireMock
3 2 (0.88%) YAML
4 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.44%) CSS3
4 1 (0.44%) EDI
4 1 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.44%) HTML5
4 1 (0.44%) JSON
4 1 (0.44%) React
4 1 (0.44%) Vue
4 1 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.05%) Security Posture
2 13 (5.73%) Renewable Energy
3 8 (3.52%) Fibre Optics
4 7 (3.08%) FPGA
5 6 (2.64%) PMI
5 6 (2.64%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.76%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.76%) Life Science
6 4 (1.76%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.32%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.32%) FMCG
7 3 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.32%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.88%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.88%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.88%) Verilog
8 2 (0.88%) VHDL
9 1 (0.44%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.85%) Linux
2 5 (2.20%) CentOS
3 3 (1.32%) Windows
4 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.88%) Rocky
5 1 (0.44%) Android
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (36.56%) Project Management
2 65 (28.63%) Agile
3 56 (24.67%) Project Delivery
4 54 (23.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (19.82%) Mentoring
7 38 (16.74%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (15.42%) Risk Management
9 27 (11.89%) Budget Management
10 22 (9.69%) Business Development
10 22 (9.69%) Resource Management
10 22 (9.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (9.69%) Time Management
11 21 (9.25%) Decision-Making
11 21 (9.25%) Roadmaps
11 21 (9.25%) Strategic Thinking
12 20 (8.81%) PRINCE2
12 20 (8.81%) Validation
13 18 (7.93%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.05%) Python
2 9 (3.96%) SQL
3 8 (3.52%) MATLAB
4 7 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.64%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.20%) C
7 4 (1.76%) C++
7 4 (1.76%) Java
8 3 (1.32%) Bash
8 3 (1.32%) C#
9 2 (0.88%) Scala
9 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.44%) Bicep
10 1 (0.44%) R
10 1 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 62 (27.31%) Degree
2 26 (11.45%) Master's Degree
3 23 (10.13%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (9.69%) Security Cleared
5 21 (9.25%) CISSP
6 20 (8.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 20 (8.81%) CCSP
7 16 (7.05%) CISM
7 16 (7.05%) PMI Certification
8 15 (6.61%) SC Cleared
9 11 (4.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (4.41%) PhD
10 10 (4.41%) PMP
11 8 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.76%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.32%) CCNA
13 3 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (17.62%) QA
2 21 (9.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.81%) NIST
4 13 (5.73%) PMO
5 6 (2.64%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.20%) GDPR
7 4 (1.76%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (1.32%) PERC
9 1 (0.44%) ARP4761
9 1 (0.44%) DO-160
9 1 (0.44%) DO-254
9 1 (0.44%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (2.20%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (2.20%) Firmware
2 3 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.44%) Docker
3 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (0.88%) Grafana
1 2 (0.88%) Prometheus
1 2 (0.88%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (11.01%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.29%) SAP
3 7 (3.08%) NEC
4 6 (2.64%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.20%) Google
5 5 (2.20%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.76%) Oracle
7 3 (1.32%) BMC
7 3 (1.32%) Cognizant
7 3 (1.32%) dotdigital
7 3 (1.32%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.88%) Altera
8 2 (0.88%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.88%) FactSet
8 2 (0.88%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.88%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.88%) Intel
8 2 (0.88%) Refinitiv
8 2 (0.88%) Xilinx