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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 472 349 361
Rank change year-on-year -123 +12 +63
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 200 390 578
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.81% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.87% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 125 192 382
10th Percentile £42,329 £38,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,438 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £59,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% +12.38% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,900 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,413 £55,000 £47,261
% change year-on-year +11.66% +16.38% -14.07%

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 54,541 44,858 66,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.08% 92.63% 88.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32,717 22,158 51,477
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,750 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £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 22 February 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 22 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 -99 190 £63,076 +5.13% 80
UK excluding London -138 134 £61,413 +11.66% 78
Work from Home +10 50 £63,076 -2.96% 35
London +22 45 £70,000 -6.67% 21
North of England -33 39 £55,000 - 18
South East -64 38 £65,000 +7.44% 22
Midlands -18 36 £59,038 +12.45% 17
West Midlands -7 26 £63,076 +21.89% 11
North West -12 26 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Yorkshire -36 11 £56,538 +3.18% 4
East Midlands -19 10 £43,250 -21.36% 6
South West -53 10 £47,500 -20.83% 6
East of England +2 9 £90,000 +39.01% 6
North East -12 2 £63,076 - 2
Wales -8 1 £65,000 +62.50% 7
Scotland -9 1 - - 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 7 (3.50%) Confluence
2 3 (1.50%) CMS
2 3 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.00%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.50%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.50%) Sketch
5 1 (0.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.50%) Primavera
2 4 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.00%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.50%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.50%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.50%) Azure
2 12 (6.00%) SaaS
3 11 (5.50%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.00%) Google Ads
5 4 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.50%) Asana
6 3 (1.50%) AWS
6 3 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.50%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (1.50%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.50%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.50%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.00%) Boomi
7 2 (1.00%) GCP
7 2 (1.00%) Zapier
8 1 (0.50%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.50%) Figma
8 1 (0.50%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.50%) WebEx
2 2 (1.00%) Firewall
2 2 (1.00%) Wireless
3 1 (0.50%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.50%) Power BI
2 4 (2.00%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.50%) FileMaker
4 2 (1.00%) EDMS
4 2 (1.00%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.00%) Power Query
4 2 (1.00%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.50%) MySQL
5 1 (0.50%) RavenDB
5 1 (0.50%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 12 (6.00%) JIRA
2 8 (4.00%) Selenium
3 4 (2.00%) Cypress.io
3 4 (2.00%) Postman
3 4 (2.00%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.50%) Git
4 1 (0.50%) GitLab
4 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.50%) JUnit
General
1 71 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 55 (27.50%) Finance
3 26 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.50%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.50%) Legal
6 12 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.00%) Retail
7 10 (5.00%) Law
7 10 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.50%) Advertising
8 7 (3.50%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.00%) Marketing
10 5 (2.50%) Banking
10 5 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.00%) Local Government
11 4 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.50%) French Language
12 3 (1.50%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.50%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (1.50%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 56 (28.00%) Project Manager
2 52 (26.00%) Senior
3 23 (11.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 23 (11.50%) Systems Engineer
4 19 (9.50%) Analyst
4 19 (9.50%) Senior Manager
5 18 (9.00%) Senior Project Manager
6 14 (7.00%) Business Analyst
7 13 (6.50%) Consultant
7 13 (6.50%) Lead
8 12 (6.00%) Digital Project Manager
8 12 (6.00%) Security Manager
8 12 (6.00%) Security Project Manager
8 12 (6.00%) Senior Digital Project Manager
9 10 (5.00%) Developer
10 7 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.00%) Commercial Manager
11 6 (3.00%) Commercial Project Manager
12 5 (2.50%) IT Manager
12 5 (2.50%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.50%) .NET
2 9 (4.50%) CSS
2 9 (4.50%) HTML
3 4 (2.00%) Gherkin
3 4 (2.00%) XML
4 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.50%) Kendo UI
4 1 (0.50%) Material Design
4 1 (0.50%) Middleware
4 1 (0.50%) Pyramid
4 1 (0.50%) React
4 1 (0.50%) SPFx
4 1 (0.50%) Web Services
4 1 (0.50%) WinForms
4 1 (0.50%) WireMock
4 1 (0.50%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.50%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.00%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.00%) Social Media
3 5 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (2.50%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.00%) Life Science
5 3 (1.50%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.50%) Cyberattack
5 3 (1.50%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.50%) Digital Signage
5 3 (1.50%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.00%) Blog
6 2 (1.00%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.00%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.00%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.00%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.50%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.50%) Windows
2 4 (2.00%) Linux
3 3 (1.50%) Android
3 3 (1.50%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.50%) CentOS
4 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (30.00%) Project Management
2 59 (29.50%) Agile
3 51 (25.50%) Project Delivery
4 42 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (19.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (19.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (18.00%) Mentoring
8 33 (16.50%) Coaching
9 27 (13.50%) Systems Engineering
10 23 (11.50%) Change Management
11 22 (11.00%) Budget Management
12 20 (10.00%) PRINCE2
13 19 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
13 19 (9.50%) Validation
14 16 (8.00%) SysML
15 15 (7.50%) Business Case
15 15 (7.50%) Test Automation
16 14 (7.00%) Requirements Gathering
16 14 (7.00%) Risk Management
16 14 (7.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.00%) JavaScript
1 10 (5.00%) SQL
2 8 (4.00%) C#
3 5 (2.50%) C
3 5 (2.50%) Python
4 3 (1.50%) Bash
4 3 (1.50%) Java
4 3 (1.50%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.00%) C++
5 2 (1.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.50%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 43 (21.50%) Degree
2 33 (16.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.50%) PMI Certification
4 13 (6.50%) PMP
5 10 (5.00%) DBS Check
6 8 (4.00%) ISTQB
6 8 (4.00%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.00%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.00%) APMP
8 4 (2.00%) CAPM
8 4 (2.00%) ISEB
8 4 (2.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.50%) CCSP
9 3 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.50%) CISM
9 3 (1.50%) CISSP
9 3 (1.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.50%) QA
2 19 (9.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (2.50%) PMO
4 4 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.50%) NIST
6 2 (1.00%) GDPR
7 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.50%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.50%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.50%) IFRS
7 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 29 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.00%) SAP
3 5 (2.50%) NEC
4 4 (2.00%) Anaplan
4 4 (2.00%) Google
4 4 (2.00%) Pega
4 4 (2.00%) Tagetik
4 4 (2.00%) WorldPay
5 3 (1.50%) Cisco
5 3 (1.50%) Oracle
5 3 (1.50%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.50%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.50%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.50%) Workday
6 2 (1.00%) Adobe
6 2 (1.00%) Software AG
6 2 (1.00%) webMethods
7 1 (0.50%) Ariba
7 1 (0.50%) Aruba
7 1 (0.50%) Meraki