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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 385 337
Rank change year-on-year -58 -48 +129
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 223 412 476
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.61% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.74% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 149 185 281
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% -6.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £51,750
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% -5.91%

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 45,079 55,610 50,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.73% 82.82% 93.85%
Number of salaries quoted 26,713 28,851 38,354
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,425
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.96% +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 11 November 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 11 November 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 -70 203 £62,500 +15.74% 213
UK excluding London -79 126 £50,000 -4.76% 146
London +47 74 £67,500 -10.00% 92
Work from Home +52 68 £50,000 -7.41% 114
South East -40 38 £46,250 -7.50% 53
North of England +32 31 £50,000 - 29
North West +27 26 £50,500 -8.18% 18
East of England +16 20 £48,000 -11.11% 6
Midlands +4 16 £55,000 +4.76% 32
South West -21 12 £45,564 -17.16% 16
West Midlands +11 11 £65,000 +36.84% 20
Scotland -3 6 £62,500 +29.59% 4
Yorkshire +4 5 £47,500 +11.76% 7
East Midlands +11 4 £40,000 -25.93% 12
Wales +2 3 £65,000 -31.58% 4

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 (2.69%) Confluence
1 6 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.45%) CMS
3 1 (0.45%) Drupal
3 1 (0.45%) Kentico
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
1 13 (5.83%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.14%) MS Visio
4 5 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.79%) AutoCAD
5 4 (1.79%) Trello
6 2 (0.90%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.90%) Sketch
7 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.45%) Civil 3D
7 1 (0.45%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.45%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.45%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.45%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.45%) TeamGantt
7 1 (0.45%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.79%) Primavera
3 3 (1.35%) Adaptiv
3 3 (1.35%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.90%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.45%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.45%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 27 (12.11%) Azure
2 20 (8.97%) Power Platform
3 17 (7.62%) SaaS
4 14 (6.28%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.04%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (2.24%) Google Ads
8 4 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.79%) OCI
9 3 (1.35%) Asana
9 3 (1.35%) AWS
9 3 (1.35%) Matillion
9 3 (1.35%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.90%) Boomi
10 2 (0.90%) Figma
10 2 (0.90%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (0.45%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.48%) Firewall
2 8 (3.59%) Wireless
3 4 (1.79%) DHCP
3 4 (1.79%) DNS
3 4 (1.79%) InfiniBand
3 4 (1.79%) LAN
4 3 (1.35%) WebEx
5 1 (0.45%) Network Security
5 1 (0.45%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.14%) Power BI
2 3 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.90%) GIS
3 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.45%) MySQL
4 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.45%) RavenDB
4 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (6.73%) JIRA
2 6 (2.69%) Selenium
3 4 (1.79%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.90%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.90%) Git
4 2 (0.90%) Postman
5 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (42.15%) Finance
1 94 (42.15%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.35%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (10.76%) Legal
4 22 (9.87%) Law
5 14 (6.28%) Retail
6 13 (5.83%) Billing
6 13 (5.83%) Electronics
7 11 (4.93%) Banking
8 10 (4.48%) Telecoms
9 9 (4.04%) Local Government
9 9 (4.04%) Marketing
9 9 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.59%) Manufacturing
11 7 (3.14%) Advertising
11 7 (3.14%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.24%) Automotive
12 5 (2.24%) Back Office
13 4 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (29.60%) Project Manager
2 38 (17.04%) Senior
3 35 (15.70%) Analyst
4 28 (12.56%) Business Analyst
5 24 (10.76%) Lead
6 15 (6.73%) Consultant
7 14 (6.28%) Sales Manager
8 12 (5.38%) Operations Manager
8 12 (5.38%) Operations Project Manager
8 12 (5.38%) Sales Operations Manager
8 12 (5.38%) Senior Consultant
8 12 (5.38%) Senior Manager
9 10 (4.48%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (4.04%) Senior Project Manager
11 8 (3.59%) Architect
11 8 (3.59%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 6 (2.69%) Commercial Manager
12 6 (2.69%) Developer
12 6 (2.69%) Risk Analyst
12 6 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.59%) .NET
2 6 (2.69%) HTML
3 5 (2.24%) CSS
4 4 (1.79%) Gherkin
4 4 (1.79%) XML
5 2 (0.90%) Material Design
5 2 (0.90%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (0.90%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.45%) D3.js
6 1 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.45%) Kendo UI
6 1 (0.45%) Node.js
6 1 (0.45%) OpenCV
6 1 (0.45%) Pandas
6 1 (0.45%) React
6 1 (0.45%) REST
6 1 (0.45%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.83%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (3.59%) Social Media
3 7 (3.14%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (2.69%) Market Risk
5 5 (2.24%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.24%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.24%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.79%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.35%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.35%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.35%) Digital Signage
7 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.35%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.35%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.90%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.90%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.04%) Windows
2 7 (3.14%) Linux
3 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (41.26%) Agile
2 84 (37.67%) Project Management
3 78 (34.98%) Project Delivery
4 53 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (21.97%) Stakeholder Management
6 44 (19.73%) Change Management
7 33 (14.80%) PRINCE2
7 33 (14.80%) Risk Management
8 29 (13.00%) ERP
9 28 (12.56%) CRM
10 27 (12.11%) Budget Management
11 26 (11.66%) Mentoring
12 24 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (9.87%) Analytics
13 22 (9.87%) Computer Science
13 22 (9.87%) Requirements Gathering
14 20 (8.97%) Process Improvement
14 20 (8.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 20 (8.97%) Time Management
15 19 (8.52%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.59%) C#
2 6 (2.69%) Python
3 5 (2.24%) SQL
4 4 (1.79%) Bash
4 4 (1.79%) C
4 4 (1.79%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.35%) C++
5 3 (1.35%) Perl
6 1 (0.45%) Bicep
6 1 (0.45%) Java
6 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.45%) PHP
6 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (30.94%) Degree
2 25 (11.21%) PMI Certification
3 24 (10.76%) PMP
4 21 (9.42%) Security Cleared
5 16 (7.17%) Master's Degree
6 15 (6.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (6.28%) SC Cleared
8 11 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (4.04%) DBS Check
10 7 (3.14%) ISTQB
11 6 (2.69%) CFA
11 6 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 5 (2.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (2.24%) CCSP
12 5 (2.24%) CISM
12 5 (2.24%) CISSP
13 4 (1.79%) ISEB
13 4 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.56%) QA
2 9 (4.04%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.69%) NIST
4 6 (2.69%) PMO
5 3 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.35%) GDPR
5 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.90%) WCAG
7 1 (0.45%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.45%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.45%) IFRS
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.45%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.45%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (1.79%) NFS
1 4 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.35%) GPFS
2 3 (1.35%) Lustre
3 1 (0.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Grafana
1 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.97%) Oracle
3 9 (4.04%) SAP
4 7 (3.14%) Cisco
5 6 (2.69%) Murex
6 5 (2.24%) Google
7 4 (1.79%) Anaplan
7 4 (1.79%) Aruba
7 4 (1.79%) Draytek
7 4 (1.79%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.79%) Meraki
7 4 (1.79%) Pega
7 4 (1.79%) Sophos
7 4 (1.79%) Tagetik
7 4 (1.79%) WorldPay
8 3 (1.35%) FIS
9 2 (0.90%) NEC
9 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.90%) webMethods
9 2 (0.90%) Workday