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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 408 366
Rank change year-on-year -124 -42 -44
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 279 273 464
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.55% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.62% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 133 154 231
10th Percentile £40,050 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +15.74% -8.47%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £105,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -4.76%

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 86,418 43,977 59,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.19% 88.96% 82.26%
Number of salaries quoted 59,113 24,503 32,039
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Top 17 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 10 October 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 -107 260 £57,500 -8.00% 512
UK excluding London -98 199 £56,000 +1.82% 334
Work from Home -52 76 £56,000 +5.66% 189
London -62 64 £65,000 -3.70% 180
South East -59 53 £56,000 -6.67% 88
Midlands -20 49 £57,500 +38.55% 51
West Midlands -19 37 £78,250 +42.27% 30
North of England -56 37 £56,250 +12.50% 73
East of England -31 34 £75,000 +56.25% 46
North West -27 25 £56,250 +11.39% 48
South West -65 20 £57,500 -4.17% 41
East Midlands -40 12 £50,000 +25.00% 21
Yorkshire -24 11 £52,000 +9.47% 13
Wales -76 3 £26,400 - 5
Scotland +3 2 £50,000 -20.00% 28
North East - 1 £75,000 - 13
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 9

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 10 (3.58%) Confluence
2 5 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) CMS
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.36%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 51 (18.28%) Microsoft Project
2 40 (14.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (4.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.79%) Trello
6 3 (1.08%) Navisworks
6 3 (1.08%) Revit
7 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.36%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 34 (12.19%) Primavera
2 25 (8.96%) SAP EHS
3 6 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.36%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.32%) Smartsheet
2 20 (7.17%) Azure
3 12 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.79%) Asana
6 5 (1.79%) AWS
7 4 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.43%) SaaS
8 3 (1.08%) GCP
8 3 (1.08%) GitHub
8 3 (1.08%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.72%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.36%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.36%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.36%) Datadog
10 1 (0.36%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.36%) Miro
10 1 (0.36%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.15%) Network Security
2 5 (1.79%) Firewall
2 5 (1.79%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (1.79%) Wireless
3 4 (1.43%) DHCP
3 4 (1.43%) DNS
3 4 (1.43%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.43%) VLAN
4 3 (1.08%) LAN
4 3 (1.08%) SMS
4 3 (1.08%) VoIP
4 3 (1.08%) WAN
5 2 (0.72%) BGP
5 2 (0.72%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.72%) IP Telephony
5 2 (0.72%) OSPF
5 2 (0.72%) SAN
5 2 (0.72%) SSL
5 2 (0.72%) VPN
5 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.87%) Power BI
2 6 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.08%) DTS
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.72%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (9.68%) JIRA
2 8 (2.87%) LabVIEW
3 6 (2.15%) Git
4 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.36%) JUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Postman
5 1 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 133 (47.67%) Social Skills
2 84 (30.11%) Finance
3 41 (14.70%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (13.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (12.19%) Legal
6 32 (11.47%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (9.68%) Aerospace
8 20 (7.17%) Manufacturing
9 18 (6.45%) Electronics
10 16 (5.73%) Banking
11 14 (5.02%) Local Government
12 13 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (4.66%) Public Sector
12 13 (4.66%) Retail
13 10 (3.58%) Telecoms
14 9 (3.23%) Military
15 8 (2.87%) Automotive
16 7 (2.51%) Marketing
17 6 (2.15%) Law
18 5 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 70 (25.09%) Project Manager
2 45 (16.13%) Lead
3 34 (12.19%) Senior
4 24 (8.60%) Analyst
5 14 (5.02%) Business Analyst
6 13 (4.66%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (3.94%) IT Manager
7 11 (3.94%) IT Project Manager
8 10 (3.58%) Junior
8 10 (3.58%) Senior Manager
9 9 (3.23%) Senior Project Manager
9 9 (3.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 8 (2.87%) Administrator
10 8 (2.87%) Bid Manager
10 8 (2.87%) Project Administrator
10 8 (2.87%) Software Manager
11 7 (2.51%) Architect
11 7 (2.51%) Junior Project Administrator
11 7 (2.51%) Project Support Administrator
11 7 (2.51%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.58%) .NET
2 3 (1.08%) Django
2 3 (1.08%) Middleware
2 3 (1.08%) REST
2 3 (1.08%) Terraform
2 3 (1.08%) Web Services
3 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (0.72%) CSS
3 2 (0.72%) CSS3
3 2 (0.72%) HTML
3 2 (0.72%) HTML5
3 2 (0.72%) React
3 2 (0.72%) Vue
4 1 (0.36%) Blazor
4 1 (0.36%) EDI
4 1 (0.36%) JSON
4 1 (0.36%) WireMock
4 1 (0.36%) XML
4 1 (0.36%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.04%) PMI
2 10 (3.58%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.58%) Security Posture
3 9 (3.23%) Fibre Optics
3 9 (3.23%) FPGA
4 8 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.51%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (2.51%) Robotics
5 7 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.15%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.79%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.79%) SCADA
8 4 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.43%) IoT
8 4 (1.43%) NHS
9 3 (1.08%) CCTV
9 3 (1.08%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (1.08%) FMCG
9 3 (1.08%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.02%) Linux
2 4 (1.43%) CentOS
2 4 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (1.43%) Rocky
2 4 (1.43%) Windows
3 1 (0.36%) VMS
3 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (45.16%) Project Management
2 109 (39.07%) Agile
3 102 (36.56%) Project Delivery
4 92 (32.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 82 (29.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (22.94%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (20.43%) Decision-Making
8 52 (18.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 44 (15.77%) Mentoring
10 39 (13.98%) Technical Leadership
11 37 (13.26%) ERP
11 37 (13.26%) Risk Management
12 35 (12.54%) Waterfall
13 31 (11.11%) Budget Management
14 30 (10.75%) PRINCE2
14 30 (10.75%) Resource Management
15 28 (10.04%) Strategic Planning
16 26 (9.32%) Work Breakdown Structure
17 25 (8.96%) Conflict Management
17 25 (8.96%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.68%) Python
2 12 (4.30%) C++
3 9 (3.23%) MATLAB
4 8 (2.87%) C
4 8 (2.87%) C#
4 8 (2.87%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.87%) SQL
5 5 (1.79%) Rust
5 5 (1.79%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.43%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.08%) Java
8 2 (0.72%) Bash
9 1 (0.36%) R
9 1 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 91 (32.62%) Degree
2 66 (23.66%) Security Cleared
3 45 (16.13%) PMI Certification
4 44 (15.77%) SC Cleared
5 18 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (6.45%) Master's Degree
6 17 (6.09%) DV Cleared
6 17 (6.09%) PMP
7 15 (5.38%) CISSP
8 14 (5.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 14 (5.02%) CCSP
9 13 (4.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (3.58%) CISM
11 8 (2.87%) PhD
12 7 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (2.15%) APMP
14 4 (1.43%) CCNA
14 4 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 3 (1.08%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.98%) QA
2 17 (6.09%) PMO
3 15 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (5.02%) Accessibility
4 14 (5.02%) NIST
5 6 (2.15%) GDPR
6 3 (1.08%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.08%) PERC
7 2 (0.72%) MISRA
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) GxP
System Software
1 11 (3.94%) Firmware
2 7 (2.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.79%) Docker
4 4 (1.43%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.08%) Ansible
1 3 (1.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.36%) Grafana
2 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.36%) Salt
Vendors
1 41 (14.70%) SAP
2 39 (13.98%) Microsoft
3 5 (1.79%) Google
3 5 (1.79%) Remedy
3 5 (1.79%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.43%) NEC
4 4 (1.43%) Red Hat
4 4 (1.43%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.43%) Xilinx
5 3 (1.08%) Altera
5 3 (1.08%) Cisco
5 3 (1.08%) dotdigital
5 3 (1.08%) Intel
5 3 (1.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (0.72%) Apple
6 2 (0.72%) BMC
6 2 (0.72%) Freshdesk
6 2 (0.72%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle
6 2 (0.72%) VMware