Project Planning Job Trends

Project Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Project Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	533	420	380
Rank change year-on-year	-113	-40	-39
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning	297	261	426
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.24%	0.53%	0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.33%	0.60%	0.76%
Number of salaries quoted	144	144	201
10^th Percentile	£37,300	£36,250	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£47,500	£47,500	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,500	£62,500	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	-8.00%	+15.74%	-6.90%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£76,300	£65,250
90^th Percentile	£85,875	£105,000	£77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£56,000	£50,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+12.00%	-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 citing process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	89,161	43,476	56,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.55%	88.06%	82.51%
Number of salaries quoted	60,237	25,076	29,761
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,500	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£53,725	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.68%	-10.46%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£45,500	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+20.88%	-15.74%	+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 Salary Trend

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 27 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 27 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-111	275	£57,500	-8.00%	102
UK excluding London	-79	219	£56,000	+12.00%	99
Work from Home	-38	83	£56,750	+13.50%	46
London	-83	63	£65,000	-3.70%	23
South East	-66	61	£56,000	+9.27%	29
Midlands	-49	51	£57,500	+38.55%	21
West Midlands	-21	39	£78,250	+42.27%	16
East of England	-38	38	£69,500	+44.79%	9
North of England	-65	37	£58,750	+17.50%	20
North West	-36	26	£57,500	+15.00%	14
South West	-70	23	£52,500	+18.64%	12
East Midlands	-47	12	£50,000	+25.00%	5
Yorkshire	-27	10	£57,250	+20.53%	4
Scotland	+7	5	£52,500	-16.00%	7
Wales	-67	3	£26,400	-	2
North East	-	1	£75,000	-	3
Northern Ireland	-	1	-	-	2

Project Planning Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, job vacancies citing Project Planning also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Project Planning.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Project Management	47.8%	142
2	Project Delivery	40.7%	121
3	Agile	39.1%	116
4	Stakeholder Management	38.4%	114
5	Continuous Improvement	33.0%	98
6	Degree	31.3%	93
7	Problem-Solving	23.6%	70
8	Security Cleared	22.9%	68
9	Stakeholder Engagement	20.5%	61
10	Decision-Making	19.5%	58
11	Microsoft Project	18.5%	55
12	Microsoft	17.8%	53
13	PMI Certification	16.8%	50
14	Mentoring	16.2%	48
15	SC Cleared	15.2%	45
16	Microsoft Excel	14.8%	44
17	SAP	14.5%	43
18	Technical Leadership	13.5%	40
18	Waterfall	13.5%	40
20	Risk Management	12.8%	38
21	ERP	12.5%	37
21	PRINCE2	12.5%	37
23	Primavera	12.1%	36
24	QA	11.8%	35
25	Python	10.8%	32
26	AI	10.4%	31
26	Budget Management	10.4%	31
26	Resource Management	10.4%	31
29	Microsoft Office	9.4%	28
29	Project Governance	9.4%	28

Project Planning Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Project Management	47.8%	142
2	Project Delivery	40.7%	121
3	Agile	39.1%	116
4	Stakeholder Management	38.4%	114
5	Continuous Improvement	33.0%	98
6	Problem-Solving	23.6%	70
7	Stakeholder Engagement	20.5%	61
8	Decision-Making	19.5%	58
9	Mentoring	16.2%	48
10	Technical Leadership	13.5%	40
10	Waterfall	13.5%	40
12	Risk Management	12.8%	38
13	ERP	12.5%	37
13	PRINCE2	12.5%	37
15	AI	10.4%	31
15	Budget Management	10.4%	31
15	Resource Management	10.4%	31
18	Project Governance	9.4%	28
18	Roadmaps	9.4%	28
18	Software Engineering	9.4%	28