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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 365 340
Rank change year-on-year -128 -25 +59
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 213 290 774
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.70% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.76% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 123 173 464
10th Percentile £41,443 £37,778 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £74,375 £71,250 £66,778
90th Percentile £88,700 £90,822 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £46,048
% change year-on-year +13.64% +19.44% -16.28%

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 64,219 38,320 79,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.73% 92.97% 86.04%
Number of salaries quoted 39,642 22,523 59,141
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.19% +6.60% -7.83%

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 13 April 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 13 April 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 -117 203 £63,076 +5.13% 101
UK excluding London -149 142 £62,500 +13.64% 72
London 0 55 £66,250 -19.70% 35
Work from Home -37 51 £63,076 +14.68% 32
North of England -74 41 £50,000 -9.09% 13
South East -64 39 £63,750 +2.00% 16
Midlands -50 37 £63,076 +29.39% 14
West Midlands -17 27 £63,076 +32.79% 7
North West -33 26 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Yorkshire -67 13 £50,000 -8.75% 7
East of England -34 11 £75,900 +38.00% 12
South West -54 11 £46,532 +9.49% 13
East Midlands -50 9 £72,500 -23.68% 7
Wales -25 2 £70,750 +88.67% 3
North East -30 2 £63,076 - 7
Scotland -22 1 - - 2

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 (3.76%) Confluence
2 5 (2.35%) CMS
3 3 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (6.10%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.88%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.47%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 5 (2.35%) Primavera
2 3 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.94%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.47%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.47%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.47%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.10%) Azure
2 8 (3.76%) SaaS
3 7 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (3.29%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.88%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.41%) Asana
6 3 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.41%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (1.41%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.41%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.94%) AWS
7 2 (0.94%) Boomi
7 2 (0.94%) GCP
7 2 (0.94%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.94%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.94%) Zapier
8 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.88%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (1.41%) WebEx
3 2 (0.94%) Firewall
3 2 (0.94%) Wireless
4 1 (0.47%) LAN
4 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.47%) VPN
4 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.41%) FileMaker
2 3 (1.41%) Power BI
2 3 (1.41%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.94%) EDMS
3 2 (0.94%) Metadata
3 2 (0.94%) Power Query
3 2 (0.94%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 14 (6.57%) JIRA
2 7 (3.29%) Selenium
3 4 (1.88%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.88%) Postman
4 3 (1.41%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.94%) Git
6 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.47%) GitLab
6 1 (0.47%) JUnit
General
1 77 (36.15%) Social Skills
2 64 (30.05%) Finance
3 34 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (7.98%) Retail
6 16 (7.51%) Public Sector
7 14 (6.57%) Legal
8 11 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (4.69%) Banking
10 9 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.76%) Aerospace
12 7 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.29%) Law
12 7 (3.29%) Local Government
12 7 (3.29%) Marketing
13 5 (2.35%) Advertising
14 4 (1.88%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.41%) French Language
15 3 (1.41%) Italian Language
15 3 (1.41%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 62 (29.11%) Project Manager
2 55 (25.82%) Senior
3 24 (11.27%) Senior Manager
4 22 (10.33%) Analyst
4 22 (10.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 22 (10.33%) Systems Engineer
5 19 (8.92%) Senior Project Manager
6 17 (7.98%) Business Analyst
7 12 (5.63%) Consultant
7 12 (5.63%) Digital Project Manager
7 12 (5.63%) Security Manager
7 12 (5.63%) Security Project Manager
7 12 (5.63%) Senior Digital Project Manager
8 9 (4.23%) Developer
8 9 (4.23%) Lead
9 8 (3.76%) Junior
10 7 (3.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.35%) Team Leader
12 4 (1.88%) Business Consultant
12 4 (1.88%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.69%) .NET
2 8 (3.76%) CSS
2 8 (3.76%) HTML
3 4 (1.88%) XML
4 3 (1.41%) Gherkin
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.47%) Middleware
6 1 (0.47%) Pyramid
6 1 (0.47%) SPFx
6 1 (0.47%) Web Services
6 1 (0.47%) WinForms
6 1 (0.47%) WireMock
6 1 (0.47%) WPF
6 1 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.76%) Onboarding
2 7 (3.29%) Security Posture
3 6 (2.82%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.82%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.82%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (2.35%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.88%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.88%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.88%) Digital Signage
5 4 (1.88%) Life Science
5 4 (1.88%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.41%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.41%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.41%) Social Media
6 3 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (0.94%) Blog
7 2 (0.94%) FMCG
7 2 (0.94%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.94%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.76%) Windows
2 6 (2.82%) Linux
3 4 (1.88%) Android
4 3 (1.41%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.41%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (30.99%) Project Management
2 58 (27.23%) Agile
3 53 (24.88%) Project Delivery
4 42 (19.72%) Mentoring
5 41 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (18.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (14.55%) Coaching
9 26 (12.21%) Systems Engineering
10 24 (11.27%) Budget Management
11 23 (10.80%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (10.33%) Risk Management
13 21 (9.86%) PRINCE2
14 20 (9.39%) Validation
15 19 (8.92%) Change Management
16 16 (7.51%) SysML
17 15 (7.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 14 (6.57%) Analytics
18 14 (6.57%) Test Automation
18 14 (6.57%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.16%) SQL
2 9 (4.23%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.82%) Python
4 5 (2.35%) C
4 5 (2.35%) C#
5 4 (1.88%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.41%) Bash
6 3 (1.41%) C++
7 2 (0.94%) Java
8 1 (0.47%) Bicep
8 1 (0.47%) Scala
8 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (24.41%) Degree
2 32 (15.02%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (6.57%) Security Cleared
4 10 (4.69%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.23%) PMI Certification
5 9 (4.23%) PMP
6 8 (3.76%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (3.29%) CCSP
7 7 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.29%) CISM
7 7 (3.29%) CISSP
7 7 (3.29%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.82%) DBS Check
9 5 (2.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.88%) APMP
10 4 (1.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.41%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.27%) QA
2 18 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 9 (4.23%) PMO
4 7 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.29%) NIST
5 3 (1.41%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.41%) GDPR
6 2 (0.94%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.47%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.47%) DO-160
7 1 (0.47%) DO-254
7 1 (0.47%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.47%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.47%) Docker
1 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.94%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.47%) Grafana
2 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.76%) NEC
3 4 (1.88%) Oracle
3 4 (1.88%) SAP
4 3 (1.41%) Cisco
4 3 (1.41%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.41%) Workday
5 2 (0.94%) Anaplan
5 2 (0.94%) Bloomberg
5 2 (0.94%) Cognizant
5 2 (0.94%) FactSet
5 2 (0.94%) Google
5 2 (0.94%) Guidewire
5 2 (0.94%) Pega
5 2 (0.94%) Refinitiv
5 2 (0.94%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.94%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.94%) Software AG
5 2 (0.94%) Tagetik
5 2 (0.94%) webMethods