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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 544 417 390
Rank change year-on-year -127 -27 -66
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 278 286 465
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.58% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.65% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 133 158 231
10th Percentile £36,950 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +19.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.80% +2.00% -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 86,307 43,936 60,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 89.11% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 59,386 24,309 33,164
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%
75th Percentile £79,641 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -112 259 £56,750 -9.20% 451
UK excluding London -117 192 £56,000 +9.80% 313
London -77 70 £60,000 -11.11% 144
Work from Home -55 69 £56,000 +5.66% 173
South East -58 52 £56,000 -10.40% 92
Midlands -40 49 £52,500 +31.25% 44
West Midlands -22 37 £66,250 +43.24% 24
North of England -66 37 £52,250 +4.50% 65
East of England -33 30 £75,000 +56.25% 41
North West -39 24 £52,500 +5.00% 41
South West -73 19 £57,500 +43.75% 36
Yorkshire -28 12 £52,000 +9.47% 11
East Midlands -44 12 £50,000 +37.93% 20
Wales -73 3 £26,400 - 3
Scotland +10 1 £50,000 -20.00% 25
North East - 1 £75,000 - 13
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 11

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 11 (3.96%) Confluence
2 5 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) CMS
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 50 (17.99%) Microsoft Project
2 38 (13.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (3.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.80%) 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 35 (12.59%) Primavera
2 25 (8.99%) SAP EHS
3 7 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.36%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.35%) Smartsheet
2 20 (7.19%) Azure
3 12 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (3.24%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.80%) Asana
6 5 (1.80%) AWS
6 5 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.44%) 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%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Pipelines
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 (2.16%) Network Security
1 6 (2.16%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (1.80%) Firewall
2 5 (1.80%) Wireless
3 4 (1.44%) DHCP
3 4 (1.44%) DNS
3 4 (1.44%) VLAN
4 3 (1.08%) LAN
4 3 (1.08%) SMS
4 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
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%) NAS
5 2 (0.72%) OSPF
5 2 (0.72%) SAN
5 2 (0.72%) SSL
5 2 (0.72%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.88%) Power BI
2 5 (1.80%) 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 (9.71%) JIRA
2 8 (2.88%) LabVIEW
3 7 (2.52%) 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
1 131 (47.12%) Social Skills
2 86 (30.94%) Finance
3 43 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (14.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (12.95%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (11.51%) Legal
7 23 (8.27%) Aerospace
8 18 (6.47%) Banking
9 16 (5.76%) Electronics
10 15 (5.40%) Manufacturing
11 14 (5.04%) Local Government
11 14 (5.04%) Retail
12 13 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (3.96%) Public Sector
14 10 (3.60%) Telecoms
15 9 (3.24%) Military
16 8 (2.88%) Marketing
17 7 (2.52%) Law
18 6 (2.16%) Automotive
19 4 (1.44%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 69 (24.82%) Project Manager
2 45 (16.19%) Lead
3 36 (12.95%) Senior
4 27 (9.71%) Analyst
5 17 (6.12%) Business Analyst
6 14 (5.04%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (3.96%) IT Manager
7 11 (3.96%) IT Project Manager
7 11 (3.96%) Junior
7 11 (3.96%) Senior Manager
8 9 (3.24%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (3.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 8 (2.88%) Administrator
9 8 (2.88%) Project Administrator
10 7 (2.52%) Junior Project Administrator
10 7 (2.52%) Project Support Administrator
10 7 (2.52%) Software Engineer
10 7 (2.52%) Software Manager
11 6 (2.16%) Architect
11 6 (2.16%) Bid Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.24%) .NET
2 3 (1.08%) Middleware
2 3 (1.08%) Terraform
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%) Django
3 2 (0.72%) HTML
3 2 (0.72%) HTML5
3 2 (0.72%) React
3 2 (0.72%) REST
3 2 (0.72%) Vue
3 2 (0.72%) Web Services
3 2 (0.72%) YAML
4 1 (0.36%) Blazor
4 1 (0.36%) EDI
4 1 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.36%) JSON
4 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.07%) PMI
2 11 (3.96%) Security Posture
3 10 (3.60%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (3.24%) Fibre Optics
5 8 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.52%) FPGA
7 6 (2.16%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.16%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.80%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.80%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.80%) Robotics
9 4 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.44%) NHS
9 4 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.08%) CCTV
10 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.08%) IoT
10 3 (1.08%) SCADA
11 2 (0.72%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.72%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.40%) Linux
2 5 (1.80%) Windows
3 4 (1.44%) CentOS
3 4 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.44%) Rocky
4 1 (0.36%) VMS
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (46.04%) Project Management
2 111 (39.93%) Agile
3 103 (37.05%) Project Delivery
4 86 (30.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 78 (28.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 57 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (19.42%) Decision-Making
8 49 (17.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 40 (14.39%) Mentoring
10 37 (13.31%) Technical Leadership
11 36 (12.95%) ERP
11 36 (12.95%) Risk Management
12 33 (11.87%) Waterfall
13 32 (11.51%) Strategic Planning
14 31 (11.15%) PRINCE2
15 28 (10.07%) Budget Management
15 28 (10.07%) Resource Management
16 26 (9.35%) Roadmaps
16 26 (9.35%) Work Breakdown Structure
17 25 (8.99%) Conflict Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.71%) Python
2 12 (4.32%) C++
3 9 (3.24%) MATLAB
4 8 (2.88%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.52%) C
5 7 (2.52%) C#
5 7 (2.52%) SQL
6 5 (1.80%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.80%) Rust
6 5 (1.80%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.08%) Java
8 2 (0.72%) Bash
9 1 (0.36%) Bicep
9 1 (0.36%) R
9 1 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 95 (34.17%) Degree
2 64 (23.02%) Security Cleared
3 45 (16.19%) PMI Certification
4 42 (15.11%) SC Cleared
5 20 (7.19%) Master's Degree
6 19 (6.83%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (6.12%) PMP
8 16 (5.76%) CISSP
9 15 (5.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 15 (5.40%) CCSP
9 15 (5.40%) DV Cleared
10 13 (4.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (3.96%) CISM
12 9 (3.24%) PhD
13 8 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.44%) APMP
14 4 (1.44%) CCNA
14 4 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (1.08%) RIBA
16 2 (0.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.75%) QA
2 19 (6.83%) PMO
3 16 (5.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (5.40%) NIST
5 14 (5.04%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.52%) GDPR
7 3 (1.08%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.08%) PERC
8 2 (0.72%) MISRA
9 1 (0.36%) GRC
9 1 (0.36%) GxP
System Software
1 9 (3.24%) Firmware
2 6 (2.16%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.80%) Docker
4 4 (1.44%) 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 4 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.08%) Ansible
3 2 (0.72%) Grafana
3 2 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.36%) Salt
Vendors
1 41 (14.75%) SAP
2 38 (13.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.52%) NEC
4 6 (2.16%) Google
5 5 (1.80%) Remedy
5 5 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.44%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.44%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.08%) BMC
7 3 (1.08%) Cisco
7 3 (1.08%) Cognizant
7 3 (1.08%) dotdigital
7 3 (1.08%) Oracle
7 3 (1.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.72%) Altera
8 2 (0.72%) Apple
8 2 (0.72%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.72%) Intel
8 2 (0.72%) VMware
8 2 (0.72%) Xilinx