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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 537 380 345
Rank change year-on-year -157 -35 +22
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 210 318 815
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.70% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.76% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 125 152 477
10th Percentile £40,400 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,649 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,625 £80,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £86,350 £104,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £54,241 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.62% +14.19% -9.52%

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 69,702 41,872 87,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.38% 92.19% 82.13%
Number of salaries quoted 48,070 22,602 61,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,681 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% - -9.09%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -121 199 £61,055 -2.31% 76
UK excluding London -138 134 £60,000 +10.62% 63
London -30 62 £66,250 -24.29% 25
Work from Home -24 61 £63,076 +21.89% 28
North of England -39 41 £60,326 +20.65% 7
South East -75 32 £56,000 -10.40% 19
Midlands -37 29 £60,288 +20.58% 12
West Midlands -16 25 £57,500 +27.78% 9
North West -8 22 £60,000 +20.00% 6
Yorkshire -33 17 £56,250 +2.66% 1
East of England -33 17 £82,500 +87.50% 8
South West -69 11 £47,500 +18.75% 10
East Midlands -42 3 £78,750 -17.11% 3
Wales -47 3 £26,400 - 1
North East - 2 £63,076 -
Scotland -10 1 - - 3

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 7 (3.33%) Confluence
2 5 (2.38%) CMS
3 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (5.71%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.38%) Primavera
2 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.48%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.48%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.24%) Azure
2 8 (3.81%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.90%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.43%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (1.43%) GCP
6 3 (1.43%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.43%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.95%) AWS
7 2 (0.95%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.95%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.95%) SaaS
7 2 (0.95%) Zapier
8 1 (0.48%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Pipelines
8 1 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.33%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (2.86%) Network Security
3 4 (1.90%) Wireless
4 3 (1.43%) Firewall
4 3 (1.43%) LAN
4 3 (1.43%) SMS
4 3 (1.43%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.43%) VPN
4 3 (1.43%) WAN
5 2 (0.95%) BGP
5 2 (0.95%) DHCP
5 2 (0.95%) DNS
5 2 (0.95%) OSPF
5 2 (0.95%) VLAN
5 2 (0.95%) VoIP
5 2 (0.95%) Wireless Backhaul
6 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.38%) Power BI
2 3 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.43%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.95%) DTS
3 2 (0.95%) FileMaker
3 2 (0.95%) Metadata
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.95%) Power Query
3 2 (0.95%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (6.67%) JIRA
2 4 (1.90%) LabVIEW
3 3 (1.43%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.43%) Git
3 3 (1.43%) Postman
3 3 (1.43%) Selenium
4 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.95%) JUnit
General
1 85 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 57 (27.14%) Finance
3 49 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (10.95%) Banking
6 23 (10.95%) Retail
7 20 (9.52%) Public Sector
8 16 (7.62%) Local Government
9 10 (4.76%) Marketing
10 9 (4.29%) Aerospace
11 8 (3.81%) Advertising
12 6 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.38%) Legal
13 5 (2.38%) Manufacturing
13 5 (2.38%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.90%) Electronics
14 4 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.43%) Front Office
15 3 (1.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 48 (22.86%) Project Manager
2 47 (22.38%) Senior
3 26 (12.38%) Analyst
4 22 (10.48%) Business Analyst
5 20 (9.52%) Senior Manager
6 15 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
7 14 (6.67%) Consultant
7 14 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (6.19%) Junior
8 13 (6.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 12 (5.71%) Digital Project Manager
9 12 (5.71%) Lead
9 12 (5.71%) Security Manager
9 12 (5.71%) Security Project Manager
9 12 (5.71%) Senior Digital Project Manager
10 6 (2.86%) Cabling Engineer
10 6 (2.86%) Developer
10 6 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.38%) Technical Support
12 4 (1.90%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.86%) .NET
2 5 (2.38%) CSS
2 5 (2.38%) HTML
3 2 (0.95%) Middleware
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.95%) WireMock
3 2 (0.95%) YAML
4 1 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.62%) Security Posture
2 12 (5.71%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.38%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.90%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.90%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.90%) Fibre Optics
6 4 (1.90%) FPGA
6 4 (1.90%) Life Science
7 3 (1.43%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.43%) FMCG
8 2 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.95%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.95%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.95%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.48%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.33%) Linux
2 4 (1.90%) Android
3 3 (1.43%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.43%) CentOS
4 1 (0.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (30.95%) Project Management
2 52 (24.76%) Agile
3 51 (24.29%) Mentoring
4 49 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (21.90%) Project Delivery
6 38 (18.10%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (17.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 22 (10.48%) Business Development
10 22 (10.48%) Time Management
11 21 (10.00%) Budget Management
11 21 (10.00%) Coaching
12 20 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (9.52%) Strategic Thinking
13 19 (9.05%) AI
14 18 (8.57%) Resource Management
14 18 (8.57%) Target Operating Model
15 16 (7.62%) Analytics
15 16 (7.62%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.19%) Python
2 10 (4.76%) SQL
3 7 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.38%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.90%) C
5 4 (1.90%) Java
5 4 (1.90%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.43%) Bash
7 2 (0.95%) C++
7 2 (0.95%) Scala
8 1 (0.48%) Bicep
8 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 56 (26.67%) Degree
2 23 (10.95%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (10.95%) Master's Degree
3 21 (10.00%) CISSP
4 20 (9.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 20 (9.52%) CCSP
5 17 (8.10%) Security Cleared
6 16 (7.62%) CISM
7 15 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (5.24%) SC Cleared
9 7 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.33%) PhD
10 3 (1.43%) CCNA
10 3 (1.43%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.43%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.43%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.43%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.95%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (18.10%) QA
2 20 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (9.52%) NIST
3 12 (5.71%) PMO
4 9 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 6 (2.86%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.38%) GDPR
7 3 (1.43%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.43%) PERC
8 1 (0.48%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.48%) DO-160
8 1 (0.48%) DO-254
System Software
1 4 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (1.90%) Firmware
2 2 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) Grafana
1 2 (0.95%) Prometheus
1 2 (0.95%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.33%) NEC
3 6 (2.86%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.38%) Google
5 4 (1.90%) Oracle
5 4 (1.90%) SAP
5 4 (1.90%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.43%) BMC
6 3 (1.43%) Cognizant
6 3 (1.43%) dotdigital
6 3 (1.43%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.95%) FactSet
7 2 (0.95%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.95%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.95%) Refinitiv
8 1 (0.48%) Foundry
8 1 (0.48%) NETGEAR