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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 388 341
Rank change year-on-year -109 -47 +74
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 215 299 800
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.69% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.74% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 122 176 488
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,906 £75,625 £66,778
90th Percentile £87,250 £95,625 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,750 £59,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% +31.11% -18.18%

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 67,484 40,549 82,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.46% 93.37% 85.36%
Number of salaries quoted 42,329 22,500 59,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -89 205 £62,500 +4.17% 110
UK excluding London -135 139 £61,750 +4.66% 74
London +1 61 £65,625 -22.79% 36
Work from Home -27 51 £63,076 +14.68% 30
North of England -64 44 £50,000 -9.09% 11
Midlands -31 36 £54,640 +9.28% 17
South East -68 34 £65,000 +4.00% 17
West Midlands -26 27 £54,640 +12.08% 9
North West -30 25 £50,000 -13.04% 5
Yorkshire -53 17 £50,000 -8.75% 4
South West -59 12 £47,500 +1.06% 9
East of England -25 11 £82,500 +50.00% 16
East Midlands -34 8 £72,500 -23.68% 8
North East -33 2 £63,076 - 2
Scotland -19 1 - - 1
Wales -29 1 £76,500 +104.00% 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 7 (3.26%) Confluence
2 5 (2.33%) CMS
3 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Primavera
2 3 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.47%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.47%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.47%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.47%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.58%) Azure
2 9 (4.19%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.86%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.40%) AWS
7 3 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.40%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (1.40%) GCP
7 3 (1.40%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.40%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.93%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.93%) SaaS
8 2 (0.93%) Smartsheet
8 2 (0.93%) Zapier
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.79%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (1.40%) Firewall
2 3 (1.40%) Network Security
2 3 (1.40%) Wireless
3 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.93%) VPN
4 1 (0.47%) BGP
4 1 (0.47%) DHCP
4 1 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.47%) LAN
4 1 (0.47%) OSPF
4 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.47%) SMS
4 1 (0.47%) VLAN
4 1 (0.47%) WAN
4 1 (0.47%) Wireless Backhaul
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.86%) Power BI
1 4 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.40%) FileMaker
2 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.93%) EDMS
3 2 (0.93%) Metadata
3 2 (0.93%) Power Query
3 2 (0.93%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (7.91%) JIRA
2 5 (2.33%) Cypress.io
2 5 (2.33%) Postman
2 5 (2.33%) Selenium
3 2 (0.93%) Git
4 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.47%) GitLab
4 1 (0.47%) JUnit
General
1 76 (35.35%) Social Skills
2 60 (27.91%) Finance
3 39 (18.14%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (9.30%) Retail
6 17 (7.91%) Banking
7 15 (6.98%) Public Sector
8 14 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (5.58%) Local Government
10 10 (4.65%) Aerospace
10 10 (4.65%) Legal
11 8 (3.72%) Marketing
12 7 (3.26%) Advertising
12 7 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.33%) Law
14 4 (1.86%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.86%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.40%) French Language
15 3 (1.40%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 57 (26.51%) Senior
2 54 (25.12%) Project Manager
3 24 (11.16%) Senior Manager
4 20 (9.30%) Analyst
4 20 (9.30%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 19 (8.84%) Senior Project Manager
5 19 (8.84%) Systems Engineer
6 18 (8.37%) Business Analyst
7 15 (6.98%) Consultant
8 12 (5.58%) Digital Project Manager
8 12 (5.58%) Security Manager
8 12 (5.58%) Security Project Manager
8 12 (5.58%) Senior Digital Project Manager
9 11 (5.12%) Junior
10 10 (4.65%) Lead
11 9 (4.19%) Developer
12 7 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (2.79%) Cabling Engineer
13 6 (2.79%) Support Engineer
14 5 (2.33%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.72%) CSS
1 8 (3.72%) HTML
2 7 (3.26%) .NET
3 3 (1.40%) Middleware
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.47%) Pyramid
5 1 (0.47%) SPFx
5 1 (0.47%) Web Services
5 1 (0.47%) WinForms
5 1 (0.47%) WireMock
5 1 (0.47%) WPF
5 1 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.58%) Security Posture
2 8 (3.72%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (3.26%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.79%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.33%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.86%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.86%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.86%) Life Science
7 3 (1.40%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.40%) FMCG
7 3 (1.40%) Social Media
8 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.93%) Blog
8 2 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.93%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.93%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.93%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.47%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.72%) Windows
2 7 (3.26%) Linux
3 4 (1.86%) Android
4 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.40%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (30.23%) Project Management
2 52 (24.19%) Project Delivery
3 48 (22.33%) Agile
4 47 (21.86%) Mentoring
5 43 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (17.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 31 (14.42%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (12.56%) Coaching
9 24 (11.16%) Systems Engineering
10 23 (10.70%) Budget Management
10 23 (10.70%) Risk Management
11 19 (8.84%) Change Management
12 18 (8.37%) Business Development
12 18 (8.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (7.44%) Resource Management
13 16 (7.44%) Strategic Thinking
14 15 (6.98%) Analytics
14 15 (6.98%) Validation
15 14 (6.51%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.58%) SQL
2 9 (4.19%) JavaScript
2 9 (4.19%) Python
3 4 (1.86%) C
3 4 (1.86%) Java
3 4 (1.86%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.40%) Bash
5 2 (0.93%) C#
5 2 (0.93%) C++
6 1 (0.47%) Bicep
6 1 (0.47%) R
6 1 (0.47%) Scala
6 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (22.79%) Degree
2 28 (13.02%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (6.98%) CISSP
3 15 (6.98%) Master's Degree
3 15 (6.98%) Security Cleared
4 14 (6.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 14 (6.51%) CCSP
5 12 (5.58%) CISM
6 9 (4.19%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.79%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.33%) ISTQB
8 5 (2.33%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.33%) PMP
9 4 (1.86%) APMP
9 4 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.40%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.40%) PhD
10 3 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.81%) QA
2 17 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 14 (6.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.51%) NIST
4 12 (5.58%) PMO
5 4 (1.86%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.40%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.93%) GDPR
8 1 (0.47%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.47%) DO-160
8 1 (0.47%) DO-254
8 1 (0.47%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.47%) Docker
1 1 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.47%) Firmware
1 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) Thomson Reuters DACS
2 1 (0.47%) Grafana
2 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (9.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.19%) NEC
3 5 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.86%) Google
4 4 (1.86%) SAP
4 4 (1.86%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.40%) BMC
5 3 (1.40%) Cognizant
5 3 (1.40%) Freshdesk
5 3 (1.40%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.93%) Bloomberg
6 2 (0.93%) FactSet
6 2 (0.93%) Guidewire
6 2 (0.93%) Oracle
6 2 (0.93%) Refinitiv
6 2 (0.93%) Workday
7 1 (0.47%) Concur
7 1 (0.47%) dotdigital
7 1 (0.47%) Meraki
7 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud