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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 341 359
Rank change year-on-year -140 +18 +61
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 199 390 575
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.80% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.87% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 124 191 381
10th Percentile £42,301 £38,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,375 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £59,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% +12.38% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,225 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,326 £55,000 £46,148
% change year-on-year +9.68% +19.18% -16.10%

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 54,494 44,927 66,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.19% 92.59% 88.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32,685 22,191 51,489
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,448
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -101 189 £63,076 +5.13% 82
UK excluding London -129 133 £60,326 +9.68% 82
Work from Home +5 50 £63,076 -2.96% 33
London +15 45 £70,000 -6.67% 19
North of England -45 39 £55,000 - 17
South East -78 38 £65,000 +7.44% 22
Midlands -16 36 £59,038 +12.45% 22
North West -14 26 £50,000 -9.09% 12
West Midlands -17 26 £63,076 +20.14% 14
Yorkshire -38 11 £56,538 +3.18% 4
East Midlands -21 10 £43,250 -21.36% 8
South West -45 10 £47,500 -20.83% 6
East of England -1 8 £82,950 +28.12% 5
North East -13 2 £63,076 - 2
Wales -7 1 £65,000 +62.50% 7
Scotland -9 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 (3.52%) Confluence
2 3 (1.51%) CMS
2 3 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (5.03%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.01%) AutoCAD
5 3 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.50%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.50%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.50%) Sketch
6 1 (0.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.51%) Primavera
2 4 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.01%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.50%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.50%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.54%) Azure
2 11 (5.53%) SaaS
3 10 (5.03%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.51%) Google Ads
6 4 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.51%) Asana
7 3 (1.51%) AWS
7 3 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.01%) Boomi
8 2 (1.01%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.01%) GCP
8 2 (1.01%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.01%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.01%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.50%) MailChimp
9 1 (0.50%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.51%) WebEx
2 2 (1.01%) Firewall
2 2 (1.01%) Wireless
3 1 (0.50%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.01%) Power BI
1 4 (2.01%) Relational Database
1 4 (2.01%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.51%) FileMaker
3 2 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.01%) EDMS
3 2 (1.01%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.50%) MySQL
4 1 (0.50%) Power Query
4 1 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.50%) RavenDB
4 1 (0.50%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 12 (6.03%) JIRA
2 8 (4.02%) Selenium
3 4 (2.01%) Cypress.io
3 4 (2.01%) Postman
3 4 (2.01%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.50%) Git
4 1 (0.50%) GitLab
4 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.50%) JUnit
General
1 71 (35.68%) Social Skills
2 55 (27.64%) Finance
3 24 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.54%) Legal
6 12 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.03%) Retail
7 10 (5.03%) Law
7 10 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.52%) Advertising
8 7 (3.52%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.52%) Marketing
9 5 (2.51%) Banking
9 5 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.01%) Local Government
10 4 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.51%) French Language
11 3 (1.51%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.51%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (1.51%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 56 (28.14%) Project Manager
2 52 (26.13%) Senior
3 23 (11.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 23 (11.56%) Systems Engineer
4 19 (9.55%) Analyst
4 19 (9.55%) Senior Manager
5 18 (9.05%) Senior Project Manager
6 14 (7.04%) Business Analyst
7 13 (6.53%) Lead
8 12 (6.03%) Consultant
8 12 (6.03%) Digital Project Manager
8 12 (6.03%) Security Manager
8 12 (6.03%) Security Project Manager
8 12 (6.03%) Senior Digital Project Manager
9 9 (4.52%) Developer
10 7 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.02%) Commercial Manager
11 6 (3.02%) Commercial Project Manager
12 5 (2.51%) Finance Business Analyst
12 5 (2.51%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.53%) .NET
2 9 (4.52%) CSS
2 9 (4.52%) HTML
3 4 (2.01%) Gherkin
3 4 (2.01%) XML
4 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.50%) Kendo UI
4 1 (0.50%) Material Design
4 1 (0.50%) Middleware
4 1 (0.50%) Pyramid
4 1 (0.50%) React
4 1 (0.50%) SPFx
4 1 (0.50%) Web Services
4 1 (0.50%) WinForms
4 1 (0.50%) WireMock
4 1 (0.50%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.52%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.02%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.02%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.02%) Social Media
3 5 (2.51%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.51%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.51%) Cyberattack
5 3 (1.51%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.51%) Digital Signage
5 3 (1.51%) Life Science
5 3 (1.51%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.01%) Blog
6 2 (1.01%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.01%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.01%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.52%) Windows
2 4 (2.01%) Linux
3 3 (1.51%) Android
3 3 (1.51%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.51%) CentOS
4 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (29.65%) Agile
1 59 (29.65%) Project Management
2 51 (25.63%) Project Delivery
3 40 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (19.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (18.09%) Mentoring
7 33 (16.58%) Coaching
8 27 (13.57%) Systems Engineering
9 23 (11.56%) Change Management
10 22 (11.06%) Budget Management
11 20 (10.05%) PRINCE2
12 19 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (9.55%) Validation
13 16 (8.04%) SysML
14 15 (7.54%) Business Case
14 15 (7.54%) Test Automation
15 14 (7.04%) Requirements Gathering
15 14 (7.04%) Risk Management
15 14 (7.04%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.03%) JavaScript
2 9 (4.52%) SQL
3 8 (4.02%) C#
4 5 (2.51%) C
4 5 (2.51%) Python
5 3 (1.51%) Bash
5 3 (1.51%) Java
5 3 (1.51%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.01%) C++
6 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.50%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 43 (21.61%) Degree
2 33 (16.58%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (7.54%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.53%) PMI Certification
4 13 (6.53%) PMP
5 10 (5.03%) DBS Check
6 8 (4.02%) ISTQB
6 8 (4.02%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.02%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.01%) APMP
8 4 (2.01%) CAPM
8 4 (2.01%) ISEB
8 4 (2.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.51%) CCSP
9 3 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.51%) CISM
9 3 (1.51%) CISSP
9 3 (1.51%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.55%) QA
2 19 (9.55%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.51%) PMO
4 3 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.51%) NIST
5 2 (1.01%) GDPR
6 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.50%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.50%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.50%) IFRS
6 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 28 (14.07%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.02%) SAP
3 5 (2.51%) Google
3 5 (2.51%) NEC
4 4 (2.01%) Anaplan
4 4 (2.01%) Pega
4 4 (2.01%) Tagetik
4 4 (2.01%) WorldPay
5 3 (1.51%) Cisco
5 3 (1.51%) Oracle
5 3 (1.51%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.51%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.51%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.51%) Workday
6 2 (1.01%) Adobe
6 2 (1.01%) Software AG
6 2 (1.01%) webMethods
7 1 (0.50%) Ariba
7 1 (0.50%) Aruba
7 1 (0.50%) Meraki