Project Planning Job Trends

Project Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Project Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	525	443	385
Rank change year-on-year	-82	-58	-47
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning	325	223	412
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.26%	0.43%	0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.36%	0.49%	0.74%
Number of salaries quoted	155	149	185
10^th Percentile	£34,900	£36,250	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£47,500	£47,500	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,500	£62,500	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	-8.00%	+15.74%	-6.09%
75^th Percentile	£73,125	£77,500	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£85,750	£105,000	£82,250
UK excluding London median annual salary	£56,000	£50,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+12.00%	-4.76%	+1.45%

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 citing process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	90,817	45,079	55,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.68%	86.72%	82.82%
Number of salaries quoted	60,145	26,713	28,851
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£34,000
25^th Percentile	£42,000	£35,500	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,999	£54,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£47,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+17.02%	-12.96%	+2.86%

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 Salary Trend

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 11 November 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 11 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-78	298	£57,500	-8.00%	321
UK excluding London	-64	245	£56,000	+12.00%	221
Work from Home	-49	94	£56,000	+12.00%	132
South East	-41	72	£56,000	+21.08%	69
London	-83	62	£65,000	-3.70%	96
Midlands	-36	59	£55,000	-	42
West Midlands	-22	45	£65,000	-	25
East of England	-37	38	£64,500	+34.38%	28
North of England	-87	37	£55,000	+10.00%	36
South West	-67	27	£52,500	+15.22%	23
North West	-60	26	£55,000	+8.91%	19
East Midlands	-42	14	£50,000	+25.00%	17
Yorkshire	-38	10	£52,000	+9.47%	14
Wales	-60	6	£29,200	-55.08%	7
Scotland	-12	5	£52,500	-16.00%	19
Northern Ireland	-	1	-	-	4
North East	-	1	£75,000	-	4

Project Planning Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, job vacancies citing Project Planning also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Project Planning.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Project Management	49.5%	161
2	Project Delivery	43.4%	141
3	Stakeholder Management	39.4%	128
4	Agile	36.9%	120
5	Continuous Improvement	33.5%	109
6	Degree	28.6%	93
7	Problem-Solving	24.3%	79
8	Security Cleared	23.7%	77
9	Stakeholder Engagement	20.9%	68
10	Decision-Making	20.6%	67
11	Microsoft	19.7%	64
12	Microsoft Project	18.5%	60
13	PMI Certification	17.2%	56
14	SC Cleared	16.0%	52
15	Microsoft Excel	14.5%	47
15	PRINCE2	14.5%	47
17	Risk Management	14.2%	46
18	Mentoring	13.8%	45
19	SAP	13.5%	44
19	Waterfall	13.5%	44
21	Technical Leadership	12.9%	42
22	Primavera	12.6%	41
23	ERP	11.7%	38
24	Project Governance	11.1%	36
25	Validation	10.8%	35
26	AI	10.2%	33
27	Budget Management	9.8%	32
27	Change Management	9.8%	32
27	Microsoft Office	9.8%	32
27	Python	9.8%	32

Project Planning Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Project Management	49.5%	161
2	Project Delivery	43.4%	141
3	Stakeholder Management	39.4%	128
4	Agile	36.9%	120
5	Continuous Improvement	33.5%	109
6	Problem-Solving	24.3%	79
7	Stakeholder Engagement	20.9%	68
8	Decision-Making	20.6%	67
9	PRINCE2	14.5%	47
10	Risk Management	14.2%	46
11	Mentoring	13.8%	45
12	Waterfall	13.5%	44
13	Technical Leadership	12.9%	42
14	ERP	11.7%	38
15	Project Governance	11.1%	36
16	Validation	10.8%	35
17	AI	10.2%	33
18	Budget Management	9.8%	32
18	Change Management	9.8%	32
20	Software Engineering	9.5%	31