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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 359 334
Rank change year-on-year -134 -25 +75
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 200 323 709
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.75% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.80% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 123 180 433
10th Percentile £42,272 £38,751 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,399 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £59,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% +12.38% -9.39%
75th Percentile £75,450 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,800 £85,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,413 £55,000 £46,293
% change year-on-year +11.66% +18.81% -15.83%

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 58,222 40,192 73,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.86% 93.47% 87.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35,232 22,295 56,140
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 17 March 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 17 March 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 -105 190 £63,076 +6.91% 100
UK excluding London -120 136 £61,413 +11.66% 82
Work from Home -7 52 £63,076 +14.68% 41
London +6 47 £69,000 -6.44% 30
North of England -45 39 £50,000 -9.09% 16
South East -54 39 £60,000 -5.88% 24
Midlands -32 36 £63,076 +21.89% 12
West Midlands -3 26 £63,076 +24.90% 7
North West -16 25 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Yorkshire -48 12 £50,000 -8.75% 4
East of England -21 10 £82,950 +50.82% 11
East Midlands -34 10 £58,750 -21.67% 5
South West -48 10 £47,500 -12.04% 16
North East -22 2 £63,076 - 3
Wales -16 1 £65,000 +73.33% 4
Scotland -32 1 - - 1

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 6 (3.00%) Confluence
2 5 (2.50%) CMS
3 3 (1.50%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.50%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.00%) AutoCAD
5 3 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.50%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 5 (2.50%) Primavera
2 3 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.00%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.50%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.50%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.50%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.50%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.00%) Azure
2 11 (5.50%) SaaS
3 9 (4.50%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.50%) Asana
6 3 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.50%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (1.50%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.50%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.50%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.00%) AWS
7 2 (1.00%) Boomi
7 2 (1.00%) GCP
7 2 (1.00%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.00%) Zapier
8 1 (0.50%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.50%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.50%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.50%) Firewall
1 3 (1.50%) WebEx
2 2 (1.00%) Wireless
3 1 (0.50%) LAN
3 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.50%) VPN
3 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.50%) Power BI
2 4 (2.00%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.50%) FileMaker
4 2 (1.00%) EDMS
4 2 (1.00%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.00%) Power Query
4 2 (1.00%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.50%) MySQL
5 1 (0.50%) RavenDB
5 1 (0.50%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 12 (6.00%) JIRA
2 8 (4.00%) Selenium
3 4 (2.00%) Cypress.io
3 4 (2.00%) Postman
3 4 (2.00%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.50%) Git
4 1 (0.50%) GitLab
4 1 (0.50%) JUnit
General
1 74 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 58 (29.00%) Finance
3 29 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.50%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.50%) Retail
6 13 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.50%) Legal
7 11 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.00%) Law
9 7 (3.50%) Advertising
9 7 (3.50%) Banking
9 7 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.50%) Marketing
10 6 (3.00%) Aerospace
10 6 (3.00%) Local Government
11 5 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.50%) French Language
12 3 (1.50%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.50%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (1.50%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 57 (28.50%) Project Manager
2 53 (26.50%) Senior
3 23 (11.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 22 (11.00%) Analyst
4 22 (11.00%) Systems Engineer
5 21 (10.50%) Senior Manager
6 18 (9.00%) Senior Project Manager
7 17 (8.50%) Business Analyst
8 13 (6.50%) Consultant
9 12 (6.00%) Digital Project Manager
9 12 (6.00%) Security Manager
9 12 (6.00%) Security Project Manager
9 12 (6.00%) Senior Digital Project Manager
10 11 (5.50%) Lead
11 10 (5.00%) Developer
12 7 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (3.00%) Junior
14 5 (2.50%) Commercial Manager
14 5 (2.50%) Commercial Project Manager
14 5 (2.50%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.00%) .NET
2 8 (4.00%) CSS
2 8 (4.00%) HTML
3 4 (2.00%) Gherkin
3 4 (2.00%) 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%) Middleware
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.50%) Pyramid
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 8 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.00%) Social Media
3 5 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.50%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.50%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.00%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.00%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.00%) Life Science
5 3 (1.50%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.50%) Cyberattack
5 3 (1.50%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.50%) Digital Signage
5 3 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.00%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.00%) FMCG
6 2 (1.00%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.00%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.50%) Windows
2 5 (2.50%) Linux
3 4 (2.00%) Android
4 3 (1.50%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.50%) CentOS
5 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (30.00%) Project Management
2 58 (29.00%) Agile
3 50 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 40 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 39 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (18.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (18.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (16.00%) Coaching
9 26 (13.00%) Systems Engineering
10 25 (12.50%) Budget Management
11 21 (10.50%) Change Management
12 20 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (10.00%) PRINCE2
13 19 (9.50%) Validation
14 18 (9.00%) Risk Management
15 16 (8.00%) SysML
16 15 (7.50%) Time Management
17 14 (7.00%) Analytics
17 14 (7.00%) Test Automation
18 13 (6.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.50%) JavaScript
1 9 (4.50%) SQL
2 7 (3.50%) C#
3 5 (2.50%) C
3 5 (2.50%) Python
4 3 (1.50%) Bash
4 3 (1.50%) C++
4 3 (1.50%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.00%) Java
6 1 (0.50%) Scala
6 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (22.00%) Degree
2 33 (16.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (6.50%) Security Cleared
4 12 (6.00%) PMI Certification
4 12 (6.00%) PMP
5 10 (5.00%) DBS Check
6 8 (4.00%) ISTQB
6 8 (4.00%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.50%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (2.50%) CCSP
8 5 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.50%) CISM
8 5 (2.50%) CISSP
9 4 (2.00%) APMP
9 4 (2.00%) CAPM
9 4 (2.00%) ISEB
9 4 (2.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.50%) QA
2 19 (9.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 6 (3.00%) PMO
4 5 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.50%) NIST
5 2 (1.00%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.00%) GDPR
6 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.50%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.50%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.50%) IFRS
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 25 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.00%) SAP
3 5 (2.50%) NEC
4 4 (2.00%) Anaplan
4 4 (2.00%) Pega
4 4 (2.00%) Tagetik
4 4 (2.00%) WorldPay
5 3 (1.50%) Cisco
5 3 (1.50%) Oracle
5 3 (1.50%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.50%) Workday
6 2 (1.00%) Google
6 2 (1.00%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.00%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.00%) Software AG
6 2 (1.00%) webMethods
7 1 (0.50%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.50%) Aruba
7 1 (0.50%) Fortinet