Project Planning Jobs in the West Midlands

Project Planning
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 203 148
Rank change year-on-year +157 -55 +90
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 206 52 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.97% 0.66% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.45% 0.81% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 11 21 42
10th Percentile - £31,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £62,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -24.14% +20.83%
75th Percentile £53,719 £76,000 £77,875
90th Percentile £57,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £61,967 £50,000 £58,386
% change year-on-year +23.93% -14.36% +1.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,781 6,392 5,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.20% 81.17% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,553 4,666 3,157
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,625
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Project Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the West Midlands

Project Planning
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Project Planning in the West Midlands

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the West Midlands

Project Planning
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Warwickshire +64 131 £32,500 -16.67% 18
Birmingham +57 35 £52,500 -4.55% 20
Coventry - 31 - - 16
Shropshire +16 3 £37,500 - 29
Staffordshire +17 2 £53,688 -2.39% 12
Herefordshire - 1 £40,000 - 1
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.46%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.49%) OCI
2 1 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.49%) 5G
1 1 (0.49%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.49%) LTE
1 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.46%) Oracle Database
1 3 (1.46%) Power BI
2 2 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.97%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.49%) JIRA
General
1 65 (31.55%) Automotive
1 65 (31.55%) Telecoms
2 7 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (3.40%) Finance
3 5 (2.43%) Social Skills
4 4 (1.94%) Billing
5 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (0.97%) Police
6 1 (0.49%) Electronics
6 1 (0.49%) Law
6 1 (0.49%) Local Government
6 1 (0.49%) Marketing
6 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.49%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 155 (75.24%) Principal Engineer
1 155 (75.24%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 102 (49.51%) Systems Engineer
3 54 (26.21%) Principal Modelling Engineer
4 36 (17.48%) Senior
4 36 (17.48%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 5 (2.43%) Analyst
6 3 (1.46%) Developer
6 3 (1.46%) Lead
6 3 (1.46%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (0.97%) Project Manager
7 2 (0.97%) SQL Developer
8 1 (0.49%) Architect
8 1 (0.49%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 1 (0.49%) Business Manager
8 1 (0.49%) Change Analyst
8 1 (0.49%) Data Manager
8 1 (0.49%) Junior
8 1 (0.49%) Junior Data Analyst
8 1 (0.49%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.97%) .NET
1 2 (0.97%) JSON
1 2 (0.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (0.49%) IoT
1 1 (0.49%) Media Streaming
1 1 (0.49%) NB-IoT
1 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.49%) Linux
1 1 (0.49%) Windows
1 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (92.72%) Systems Engineering
2 91 (44.17%) Validation
3 90 (43.69%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 90 (43.69%) SysML
3 90 (43.69%) Verification and Validation
4 36 (17.48%) Requirements Management
5 10 (4.85%) Project Management
6 8 (3.88%) Risk Management
7 7 (3.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (2.91%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (1.94%) Commercial Awareness
9 4 (1.94%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (1.46%) Active Listening
10 3 (1.46%) Analytical Thinking
10 3 (1.46%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (1.46%) Decision-Making
10 3 (1.46%) ETL
10 3 (1.46%) Planning and Forecasting
10 3 (1.46%) Process Management
10 3 (1.46%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.94%) SQL
2 3 (1.46%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.46%) Python
3 2 (0.97%) C#
3 2 (0.97%) R
4 1 (0.49%) Bash
4 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 183 (88.83%) BPSS Clearance
2 67 (32.52%) Degree
3 1 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (0.49%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.43%) PMO
2 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.97%) QA
4 1 (0.49%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.49%) Ansible
1 1 (0.49%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (0.49%) Puppet
1 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.94%) Oracle
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.49%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.49%) VMware