Project Planning Job Trends in West Sussex

Project Planning
South East > West Sussex

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 42 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 7 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 1.71% 0.96% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 1.08% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £79,500 - -
90th Percentile £89,000 - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,908 £40,500
% change year-on-year -8.19% +47.92% -32.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 298 277 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 72.86% 88.50% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 212 140 255
10th Percentile £27,525 £29,850 £33,300
25th Percentile £33,500 £39,521 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.26% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £76,600
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +8.49% -3.64%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Project Planning
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Project Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in West Sussex over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in West Sussex

Project Planning
Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Burgess Hill - 3 £67,500 -
Crawley - 2 £79,500 -
Gatwick - 2 £79,500 -
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Google Ads
General
1 7 (100.00%) Legal
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (42.86%) Advertising
4 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Product Owner
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Backlog Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Enrichment
3 3 (42.86%) Project Governance
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) APMP
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) NEC