Hybrid/Remote Production Planning Job Trends

Production Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Production Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 415 486 496
Rank change year-on-year +71 +10 +330
Permanent jobs citing Production Planning 12 12 20
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.072% 0.053% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.077% 0.061% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 9
10th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £45,900
25th Percentile £68,125 £80,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £91,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +52.50% -18.92%
75th Percentile £86,500 £106,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £109,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +33.33% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Production 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,510 19,787 23,057
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.69% 88.06% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,405 11,799 18,954
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,188 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,015 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.00% +1.08%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £80,070
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

Production Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Production Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Production Planning trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Production Planning
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Production Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Production Planning over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Production Planning salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Production Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (91.67%) SAP PP
2 8 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (50.00%) SAP IBP
4 3 (25.00%) SAP EHS
4 3 (25.00%) SAP SCM
5 2 (16.67%) SAP APO
5 2 (16.67%) SAP QM
6 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (8.33%) SAP EWM
6 1 (8.33%) SAP LE
6 1 (8.33%) SAP MM
6 1 (8.33%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (41.67%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) SAP PP Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (33.33%) SAP QM Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Architect
4 1 (8.33%) SAP PP Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) SAPUI5
2 1 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (16.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Quality Management
2 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (25.00%) Logistics
3 3 (25.00%) OOD
3 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (25.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 3 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 2 (16.67%) Generative AI
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 2 (16.67%) Predictive Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Coaching
5 1 (8.33%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) ABAP
2 1 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SAP Certification
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Atlassian
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle