Project Planning Jobs

Project Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 339 464
Rank change year-on-year +13 +125 -8
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 869 952 1,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.81% 1.01% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.06% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 494 404 650
10th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,734 £46,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +9.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,293 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% -4.55% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,168 89,599 164,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.34% 95.45% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 61,788 54,096 83,725
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Top 18 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 6 June 2024. 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 +7 736 £50,000 -13.42% 271
UK excluding London -24 675 £46,293 -11.82% 221
Work from Home -82 259 £52,500 -4.55% 82
South East +13 210 £46,293 -5.52% 50
London +74 168 £60,000 -7.69% 71
North of England -22 131 £45,000 -14.29% 33
Midlands -44 90 £55,000 -24.14% 51
North West -7 85 £45,000 -20.70% 16
Scotland -49 78 £65,066 +30.13% 22
South West -15 68 £42,043 -23.56% 45
East of England -22 61 £40,000 -36.00% 22
West Midlands -72 52 £55,000 -24.14% 26
Yorkshire +17 41 £57,500 +15.00% 14
East Midlands -10 34 £42,500 -5.56% 25
Wales +9 28 £40,553 -4.58% 4
Northern Ireland +4 5 - - 3
North East -15 5 - - 4
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 54 (6.21%) Apache
2 35 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.04%) CMS
5 8 (0.92%) Confluence
6 5 (0.58%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.58%) Office Communications Server
7 2 (0.23%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 73 (8.40%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 57 (6.56%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.50%) AutoCAD
5 13 (1.50%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.38%) Sketch
7 11 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.46%) Revit
9 2 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 49 (5.64%) Primavera
2 11 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.35%) Maximo
4 3 (0.35%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) iTrent
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 72 (8.29%) Azure
2 55 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (6.21%) Amazon S3
4 44 (5.06%) Figma
5 39 (4.49%) Power Platform
6 35 (4.03%) AWS
7 32 (3.68%) SurveyMonkey
8 25 (2.88%) GCP
9 15 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.38%) iTunes
11 10 (1.15%) Entra ID
12 7 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (0.81%) Mimecast
12 7 (0.81%) SaaS
13 6 (0.69%) Collibra
13 6 (0.69%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.58%) Miro
14 5 (0.58%) OneDrive
15 4 (0.46%) Serverless
15 4 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 92 (10.59%) Firewall
2 60 (6.90%) VPN
3 57 (6.56%) Internet
4 54 (6.21%) IPsec
4 54 (6.21%) SNMP
5 30 (3.45%) VoIP
6 17 (1.96%) Network Security
7 16 (1.84%) LAN
8 15 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (1.38%) SSL
10 9 (1.04%) WAN
11 7 (0.81%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.69%) Broadband
13 5 (0.58%) Wireshark
14 4 (0.46%) DNS
14 4 (0.46%) SAN
15 3 (0.35%) VLAN
15 3 (0.35%) WebEx
16 2 (0.23%) 5G
16 2 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.21%) Elasticsearch
1 54 (6.21%) MongoDB
2 31 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.42%) Power BI
4 15 (1.73%) MySQL
5 9 (1.04%) Geospatial Data
5 9 (1.04%) GIS
5 9 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.92%) MariaDB
6 8 (0.92%) Spatial Data
7 7 (0.81%) SAP HANA
8 6 (0.69%) Amazon QuickSight
8 6 (0.69%) MS Access
8 6 (0.69%) Tableau
9 5 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.35%) Ataccama
11 1 (0.12%) DTS
11 1 (0.12%) Metadata
11 1 (0.12%) QGIS
11 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (4.60%) JIRA
2 6 (0.69%) Hudson
3 4 (0.46%) Git
4 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 302 (34.75%) Social Skills
2 284 (32.68%) Finance
3 187 (21.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 132 (15.19%) Manufacturing
5 111 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
6 90 (10.36%) Electronics
7 78 (8.98%) Marketing
8 70 (8.06%) Retail
9 63 (7.25%) Law
10 58 (6.67%) Public Sector
11 54 (6.21%) Presentation Skills
12 43 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (4.60%) Legal
14 33 (3.80%) Telecoms
15 32 (3.68%) Social Science
16 25 (2.88%) Banking
17 24 (2.76%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.84%) Police
19 14 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
20 12 (1.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 256 (29.46%) Project Manager
2 94 (10.82%) Consultant
3 92 (10.59%) Lead
4 83 (9.55%) Electronics Engineer
5 77 (8.86%) Junior
6 71 (8.17%) Development Engineer
6 71 (8.17%) Graduate
6 71 (8.17%) Graduate Development Engineer
6 71 (8.17%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
6 71 (8.17%) Junior Electronics Engineer
7 68 (7.83%) Analyst
8 66 (7.59%) Senior
9 54 (6.21%) NetApp Consultant
10 45 (5.18%) Project Planner
11 43 (4.95%) IT Engineer
12 39 (4.49%) IT Manager
13 36 (4.14%) IT Support
14 35 (4.03%) IT Support Engineer
14 35 (4.03%) Support Engineer
15 31 (3.57%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.21%) RabbitMQ
1 54 (6.21%) YAML
2 21 (2.42%) .NET
3 11 (1.27%) HTML
4 10 (1.15%) CSS
5 8 (0.92%) EDI
6 7 (0.81%) Middleware
7 6 (0.69%) React
8 5 (0.58%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.58%) ADO
8 5 (0.58%) Node.js
8 5 (0.58%) React Native
9 4 (0.46%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.46%) Lambda Expressions
9 4 (0.46%) Serverless Framework
9 4 (0.46%) Symfony
9 4 (0.46%) Visualforce
9 4 (0.46%) Vue
10 3 (0.35%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (9.21%) Management Information System
2 68 (7.83%) Data Centre
3 32 (3.68%) Driving Licence
4 30 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.53%) Fat Client
5 22 (2.53%) Thin Client
6 19 (2.19%) Renewable Energy
7 18 (2.07%) Product Ownership
8 16 (1.84%) Market Risk
9 15 (1.73%) PMI
10 14 (1.61%) NHS
11 13 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.38%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.38%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.27%) FMCG
14 10 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.15%) Freedom of Information
15 9 (1.04%) Analogue Electronics
15 9 (1.04%) Digital Signage
16 7 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 99 (11.39%) Windows
2 78 (8.98%) Linux
3 54 (6.21%) Data ONTAP
4 27 (3.11%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.61%) Android
6 11 (1.27%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (47.99%) Project Management
2 216 (24.86%) Project Delivery
3 209 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
4 178 (20.48%) Agile
5 136 (15.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 117 (13.46%) PRINCE2
7 110 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 100 (11.51%) Budget Management
9 92 (10.59%) Change Management
10 88 (10.13%) Actionable Insight
11 83 (9.55%) Schematic Capture
12 78 (8.98%) Mentoring
12 78 (8.98%) Risk Management
13 75 (8.63%) Roadmaps
14 70 (8.06%) Requirements Gathering
15 68 (7.83%) User Experience
16 60 (6.90%) Release Management
17 59 (6.79%) Data Management
17 59 (6.79%) Time Management
18 58 (6.67%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (7.94%) Python
2 41 (4.72%) SQL
3 32 (3.68%) R
4 19 (2.19%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.84%) C#
6 7 (0.81%) PHP
7 6 (0.69%) Apex Code
7 6 (0.69%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.46%) Java
9 3 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.23%) C
10 2 (0.23%) C++
10 2 (0.23%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.12%) ABAP
11 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 271 (31.19%) Degree
2 65 (7.48%) Security Cleared
3 41 (4.72%) Master's Degree
4 34 (3.91%) PMI Certification
4 34 (3.91%) PMP
5 32 (3.68%) PhD
6 26 (2.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 21 (2.42%) SC Cleared
8 20 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.73%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 9 (1.04%) APMG
13 8 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (0.92%) HNC
13 8 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
13 8 (0.92%) NVQ Level 3
14 5 (0.58%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.58%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.58%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (10.47%) QA
2 36 (4.14%) PMO
3 32 (3.68%) SLA
4 20 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.07%) GDPR
6 15 (1.73%) Data Quality
7 12 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.69%) GRC
9 6 (0.69%) NEBOSH
10 5 (0.58%) NCSC
10 5 (0.58%) SEPA
10 5 (0.58%) TARGET2
11 3 (0.35%) HAZOP
11 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.35%) NIST
12 2 (0.23%) COBIT
13 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 84 (9.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 84 (9.67%) Firmware
2 67 (7.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (6.90%) Docker
4 39 (4.49%) Active Directory
5 8 (0.92%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.12%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 58 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 56 (6.44%) Ansible
3 54 (6.21%) Prometheus
3 54 (6.21%) vCenter Server
4 22 (2.53%) SCCM
5 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.58%) CSIRT
6 5 (0.58%) Graphite
7 4 (0.46%) Terraform
8 2 (0.23%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.12%) CASB
Vendors
1 188 (21.63%) Microsoft
2 86 (9.90%) EMC
3 68 (7.83%) VMware
4 55 (6.33%) Palo Alto
5 54 (6.21%) NetApp
5 54 (6.21%) Red Hat
5 54 (6.21%) SolidFire
6 32 (3.68%) Qualtrics
7 30 (3.45%) SAP
8 16 (1.84%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.61%) Salesforce
10 13 (1.50%) Sage
11 9 (1.04%) Cisco
11 9 (1.04%) Oracle
12 8 (0.92%) Sophos
12 8 (0.92%) Sun
13 7 (0.81%) Mapbox
13 7 (0.81%) Meraki
14 6 (0.69%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.69%) Talend