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Project planning jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-11-05, Project planning appears in 596 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning Project planning, with demand share down 6.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Postings · last 90 days
596
Demand vs prior month
down 6.3% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 30.4% of skill postings
Program Manager
Top hiring metro
Chicago

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Frequently asked questions about Project planning

+Is Project planning in demand in 2026?

Yes. Project planning appears in 596 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning Project planning (30.4% of all postings mentioning Project planning).

+What jobs require Project planning?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Project planning are AI Delivery Lead (13.6% of that role’s postings mention Project planning), Delivery Manager (11.5% of that role’s postings mention Project planning), Software Product Manager (9.4% of that role’s postings mention Project planning).

+What skills are commonly paired with Project planning?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-05), Project planning most often appears alongside Risk Management, project management, program management, stakeholder management, Change Management.

+Where is Project planning most in demand?

As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Project planning are Chicago, New York City, Santa Clara, Boston, Los Angeles, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Project planning content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Project planning alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Project planning content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Project planning?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Project planning — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Project planning

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Project planning

Before Project planningScrum → Project planning: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairtechnical support → Project planning: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairuser stories → Project planning: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairmssql → Project planning: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata cleansing → Project planning: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairMYSQL → Project planning: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairSalesforce → Project planning: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata migration → Project planning: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairProjectplanningScrum: 4 movesScrum4 movestechnical support: 3 movestechnical support3 movesuser stories: 3 movesuser stories3 movesmssql: 2 movesmssql2 movesdata cleansing: 2 movesdata cleansing2 movesMYSQL: 2 movesMYSQL2 movesSalesforce: 2 movesSalesforce2 movesdata migration: 2 movesdata migration2 moves

Skills after Project planning

After Project planningProject planning → data analysis: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairProject planning → risk management: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairProject planning → Linux: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairProject planning → Use Cases: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairProject planning → AWS: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairProject planning → business requirements: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairProject planning → data governance: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairProject planning → statistical analysis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairProjectplanningdata analysis: 3 movesdata analysis3 movesrisk management: 3 movesrisk management3 movesLinux: 2 movesLinux2 movesUse Cases: 2 movesUse Cases2 movesAWS: 2 movesAWS2 movesbusiness requirements: 2 movesbusinessrequirements2 movesdata governance: 2 movesdata governance2 movesstatistical analysis: 2 movesstatisticalanalysis2 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Scrum4
Before: technical support3
Before: user stories3
Before: mssql2
Before: data cleansing2
Before: MYSQL2
Before: Salesforce2
Before: data migration2
After: data analysis3
After: risk management3
After: Linux2
After: Use Cases2
After: AWS2
After: business requirements2
After: data governance2
After: statistical analysis2

Roles most likely to require Project planning

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
AI Delivery Lead313.6%
Delivery Manager311.5%
Software Product Manager39.4%
Process Architect28.7%
IT Project Manager28.0%
Project Engineering Manager77.5%
AI Project Manager27.1%
Electrical Engineering Manager36.4%
Engineering Program Manager106.1%
AI Engagement Manager14.8%

Roles with the most Project planning postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Program Manager18130.4%
Technical Program Manager7612.8%
Business Analyst396.5%
Product Manager254.2%
Engineering Manager142.3%
Systems Engineer111.8%
Engineering Program Manager101.7%
Software Engineer101.7%
Project Manager81.3%
Project Engineering Manager71.2%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Project planning

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Project planning
CompanyPostings · 90 days
HP13
Google9
Mastercard8
NVIDIA8
AbbVie8
Stripe7
HPE7
Nimble Storage7
CMU6
INSPYR Solutions6

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Project planning

NamePostingsShare
Chicago142.3%
New York City142.3%
Santa Clara101.7%
Boston81.3%
Los Angeles81.3%
Pune81.3%
Spring81.3%
Hyderabad71.2%
Singapore71.2%

Skills commonly paired with Project planning

Risk Management (191)project management (148)program management (146)stakeholder management (90)Change Management (78)Agile (63)JIRA (61)Data analysis (51)risk mitigation (50)budgeting (49)

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Project planning by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Project planning postings by all Project planning postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
f44a845dba5c7a55
data_as_of
2026-11-05
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index