Project Planning Contracts in England

Project Planning
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 314 301
Rank change year-on-year +50 -13 +59
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 333 405 650
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.89% 0.79% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.88% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 272 436
10th Percentile £260 £363 £313
25th Percentile £400 £418 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +0.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £617 £600
90th Percentile £662 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £503 £500
% change year-on-year -0.50% +0.50% +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 23 48
10th Percentile £23.96 £24.59 £25.59
25th Percentile £32.98 £45.25 £39.75
Median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% +3.49%
75th Percentile £61.25 £68.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £78.00 £55.74
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% +3.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,223 45,987 64,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.26% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,190 32,199 46,005
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,635 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in England.

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in England.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London +59 130 £550 +2.76% 62
South East -20 55 £400 -20.00% 66
South West +39 49 £425 -10.53% 23
North of England +41 46 £500 +5.26% 38
Midlands +31 26 £475 +3.83% 41
North West +11 21 £475 -1.04% 25
West Midlands +37 20 £475 +9.83% 18
Yorkshire +31 20 £500 +25.00% 12
East of England +14 12 £300 -29.41% 24
North East - 5 £325 - 1
East Midlands +12 4 £608 +27.89% 23
Project Planning
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Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (3.00%) Confluence
2 8 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 41 (12.31%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (11.41%) Microsoft Project
3 30 (9.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (7.21%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (2.10%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.90%) Trello
8 1 (0.30%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.30%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.30%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 17 (5.11%) Primavera
2 11 (3.30%) SAP PS
2 11 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.90%) Endur
4 3 (0.90%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.90%) SAP MRS
5 2 (0.60%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.60%) SystmOne
5 2 (0.60%) Temenos Globus
6 1 (0.30%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.30%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (4.20%) Azure
3 10 (3.00%) AWS
3 10 (3.00%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.40%) PowerApps
5 3 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (0.90%) Google Workspace
5 3 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.90%) SaaS
5 3 (0.90%) Serverless
6 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.60%) Boomi
6 2 (0.60%) GCP
7 1 (0.30%) Asana
7 1 (0.30%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.30%) OCI
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.30%) PaaS
7 1 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.30%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.71%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (3.00%) Network Security
4 4 (1.20%) VPN
5 3 (0.90%) Firewall
5 3 (0.90%) LAN
5 3 (0.90%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.90%) WAN
6 2 (0.60%) SAN
6 2 (0.60%) VoIP
6 2 (0.60%) Wireless
7 1 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.30%) FTP
7 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.30%) IOS XR
7 1 (0.30%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.30%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.00%) Power BI
2 4 (1.20%) Big Data
3 3 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.60%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.60%) Metadata
4 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.30%) IDMS
5 1 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (9.91%) JIRA
2 2 (0.60%) InstallShield
2 2 (0.60%) MSI
2 2 (0.60%) TestRail
2 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.30%) LSMW
General
1 149 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 117 (35.14%) Finance
3 59 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (13.51%) Public Sector
5 34 (10.21%) Presentation Skills
6 25 (7.51%) Telecoms
7 24 (7.21%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (4.80%) Retail
9 11 (3.30%) Marketing
10 9 (2.70%) Banking
10 9 (2.70%) Electronics
11 8 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.10%) Back Office
13 6 (1.80%) Local Government
14 5 (1.50%) Military
15 4 (1.20%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.20%) Legal
16 3 (0.90%) Automotive
16 3 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 115 (34.53%) Project Manager
2 47 (14.11%) Lead
3 33 (9.91%) Analyst
4 21 (6.31%) Senior
5 20 (6.01%) Consultant
6 18 (5.41%) Business Analyst
6 18 (5.41%) Project Leader
7 16 (4.80%) Architect
7 16 (4.80%) IT Manager
8 14 (4.20%) IT Project Manager
8 14 (4.20%) Project Planner
9 11 (3.30%) Senior Manager
9 11 (3.30%) Technical Manager
10 9 (2.70%) Coordinator
10 9 (2.70%) SC Cleared Project Manager
10 9 (2.70%) Senior Project Manager
11 8 (2.40%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 8 (2.40%) Technical Project Manager
12 7 (2.10%) PMO Analyst
12 7 (2.10%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.90%) .NET
1 3 (0.90%) JSON
1 3 (0.90%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (0.90%) XML
2 2 (0.60%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.60%) ADO
2 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.60%) Blazor
2 2 (0.60%) Rendezvous
2 2 (0.60%) RESTful
2 2 (0.60%) WCF
3 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.30%) Middleware
3 1 (0.30%) REST
3 1 (0.30%) Shiny
3 1 (0.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.80%) Management Information System
2 9 (2.70%) PMI
3 8 (2.40%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.80%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.50%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.20%) NHS
7 3 (0.90%) Credit Risk
7 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.60%) CCTV
8 2 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.60%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.60%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.60%) IoT
8 2 (0.60%) IVR
8 2 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.60%) PACS
8 2 (0.60%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.60%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.70%) Windows
2 4 (1.20%) Unix
3 2 (0.60%) Android
3 2 (0.60%) Linux
3 2 (0.60%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (53.75%) Project Management
2 120 (36.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 91 (27.33%) Agile
4 81 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (23.72%) Project Delivery
6 77 (23.12%) Risk Management
7 67 (20.12%) Change Management
8 62 (18.62%) PRINCE2
9 43 (12.91%) Workshop Facilitation
10 35 (10.51%) Budget Management
11 33 (9.91%) ERP
12 27 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (7.21%) Resource Allocation
14 23 (6.91%) Programme Management
15 22 (6.61%) Decision-Making
16 21 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
16 21 (6.31%) Data Management
17 20 (6.01%) Line Management
17 20 (6.01%) Project Governance
17 20 (6.01%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.30%) SQL
2 5 (1.50%) Java
2 5 (1.50%) Python
3 3 (0.90%) ABAP
3 3 (0.90%) C#
4 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
4 2 (0.60%) VBA
5 1 (0.30%) Bicep
5 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 69 (20.72%) Degree
2 60 (18.02%) Security Cleared
3 28 (8.41%) SC Cleared
4 27 (8.11%) DV Cleared
5 24 (7.21%) PMI Certification
6 22 (6.61%) PMP
7 19 (5.71%) APMP
8 16 (4.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (3.00%) Master's Degree
10 9 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (1.80%) ISACA
13 3 (0.90%) APMG
13 3 (0.90%) CCNP
13 3 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.90%) CISSP
13 3 (0.90%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.60%) CISM
14 2 (0.60%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (16.82%) PMO
2 37 (11.11%) QA
3 13 (3.90%) GDPR
4 10 (3.00%) NIST
5 7 (2.10%) COBIT
6 4 (1.20%) PMBOK
7 3 (0.90%) SLA
8 2 (0.60%) Basel III
8 2 (0.60%) COREP
8 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.60%) FINREP
8 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.30%) EMIR
9 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.30%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.30%) MiFID
9 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.30%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (1.80%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.60%) BladeLogic
2 2 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.30%) Nessus
3 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.31%) SAP
3 13 (3.90%) Oracle
4 4 (1.20%) Google
4 4 (1.20%) Progress
5 3 (0.90%) Ariba
5 3 (0.90%) Cisco
5 3 (0.90%) Planview
5 3 (0.90%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.90%) VMware
6 2 (0.60%) Bloomberg
6 2 (0.60%) Cerner
6 2 (0.60%) IFS
6 2 (0.60%) ION Trading
6 2 (0.60%) Reuters
6 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.60%) TIBCO
6 2 (0.60%) Veeam
7 1 (0.30%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.30%) Workday
302 Project Planning jobs Nationwide