Project Planning Contracts in London

Project Planning
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 313 329
Rank change year-on-year +49 +16 +25
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 131 183 315
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.74% 0.69% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.76% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 122 211
10th Percentile £300 £330 £380
25th Percentile £413 £450 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +21.95%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £647
90th Percentile £700 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 34
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.18 - £39.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £23.08 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +138.30% -48.13% +115.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £49.25
90th Percentile £110.19 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +12.24% +10.11% -8.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,657 23,997 35,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.72% 90.95% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,215 17,295 26,043
10th Percentile £341 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 273 419
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.50 £17.56
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £24.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +5.41% +13.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.00 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.40 £81.80 £68.88
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.38% +49.28% +6.38%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in London

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in London

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in London

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in London

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in London

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Central London +32 18 £568 +0.89% 9
West London +26 9 £350 -41.67% 4
East London +3 5 £445 -
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.29%) Confluence
2 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.76%) IIS
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (6.87%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.29%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.29%) Trello
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.76%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (0.76%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.29%) Endur
2 3 (2.29%) SAP HR
2 3 (2.29%) SAP MRS
2 3 (2.29%) SAP PS
3 2 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.53%) SystmOne
3 2 (1.53%) Temenos Globus
4 1 (0.76%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.76%) Primavera
4 1 (0.76%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.92%) Azure
2 10 (7.63%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (5.34%) AWS
4 3 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.29%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.29%) Serverless
5 2 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.53%) SaaS
6 1 (0.76%) Asana
6 1 (0.76%) GCP
6 1 (0.76%) OCI
6 1 (0.76%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.58%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (3.05%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.53%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (1.53%) Firewall
3 2 (1.53%) IOS XR
3 2 (1.53%) NX-OS
3 2 (1.53%) SAN
3 2 (1.53%) VoIP
4 1 (0.76%) FTP
4 1 (0.76%) LAN
4 1 (0.76%) Network Security
4 1 (0.76%) WAN
4 1 (0.76%) Wireless
4 1 (0.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.29%) Big Data
1 3 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.53%) Data Mining
2 2 (1.53%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (1.53%) Metadata
2 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.11%) JIRA
2 3 (2.29%) InstallShield
2 3 (2.29%) MSI
3 2 (1.53%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
General
1 52 (39.69%) Social Skills
2 42 (32.06%) Finance
3 22 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (16.03%) Public Sector
5 12 (9.16%) Retail
6 9 (6.87%) Manufacturing
7 8 (6.11%) Banking
7 8 (6.11%) Telecoms
8 7 (5.34%) Marketing
9 6 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.82%) Electronics
10 5 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (3.05%) Back Office
11 4 (3.05%) Local Government
12 3 (2.29%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.53%) Public Speaking
14 1 (0.76%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 41 (31.30%) Project Manager
2 15 (11.45%) Analyst
3 13 (9.92%) Consultant
4 11 (8.40%) Business Analyst
4 11 (8.40%) Lead
5 9 (6.87%) Senior
6 7 (5.34%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 7 (5.34%) Functional Consultant
7 6 (4.58%) Coordinator
8 5 (3.82%) PMO Manager
8 5 (3.82%) Project Coordinator
8 5 (3.82%) Senior Manager
8 5 (3.82%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (3.82%) Technical Manager
9 4 (3.05%) Delivery Project Manager
10 3 (2.29%) Applications Specialist
10 3 (2.29%) Architect
10 3 (2.29%) Programme Manager
10 3 (2.29%) Project Planner
10 3 (2.29%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.29%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.76%) .NET
2 1 (0.76%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.76%) ADO
2 1 (0.76%) Middleware
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.76%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.16%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.82%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.29%) PMI
4 2 (1.53%) IVR
4 2 (1.53%) NHS
4 2 (1.53%) PACS
4 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.53%) Smartcard
4 2 (1.53%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.76%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.76%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.76%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.76%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.11%) Windows
2 2 (1.53%) Android
2 2 (1.53%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (43.51%) Project Management
2 46 (35.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (31.30%) Agile
4 37 (28.24%) Project Delivery
5 34 (25.95%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (16.79%) Change Management
7 21 (16.03%) Risk Management
8 15 (11.45%) PRINCE2
9 14 (10.69%) Programme Management
10 12 (9.16%) Budget Management
10 12 (9.16%) Business Case
10 12 (9.16%) Project Governance
11 11 (8.40%) Requirements Gathering
11 11 (8.40%) Workshop Facilitation
12 10 (7.63%) Business Analysis
12 10 (7.63%) Data Analysis
12 10 (7.63%) Migration
12 10 (7.63%) Resource Allocation
13 9 (6.87%) ERP
13 9 (6.87%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.58%) SQL
2 4 (3.05%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.29%) ABAP
3 3 (2.29%) Java
3 3 (2.29%) Python
4 2 (1.53%) VBA
5 1 (0.76%) Bicep
5 1 (0.76%) C#
5 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (22.90%) Degree
2 10 (7.63%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.58%) PMP
5 6 (4.58%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.82%) PMI Certification
7 4 (3.05%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.29%) APMG
9 2 (1.53%) CCIE
9 2 (1.53%) CCNP
9 2 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.53%) CISM
9 2 (1.53%) CISSP
9 2 (1.53%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.76%) CEH
10 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.76%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.27%) PMO
2 8 (6.11%) QA
3 3 (2.29%) SLA
4 2 (1.53%) Basel III
4 2 (1.53%) COREP
4 2 (1.53%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.53%) FINREP
5 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.76%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.76%) EMIR
5 1 (0.76%) GDPR
5 1 (0.76%) MiFID
5 1 (0.76%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (3.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.76%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.76%) Firmware
3 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.76%) Nessus
2 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.92%) SAP
3 8 (6.11%) Oracle
4 4 (3.05%) VMware
5 3 (2.29%) Cisco
5 3 (2.29%) Google
5 3 (2.29%) Planview
6 2 (1.53%) Cadence
6 2 (1.53%) Cerner
6 2 (1.53%) F5
6 2 (1.53%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.53%) Nokia
6 2 (1.53%) Progress
6 2 (1.53%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.53%) Veeam
7 1 (0.76%) Capita
7 1 (0.76%) Juniper
7 1 (0.76%) NCR
7 1 (0.76%) Northgate