Planning and Forecasting Contracts in the North of England

Planning and Forecasting
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Planning and Forecasting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Planning and Forecasting over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 203 233
Rank change year-on-year +19 +30 -47
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 4 10 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.086% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.19% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 8
10th Percentile - £457 £338
25th Percentile £513 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -7.83%
75th Percentile £538 £523 £584
90th Percentile - £546 £721
England median daily rate £525 £575 £523
% change year-on-year -8.70% +10.05% +4.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Planning and Forecasting 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,995 5,182 6,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.73% 90.78% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,430 3,599 4,626
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 202 253
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.86 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.15 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.21% +57.57% +0.87%
75th Percentile £44.81 £46.51 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.40
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Planning and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Planning and Forecasting in the North of England

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in the North of England

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in the North of England

Planning and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Planning and Forecasting within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
Yorkshire +27 2 - - 5
North West +15 1 £525 +9.38% 10
Planning and Forecasting
England

Planning and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (25.00%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Supply Chain Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Logistics
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Demand Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Ariba