Project Planning Contracts in the North of England

Project Planning
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 178 161
Rank change year-on-year +35 -17 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 42 39 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.89% 0.67% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.74% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 24 55
10th Percentile £313 £304 £226
25th Percentile £420 £359 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +21.88% +1.59%
75th Percentile - £545 £500
90th Percentile £600 £685 £600
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £21.21 £55.12 £19.73
25th Percentile £22.65 £59.26 £23.44
Median hourly rate £36.23 £68.19 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.88% +53.24% +31.86%
75th Percentile £51.75 £75.10 £63.00
90th Percentile £56.70 £78.04 -
England median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -8.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,026 5,268 6,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.79% 90.69% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,465 3,659 4,646
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
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% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 207 257
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £16.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.30 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.52% +58.38% +2.45%
75th Percentile £44.74 £47.25 £29.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.07
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
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 Project Planning within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 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 +29 19 £500 +25.00% 9
North West +15 18 £475 -5.00% 29
North East - 5 £325 - 5
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
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:

Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (4.76%) MS Visio
3 2 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Primavera
1 2 (4.76%) SAP PS
1 2 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.38%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
1 9 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 8 (19.05%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.43%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 25 (59.52%) Social Skills
2 19 (45.24%) Finance
3 12 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (23.81%) Manufacturing
5 6 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 4 (9.52%) Telecoms
7 3 (7.14%) Back Office
7 3 (7.14%) Banking
7 3 (7.14%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (4.76%) Billing
8 2 (4.76%) Legal
8 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.38%) Electronics
9 1 (2.38%) General Ledger
9 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.38%) Local Government
9 1 (2.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Lead
1 11 (26.19%) Project Manager
2 10 (23.81%) Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Business Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 3 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (7.14%) PMO Lead
5 2 (4.76%) SAP Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Analytics Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Data Analytics Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse Project Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Oracle Architect
6 1 (2.38%) Payroll Manager
6 1 (2.38%) PMO Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Support Officer
6 1 (2.38%) Transition Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.76%) NHS
2 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (64.29%) Project Management
2 12 (28.57%) Agile
3 11 (26.19%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (26.19%) ERP
3 11 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
6 8 (19.05%) Customer Insight
6 8 (19.05%) GAP Analysis
6 8 (19.05%) Supply Chain Management
7 7 (16.67%) Waterfall
8 6 (14.29%) Decarbonisation
8 6 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (11.90%) Change Management
10 4 (9.52%) Budget Management
10 4 (9.52%) Change Control
10 4 (9.52%) User Experience
11 3 (7.14%) Performance Management
11 3 (7.14%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) Python
1 1 (2.38%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) Degree
2 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.38%) PMP
2 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) PMO
2 3 (7.14%) QA
3 2 (4.76%) GDPR
Vendors
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.29%) SAP
3 3 (7.14%) Oracle
4 1 (2.38%) Ariba
4 1 (2.38%) Computacenter
4 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.38%) Workday