The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Planner role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planner in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planner
Rank 197 228 223
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Planner 26 19 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.333% 0.187% 0.278%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.359% 0.202% 0.300%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 10
Average daily rate £363 £353 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.83% +22.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £321 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £436 £365 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.50 £32.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
-67.69% +4.83%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7243 9396 9678
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.50% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3591 4212 4167
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 721 805
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -9.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.03 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Project Planner
England

Project Planner
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Planner across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Project Planner Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planner
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Project Planner across the South East region.

South East Project Planner Daily Rate Trend

Project Planner
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planner across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Project Planner Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planner
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Planner across the South East region.

South East Project Planner Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planner
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planner within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire +22 17 £230 -36.11%
Hampshire -4 5 £375 +7.14%
Buckinghamshire +8 2 £385 +33.33%
Middlesex - 1 £420 -
West Sussex - 1 £350 -
Project Planner
England

Project Planner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Project Planner in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Project Planner in their job title.

1 30 (62.50%) MS Project
2 26 (54.17%) Project Planning
3 23 (47.92%) Telecoms
4 19 (39.58%) Project Management
5 16 (33.33%) MS Excel
6 12 (25.00%) PRINCE2
7 10 (20.83%) Microsoft
7 10 (20.83%) PMI Certification
8 9 (18.75%) PMI
8 9 (18.75%) MS Project Server
9 8 (16.67%) Critical Path Analysis
10 7 (14.58%) Programme Management
10 7 (14.58%) MS Visio
10 7 (14.58%) Oracle
11 5 (10.42%) Business Objects
11 5 (10.42%) SQL
11 5 (10.42%) VBA
11 5 (10.42%) CRM
11 5 (10.42%) Primavera
11 5 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (10.42%) Security Cleared
12 4 (8.333%) SC Cleared
12 4 (8.333%) Waterfall
12 4 (8.333%) Degree
12 4 (8.333%) Finance
12 4 (8.333%) Niku
12 4 (8.333%) ERP
12 4 (8.333%) MS Office
12 4 (8.333%) Portfolio Management
13 3 (6.250%) Change Control

Project Planner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Project Planner in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Project Planner in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.083%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (18.75%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 30 (62.50%) MS Project
2 16 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 7 (14.58%) MS Visio
4 4 (8.333%) MS Office
5 1 (2.083%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (2.083%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.167%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.250%) 3G
1 3 (6.250%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (2.083%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.167%) Oracle Reports
General
1 23 (47.92%) Telecoms
2 4 (8.333%) Finance
3 2 (4.167%) Retail
4 1 (2.083%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.083%) Legal
4 1 (2.083%) Publishing
4 1 (2.083%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) PMI
2 2 (4.167%) Smart Meter
2 2 (4.167%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.083%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.167%) Windows
1 2 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (54.17%) Project Planning
2 19 (39.58%) Project Management
3 12 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 8 (16.67%) Critical Path Analysis
5 7 (14.58%) Programme Management
6 5 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.42%) CRM
7 4 (8.333%) ERP
7 4 (8.333%) Waterfall
7 4 (8.333%) Portfolio Management
8 3 (6.250%) Change Control
8 3 (6.250%) Earned Value Management
8 3 (6.250%) PRINCE
8 3 (6.250%) Migration
9 2 (4.167%) Change Management
9 2 (4.167%) Release Management
9 2 (4.167%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (2.083%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (2.083%) Capacity Planning
10 1 (2.083%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.42%) SQL
1 5 (10.42%) VBA
2 1 (2.083%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (20.83%) PMI Certification
2 5 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.333%) Degree
3 4 (8.333%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.083%) PMP
5 1 (2.083%) HNC
5 1 (2.083%) HND
Vendors
1 10 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) Oracle
3 5 (10.42%) Business Objects
3 5 (10.42%) Primavera
4 4 (8.333%) Niku
5 1 (2.083%) IBM
Hook, Hampshire
We urgently require a SC Cleared Project Planner to work in Hampshire... Prepare Schedules for migration to a new integrated Enterprise Planning System (MS Project Server 2010) The...
LA International
Rate: £190.00 - £195.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Applicants should be able to match capacity and capability to prioritise demand, making effective use of available resources to deliver key objectives.Applicants will be experienced in planning...
Novate IT
Rate: £400 - £460 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013