Project Planning Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 103 126
Rank change year-on-year -3 +23 -5
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 33 47 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.26% 1.66% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.82% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 30 29
10th Percentile £59 £421 £325
25th Percentile £319 £450 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% +14.44% +9.49%
75th Percentile £593 £663 £525
90th Percentile £653 £790 £644
South East median daily rate £413 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -13.16% +2.15% +9.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,272 2,581 3,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.08% 91.07% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,262 1,782 2,157
10th Percentile £213 £320 £227
25th Percentile £370 £413 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year - +2.99% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 64 87
10th Percentile £14.17 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.13 £11.78
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.05 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.85% +200.29% -19.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.42
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 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
Berkshire 0 30 £388 -31.42% 12
Buckinghamshire +4 3 £600 +13.21% 10
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (6.06%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (12.12%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.06%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (33.33%) Primavera
2 1 (3.03%) Maximo
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) AWS
1 1 (3.03%) Azure
1 1 (3.03%) PaaS
1 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Network Security
2 1 (3.03%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Finance
2 6 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.06%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Automotive
5 1 (3.03%) Aviation
5 1 (3.03%) Environmental Health
5 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Architect
2 6 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 5 (15.15%) Project Planner
4 4 (12.12%) Consultant
4 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 4 (12.12%) Security Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Security Consultant
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
5 3 (9.09%) Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Lead Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Lead Security Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Telecoms Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Telecoms Business Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Deployment Project Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Oracle Architect
7 1 (3.03%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.09%) PMI
3 1 (3.03%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (39.39%) Risk Management
3 12 (36.36%) Budget Management
4 10 (30.30%) ITIL
5 9 (27.27%) Project Management
6 8 (24.24%) Roadmaps
7 7 (21.21%) Application Security
7 7 (21.21%) Budgeting
7 7 (21.21%) Capacity Management
7 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (21.21%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (21.21%) Information Security
7 7 (21.21%) Information Security Management
7 7 (21.21%) OWASP
7 7 (21.21%) Security Management
7 7 (21.21%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (18.18%) Change Management
8 6 (18.18%) Conflict Resolution
9 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Java
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) DV Cleared
3 6 (18.18%) ISACA
4 5 (15.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (12.12%) Degree
5 4 (12.12%) PMI Certification
5 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
6 3 (9.09%) APMP
7 1 (3.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) QA
2 7 (21.21%) COBIT
2 7 (21.21%) GDPR
2 7 (21.21%) NIST
3 3 (9.09%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle
2 2 (6.06%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.06%) SAP
3 1 (3.03%) IBM