The first table below looks at the demand for the Planning Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Planning Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 currently tracked.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Planning Manager
Rank 499 536 538
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Planning Manager 41 45 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.087% 0.077% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.083% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 23 15
Average daily rate £425 £485 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.37% +7.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £375 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £533 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £520 £450
% change year-on-year
-28.36% +15.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2174 2589 2882
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Planning Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Planning Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Planning Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Planning Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Planning Manager within the UK.

Planning Manager Daily Rate Trend

Planning Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Planning Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Planning Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Planning Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Planning Manager within the UK.

Planning Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Planning Manager
Top 24 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Planning Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +40 39 £425 -11.45%
London +25 24 £438 +3.36%
City of London +18 11 £500 +29.03%
South East +13 9 £425 -10.52%
Berkshire +15 6 £425 -
Bracknell - 3 - -
South West +20 2 £373 -29.04%
Milton Keynes +8 2 - -
Buckinghamshire +2 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £350 -
Bristol - 2 £373 -
East Midlands +1 1 - -
East Yorkshire - 1 £275 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 £500 -
Yorkshire - 1 £275 -
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -
Tunbridge Wells - 1 - -
Stirling - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 £500 -
Glasgow - 1 £350 -
Croydon - 1 £400 -

Planning Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Planning Manager 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 Planning Manager in their job title.

1 16 (28.07%) MS Office
2 15 (26.32%) Project Management
3 14 (24.56%) Project Planning
4 12 (21.05%) MS Project
4 12 (21.05%) Finance
4 12 (21.05%) Security Cleared
5 10 (17.54%) SC Cleared
5 10 (17.54%) Telecoms
6 8 (14.04%) PRINCE2
6 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
6 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (12.28%) Degree
7 7 (12.28%) Waterfall
7 7 (12.28%) Resource Management
8 6 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
8 6 (10.53%) PMI
8 6 (10.53%) PMI Certification
9 5 (8.772%) 3G
9 5 (8.772%) MS Visio
9 5 (8.772%) MS Excel
9 5 (8.772%) Programme Management
9 5 (8.772%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (7.018%) Risk Assessment
10 4 (7.018%) Migration
10 4 (7.018%) Change Management
11 3 (5.263%) SAP
11 3 (5.263%) Risk Management
11 3 (5.263%) MS Project Server
11 3 (5.263%) Performance Management
11 3 (5.263%) Data Migration

Planning Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Planning Manager 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 Planning Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.263%) MS Project Server
2 1 (1.754%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.754%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (28.07%) MS Office
2 12 (21.05%) MS Project
3 6 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (8.772%) MS Visio
4 5 (8.772%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.754%) SAP APO
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.772%) 3G
1 5 (8.772%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.754%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.509%) GIS
General
1 12 (21.05%) Finance
2 10 (17.54%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.509%) Marketing
3 2 (3.509%) Banking
4 1 (1.754%) Retail
4 1 (1.754%) Billing
4 1 (1.754%) Front Office
4 1 (1.754%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) PMI
2 2 (3.509%) FMCG
3 1 (1.754%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.754%) Statistics
3 1 (1.754%) PACS
3 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.754%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) Project Management
2 14 (24.56%) Project Planning
3 8 (14.04%) PRINCE2
3 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (12.28%) Waterfall
4 7 (12.28%) Resource Management
5 5 (8.772%) Programme Management
6 4 (7.018%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (7.018%) Migration
6 4 (7.018%) Change Management
7 3 (5.263%) Risk Management
7 3 (5.263%) Performance Management
7 3 (5.263%) Data Migration
8 2 (3.509%) Time Management
8 2 (3.509%) Financial Modelling
8 2 (3.509%) Business Performance Management
8 2 (3.509%) Change Control
8 2 (3.509%) Workflow
8 2 (3.509%) Critical Path Analysis
9 1 (1.754%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.754%) C
1 1 (1.754%) Java
1 1 (1.754%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.54%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.28%) Degree
4 6 (10.53%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.509%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.754%) PhD
6 1 (1.754%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.754%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.754%) QA
1 1 (1.754%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.263%) SAP
3 1 (1.754%) Teradata
3 1 (1.754%) Oracle
3 1 (1.754%) Progress
3 1 (1.754%) BT
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