The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Planner role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planner
Rank 446 475 486
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Project Planner 95 90 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.205% 0.154% 0.161%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.222% 0.167% 0.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 54 55
Average daily rate £333 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £190 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £420 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £313
% change year-on-year
-5.71% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
Average hourly rate £20.50 £24.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.58% -22.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £20.80 £30.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.50 £34.80 £38.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.50 £30.75 £31.00
% change year-on-year
-65.85% -0.80%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
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 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Project Planner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

Project Planner Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planner
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planner within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Project Planner Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Planner
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +32 74 £350 -
South East +25 25 £375 +6.38%
London +26 21 £350 -12.50%
Berkshire +23 17 £230 -36.11%
North West +19 13 £350 +154.54%
Scotland -2 13 £300 -
Glasgow -16 12 £325 -
Liverpool +16 9 £350 +55.55%
Merseyside +11 9 £350 +55.55%
City of London +18 7 £368 +5.00%
Yorkshire 0 7 £300 -28.57%
West Yorkshire +4 5 £335 -20.23%
Hampshire 0 5 £375 +7.14%
Manchester +12 4 - -
West Midlands +6 4 £275 -20.28%
Leeds - 4 - -
Milton Keynes +7 2 £385 +18.46%
Buckinghamshire +4 2 £385 +33.33%
South Yorkshire - 2 £263 -
Birmingham - 2 £275 -
Slough - 2 £230 -
Sheffield - 2 £263 -
Midlands - 2 £350 -
South West +19 1 £360 +3.59%
Reading +9 1 - -
Portsmouth 0 1 £375 +7.14%
Wiltshire -1 1 £360 +0.69%
Swindon -4 1 £360 +0.69%
Bracknell -16 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £275 -

Project Planner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 110 (65.87%) MS Project
2 79 (47.31%) Project Planning
3 42 (25.15%) MS Excel
4 39 (23.35%) Project Management
5 38 (22.75%) PRINCE2
6 36 (21.56%) Finance
7 34 (20.36%) Microsoft
7 34 (20.36%) Security Cleared
8 28 (16.77%) Telecoms
9 22 (13.17%) MS Project Server
9 22 (13.17%) SC Cleared
10 20 (11.98%) Retail
11 19 (11.38%) MS Office
12 18 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (9.581%) Primavera
13 16 (9.581%) Critical Path Analysis
14 15 (8.982%) Banking
15 14 (8.383%) Programme Management
15 14 (8.383%) PMI Certification
16 12 (7.186%) MS Visio
16 12 (7.186%) Change Management
16 12 (7.186%) Change Control
17 11 (6.587%) Earned Value Management
17 11 (6.587%) Migration
17 11 (6.587%) PMI
18 10 (5.988%) Oracle
19 9 (5.389%) Windows
19 9 (5.389%) Retail Banking
20 8 (4.790%) MS PowerPoint
20 8 (4.790%) Windows Server 2003

Project Planner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 2 (1.198%) COM
2 1 (0.599%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 22 (13.17%) MS Project Server
2 3 (1.796%) SharePoint
Applications
1 110 (65.87%) MS Project
2 42 (25.15%) MS Excel
3 19 (11.38%) MS Office
4 12 (7.186%) MS Visio
5 8 (4.790%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.599%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.198%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.599%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.599%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.599%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.599%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.796%) 3G
1 3 (1.796%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.599%) HTTP
2 1 (0.599%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.198%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.599%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 36 (21.56%) Finance
2 28 (16.77%) Telecoms
3 20 (11.98%) Retail
4 15 (8.982%) Banking
5 9 (5.389%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.198%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.198%) Publishing
6 2 (1.198%) Games
7 1 (0.599%) Automotive
7 1 (0.599%) Law
7 1 (0.599%) Advertising
7 1 (0.599%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.599%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.587%) PMI
2 4 (2.395%) Smart Meter
3 2 (1.198%) Digital Media
3 2 (1.198%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.599%) BBC
4 1 (0.599%) NHS
4 1 (0.599%) FMCG
4 1 (0.599%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.389%) Windows
2 8 (4.790%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (47.31%) Project Planning
2 39 (23.35%) Project Management
3 38 (22.75%) PRINCE2
4 18 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (9.581%) Critical Path Analysis
6 14 (8.383%) Programme Management
7 12 (7.186%) Change Management
7 12 (7.186%) Change Control
8 11 (6.587%) Earned Value Management
8 11 (6.587%) Migration
9 7 (4.192%) ERP
9 7 (4.192%) PRINCE
9 7 (4.192%) Resource Management
10 6 (3.593%) Validation
11 5 (2.994%) CRM
11 5 (2.994%) Portfolio Management
11 5 (2.994%) Waterfall
12 2 (1.198%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 2 (1.198%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (1.198%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.593%) VBA
2 5 (2.994%) SQL
3 2 (1.198%) C
Qualifications
1 34 (20.36%) Security Cleared
2 22 (13.17%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.383%) PMI Certification
4 7 (4.192%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 7 (4.192%) Degree
5 3 (1.796%) PMP
6 2 (1.198%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.198%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.599%) HNC
7 1 (0.599%) HND
Vendors
1 34 (20.36%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.581%) Primavera
3 10 (5.988%) Oracle
4 7 (4.192%) SAP
5 5 (2.994%) Business Objects
5 5 (2.994%) Niku
6 1 (0.599%) Sony
6 1 (0.599%) Cisco
6 1 (0.599%) IBM
6 1 (0.599%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.599%) Huawei
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Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Leading FS organisation requires Project Planner to provide support to a major programme.The requirements for the role are:Creating programme and project plans in MSPTracking and managing...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
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Since their inception in 2003, they've had a string of successful titles across all gaming platforms for partners that include Microsoft, SEGA, Codemasters, Sony, EA, BBC, Konami,...
Amiqus
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 20 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
Derbyshire
My client a top utilities company is currently looking to recruit a Primavera Project Planner with outage planning experience to join its team in Derbyshire on a contract...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £300 - £375 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Derbyshire
Key experience for Project Planner includes: *Primavera scheduling *Financial management *Programme & Change Management *Commercial acumen *Must be able to interpret outputs from planning tools, ideally a strong user *...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £300 - £375 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Havant, Hampshire
The project planner will maintain the integrated project plan taking input from all parties (Accenture, IBM, Metering Business, Business Change) to update the plan, The project planner will...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013