Project Planner Contracts

Project Planner
UK

The median Project Planner daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 667 808
Rank change year-on-year +109 +141 -124
Contract jobs requiring a Project Planner 28 40 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.071% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.075% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 25 37
10th Percentile £333 £289 £287
25th Percentile £402 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £415
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -3.61% +18.57%
75th Percentile £502 £475 £518
90th Percentile £546 £531 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £375
% change year-on-year -5.26% +26.67% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 0
10th Percentile £51.86 £42.60 -
25th Percentile - £45.15 -
Median hourly rate £52.78 £49.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile £55.07 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.78 £49.00 -
% change year-on-year +7.71% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,655 53,675 84,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.62% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,814 37,483 59,176
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,760 1,482 2,013
10th Percentile £12.80 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +7.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.54 £75.98 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Project Planner
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Project Planner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planner.

Daily rate trend for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planner over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planner.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planner within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +95 28 £450 +12.50% 28
UK excluding London +49 23 £450 -5.26% 28
South East +27 12 £433 +8.31% 11
Work from Home +104 5 £475 +18.75% 15
London +82 5 £550 +46.67% 3
North of England +39 5 £450 +50.00% 5
North West +36 5 £450 +50.00% 5
South West +10 3 £344 - 4
East of England +6 2 £488 -37.10% 2
Midlands +26 1 £350 -26.32% 3
West Midlands - 1 £350 - 3

Project Planner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 May 2024, Project Planner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Project Planner in the job title.

1 20 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
3 15 (53.57%) Primavera
4 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 11 (39.29%) Project Planning
5 11 (39.29%) DV Cleared
6 9 (32.14%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (28.57%) SC Cleared
7 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
7 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
8 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (17.86%) Agile
10 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (14.29%) Project Management
10 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
11 3 (10.71%) Finance
11 3 (10.71%) Critical Path Analysis
11 3 (10.71%) Risk Analysis
11 3 (10.71%) Portfolio Management
11 3 (10.71%) Change Control
11 3 (10.71%) Work Breakdown Structure
11 3 (10.71%) PMO
11 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
12 2 (7.14%) Budgeting
12 2 (7.14%) Environmental Health
12 2 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (7.14%) Aviation
12 2 (7.14%) Resource Management
13 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing

Project Planner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (32.14%) Spreadsheet
2 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (53.57%) Primavera
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Finance
5 2 (7.14%) Aviation
5 2 (7.14%) Environmental Health
5 2 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) FMCG
1 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
1 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Project Planning
2 5 (17.86%) Agile
3 4 (14.29%) Project Management
3 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.71%) Change Control
4 3 (10.71%) Critical Path Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.71%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Work Breakdown Structure
5 2 (7.14%) Budgeting
5 2 (7.14%) Resource Management
6 1 (3.57%) Business Case
6 1 (3.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (3.57%) Earned Value Management
6 1 (3.57%) PRINCE
6 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.57%) SAP Implementation
6 1 (3.57%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 20 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 11 (39.29%) DV Cleared
3 8 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
2 1 (3.57%) NEC
2 1 (3.57%) SAP