Project Planner Contracts

Project Planner
UK

The median Project Planner daily rate in the UK is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 551 676 807
Rank change year-on-year +125 +131 -166
Contract jobs requiring a Project Planner 35 40 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.080% 0.066% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.070% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 27 37
10th Percentile £300 £283 £268
25th Percentile £400 £296 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +8.84%
75th Percentile £465 £494 £500
90th Percentile £524 £553 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £475 £375
% change year-on-year -13.16% +26.67% -4.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 0
10th Percentile £48.40 £31.25 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.86 -
Median hourly rate £52.78 £49.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% - -
75th Percentile £55.11 - -
90th Percentile £65.00 - -
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 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

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 19 April 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planner over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Top 13 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 19 April 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 +118 35 £425 -5.56% 20
UK excluding London +76 29 £413 -13.16% 17
South East - 12 £413 - 5
Work from Home +117 9 £450 -5.26% 10
North of England +43 9 £450 -10.00% 5
London +100 6 £488 +30.00% 3
North West +25 6 £450 -10.00% 3
South West +27 5 £344 +7.84% 3
East of England +11 2 £488 -37.10% 1
North East - 2 £300 -
Midlands +33 1 £350 -26.32% 2
Yorkshire +21 1 £450 -10.00% 2
West Midlands - 1 £350 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 21 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 16 (45.71%) Primavera
4 15 (42.86%) Project Planning
5 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
6 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
6 10 (28.57%) DV Cleared
6 10 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (20.00%) Public Sector
7 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (20.00%) Finance
8 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (14.29%) Agile
9 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (14.29%) Project Management
10 4 (11.43%) Critical Path Analysis
11 3 (8.57%) Risk Management
11 3 (8.57%) Risk Analysis
11 3 (8.57%) SAP
11 3 (8.57%) Earned Value Management
11 3 (8.57%) Portfolio Management
11 3 (8.57%) Coaching
11 3 (8.57%) PMO
11 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
12 2 (5.71%) Performance Measurement
12 2 (5.71%) Work Breakdown Structure
12 2 (5.71%) Environmental Health
12 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (5.71%) Aviation

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 10 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (45.71%) Primavera
2 2 (5.71%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) 3G
1 1 (2.86%) 4G
1 1 (2.86%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 21 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Finance
2 7 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.71%) Aviation
3 2 (5.71%) Environmental Health
3 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Military
4 1 (2.86%) Legal
4 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.86%) FMCG
1 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
1 1 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Project Planning
2 5 (14.29%) Agile
2 5 (14.29%) Project Management
2 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (11.43%) Critical Path Analysis
4 3 (8.57%) Coaching
4 3 (8.57%) Earned Value Management
4 3 (8.57%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (8.57%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (8.57%) Risk Management
5 2 (5.71%) Budgeting
5 2 (5.71%) Business Performance Management
5 2 (5.71%) Change Control
5 2 (5.71%) Performance Management
5 2 (5.71%) Performance Measurement
5 2 (5.71%) Resource Management
5 2 (5.71%) Work Breakdown Structure
6 1 (2.86%) Migration
6 1 (2.86%) SAP Implementation
Qualifications
1 20 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 10 (28.57%) DV Cleared
2 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) SAP
3 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.86%) NEC