Project Planning Contracts

Project Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 324 299
Rank change year-on-year +74 -25 +76
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 399 451 808
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.78% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.87% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 287 571
10th Percentile £260 £358 £315
25th Percentile £372 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £600
90th Percentile £676 £774 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 21 47
10th Percentile £23.89 £23.08 £29.75
25th Percentile £30.96 £41.25 £39.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +10.11% -8.25%
75th Percentile £60.63 £55.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £80.00 £56.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.25 £49.00 £38.47
% change year-on-year +12.76% +27.39% -22.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,090 51,996 79,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,884 36,030 55,497
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,721 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +55 351 £500 -3.85% 279
UK excluding London +46 220 £450 -5.26% 202
Work from Home +80 147 £500 -1.96% 90
London +50 131 £525 -4.55% 84
South East -1 60 £400 -15.79% 69
South West +49 58 £425 -13.27% 21
North of England +39 43 £500 - 41
Midlands +30 31 £475 - 38
West Midlands +27 24 £475 +9.83% 19
Yorkshire +29 19 £500 +11.11% 11
North West +12 19 £475 -5.00% 26
East of England +13 13 £300 -25.56% 23
Scotland +25 12 £475 -9.52% 12
East Midlands +15 5 £595 +25.26% 19
North East - 5 £325 - 5
Wales +17 4 £325 -45.83% 4

Project Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (3.51%) Confluence
2 7 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.25%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 55 (13.78%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (13.28%) Microsoft Project
3 43 (10.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 33 (8.27%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.75%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.75%) Trello
8 1 (0.25%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.25%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.25%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 21 (5.26%) Primavera
2 16 (4.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.76%) SAP PS
4 5 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.75%) Endur
6 3 (0.75%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.75%) SAP MRS
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.50%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.50%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.50%) Temenos Globus
8 1 (0.25%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle AGIS
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 21 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
2 18 (4.51%) Azure
3 12 (3.01%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.76%) AWS
5 8 (2.01%) PowerApps
6 5 (1.25%) GCP
6 5 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.25%) OCI
6 5 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.00%) SaaS
8 3 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.75%) Google Workspace
8 3 (0.75%) Serverless
8 3 (0.75%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.25%) Asana
9 1 (0.25%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.25%) Boomi
9 1 (0.25%) PaaS
9 1 (0.25%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.01%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (3.51%) Network Security
2 14 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (2.51%) Firewall
4 9 (2.26%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.26%) VPN
5 5 (1.25%) LAN
5 5 (1.25%) WAN
6 4 (1.00%) DHCP
6 4 (1.00%) DNS
6 4 (1.00%) VLAN
7 2 (0.50%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.50%) IOS XR
7 2 (0.50%) NX-OS
7 2 (0.50%) SAN
7 2 (0.50%) VoIP
7 2 (0.50%) Wireless
8 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.01%) Power BI
2 4 (1.00%) Big Data
3 3 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.50%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.50%) Metadata
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.25%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.25%) IDMS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (12.53%) JIRA
2 3 (0.75%) Git
2 3 (0.75%) InstallShield
2 3 (0.75%) MSI
2 3 (0.75%) TestRail
3 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.25%) GitLab
4 1 (0.25%) LSMW
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 182 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 133 (33.33%) Finance
3 81 (20.30%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (13.03%) Public Sector
5 48 (12.03%) Presentation Skills
6 27 (6.77%) Telecoms
7 24 (6.02%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (4.01%) Retail
10 13 (3.26%) Banking
11 11 (2.76%) Marketing
12 9 (2.26%) Electronics
12 9 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.75%) Back Office
14 6 (1.50%) Local Government
15 5 (1.25%) Legal
15 5 (1.25%) Military
16 4 (1.00%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.00%) Automotive
16 4 (1.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 130 (32.58%) Project Manager
2 58 (14.54%) Lead
3 37 (9.27%) Analyst
4 28 (7.02%) Project Leader
5 26 (6.52%) Senior
6 23 (5.76%) Consultant
7 19 (4.76%) IT Manager
8 18 (4.51%) Business Analyst
9 17 (4.26%) Architect
9 17 (4.26%) IT Project Manager
10 13 (3.26%) Coordinator
10 13 (3.26%) Senior Manager
11 12 (3.01%) Project Planner
12 11 (2.76%) Project Coordinator
12 11 (2.76%) Senior Project Manager
12 11 (2.76%) Technical Manager
13 10 (2.51%) SC Cleared Project Manager
14 9 (2.26%) Security Consultant
15 8 (2.01%) Programme Manager
15 8 (2.01%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.75%) .NET
1 3 (0.75%) JSON
1 3 (0.75%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (0.75%) XML
2 2 (0.50%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.50%) ADO
2 2 (0.50%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.50%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.50%) Blazor
2 2 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.50%) RESTful
2 2 (0.50%) WCF
3 1 (0.25%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.25%) Middleware
3 1 (0.25%) REST
3 1 (0.25%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.25%) Shiny
3 1 (0.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.76%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.51%) PMI
3 9 (2.26%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.01%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.50%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.25%) NHS
7 3 (0.75%) Credit Risk
7 3 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.50%) CCTV
8 2 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.50%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.50%) IoT
8 2 (0.50%) IVR
8 2 (0.50%) PACS
8 2 (0.50%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.50%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.76%) Windows
2 6 (1.50%) Unix
3 4 (1.00%) Linux
4 3 (0.75%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.50%) Android
5 2 (0.50%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (53.38%) Project Management
2 144 (36.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 120 (30.08%) Agile
4 112 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
5 96 (24.06%) Project Delivery
6 88 (22.06%) Risk Management
7 79 (19.80%) Change Management
8 76 (19.05%) PRINCE2
9 52 (13.03%) Workshop Facilitation
10 37 (9.27%) ERP
11 36 (9.02%) Budget Management
11 36 (9.02%) Decision-Making
12 31 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (7.52%) Data Management
13 30 (7.52%) Resource Allocation
14 27 (6.77%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 26 (6.52%) Commercial Awareness
15 26 (6.52%) Programme Management
16 24 (6.02%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (6.02%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.01%) SQL
2 6 (1.50%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.50%) Shell Script
3 5 (1.25%) Java
3 5 (1.25%) Python
4 3 (0.75%) ABAP
4 3 (0.75%) C#
5 2 (0.50%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.50%) VBA
6 1 (0.25%) Bicep
6 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 83 (20.80%) Security Cleared
2 80 (20.05%) Degree
3 37 (9.27%) DV Cleared
4 35 (8.77%) SC Cleared
5 33 (8.27%) APMP
6 27 (6.77%) PMP
7 25 (6.27%) PMI Certification
8 16 (4.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 13 (3.26%) Master's Degree
10 12 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (2.51%) CISSP
13 8 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (2.01%) CISM
14 7 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 6 (1.50%) ISACA
16 5 (1.25%) CCNA
16 5 (1.25%) CEH
17 4 (1.00%) CCNP
17 4 (1.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (17.79%) PMO
2 47 (11.78%) QA
3 12 (3.01%) GDPR
4 10 (2.51%) NIST
5 7 (1.75%) COBIT
6 4 (1.00%) PMBOK
7 3 (0.75%) SLA
8 2 (0.50%) Basel III
8 2 (0.50%) COREP
8 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.50%) FINREP
9 1 (0.25%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.25%) EMIR
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
9 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.25%) MiFID
9 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) RMADS
System Software
1 8 (2.01%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.75%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.75%) Docker
4 1 (0.25%) Firmware
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.25%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.00%) SCCM
3 1 (0.25%) Nessus
Vendors
1 91 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 51 (12.78%) SAP
3 21 (5.26%) Oracle
4 7 (1.75%) Google
5 6 (1.50%) VMware
6 5 (1.25%) Cisco
7 4 (1.00%) Ariba
7 4 (1.00%) Progress
7 4 (1.00%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.75%) Planview
8 3 (0.75%) Teradata
9 2 (0.50%) Cadence
9 2 (0.50%) Cerner
9 2 (0.50%) F5
9 2 (0.50%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.50%) Nokia
9 2 (0.50%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.50%) Veeam
10 1 (0.25%) Juniper
10 1 (0.25%) NCR