Project Planner Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Project Planner
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Project Planner daily rate in Bedfordshire is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Project Planner 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.45% 0.52% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £325 £388 £550
% change year-on-year -16.13% -29.55% +34.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 202 180 160
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.24% 97.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 80 95
10th Percentile £185 £180 £181
25th Percentile £450 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £619 £573 £600
90th Percentile £693 £639 £615
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 30 4
10th Percentile £37.50 £49.13 £29.75
25th Percentile £64.88 £55.00 £44.38
Median hourly rate £82.25 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.54% +18.18% -6.38%
75th Percentile £91.50 £65.75 £58.88
90th Percentile £91.60 £68.58 £61.35
East of England median hourly rate £32.11 £45.70 £40.38
% change year-on-year -29.73% +13.19% +103.81%

Project Planner
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planner in Bedfordshire

Project Planner
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Planner job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Planner job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Project Planner
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 October 2025. 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
Luton -9 1 £325 -35.00%
Project Planner
East of England

Project Planner Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, 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 across the Bedfordshire region featuring Project Planner in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation

Project Planner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle