Project Planning Contracts in Birmingham

Project Planning
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 62 66
Rank change year-on-year +18 +4 +22
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 6 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.15% 0.65% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 0.78% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 6
10th Percentile - £423 £381
25th Percentile £500 £438 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £519
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -8.43% +6.30%
75th Percentile - £499 £565
90th Percentile - £506 £574
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £475 £440
% change year-on-year +5.26% +7.95% -9.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £70.97 £20.49
Median hourly rate - £71.93 £20.97
Median % change year-on-year - +243.01% -
75th Percentile - £72.90 £21.46
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 £35.00 £20.97
% change year-on-year -19.49% +66.91% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Project Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 452 644 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.59% 83.31% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 423 537
10th Percentile £163 £240 £263
25th Percentile £375 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -9.76% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 27
10th Percentile - £13.20 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.62 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.38 £27.25 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.57% +81.67% -14.19%
75th Percentile £27.69 £48.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £30.68 £56.25 £71.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in Birmingham

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in Birmingham

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in Birmingham

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) IaaS
1 1 (16.67%) PaaS
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) PMO Planner
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Planner
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (50.00%) Change Control
2 3 (50.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Business Case
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Dependency Management
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Business Impact Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle