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 13 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 51 67
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +14
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 4 10 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.72% 1.47% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.80% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile £475 £458 £378
25th Percentile £513 £490 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £481
90th Percentile £620 £650 £493
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.49
Median hourly rate - - £20.97
75th Percentile - - £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 481 556 727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.98% 81.76% 83.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 390 491
10th Percentile £163 £231 £263
25th Percentile £315 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £625
90th Percentile £638 £738 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 16 23
10th Percentile - £13.63 £12.74
25th Percentile £12.62 £19.25 £15.57
Median hourly rate £18.87 £38.75 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -51.30% +53.47% +41.46%
75th Percentile £22.08 £51.25 £30.52
90th Percentile £26.89 £56.25 £88.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £19.99 £27.00
% change year-on-year +21.79% -25.98% +54.29%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Birmingham over the 6 months to 13 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Records Management Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Records Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Document Management
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Order Management
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Records Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle