Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Project Planning
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 70 73
Rank change year-on-year +17 +3 +16
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 17 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.32% 0.90% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 1.09% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 3
10th Percentile £213 - £380
25th Percentile £234 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £320 £500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -36.00% -10.11%
75th Percentile £463 - £550
90th Percentile £488 - £580
South West median daily rate £400 £400 £400
% change year-on-year - - -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £67.00 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 £25.26 £50.00
Median hourly rate £80.00 £27.56 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +190.25% -46.22% -
75th Percentile £85.00 £28.99 £54.06
90th Percentile - - £54.63
South West median hourly rate £80.00 £28.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year +185.71% -45.37% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 678 733 906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.62% 82.92% 86.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 386 606
10th Percentile £250 £277 £304
25th Percentile £380 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £650
90th Percentile £741 £716 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 134 115
10th Percentile £12.82 £48.60 £22.55
25th Percentile £18.87 £64.06 £50.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £78.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +4.17%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in Bristol

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Project Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in Bristol

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Project Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in Bristol

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Matillion
1 9 (52.94%) Snowflake
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
General
1 11 (64.71%) Influencing Skills
2 9 (52.94%) Marketing
3 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Consultant
1 4 (23.53%) Data Consultant
1 4 (23.53%) Snowflake Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Data Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Project Planner
2 3 (17.65%) Snowflake Data Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Snowflake Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Project Leader
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Junior
4 1 (5.88%) Junior Data Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.88%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Mentoring
2 9 (52.94%) Business Development
2 9 (52.94%) Thought Leadership
3 7 (41.18%) Project Delivery
4 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (23.53%) Analytics
5 4 (23.53%) Data Strategy
5 4 (23.53%) Project Management
6 2 (11.76%) Coaching
6 2 (11.76%) ERP
7 1 (5.88%) Agile
7 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.88%) Critical Path Analysis
7 1 (5.88%) ITIL
7 1 (5.88%) Migration
7 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
7 1 (5.88%) Scrum
7 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) IFS
1 2 (11.76%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Databricks
2 1 (5.88%) NEC