Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Project Planning
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 45 50
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 2 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.44% 0.62% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.71% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £619 - £460
25th Percentile £628 - £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £500 £585
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -14.53% +17.00%
75th Percentile £703 - £593
90th Percentile £716 - £600
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £585
% change year-on-year +5.00% -14.53% +0.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 381 283 491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 84.11% 87.89% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 203 367
10th Percentile £223 £234 £279
25th Percentile £357 £386 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.25% - -
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £635 £650 £740
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £515
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +0.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 19
10th Percentile - £15.35 £18.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £22.03 £19.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +51.58% +41.79%
75th Percentile £29.61 £49.81 £28.50
90th Percentile £35.36 £55.63 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.78% -22.38% +22.22%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -1 2 £663 +32.50% 4
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Integration Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Fibre Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 2 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BT
1 1 (50.00%) Openreach