Project Planning Contracts in Central London

Project Planning
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 110 115 146
Rank change year-on-year +5 +31 +19
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 19 18 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.95% 0.74% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.81% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 21
10th Percentile £368 £439 £450
25th Percentile £429 £505 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% -17.86% +19.15%
75th Percentile £631 £588 £788
90th Percentile £725 £626 £800
London median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in Central London

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in Central London

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in Central London

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in Central London

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
City of London +8 18 £500 -13.04% 4
Project Planning
London

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (10.53%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) AWS
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) VPN
2 1 (5.26%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Big Data
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 15 (78.95%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Front Office
4 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Programme Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Audit Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Data Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Lead Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Project Leader
3 2 (10.53%) Risk Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Risk Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Communications Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) SDLC Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Fabric
1 2 (10.53%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Project Management
2 10 (52.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 7 (36.84%) Risk Management
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (21.05%) Change Control
5 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
5 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
5 4 (21.05%) Waterfall
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) Data Management
6 3 (15.79%) Migration
6 3 (15.79%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (10.53%) Fintech
7 2 (10.53%) Internal Audit
7 2 (10.53%) Programme Governance
7 2 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (10.53%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Python
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.26%) R
2 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
1 4 (21.05%) PMI Certification
1 4 (21.05%) PMP
2 2 (10.53%) CBAP
3 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
1 2 (10.53%) EMIR
1 2 (10.53%) MiFID
2 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Citrix
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Planview