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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 119 151
Rank change year-on-year +11 +32 +15
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 18 18 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.94% 0.75% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.83% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 22
10th Percentile £378 £396 £450
25th Percentile £431 £438 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £510 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -9.33% -
75th Percentile £596 £588 £784
90th Percentile £725 - £822
London median daily rate £505 £516 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% -6.14% -1.12%

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 1,782 2,175 3,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.45% 90.93% 91.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,157 1,539 2,277
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.57%
75th Percentile £679 £675 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 26
10th Percentile £19.04 £20.22 £14.75
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.00 £17.08
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £29.38 £53.50
90th Percentile £50.75 £40.00 £88.30
London median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £39.63
% change year-on-year +14.29% -29.34% +11.62%

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 31 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 31 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 +7 17 £500 -1.96% 7
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 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (11.11%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (5.56%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Big Data
1 1 (5.56%) Hadoop
1 1 (5.56%) Pentaho
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Front Office
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Audit Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Lead Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Project Leader
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Communications Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) SDLC Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) ActiveX
1 1 (5.56%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Fabric
1 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Project Management
1 10 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (38.89%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 4 (22.22%) Migration
4 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 3 (16.67%) Scrum
5 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 2 (11.11%) Budget Management
6 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
6 2 (11.11%) Data Management
6 2 (11.11%) Resource Management
6 2 (11.11%) Service Management
6 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
6 2 (11.11%) Use Case
6 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Python
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (5.56%) Java
3 1 (5.56%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.56%) R
3 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 3 (16.67%) PMP
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.56%) CBAP
4 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.56%) EMIR
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) Citrix
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Planview