Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Project Planning
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 40 23
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 -
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 1 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 1.01% 0.49% 3.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.60% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £342
25th Percentile £334 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £367 - £360
75th Percentile £399 - £400
90th Percentile - - £505
Gloucestershire median daily rate £367 - £360
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate - £29.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year - -36.26% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 79 166 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 79.80% 81.77% 79.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 93 102
10th Percentile £412 £464 £359
25th Percentile £463 £531 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £752 £969 £700
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £586 £550
% change year-on-year -18.87% +6.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £41.28 £51.88 £23.85
25th Percentile £49.19 £65.63 £27.38
Median hourly rate £64.25 £72.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.38% +101.39% -34.10%
75th Percentile £81.19 £73.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £90.23 - £78.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £34.34 £33.00 £51.86
% change year-on-year +4.06% -36.37% -11.11%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Control Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) APMP
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft