Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Planning and Forecasting
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 129 123
Rank change year-on-year -7 -6 +38
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.13% 0.053% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.057% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% - -
Central London median daily rate £463 £575 -
% change year-on-year -19.57% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Planning and Forecasting 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,083 1,761 1,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.48% 94.17% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 1,154 1,282
10th Percentile £375 £326 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £764 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 21 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.18 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +5.56% -13.60%
75th Percentile £32.05 £56.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £57.49 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -22.86%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Planning and Forecasting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in the City of London

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Appian
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) OCI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Director
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Case Management
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Document Management
2 1 (33.33%) KYC
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Pega