Project Planning Contracts in the City of London

Project Planning
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 108 151
Rank change year-on-year +7 +43 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 18 18 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.02% 0.82% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.90% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 18
10th Percentile £413 £439 £441
25th Percentile £449 £505 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £713
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -19.30% +23.91%
75th Percentile £663 £588 £784
90th Percentile £725 £626 £799
Central London median daily rate £488 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -15.22% -4.17% +2.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,989 3,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.53% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,408 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the City of London

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the City of London

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the City of London

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the City of London

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (11.11%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
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%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 14 (77.78%) Finance
2 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Front Office
4 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Programme Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Audit Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Data Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Lead Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Project Leader
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Programme Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
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 11 (61.11%) Project Management
2 10 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (38.89%) Agile
3 7 (38.89%) Risk Management
4 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Change Control
5 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 4 (22.22%) Waterfall
6 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 3 (16.67%) Data Management
6 3 (16.67%) Migration
6 3 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (11.11%) Fintech
7 2 (11.11%) Internal Audit
7 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 2 (11.11%) Project Governance
7 2 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.56%) R
2 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
1 4 (22.22%) PMI Certification
1 4 (22.22%) PMP
2 2 (11.11%) CBAP
3 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 2 (11.11%) EMIR
1 2 (11.11%) MiFID
2 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) Citrix
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Planview