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 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 99 106 139
Rank change year-on-year +7 +33 +17
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 17 18 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.00% 0.84% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.92% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 19
10th Percentile £416 £396 £444
25th Percentile £435 £438 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -15.00% +5.49%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £788
90th Percentile £725 - £833
Central London median daily rate £488 £510 £563
% change year-on-year -4.41% -9.33% -

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 1,589 1,953 3,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.58% 90.75% 91.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 1,368 2,128
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £452 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% +4.80%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 23
10th Percentile £18.15 £19.92 £14.45
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.06
Median hourly rate £28.33 £26.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -25.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £41.48 £40.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £59.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +1.85% -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 31 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 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (11.76%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) VPN
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Big Data
1 1 (5.88%) Hadoop
1 1 (5.88%) Pentaho
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Front Office
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Audit Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Lead
2 2 (11.76%) Lead Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Programme Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Project Leader
2 2 (11.76%) Risk Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Risk Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 1 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) SDLC Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Service Security Manager
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) ActiveX
1 1 (5.88%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Fabric
1 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Project Management
1 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) Risk Management
4 4 (23.53%) Migration
4 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 3 (17.65%) Scrum
5 3 (17.65%) Waterfall
6 2 (11.76%) Budget Management
6 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Data Analytics
6 2 (11.76%) Data Management
6 2 (11.76%) Resource Management
6 2 (11.76%) Service Management
6 2 (11.76%) Supplier Management
6 2 (11.76%) Use Case
6 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
3 1 (5.88%) Java
3 1 (5.88%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.88%) R
3 1 (5.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) PMI Certification
2 3 (17.65%) PMP
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.88%) CBAP
4 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) EMIR
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Citrix
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Planview