Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Planning and Forecasting
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.093% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 - -
England median daily rate £492 £494 £525
% change year-on-year -0.35% -5.95% -8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 863 445 605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 80.58% 85.91% 78.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 290 413
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £381 £321 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £418
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +6.94% -7.11%
75th Percentile £540 £525 £550
90th Percentile £609 £589 £625
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 27 57
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.81 £11.41
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.86 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.87 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.59% +11.00% -8.39%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.91 £26.15
90th Percentile £31.00 £32.56 £45.79
England median hourly rate £43.61 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.22% -13.00% -6.67%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Planning and Forecasting within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 2026. 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
Northamptonshire - 1 £268 -
Planning and Forecasting
England

Planning and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storyboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft