Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Planning and Forecasting
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - 104
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.18% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - £525
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,752 864 1,613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.67% 90.38% 84.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 879 462 667
10th Percentile £200 £226 £200
25th Percentile £375 £402 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 170 617
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.10 £16.30 £15.39
Median hourly rate £24.55 £39.66 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% -0.85% +81.82%
75th Percentile £66.00 £72.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.46 £84.10 £75.10
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.69% -22.79% -2.46%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in the East of England

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Planning and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 25 May 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
Essex - 3 £460 -
Hertfordshire - 1 - - 2
Planning and Forecasting
England

Planning and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 4 (100.00%) Sprint Review
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Management
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Progress