Critical Path Analysis Contract Job Trends in England

Critical Path Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Critical Path Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 490 526
Rank change year-on-year -40 +36 +209
Contract jobs citing Critical Path Analysis 12 14 37
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.038% 0.048% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.055% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 25
10th Percentile £454 £286 £424
25th Percentile £513 £329 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £400 £595
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% -32.77% +32.22%
75th Percentile £550 £450 £625
90th Percentile £604 £480 £650
UK median daily rate £538 £400 £595
% change year-on-year +34.38% -32.77% +32.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £49.61 £25.78 £42.71
25th Percentile £54.68 £29.23 -
Median hourly rate £63.74 £40.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.34% -18.37% +108.20%
75th Percentile £72.18 - -
90th Percentile £76.87 - £60.00
UK median hourly rate £63.74 £40.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +59.34% -18.37% +108.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Critical Path Analysis 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,756 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.83% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,663 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,804 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Critical Path Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Critical Path Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Critical Path Analysis job vacancy trend in England

Critical Path Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Critical Path Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Critical Path Analysis

Critical Path Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Path Analysis in England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Path Analysis in England

Critical Path Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Critical Path Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Critical Path Analysis

Critical Path Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Critical Path Analysis in England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Critical Path Analysis in England

Critical Path Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Path Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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
South East -18 7 £525 +5.00%
South West - 2 £510 -
East of England -23 1 £600 +126.42%
West Midlands -32 1 £400 - 1
Midlands -39 1 £400 - 1
London - 1 £625 -
Critical Path Analysis
UK

Critical Path Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (75.00%) Primavera
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (8.33%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) OCI
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (8.33%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) LSMW
General
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Environmental Health
2 1 (8.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Project Planner
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Master Data Manager
3 1 (8.33%) PMO Lead
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Master Data Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
1 1 (8.33%) PMI
1 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Project Management
3 6 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
4 5 (41.67%) Earned Value Management
4 5 (41.67%) Monte Carlo Method
5 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
6 2 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (16.67%) Programme Governance
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (8.33%) Data Management
7 1 (8.33%) Migration
7 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
7 1 (8.33%) Service Management
7 1 (8.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) MAPM
4 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (8.33%) PMP
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) P3O
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) NEC
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle