Planning and Forecasting Contracts in England

Planning and Forecasting
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Planning and Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 414 502 576
Rank change year-on-year +88 +74 +29
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 71 40 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 22 51
10th Percentile £332 £375 £400
25th Percentile £353 £432 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% -4.17% +10.31%
75th Percentile £545 £768 £689
90th Percentile £601 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £583
% change year-on-year -4.76% -9.87% +12.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £64.08
25th Percentile - - £64.56
Median hourly rate - - £67.75
75th Percentile - - £70.69
90th Percentile - - £71.03
UK median hourly rate - - £67.75
% change year-on-year - - +35.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Planning and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Planning and Forecasting in England

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in England.

Daily rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in England

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Planning and Forecasting in England

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in England.

Hourly rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in England

Planning and Forecasting
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 Planning and Forecasting within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +44 27 £475 -34.48% 68
North of England +32 17 £488 -7.14% 4
North West +31 15 £475 -9.52% 3
South West +58 13 £601 +29.14% 3
Midlands +24 7 £400 +66.67% 3
West Midlands +16 7 £400 +66.67% 3
South East +45 6 £494 +31.67% 15
Yorkshire +8 2 £700 - 1
Planning and Forecasting
UK

Planning and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (5.63%) Confluence
2 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.41%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (11.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (9.86%) Kondor
3 3 (4.23%) Finacle
4 2 (2.82%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (2.82%) SAP CO
4 2 (2.82%) SAP FI
4 2 (2.82%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (2.82%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.41%) HFM
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle ASCP
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (1.41%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.63%) SaaS
2 3 (4.23%) AWS
2 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.41%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.41%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.04%) Essbase
2 4 (5.63%) Metadata
3 3 (4.23%) Power BI
4 2 (2.82%) Tableau
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.41%) IDMS
5 1 (1.41%) Looker
Development Applications
1 7 (9.86%) JIRA
General
1 39 (54.93%) Finance
2 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
3 28 (39.44%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (18.31%) Banking
5 9 (12.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (9.86%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (8.45%) Manufacturing
8 5 (7.04%) Marketing
8 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
9 4 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (5.63%) Retail
9 4 (5.63%) Telecoms
10 3 (4.23%) Electronics
11 2 (2.82%) Investment Banking
11 2 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.41%) Billing
12 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (1.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (22.54%) Analyst
2 11 (15.49%) Availability Manager
2 11 (15.49%) Capacity and Availability Manager
2 11 (15.49%) Capacity Manager
3 10 (14.08%) Business Analyst
3 10 (14.08%) Lead
4 8 (11.27%) Senior
5 7 (9.86%) SAP Analyst
5 7 (9.86%) SAP Business Analyst
5 7 (9.86%) Test Leader
6 5 (7.04%) Consultant
6 5 (7.04%) IT Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Oracle Consultant
7 4 (5.63%) Architect
7 4 (5.63%) Business Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Essbase Consultant
7 4 (5.63%) PMO Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) MDX
2 1 (1.41%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.23%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.23%) Replication
3 2 (2.82%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.41%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.41%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.41%) NHS
4 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.23%) HPUX
1 3 (4.23%) Linux
1 3 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (4.23%) Solaris
1 3 (4.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.76%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (23.94%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 16 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (21.13%) Agile
5 14 (19.72%) Capacity Planning
6 13 (18.31%) Service Management
7 12 (16.90%) ITIL
8 11 (15.49%) Availability Management
8 11 (15.49%) Budgeting
8 11 (15.49%) Capacity Management
8 11 (15.49%) Quality Management
8 11 (15.49%) Statistics
9 10 (14.08%) ERP
9 10 (14.08%) Mentoring
9 10 (14.08%) Problem Management
10 9 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (12.68%) Performance Improvement
10 9 (12.68%) Project Delivery
10 9 (12.68%) Project Management
10 9 (12.68%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (15.49%) ITIL Certification
2 10 (14.08%) Security Cleared
3 9 (12.68%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.04%) ACCA
4 5 (7.04%) Degree
5 3 (4.23%) CIMA
6 1 (1.41%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) PMO
2 3 (4.23%) QA
3 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.41%) IFRS
3 1 (1.41%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (19.72%) SAP
2 13 (18.31%) Microsoft
3 9 (12.68%) Oracle
4 3 (4.23%) FIS
4 3 (4.23%) IBM
4 3 (4.23%) Murex
4 3 (4.23%) Sun
5 2 (2.82%) Ariba
5 2 (2.82%) Planview
5 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.82%) Unisys
6 1 (1.41%) Cegedim Rx
6 1 (1.41%) HP
6 1 (1.41%) QAD