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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 497 572
Rank change year-on-year +81 +75 +15
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 64 41 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 24 49
10th Percentile £307 £375 £393
25th Percentile £353 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +6.18%
75th Percentile £545 £767 £700
90th Percentile £601 £800 £790
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £550
% change year-on-year +3.63% -12.27% +6.18%

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 21,762 31,336 43,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 86.24% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,222 20,550 30,257
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £412 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 2,253 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.95 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

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 23 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 23 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 +57 21 £500 -31.03% 94
North of England +26 16 £500 +2.56% 46
South West +49 12 £601 +29.14% 20
North West +18 12 £500 +2.56% 25
Midlands +21 8 £315 +31.25% 34
West Midlands +16 8 £315 +31.25% 18
South East +49 6 £494 +31.67% 78
Yorkshire +17 4 £700 - 15
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 2 (3.13%) Confluence
1 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.56%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (7.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.69%) Finacle
2 3 (4.69%) Kondor
3 2 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (3.13%) SAP CO
3 2 (3.13%) SAP FI
3 2 (3.13%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (3.13%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.56%) HFM
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle ASCP
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (1.56%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (1.56%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.56%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.25%) SaaS
2 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.13%) AWS
3 2 (3.13%) Azure
4 1 (1.56%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.56%) GCP
4 1 (1.56%) GitHub
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.81%) Essbase
2 4 (6.25%) Metadata
3 3 (4.69%) Power BI
4 2 (3.13%) Tableau
5 1 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.56%) IDMS
5 1 (1.56%) Looker
5 1 (1.56%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (1.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (57.81%) Finance
2 36 (56.25%) Social Skills
3 31 (48.44%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (14.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (12.50%) Banking
6 7 (10.94%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (9.38%) Manufacturing
7 6 (9.38%) Marketing
8 4 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 4 (6.25%) Telecoms
9 3 (4.69%) Electronics
9 3 (4.69%) Retail
10 2 (3.13%) Billing
10 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.56%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (26.56%) Analyst
2 11 (17.19%) Availability Manager
2 11 (17.19%) Business Analyst
2 11 (17.19%) Capacity and Availability Manager
2 11 (17.19%) Capacity Manager
3 7 (10.94%) Consultant
3 7 (10.94%) SAP Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) SAP Business Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) Senior
5 5 (7.81%) IT Manager
5 5 (7.81%) Oracle Consultant
6 4 (6.25%) Architect
6 4 (6.25%) Business Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Essbase Consultant
6 4 (6.25%) PMO Analyst
6 4 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.69%) IT Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) MDX
2 1 (1.56%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.19%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.69%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.69%) Replication
3 2 (3.13%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.56%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.56%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.56%) NHS
4 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) HPUX
1 3 (4.69%) Linux
1 3 (4.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (4.69%) Solaris
1 3 (4.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 18 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (23.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (21.88%) Budgeting
4 14 (21.88%) Capacity Planning
5 13 (20.31%) Decision-Making
5 13 (20.31%) Service Management
6 12 (18.75%) Agile
6 12 (18.75%) ITIL
7 11 (17.19%) Availability Management
7 11 (17.19%) Capacity Management
7 11 (17.19%) Quality Management
7 11 (17.19%) Statistics
8 10 (15.63%) Mentoring
8 10 (15.63%) Problem Management
9 9 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (14.06%) ERP
9 9 (14.06%) Performance Improvement
9 9 (14.06%) Time Management
10 8 (12.50%) Demand Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) ITIL Certification
2 10 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.81%) ACCA
5 4 (6.25%) Degree
6 3 (4.69%) CIMA
7 1 (1.56%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) PMO
2 2 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.56%) QA
3 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Ansible
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.56%) SCOM
1 1 (1.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) SAP
2 11 (17.19%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.06%) Oracle
4 4 (6.25%) IBM
5 3 (4.69%) FIS
5 3 (4.69%) Murex
5 3 (4.69%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.69%) Sun
6 2 (3.13%) Ariba
6 2 (3.13%) HP
6 2 (3.13%) Unisys
7 1 (1.56%) AppDynamics
7 1 (1.56%) Cegedim Rx
7 1 (1.56%) Cisco
7 1 (1.56%) Citrix
7 1 (1.56%) Dell
7 1 (1.56%) QAD