Planning Manager Contracts in England

Planning Manager
UK > England

The median Planning Manager daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 489 546 622
Rank change year-on-year +57 +76 +149
Contract jobs requiring a Planning Manager 14 14 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.051% 0.039% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.042% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile - £335 £538
25th Percentile £463 £440 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +2.13%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £613
90th Percentile £645 £806 £645
UK median daily rate £600 £541 £525
% change year-on-year +10.91% +3.05% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £40.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,004 33,616 44,854
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.94% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,265 22,076 31,771
10th Percentile £293 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,235 2,327 1,389
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.72 £19.40
Median hourly rate £27.64 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.90% -6.98% +70.01%
75th Percentile £57.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.30 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.75% -5.88% +65.50%

Planning Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Planning Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Planning Manager in England

Planning Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Planning Manager in England

Planning Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Planning Manager in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Planning Manager in England

Planning Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Planning Manager in England

Planning Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 17 July 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 +39 8 £600 - 12
North of England +5 4 £550 - 2
Yorkshire -8 3 £625 -
South East +32 2 - - 6
North West - 1 £475 - 2
Planning Manager
UK

Planning Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, Planning Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Planning Manager in the job title.

1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
2 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
2 3 (21.43%) Project Management
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (21.43%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (21.43%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (21.43%) Coaching
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (14.29%) Dependency Management
3 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Resource Management
3 2 (14.29%) Release Management
3 2 (14.29%) Performance Management
3 2 (14.29%) CIPD
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
3 2 (14.29%) Balanced Scorecard
3 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Cutover Planning
3 2 (14.29%) Scorecard
3 2 (14.29%) PMO
3 2 (14.29%) Release Automation
3 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (7.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (7.14%) Commercial Awareness

Planning Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Digital Media
1 1 (7.14%) Media Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Coaching
1 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
1 3 (21.43%) Portfolio Management
1 3 (21.43%) Project Management
1 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
1 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (21.43%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (14.29%) Balanced Scorecard
2 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
2 2 (14.29%) Cutover Planning
2 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (14.29%) Dependency Management
2 2 (14.29%) Performance Management
2 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 2 (14.29%) Release Automation
2 2 (14.29%) Release Management
2 2 (14.29%) Resource Management
2 2 (14.29%) Scorecard
2 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CIPD
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft