Production Planning Contract Job Trends in England

Production Planning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Production Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 507 570
Rank change year-on-year +27 +63 +156
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 37 28 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.086% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.100% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 14
10th Percentile £419 £523 £404
25th Percentile £479 £546 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £613 £590
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% +3.77% +4.52%
75th Percentile £562 £667 £604
90th Percentile £581 £746 £605
UK median daily rate £537 £613 £581
% change year-on-year -12.33% +5.51% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £17.75 - -
25th Percentile £20.88 - £35.25
Median hourly rate £27.17 - £35.50
75th Percentile £33.88 - £35.75
90th Percentile £37.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.17 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - -13.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Production Planning 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 25,230 28,124 37,624
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.96% 86.22% 89.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,029 17,231 26,045
10th Percentile £295 £313 £319
25th Percentile £404 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £655
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,544 1,222 1,460
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.85 £20.26 £19.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.16%
75th Percentile £47.00 £67.02 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -1.16% +48.79%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Production Planning in England

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Production Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in England over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Production Planning in England

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Production Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Production Planning in England over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Production Planning in England

Production Planning
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 Production Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 28 September 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 +20 17 £540 -1.82% 9
Midlands - 5 £425 -
West Midlands - 5 £425 -
East of England - 5 £550 - 1
North of England -22 4 £450 - 3
North East - 2 £575 -
South East +15 1 £450 - 5
North West -9 1 £155 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £450 -
Production Planning
UK

Production Planning
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 (5.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (54.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (48.65%) SAP PP
3 5 (13.51%) SAP APO
4 3 (8.11%) SAP MM
4 3 (8.11%) SAP SCM
5 2 (5.41%) SAP LE
5 2 (5.41%) SAP WM
6 1 (2.70%) SAP EWM
6 1 (2.70%) SAP GTS
6 1 (2.70%) SAP IBP
6 1 (2.70%) SAP PP-PI
6 1 (2.70%) SAP QM
6 1 (2.70%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) DTS
2 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 28 (75.68%) Manufacturing
2 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Finance
5 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing
6 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Consultant
2 17 (45.95%) SAP Consultant
3 6 (16.22%) Functional Consultant
3 6 (16.22%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 6 (16.22%) SAP PP Consultant
4 3 (8.11%) Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Floorwalker
4 3 (8.11%) SAP Architect
4 3 (8.11%) SAP QM Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) Administrator
5 2 (5.41%) Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Logistics Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Sales Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) SAP Logistics Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) SAP Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Service Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Technical Services Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.70%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Life Science
2 2 (5.41%) IoT
2 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.70%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Quality Management
2 7 (18.92%) Change Management
2 7 (18.92%) ERP
2 7 (18.92%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (16.22%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (16.22%) Project Delivery
4 5 (13.51%) Coaching
4 5 (13.51%) Order Management
4 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.51%) Smart Manufacturing
4 5 (13.51%) Thought Leadership
5 4 (10.81%) Agile
5 4 (10.81%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (10.81%) Data Migration
5 4 (10.81%) Digital Twin
5 4 (10.81%) Generative AI
5 4 (10.81%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (10.81%) Logistics
5 4 (10.81%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (2.70%) Python
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.70%) QA
1 1 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 35 (94.59%) SAP
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.41%) Ariba