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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 488 554
Rank change year-on-year +1 +66 +134
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 47 22 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.071% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.082% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 16
10th Percentile £385 £522 £406
25th Percentile £450 £545 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £618 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +2.92% +2.39%
75th Percentile £558 £684 £605
90th Percentile £599 £758 £614
UK median daily rate £525 £623 £590
% change year-on-year -15.66% +5.46% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £18.54 - -
25th Percentile £22.84 - £35.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £35.50
75th Percentile £34.75 - £35.75
90th Percentile £37.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +162.96%

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 26,627 26,735 35,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.45% 86.67% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,902 16,321 24,366
10th Percentile £299 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,734 959 1,495
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.09 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.06 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.80 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.77% +24.64%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Production Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Production Planning job vacancy trend 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 9 November 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 9 November 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 9 November 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 +11 18 £555 +0.91% 16
Midlands - 10 £463 - 4
West Midlands - 8 £425 - 4
North of England -27 5 £450 - 6
East of England - 4 £550 -
South East +4 3 £450 - 12
North West -9 3 £377 - 6
South West +11 2 - - 2
Yorkshire - 2 £450 -
East Midlands - 2 £500 -
Production Planning
UK

Production Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (53.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (40.43%) SAP PP
3 5 (10.64%) SAP APO
4 4 (8.51%) SAP MM
5 3 (6.38%) SAP VC
6 2 (4.26%) SAP SCM
6 2 (4.26%) SAP WM
7 1 (2.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (2.13%) SAP EWM
7 1 (2.13%) SAP GTS
7 1 (2.13%) SAP IBP
7 1 (2.13%) SAP LE
7 1 (2.13%) SAP QM
7 1 (2.13%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 34 (72.34%) Manufacturing
2 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Finance
4 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (57.45%) Consultant
2 22 (46.81%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (17.02%) SAP PP Consultant
4 6 (12.77%) Functional Consultant
4 6 (12.77%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 4 (8.51%) SAP QM Consultant
6 3 (6.38%) Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Floorwalker
6 3 (6.38%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Administrator
7 2 (4.26%) Business Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Business Process Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Process Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) SAP Architect
7 2 (4.26%) SAP Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) SAP Manager
7 2 (4.26%) SAP Project Manager
7 2 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 1 (2.13%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.26%) IoT
2 2 (4.26%) Life Science
2 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) ERP
2 13 (27.66%) Quality Management
3 8 (17.02%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (12.77%) Change Management
4 6 (12.77%) Knowledge Transfer
4 6 (12.77%) Logistics
4 6 (12.77%) Order Management
4 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (10.64%) Smart Manufacturing
6 4 (8.51%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (8.51%) Cost Control
6 4 (8.51%) Data Migration
6 4 (8.51%) Data Modelling
6 4 (8.51%) Integration Testing
6 4 (8.51%) Migration
6 4 (8.51%) Project Delivery
6 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.38%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (2.13%) Python
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 9 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) Degree
4 2 (4.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.13%) NIST
1 1 (2.13%) NIST 800
1 1 (2.13%) PMO
1 1 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (2.13%) SLA
Vendors
1 42 (89.36%) SAP
2 4 (8.51%) Ariba
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle