Programme Planner Contracts in England

Programme Planner
UK > England

The median Programme Planner daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 533 615
Rank change year-on-year +58 +82 +131
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Planner 10 9 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.024% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.026% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 23
10th Percentile £360 £470 £373
25th Percentile £383 £538 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £603 £613 £963
90th Percentile £675 £635 £995
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +11.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £43.86
UK median hourly rate - - £43.86
% change year-on-year - - -30.38%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Programme Planner
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Planner in England

Programme Planner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Planner in England.

Daily rate trend for Programme Planner in England

Programme Planner
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Planner in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Planner in England

Programme Planner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Planner in England.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Planner in England

Programme Planner
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 Programme Planner 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 +37 3 £450 -21.74%
Midlands - 3 £500 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £500 - 1
North of England - 2 £359 -
North West - 2 £359 -
South East +45 1 £645 +51.76%
South West - 1 £600 -
Programme Planner
UK

Programme Planner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Programme Planner 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 Programme Planner in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (50.00%) JIRA
2 5 (50.00%) PMO
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) Confluence
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Primavera
6 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (10.00%) CRM
6 1 (10.00%) ERP
6 1 (10.00%) SAP
6 1 (10.00%) ADO
6 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
6 1 (10.00%) Law
6 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Azure
6 1 (10.00%) Oracle
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (10.00%) Project Governance

Programme Planner 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (10.00%) SAP