Project Planner Contract Job Trends in England

Project Planner
UK > England

The median Project Planner daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 495 503
Rank change year-on-year -31 +8 +203
Contract jobs requiring a Project Planner 18 16 62
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.058% 0.055% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.059% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 44
10th Percentile £329 £313 £275
25th Percentile £475 £384 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +18.75% +3.56%
75th Percentile £550 £528 £466
90th Percentile - £538 £575
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +10.53% +18.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - £26.00 £46.00
25th Percentile £26.50 £35.00 -
Median hourly rate £29.00 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.95% -3.06% +54.33%
75th Percentile £31.50 £61.25 £52.00
90th Percentile - £63.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £40.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +11.25% -18.37% +50.77%

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 28,372 27,015 35,117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.91% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,130 16,817 24,123
10th Percentile £290 £300 £290
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,748 878 1,358
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.70 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%

Project Planner
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Planner' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Project Planner job vacancy trend in England

Project Planner
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Planner job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Planner job vacancies in England

Project Planner
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planner in England over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planner in England

Project Planner
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Planner job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Planner job vacancies in England

Project 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 Project Planner within the England region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
South East +2 8 £525 +16.67% 1
South West -11 4 £550 +46.67%
East of England -20 2 £325 -16.13%
London -20 2 £600 +14.29%
North of England -41 2 - -
Yorkshire -41 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
Project Planner
UK

Project Planner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Project Planner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Project Planner in the job title.

1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (61.11%) Agile
2 11 (61.11%) Degree
3 10 (55.56%) Primavera
4 9 (50.00%) Project Management
4 9 (50.00%) Project Planning
5 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (44.44%) PMO
5 8 (44.44%) PRINCE2
6 7 (38.89%) Critical Path Analysis
6 7 (38.89%) Earned Value Management
6 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Excel
6 7 (38.89%) Monte Carlo Method
6 7 (38.89%) Risk Analysis
7 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
7 5 (27.78%) SAP
7 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
8 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
8 3 (16.67%) Power Platform
8 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 3 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
9 2 (11.11%) Change Control
9 2 (11.11%) Dependency Management
9 2 (11.11%) ERP
9 2 (11.11%) Oracle
9 2 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (11.11%) P3O

Project Planner Skill Set
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 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (55.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.11%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Aviation
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Automotive
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Private Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.56%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Agile
2 9 (50.00%) Project Management
2 9 (50.00%) Project Planning
3 8 (44.44%) PRINCE2
4 7 (38.89%) Critical Path Analysis
4 7 (38.89%) Earned Value Management
4 7 (38.89%) Monte Carlo Method
4 7 (38.89%) Risk Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 3 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 2 (11.11%) Change Control
6 2 (11.11%) Dependency Management
6 2 (11.11%) ERP
6 2 (11.11%) Resource Management
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.11%) Test Assurance
6 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) PMO
2 2 (11.11%) P3O
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
1 5 (27.78%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle