Project Planning Contracts in England

Project Planning
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 308 287
Rank change year-on-year +67 -21 +91
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 346 376 662
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.95% 0.78% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.87% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 239 461
10th Percentile £251 £375 £315
25th Percentile £397 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £628 £600
90th Percentile £650 £778 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 22 45
10th Percentile £23.82 £23.84 £28.38
25th Percentile £27.19 £43.38 £39.75
Median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -10.55%
75th Percentile £60.94 £55.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £79.00 £58.85
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -10.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Project Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,464 43,415 63,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.38% 90.10% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,624 30,476 45,458
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,526 1,738
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.20 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in England

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in England

Project 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 Project Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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 +50 129 £525 -4.55% 88
South East +14 60 £425 -10.53% 69
South West +41 59 £425 -15.00% 27
North of England +40 39 £500 - 42
Midlands +30 32 £475 - 44
West Midlands +32 24 £475 +9.83% 26
Yorkshire +27 18 £500 -13.04% 12
North West +11 16 £475 -5.00% 29
East of England +1 12 £300 -25.56% 19
East Midlands +9 5 £595 +25.26% 18
North East - 5 £325 - 2
Project Planning
UK

Project 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 11 (3.18%) Confluence
2 7 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 50 (14.45%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (13.87%) Microsoft Project
3 37 (10.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 32 (9.25%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (2.02%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.58%) Trello
7 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.29%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (0.29%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 18 (5.20%) Primavera
2 11 (3.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.60%) SAP PS
4 5 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.87%) Endur
5 3 (0.87%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.87%) SAP MRS
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.58%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.58%) Temenos Globus
7 1 (0.29%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.29%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.78%) Dynamics 365
2 15 (4.34%) Azure
3 10 (2.89%) AWS
4 8 (2.31%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.31%) PowerApps
5 6 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.16%) SaaS
7 3 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.87%) Serverless
8 2 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.58%) GCP
8 2 (0.58%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.58%) OCI
9 1 (0.29%) Asana
9 1 (0.29%) Boomi
9 1 (0.29%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle CX
9 1 (0.29%) PaaS
9 1 (0.29%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.49%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (2.89%) Network Security
4 5 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.45%) VPN
5 4 (1.16%) Firewall
5 4 (1.16%) LAN
5 4 (1.16%) WAN
6 2 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.58%) Internet
6 2 (0.58%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.58%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.58%) SAN
6 2 (0.58%) VoIP
6 2 (0.58%) Wireless
7 1 (0.29%) FTP
7 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.29%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.31%) Power BI
2 4 (1.16%) Big Data
3 3 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.58%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.58%) Metadata
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.58%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.29%) IDMS
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.29%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.29%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (13.01%) JIRA
2 3 (0.87%) InstallShield
2 3 (0.87%) MSI
2 3 (0.87%) TestRail
3 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.29%) LSMW
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 160 (46.24%) Social Skills
2 118 (34.10%) Finance
3 71 (20.52%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (14.16%) Public Sector
5 46 (13.29%) Presentation Skills
6 24 (6.94%) Telecoms
7 23 (6.65%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (4.05%) Retail
10 13 (3.76%) Marketing
11 12 (3.47%) Banking
12 9 (2.60%) Electronics
13 7 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.73%) Back Office
14 6 (1.73%) Local Government
15 5 (1.45%) Military
16 4 (1.16%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.16%) Automotive
16 4 (1.16%) Legal
17 3 (0.87%) Law
Job Titles
1 111 (32.08%) Project Manager
2 55 (15.90%) Lead
3 28 (8.09%) Analyst
4 26 (7.51%) Project Leader
4 26 (7.51%) Senior
5 19 (5.49%) Consultant
6 18 (5.20%) Business Analyst
7 17 (4.91%) Architect
8 14 (4.05%) Senior Manager
9 12 (3.47%) IT Manager
9 12 (3.47%) Senior Project Manager
10 11 (3.18%) Project Planner
10 11 (3.18%) Technical Manager
11 10 (2.89%) IT Project Manager
12 9 (2.60%) Coordinator
12 9 (2.60%) SC Cleared Project Manager
13 8 (2.31%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 8 (2.31%) PMO Lead
13 8 (2.31%) Technical Project Manager
14 7 (2.02%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.87%) .NET
1 3 (0.87%) JSON
1 3 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (0.87%) XML
2 2 (0.58%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.58%) ADO
2 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.58%) Blazor
2 2 (0.58%) RESTful
2 2 (0.58%) WCF
3 1 (0.29%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.29%) Middleware
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.29%) REST
3 1 (0.29%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.76%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.89%) PMI
3 8 (2.31%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.02%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.45%) NHS
5 5 (1.45%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.87%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.58%) CCTV
7 2 (0.58%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.58%) IoT
7 2 (0.58%) IVR
7 2 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.58%) PACS
7 2 (0.58%) Smartcard
7 2 (0.58%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.29%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.29%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.47%) Windows
2 4 (1.16%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.87%) Linux
3 3 (0.87%) Unix
4 2 (0.58%) Android
4 2 (0.58%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (53.18%) Project Management
2 128 (36.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 102 (29.48%) Agile
4 95 (27.46%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (26.88%) Project Delivery
6 77 (22.25%) Risk Management
7 75 (21.68%) PRINCE2
8 69 (19.94%) Change Management
9 51 (14.74%) Workshop Facilitation
10 34 (9.83%) Budget Management
11 33 (9.54%) ERP
12 30 (8.67%) Data Management
13 29 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (8.09%) Commercial Awareness
15 27 (7.80%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 24 (6.94%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 23 (6.65%) Programme Management
18 22 (6.36%) Resource Allocation
19 21 (6.07%) Decision-Making
20 20 (5.78%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.18%) SQL
2 7 (2.02%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.45%) Java
4 4 (1.16%) Python
5 3 (0.87%) ABAP
5 3 (0.87%) C#
5 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.58%) VBA
7 1 (0.29%) Bicep
7 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (21.68%) Security Cleared
2 68 (19.65%) Degree
3 38 (10.98%) DV Cleared
4 31 (8.96%) SC Cleared
5 30 (8.67%) APMP
6 23 (6.65%) PMI Certification
7 21 (6.07%) PMP
8 16 (4.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 12 (3.47%) Master's Degree
9 12 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (1.73%) ISACA
13 4 (1.16%) CCNP
13 4 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.16%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.87%) APMG
14 3 (0.87%) CISSP
14 3 (0.87%) HNC
14 3 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (18.50%) PMO
2 36 (10.40%) QA
3 10 (2.89%) GDPR
4 9 (2.60%) NIST
5 7 (2.02%) COBIT
6 4 (1.16%) PMBOK
7 3 (0.87%) SLA
8 2 (0.58%) Basel III
8 2 (0.58%) COREP
8 2 (0.58%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.58%) FINREP
9 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.29%) GRC
9 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.29%) P3O
9 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.29%) RMADS
9 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.16%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.29%) Firmware
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.45%) SCCM
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 86 (24.86%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.98%) SAP
3 14 (4.05%) Oracle
4 7 (2.02%) VMware
5 4 (1.16%) Cisco
5 4 (1.16%) Progress
6 3 (0.87%) Ariba
6 3 (0.87%) Google
6 3 (0.87%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.58%) Cerner
7 2 (0.58%) F5
7 2 (0.58%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.58%) Nokia
7 2 (0.58%) Planview
7 2 (0.58%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.58%) Veeam
8 1 (0.29%) Cadence
8 1 (0.29%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.29%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.29%) NCR