Project Planning Contracts in England

Project Planning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 250 310
Rank change year-on-year +8 +60 -19
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 242 343 379
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.01% 0.94% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.09% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 209 241
10th Percentile £308 £249 £375
25th Percentile £391 £396 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £543 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £498 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -0.50% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 25 22
10th Percentile £24.42 £23.74 £23.84
25th Percentile £32.62 £26.92 £43.38
Median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +12.24% +10.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.90 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +4.55% +12.24% +10.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Project 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 21,900 31,359 43,239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.26% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,297 20,563 30,348
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £767
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 2,244 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.47 £16.00 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% -0.73% +47.08%
75th Percentile £61.69 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.81% +0.76% +40.19%

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 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 2025.

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 22 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 +5 90 £500 -4.76% 163
North of England +27 47 £500 - 246
Midlands +24 43 £500 +5.26% 241
South East +23 36 £400 -5.88% 294
West Midlands +22 34 £500 +5.26% 141
North West +24 28 £513 +7.89% 113
Yorkshire +9 17 £500 - 102
South West -11 15 £488 +14.71% 157
East Midlands +9 9 £438 -26.47% 86
East of England +19 4 - - 168
North East 0 2 £498 +53.23% 31
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 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.31%) Confluence
3 2 (0.83%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.41%) Appian
Applications
1 35 (14.46%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (4.13%) MS Visio
6 6 (2.48%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (1.65%) Trello
8 2 (0.83%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 11 (4.55%) Primavera
2 10 (4.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.89%) SAP PS
4 6 (2.48%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.83%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.83%) OPENHousing
6 2 (0.83%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.20%) AWS
2 13 (5.37%) Azure
3 7 (2.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 7 (2.89%) Amazon Glacier
3 7 (2.89%) Amazon Kinesis
3 7 (2.89%) Amazon S3
3 7 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
3 7 (2.89%) Lucidchart
3 7 (2.89%) Serverless
4 5 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (2.07%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.65%) Smartsheet
6 3 (1.24%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.24%) Matillion
6 3 (1.24%) SaaS
6 3 (1.24%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.83%) PaaS
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.31%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (1.24%) Firewall
3 2 (0.83%) Network Security
3 2 (0.83%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.83%) VPN
3 2 (0.83%) WAN
4 1 (0.41%) 4G
4 1 (0.41%) 5G
4 1 (0.41%) DNS
4 1 (0.41%) HTTP
4 1 (0.41%) Intranet
4 1 (0.41%) MQTT
4 1 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.89%) DynamoDB
3 6 (2.48%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.65%) Power BI
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.83%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.83%) Tableau
7 1 (0.41%) Big Data
7 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.41%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.41%) MySQL
7 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (10.74%) JIRA
2 8 (3.31%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.65%) Git
4 3 (1.24%) Plastic SCM
5 2 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.41%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.41%) GitLab
6 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.41%) JUnit
6 1 (0.41%) Maven
6 1 (0.41%) NetBeans
6 1 (0.41%) Selenium
6 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 112 (46.28%) Social Skills
2 90 (37.19%) Finance
3 31 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (11.98%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.61%) Legal
6 14 (5.79%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.55%) Banking
9 10 (4.13%) Marketing
9 10 (4.13%) Retail
10 9 (3.72%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.48%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.48%) Automotive
11 6 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Law
12 5 (2.07%) Local Government
12 5 (2.07%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.65%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.24%) Back Office
14 3 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 84 (34.71%) Project Manager
2 28 (11.57%) Senior
3 24 (9.92%) Architect
4 21 (8.68%) Analyst
5 20 (8.26%) Lead
6 15 (6.20%) Business Analyst
6 15 (6.20%) Project Planner
7 13 (5.37%) Senior Manager
8 12 (4.96%) Senior Project Manager
9 11 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.72%) Technical Manager
10 9 (3.72%) Technical Project Manager
11 8 (3.31%) Engagement Manager
11 8 (3.31%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (3.31%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 8 (3.31%) IT Manager
11 8 (3.31%) IT Project Manager
12 7 (2.89%) Programme Manager
13 6 (2.48%) Consultant
13 6 (2.48%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.89%) ActiveMQ
1 7 (2.89%) Kafka
1 7 (2.89%) RESTful
2 5 (2.07%) PySpark
3 4 (1.65%) CSS
4 3 (1.24%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (0.83%) REST
6 1 (0.41%) .NET
6 1 (0.41%) HTML
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.41%) POSIX
6 1 (0.41%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.41%) XML
6 1 (0.41%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 8 (3.31%) PMI
3 7 (2.89%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.89%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.89%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.89%) Public Cloud
3 7 (2.89%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (2.48%) Blockchain
4 6 (2.48%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.48%) Driving Licence
4 6 (2.48%) IoT
4 6 (2.48%) Life Science
5 5 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.65%) EPoS
6 4 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.24%) Infotainment
7 3 (1.24%) NHS
8 2 (0.83%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.07%) Linux
1 5 (2.07%) Windows
2 2 (0.83%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.41%) HPUX
3 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Solaris
3 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (51.24%) Project Management
2 85 (35.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 83 (34.30%) Agile
4 62 (25.62%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (23.14%) Risk Management
6 52 (21.49%) Project Delivery
7 50 (20.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 45 (18.60%) Migration
9 37 (15.29%) PRINCE2
10 32 (13.22%) Change Management
11 27 (11.16%) Budget Management
12 22 (9.09%) Waterfall
13 21 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (8.26%) Decision-Making
14 20 (8.26%) Resource Allocation
14 20 (8.26%) Roadmaps
15 19 (7.85%) DevOps
15 19 (7.85%) ITIL
15 19 (7.85%) Project Governance
15 19 (7.85%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.55%) Python
2 9 (3.72%) Java
2 9 (3.72%) SQL
3 4 (1.65%) C#
3 4 (1.65%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.24%) Bash
5 2 (0.83%) COBOL
5 2 (0.83%) Perl
5 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.41%) C
6 1 (0.41%) C++
6 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.41%) Go
6 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.41%) R
6 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (16.94%) Security Cleared
2 35 (14.46%) Degree
3 28 (11.57%) PMI Certification
4 26 (10.74%) SC Cleared
5 24 (9.92%) PMP
6 11 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.83%) CBAP
9 2 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.41%) APMP
10 1 (0.41%) ISEB
10 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.09%) PMO
2 20 (8.26%) QA
3 8 (3.31%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.48%) PMBOK
5 4 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.24%) GDPR
7 2 (0.83%) COSHH
7 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.83%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.41%) COBIT
8 1 (0.41%) GxP
8 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.41%) MiFID
8 1 (0.41%) MISRA
8 1 (0.41%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.41%) SLA
8 1 (0.41%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (3.72%) Docker
2 7 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.83%) Amdocs OSS
1 2 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.41%) Ansible
2 1 (0.41%) HP Data Protector
2 1 (0.41%) NetBackup
2 1 (0.41%) SCSM
2 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (10.74%) SAP
2 25 (10.33%) Microsoft
3 13 (5.37%) Oracle
4 3 (1.24%) Google
4 3 (1.24%) Remedy
4 3 (1.24%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.24%) Workday
5 2 (0.83%) Adobe
5 2 (0.83%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.83%) Capita
5 2 (0.83%) Civica
5 2 (0.83%) Cramer
5 2 (0.83%) Databricks
5 2 (0.83%) Infoblox
5 2 (0.83%) NEC
5 2 (0.83%) Northgate
5 2 (0.83%) Perforce
5 2 (0.83%) Progress
5 2 (0.83%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.83%) Splunk