Planning and Forecasting Contracts in Gloucestershire

Planning and Forecasting
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Planning and Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 57 57
Rank change year-on-year +29 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 1.22% 0.44% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 0.52% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £323 - -
25th Percentile £338 £638 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £578 £663 £619
90th Percentile £693 - £645
South West median daily rate £388 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -40.38% +18.18% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

Planning and Forecasting 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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 211 388 443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 85.77% 85.46% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 219 277
10th Percentile £221 £363 £375
25th Percentile £363 £460 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £670 £638 £675
90th Percentile £771 £738 £749
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 36 49
10th Percentile £23.25 £25.25 £32.40
25th Percentile £31.50 £30.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £40.00 £73.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -45.21% +124.96%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £83.31
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £83.72
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% - +21.96%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Planning and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Planning and Forecasting in Gloucestershire

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in Gloucestershire

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Planning and Forecasting in Gloucestershire

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in Gloucestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in Gloucestershire

Planning and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Planning and Forecasting within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Cheltenham +29 1 £763 +17.31%
Gloucester - 1 £325 -
Planning and Forecasting
South West

Planning and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) assyst
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Service Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Service Catalogue
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) APMP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IFS