Programme Planner Contracts in the Home Counties

Programme Planner
South East > Home Counties

The median Programme Planner daily rate in the Home Counties is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 June 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
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Planner 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties 14.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
South East median daily rate £598 £563 £625
% change year-on-year +6.22% -10.00% +19.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Home Counties

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Home Counties. 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 the Home Counties with a recognized job title 7 6 21
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 17
10th Percentile £496 - £430
25th Percentile £505 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £535 £488 £800
90th Percentile £544 - £1,100
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

Programme Planner
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Planner in the Home Counties

Programme Planner Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties

For the 6 months to 27 June 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 Home Counties region featuring Programme Planner in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Primavera
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Levelling
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot

Programme Planner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Levelling
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft