Planning and Forecasting Contracts in London

Planning and Forecasting
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 370 447
Rank change year-on-year +44 +77 +83
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 27 21 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.13% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 29
10th Percentile £248 £439 £450
25th Percentile £349 £545 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £725 £630
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% +15.08% +16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £800 £711
90th Percentile £588 - £850
England median daily rate £500 £551 £575
% change year-on-year -9.26% -4.17% +10.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £63.75
Median hourly rate - - £67.50
75th Percentile - - £71.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £67.75
% change year-on-year - - +54.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Planning and Forecasting in London

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in London

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Planning and Forecasting in London

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in London

Planning and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London - 7 £525 - 2
Planning and Forecasting
England

Planning and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (14.81%) Confluence
2 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.70%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (7.41%) SAP CO
2 2 (7.41%) SAP FI
2 2 (7.41%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (7.41%) SAP SD
3 1 (3.70%) Kondor
3 1 (3.70%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) AWS
1 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 3 (11.11%) SaaS
2 1 (3.70%) Amazon S3
2 1 (3.70%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Power BI
2 2 (7.41%) Tableau
3 1 (3.70%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.70%) IDMS
3 1 (3.70%) Looker
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) JIRA
General
1 15 (55.56%) Finance
2 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
3 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (18.52%) Banking
4 5 (18.52%) Manufacturing
5 4 (14.81%) Marketing
5 4 (14.81%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 3 (11.11%) Retail
7 2 (7.41%) Electronics
7 2 (7.41%) Investment Banking
7 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
8 1 (3.70%) Legal
8 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Business Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior
4 5 (18.52%) SAP Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) SAP Business Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Project Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Finance Business Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) SAP CO Business Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) SAP FI Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) SAP FI Business Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) SAP Financial Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) SAP Financial Business Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Supply Chain Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Biopharmaceutical
1 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
1 1 (3.70%) Digital Media
1 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 1 (3.70%) NHS
1 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (22.22%) Agile
2 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (18.52%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
3 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
4 4 (14.81%) Business Analysis
4 4 (14.81%) Business Case
4 4 (14.81%) Business Forecasting
4 4 (14.81%) ERP
4 4 (14.81%) User Stories
5 3 (11.11%) BPR
5 3 (11.11%) Business Transformation
5 3 (11.11%) Change Management
5 3 (11.11%) Data Governance
5 3 (11.11%) Demand Forecasting
5 3 (11.11%) Project Governance
5 3 (11.11%) Project Management
5 3 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) ACCA
3 2 (7.41%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) PMO
1 3 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.70%) IFRS
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) SAP
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.41%) Planview
3 2 (7.41%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.70%) Cegedim Rx
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) QAD