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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 375 431
Rank change year-on-year +52 +56 +99
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 18 21 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.14% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 26
10th Percentile £163 £439 £355
25th Percentile £356 £545 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £725 £641
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +13.19% +18.61%
75th Percentile £538 £800 £700
90th Percentile £588 - £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +6.18%

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 11,178 15,459 23,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 88.48% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,507 11,105 16,762
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £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 £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 316 266
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.72 £18.25
25th Percentile £23.78 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.81 £28.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% -29.34% +12.29%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.10 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

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 29 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 29 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 +12 5 £525 - 1
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:

Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (11.11%) SAP CO
2 2 (11.11%) SAP FI
2 2 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (11.11%) SAP SD
3 1 (5.56%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 3 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) Amazon S3
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Power BI
2 2 (11.11%) Tableau
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.56%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (27.78%) Manufacturing
4 5 (27.78%) Marketing
5 4 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
7 2 (11.11%) Electronics
7 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (11.11%) Retail
7 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
8 1 (5.56%) Banking
8 1 (5.56%) Legal
8 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) Business Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) SAP Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) SAP Business Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Finance Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) SAP CO Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) SAP FI Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) SAP FI Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) SAP Financial Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) SAP Financial Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Supply Chain Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Biopharmaceutical
1 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
1 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 1 (5.56%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
1 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
2 4 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (22.22%) Agile
2 4 (22.22%) Business Forecasting
2 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (22.22%) User Stories
3 3 (16.67%) BPR
3 3 (16.67%) Business Transformation
3 3 (16.67%) Change Management
3 3 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 3 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Demand Forecasting
3 3 (16.67%) ERP
3 3 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (11.11%) DataOps
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) ACCA
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) Cegedim Rx
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) QAD