Production Planning Contract Job Trends in London

Production Planning
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Production Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 372 434
Rank change year-on-year +21 +62 +148
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 17 17 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.11% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.12% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile £506 £520 £364
25th Percentile £513 £522 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +37.50% -26.18%
75th Percentile £558 £638 £480
90th Percentile £566 £676 £528
England median daily rate £539 £613 £590
% change year-on-year -12.08% +3.77% +4.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Production 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,291 14,390 19,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.58% 89.17% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,116 9,426 14,154
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 179 230
10th Percentile £17.89 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £25.01 £23.98 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.25 £35.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.79% -5.33% +4.90%
75th Percentile £47.13 £56.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.25 £76.03
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +50.85%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Production Planning in London

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Production Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in London over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Production Planning in London

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Production Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Production Planning

Production Planning
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 Production Planning within the London region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
West London - 3 £555 - 1
Production Planning
England

Production Planning
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 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (52.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (35.29%) SAP PP
3 5 (29.41%) SAP APO
4 2 (11.76%) SAP SCM
5 1 (5.88%) SAP EWM
5 1 (5.88%) SAP GTS
5 1 (5.88%) SAP IBP
5 1 (5.88%) SAP MM
5 1 (5.88%) SAP PP-PI
5 1 (5.88%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) DTS
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (82.35%) Manufacturing
2 2 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Consultant
2 11 (64.71%) SAP Consultant
3 6 (35.29%) Functional Consultant
3 6 (35.29%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) SAP Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Management Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Procurement Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Procurement Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Quality Management Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Architect
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
5 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Training Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Training Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (5.88%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Life Science
2 2 (11.76%) IoT
3 1 (5.88%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Quality Management
2 6 (35.29%) Change Management
2 6 (35.29%) ERP
3 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (29.41%) Smart Manufacturing
3 5 (29.41%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
5 3 (17.65%) Coaching
5 3 (17.65%) Thought Leadership
6 2 (11.76%) Agile
6 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) Digital Twin
6 2 (11.76%) Generative AI
6 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.88%) Budget Management
7 1 (5.88%) Business Case
7 1 (5.88%) Cost Reduction
7 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
7 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.88%) QA
1 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft