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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 368 420
Rank change year-on-year +11 +52 +152
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 18 14 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.090% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.10% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £503 £520 £360
25th Percentile £526 £522 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £380
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% +44.74% -29.88%
75th Percentile £558 £638 £391
90th Percentile £575 £676 £397
England median daily rate £513 £618 £600
% change year-on-year -17.00% +2.92% +2.39%

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 12,690 13,828 18,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.41% 89.13% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,349 8,905 13,142
10th Percentile £331 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £799 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 162 248
10th Percentile £17.69 £17.28 £18.55
25th Percentile £24.89 £24.63 £21.44
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.79 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% +1.65% -0.88%
75th Percentile £46.88 £55.94 £60.44
90th Percentile £64.90 £80.68 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Production Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Production Planning job vacancy trend 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 9 November 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 9 November 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 -
South London - 1 - -
Production Planning
England

Production Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (61.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (27.78%) SAP APO
2 5 (27.78%) SAP PP
3 1 (5.56%) SAP EWM
3 1 (5.56%) SAP GTS
3 1 (5.56%) SAP IBP
3 1 (5.56%) SAP MM
3 1 (5.56%) SAP SCM
3 1 (5.56%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 15 (83.33%) Manufacturing
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Marketing
3 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Consultant
2 14 (77.78%) SAP Consultant
3 6 (33.33%) Functional Consultant
3 6 (33.33%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) SAP PP Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) SAP QM Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Management Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Procurement Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Procurement Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Quality Management Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) SAP Manager
5 1 (5.56%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (5.56%) IoT
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Quality Management
2 6 (33.33%) Change Management
2 6 (33.33%) ERP
3 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (27.78%) Smart Manufacturing
3 5 (27.78%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 2 (11.11%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Integration Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.56%) Budget Management
6 1 (5.56%) Business Case
6 1 (5.56%) Coaching
6 1 (5.56%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (5.56%) Global Marketing
6 1 (5.56%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Map
6 1 (5.56%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Ariba
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft