Project Planner Contract Job Trends in London

Project Planner
England > London

The median Project Planner daily rate in London is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 375 392
Rank change year-on-year -1 +17 +183
Contract jobs requiring a Project Planner 3 1 29
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.022% 0.006% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.007% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 23
10th Percentile £366 - £363
25th Percentile £390 £513 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +20.00% +2.94%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £525
90th Percentile £586 - £568
England median daily rate £525 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +16.67% +12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £43.86
England median hourly rate £39.99 £40.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -0.02% -18.37% +54.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,689 14,601 18,994
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.01% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,418 9,436 13,820
10th Percentile £335 £339 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £794 £798
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 156 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.33 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.89 £38.00 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year -29.24% -4.59% +21.62%
75th Percentile £47.50 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.92 £80.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.66 £45.88
% change year-on-year -38.15% -11.37% +52.93%

Project Planner
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Planner' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Project Planner job vacancy trend in London

Project Planner
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Planner job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Planner job vacancies in London

Project Planner
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planner in London over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planner in London

Project Planner
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Planner job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Planner job vacancies in London

Project Planner
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 Project Planner within the London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Central London - 2 £390 - 2
Project Planner
England

Project Planner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Project Planner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Project Planner in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) PMO
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) ActiveX
3 1 (33.33%) ADO
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Epics
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall

Project Planner Skill Set
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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) ActiveX
1 1 (33.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Epics
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft