Project Planning Contracts in London

Project Planning
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 325 313
Rank change year-on-year +64 -12 +29
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 129 178 327
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.72% 0.66% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.72% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 119 215
10th Percentile £300 £365 £364
25th Percentile £419 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.57%
75th Percentile £628 £683 £638
90th Percentile £700 £800 £752
England median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 33
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.18 - £39.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £23.08 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +138.30% -48.13% +115.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £49.25
90th Percentile £110.19 - -
England median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% +3.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Project Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,769 24,761 35,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.51% 91.14% 92.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,293 17,773 26,130
10th Percentile £338 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 287 421
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.83 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.28% +8.33% +11.73%
75th Percentile £47.34 £62.59 £50.61
90th Percentile £66.25 £78.20 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in London

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in London

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in London

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in London

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in London

Project 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 Project Planning within the London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +36 18 £575 -11.54% 8
West London +27 9 £350 -41.67% 3
East London -4 5 £445 - 4
Project Planning
England

Project 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 5 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.33%) Confluence
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (6.98%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.33%) Trello
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.78%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (0.78%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.33%) Endur
2 3 (2.33%) SAP HR
2 3 (2.33%) SAP MRS
2 3 (2.33%) SAP PS
2 3 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.55%) SystmOne
3 2 (1.55%) Temenos Globus
4 1 (0.78%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.78%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.78%) Primavera
4 1 (0.78%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.78%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.30%) Azure
2 9 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (5.43%) AWS
4 3 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.33%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.33%) Serverless
5 2 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.78%) Asana
6 1 (0.78%) GCP
6 1 (0.78%) SaaS
6 1 (0.78%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.65%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (3.10%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.55%) SAN
3 2 (1.55%) VoIP
4 1 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.78%) Firewall
4 1 (0.78%) FTP
4 1 (0.78%) IOS XR
4 1 (0.78%) LAN
4 1 (0.78%) Network Security
4 1 (0.78%) NX-OS
4 1 (0.78%) WAN
4 1 (0.78%) Wireless
4 1 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.33%) Big Data
1 3 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.55%) Data Mining
2 2 (1.55%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (1.55%) Metadata
2 2 (1.55%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.20%) JIRA
2 3 (2.33%) InstallShield
2 3 (2.33%) MSI
3 2 (1.55%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 53 (41.09%) Social Skills
2 43 (33.33%) Finance
3 20 (15.50%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (15.50%) Public Sector
4 12 (9.30%) Retail
5 10 (7.75%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.43%) Marketing
6 7 (5.43%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.65%) Banking
7 6 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.88%) Electronics
8 5 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.10%) Back Office
9 4 (3.10%) Local Government
10 2 (1.55%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.55%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 42 (32.56%) Project Manager
2 15 (11.63%) Analyst
2 15 (11.63%) Consultant
3 11 (8.53%) Business Analyst
3 11 (8.53%) Lead
4 9 (6.98%) Senior
5 7 (5.43%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 6 (4.65%) Coordinator
6 6 (4.65%) Functional Consultant
7 5 (3.88%) PMO Manager
7 5 (3.88%) Project Coordinator
7 5 (3.88%) Senior Manager
7 5 (3.88%) Senior Project Manager
7 5 (3.88%) Technical Manager
8 4 (3.10%) Delivery Project Manager
9 3 (2.33%) Applications Specialist
9 3 (2.33%) Business IT Analyst
9 3 (2.33%) Project Planner
9 3 (2.33%) Support Engineer
9 3 (2.33%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.33%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.78%) .NET
2 1 (0.78%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.78%) ADO
2 1 (0.78%) Rendezvous
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.30%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.88%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.33%) PMI
4 2 (1.55%) IVR
4 2 (1.55%) NHS
4 2 (1.55%) PACS
4 2 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.55%) Smartcard
4 2 (1.55%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.78%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.78%) Derivative
5 1 (0.78%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.78%) FMCG
5 1 (0.78%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.78%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.20%) Windows
2 2 (1.55%) Android
2 2 (1.55%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.78%) Unix
3 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (44.96%) Project Management
2 48 (37.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (31.78%) Agile
4 37 (28.68%) Project Delivery
5 30 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (17.05%) Change Management
7 20 (15.50%) Risk Management
8 15 (11.63%) PRINCE2
9 14 (10.85%) Project Governance
10 13 (10.08%) Programme Management
11 12 (9.30%) Budget Management
11 12 (9.30%) Business Analysis
12 11 (8.53%) Business Case
12 11 (8.53%) Migration
12 11 (8.53%) Requirements Gathering
12 11 (8.53%) Resource Allocation
12 11 (8.53%) Workshop Facilitation
13 10 (7.75%) Data Analysis
13 10 (7.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 10 (7.75%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.65%) SQL
2 3 (2.33%) ABAP
2 3 (2.33%) Java
2 3 (2.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.33%) Python
3 2 (1.55%) VBA
4 1 (0.78%) Bicep
4 1 (0.78%) C#
Qualifications
1 29 (22.48%) Degree
2 9 (6.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 9 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.65%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.88%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.88%) PMP
6 3 (2.33%) APMG
6 3 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.55%) CISM
7 2 (1.55%) CISSP
7 2 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.78%) CCIE
8 1 (0.78%) CCNP
8 1 (0.78%) CEH
8 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.73%) PMO
2 7 (5.43%) QA
3 3 (2.33%) SLA
4 2 (1.55%) Basel III
4 2 (1.55%) COREP
4 2 (1.55%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.55%) FINREP
5 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.78%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.78%) EMIR
5 1 (0.78%) GDPR
5 1 (0.78%) MiFID
5 1 (0.78%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.78%) Firmware
3 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.78%) BladeLogic
2 1 (0.78%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.78%) Nessus
Vendors
1 29 (22.48%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.08%) SAP
3 7 (5.43%) Oracle
4 3 (2.33%) Google
4 3 (2.33%) Planview
4 3 (2.33%) VMware
5 2 (1.55%) Cadence
5 2 (1.55%) Cerner
5 2 (1.55%) Cisco
5 2 (1.55%) IFS
5 2 (1.55%) Progress
5 2 (1.55%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.55%) Veeam
6 1 (0.78%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.78%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.78%) NCR
6 1 (0.78%) Nokia
6 1 (0.78%) Northgate
6 1 (0.78%) Reuters
6 1 (0.78%) TIBCO