Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Planning and Forecasting
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.96% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £624 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £649 - -
75th Percentile £673 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £624 £402 £450
% change year-on-year +55.29% -10.67% -5.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 251 159 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.94% 85.48% 69.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 98 75
10th Percentile £150 £129 £159
25th Percentile £300 £193 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £428 £420
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +1.79% -13.85%
75th Percentile £588 £539 £508
90th Percentile £675 £682 £600
North West median daily rate £500 £455 £488
% change year-on-year +9.89% -6.67% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 9
10th Percentile £14.68 - £16.24
25th Percentile £20.87 - £18.11
Median hourly rate £42.50 £12.21 £22.88
Median % change year-on-year +248.08% -46.62% +14.38%
75th Percentile £43.96 £17.44 £40.00
90th Percentile - - £54.00
North West median hourly rate £46.80 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +86.10% -40.83% +28.79%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Planning and Forecasting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 25 September 2026. 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
Liverpool - 3 £649 - 6
Planning and Forecasting
North West

Planning and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Planning Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Planning Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Dependency Management
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Reconciliation
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Demand Management
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Tagetik