Planning Manager Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Planning Manager
England > Midlands

The median Planning Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs requiring a Planning Manager 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.021% - 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% - 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £560
25th Percentile £513 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.00%
75th Percentile £538 - £838
90th Percentile - - £890
England median daily rate £511 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -14.92% +6.67% -6.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 4,297 2,174 2,561
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 90.02% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,558 1,405 1,744
10th Percentile £313 £213 £232
25th Percentile £408 £350 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £581 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 171 165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £12.18
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £14.16
Median hourly rate £25.52 £24.34 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% +28.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £47.50 £31.38 £37.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £43.00
% change year-on-year +70.13% -38.49% -2.39%

Planning Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Planning Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Planning Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Planning Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Planning Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Planning Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Planning Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Planning Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 July 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
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 3
Planning Manager
England

Planning Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 July 2026, Planning Manager 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 Midlands region featuring Planning Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

Planning Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft