Project Planning Contract Job Trends in the North East

Project Planning
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 36 31
Rank change year-on-year - -5 +35
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 0 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North East - 1.97% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 2.13% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £440 -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile - £588 £438
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £507 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.40% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Project 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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 348 282 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 87.88% 92.76% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 135 151
10th Percentile £178 £305 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -18.18%
75th Percentile £538 £590 £575
90th Percentile £591 £712 £710
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 25 9
10th Percentile £14.35 £14.13 £15.46
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £28.91 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.27% +5.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £55.00 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in the North East

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Project Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Project Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Project Planning