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 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.33% - 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% - 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.25%
75th Percentile £475 - £438
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

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 255 258 202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 84.72% 91.49% 86.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 101 156
10th Percentile £225 £315 £319
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £610 £570
90th Percentile £643 £738 £638
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 11
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £29.77 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.61% +48.85% +17.65%
75th Percentile £20.63 £46.18 £39.97
90th Percentile £45.60 £70.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Project Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning 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

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £450 -
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Digital Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall