Cutover Planning Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Cutover Planning
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Cutover Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 161 182
Rank change year-on-year -43 +21 +49
Contract jobs citing Cutover Planning 7 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.15% 0.028% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.032% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £469
25th Percentile £356 £425 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% -12.20% +20.59%
75th Percentile £386 £475 £553
90th Percentile £417 - £566
England median daily rate £625 £630 £550
% change year-on-year -0.79% +14.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Cutover 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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,189 3,114 4,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.62% 86.69% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,790 1,775 2,737
10th Percentile £215 £263 £290
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £671 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 157 191
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.36 £17.25 £17.74
Median hourly rate £28.96 £27.50 £28.44
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -3.31% +27.82%
75th Percentile £51.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.25 £66.45 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Cutover Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Cutover Planning job vacancy trend in the North of England

Cutover Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cutover Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cutover Planning

Cutover Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cutover Planning within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
North West - 7 £363 - 2
Cutover Planning
England

Cutover Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (14.29%) SAP ERP
2 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) SuccessFactors
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Project Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Payroll Manager
2 2 (28.57%) SAP Manager
2 2 (28.57%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) ERP Manager
3 1 (14.29%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Migration
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (57.14%) Data Migration
2 4 (57.14%) ERP
2 4 (57.14%) Validation
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (42.86%) Data Extraction
3 3 (42.86%) Project Governance
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Test Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) SAP