Senior Planning Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Planning Manager
England > North of England

The median Senior Planning Manager daily rate in the North of England is £649, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Planning Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.013% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £624 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £649 - -
75th Percentile £673 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £572 £600 -
% change year-on-year -4.63% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 6,964 3,685 3,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 92.43% 91.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,000 2,427 2,105
10th Percentile £313 £250 £274
25th Percentile £406 £370 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £495
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -5.25% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £571 £580
90th Percentile £675 £651 £666
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 686 215 238
10th Percentile £15.39 £13.00 £15.22
25th Percentile £24.19 £17.35 £18.00
Median hourly rate £41.06 £22.63 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +81.42% -32.95% +26.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £45.95 £49.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.97 £70.00
England median hourly rate £42.58 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +69.28% -45.54% +2.62%

Senior Planning Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Senior Planning Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior Planning Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Planning Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Planning Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Planning Manager
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 Senior Planning Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
North West - 1 £649 - 2
Senior Planning Manager
England

Senior Planning Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, Senior 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 North of England region featuring Senior Planning Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Demand Management
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management

Senior Planning Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Demand Management
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft