Production Planning Contract Job Trends in the North West

Production Planning
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Production Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 121 135
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 +56
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 3 1 9
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.12% 0.042% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.051% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £197 - £480
25th Percentile £264 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £377 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.38%
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £554 - -
England median daily rate £513 £618 £600
% change year-on-year -17.00% +2.92% +2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.25
Median hourly rate - - £35.50
75th Percentile - - £35.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +162.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Production 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,110 1,968 2,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.84% 83.53% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,381 1,069 1,700
10th Percentile £215 £294 £270
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £593
90th Percentile £678 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 108 167
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.43 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £24.18 £17.75
Median hourly rate £29.60 £35.68 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.04% +1.94% +38.92%
75th Percentile £45.46 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.56 £70.10 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Production Planning job vacancy trend in the North West

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Production Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in the North West over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Production Planning in the North West

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Production Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Production Planning within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Cheshire - 3 £377 - 3
Production Planning
England

Production Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (66.67%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Inventory Control
1 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft