Project Planning Contracts in the North West

Project Planning
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 130 125
Rank change year-on-year +14 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 20 26 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.72% 0.81% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.89% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 35
10th Percentile £246 £300 £226
25th Percentile £378 £341 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £478 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% +6.11% +4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £498
90th Percentile - £547 £600
England median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £28.56 £55.12 £22.20
25th Percentile £36.23 £59.26 £31.37
Median hourly rate £49.00 £68.19 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +71.63% -3.10%
75th Percentile £54.50 £75.10 £52.88
90th Percentile £57.80 £78.04 £63.00
England median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% +3.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Project Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,393 2,921 3,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.30% 90.71% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,532 2,076 2,595
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £401 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £591 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 147 165
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.61 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.30 £20.74 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +13.51%
75th Percentile £45.88 £48.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £59.50
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the North West

Project 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 Project Planning within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Manchester +11 12 £556 +27.14% 11
Lancashire - 3 £600 - 2
Merseyside +16 2 £339 -32.25% 3
Cheshire 0 2 - - 4
Cumbria -23 1 £235 - 1
Project Planning
England

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

Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Primavera
1 2 (10.00%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle CX
1 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
1 1 (5.00%) Tableau
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Back Office
3 3 (15.00%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Electronics
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (15.00%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Change Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Analytics Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Data Analytics Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Project Controller
5 1 (5.00%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Transition Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Transition Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Project Management
2 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (20.00%) Change Control
3 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (15.00%) Agile
4 3 (15.00%) Budget Management
4 3 (15.00%) Business Case
4 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (15.00%) Change Management
4 3 (15.00%) Dashboard Development
4 3 (15.00%) ERP
4 3 (15.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (15.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (10.00%) Critical Path Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) PMO
2 3 (15.00%) GDPR
2 3 (15.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Computacenter
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.00%) Workday