Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Reading

Planning and Forecasting
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 90 82
Rank change year-on-year +15 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.14% 0.092% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.10% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £368
25th Percentile - - £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 - £456
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.05%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £535 - £456
% change year-on-year - - -18.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Planning and Forecasting 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 641 983 963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.31% 90.85% 92.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 551 628
10th Percentile £337 £330 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £609 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 11 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £29.00 £41.24
25th Percentile £16.66 £49.38 £59.89
Median hourly rate £58.00 £60.46 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -4.48% -2.63%
75th Percentile £82.25 £67.21 £65.25
90th Percentile £96.75 £74.87 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -36.81% -3.98% +21.68%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Planning and Forecasting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Reading

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle