Capacity Planning Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Capacity Planning
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Capacity Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -37 - -
Contract jobs citing Capacity Planning 9 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 1.72% 1.41% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 1.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £254 - -
25th Percentile £359 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 - -
75th Percentile £464 - -
90th Percentile £494 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £449 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -21.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

Capacity 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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 449 136 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 85.85% 95.77% 60.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 87 31
10th Percentile £386 £270 £320
25th Percentile £415 £385 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% +18.75% -25.93%
75th Percentile £527 £527 £455
90th Percentile £563 £567 £534
West Midlands median daily rate £497 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.57% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £22.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 £10.42
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% +16.89% -71.59%
75th Percentile - £17.89 -
90th Percentile - £21.32 £12.20
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.49 £18.74 £23.00
% change year-on-year +14.67% -18.52% +29.94%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Capacity Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

Capacity Planning job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Capacity Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Capacity Planning

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning in Shropshire over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Planning in Shropshire

Capacity Planning
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
Telford -33 9 £442 - 2
Capacity Planning
West Midlands

Capacity Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) MySQL
1 4 (44.44%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Advertising
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) DBA
2 3 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared DBA
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Administrator
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Database Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Manager
4 1 (11.11%) MySQL DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle SQL Server DBA
4 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Operations Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) SQL DBA
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Database Security
3 4 (44.44%) People Management
3 4 (44.44%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Data Management
5 2 (22.22%) Budget Control
5 2 (22.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (22.22%) Capacity Management
5 2 (22.22%) Coaching
5 2 (22.22%) Community of Practice
5 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 2 (22.22%) Practice Management
5 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
5 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
5 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (33.33%) OCP
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) SAP