Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Planning and Forecasting
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -48 - -
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 7 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.94% 3.37% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 3.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 0
10th Percentile £419 £230 -
25th Percentile £542 £231 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £608 £289 -
Median % change year-on-year +110.21% - -
75th Percentile £615 £320 -
90th Percentile £616 £323 -
West Midlands median daily rate £578 £289 £425
% change year-on-year +99.83% -32.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 666 165 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 89.04% 92.70% 74.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 116 60
10th Percentile £358 £308 £196
25th Percentile £413 £400 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £358
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% +29.19% -33.15%
75th Percentile £535 £538 £499
90th Percentile £626 £549 £519
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 1
10th Percentile £18.30 £26.13 -
25th Percentile £44.82 £27.59 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £31.31 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.70% +123.61% -
75th Percentile £53.75 £36.30 -
90th Percentile £60.62 £38.53 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £23.42 £18.50
% change year-on-year +45.13% +26.59% -32.73%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in Shropshire over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Planning and Forecasting in Shropshire

Planning and Forecasting
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 Planning and Forecasting within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 4 August 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 -44 7 £608 +110.21% 3
Planning and Forecasting
West Midlands

Planning and Forecasting
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 5 (71.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Delivery Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Business Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Capacity Management
2 5 (71.43%) Scrum
2 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Dependency Management
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) Business Forecasting
4 2 (28.57%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO