Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Project Planning
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.32% - 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% - 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £418
25th Percentile £556 - £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £481
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.33%
75th Percentile £569 - £536
90th Percentile - - £559
South West median daily rate £350 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -28.21% +14.71% -10.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

Project 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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 221 130 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 70.16% 93.53% 75.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 81 89
10th Percentile £319 £263 £160
25th Percentile £400 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% +10.00% +2.30%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £600
90th Percentile £630 £775 £615
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 13 28
10th Percentile £32.50 £14.42 £12.50
25th Percentile £50.00 - £22.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -50.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £40.00
90th Percentile - - £48.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £63.00 £47.83
% change year-on-year -4.76% +31.72% -22.23%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Somerset

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Project Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Project Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Bath - 1 £563 -
Project Planning
South West

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) Sparx