Assortment Planning Contract Job Trends in the South East

Assortment Planning
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Assortment Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Assortment Planning 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.039% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £614 - -
25th Percentile £617 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 - -
75th Percentile £642 - -
90th Percentile £643 - -
England median daily rate £631 £777 £613
% change year-on-year -18.71% +26.72% +25.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Assortment 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,280 2,747 4,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.72% 91.78% 86.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,805 1,741 2,927
10th Percentile £275 £250 £213
25th Percentile £405 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +1.70% -1.48%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 133 383
10th Percentile £15.01 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.00 £18.26
Median hourly rate £29.61 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.40% -6.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £75.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.26
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%

Assortment Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Assortment Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Assortment Planning job vacancy trend in the South East

Assortment Planning
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Assortment Planning within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Berkshire - 2 £631 -
Thames Valley - 2 £631 -
Assortment Planning
England

Assortment Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) RFID
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle