Production Planning Contract Job Trends in the South East

Production Planning
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Production Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 177 215
Rank change year-on-year +4 +38 +31
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.078% 0.049% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.057% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £394 - -
25th Percentile £415 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £662
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.88%
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £670 - -
England median daily rate £513 £618 £600
% change year-on-year -17.00% +2.92% +2.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Production 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 3,385 3,481 4,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.88% 84.99% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,138 2,129 3,185
10th Percentile £219 £257 £215
25th Percentile £388 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £615
90th Percentile £651 £688 £694
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 376 167 250
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.72 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £28.88 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £57.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.98% +9.52% +24.56%
75th Percentile £33.49 £70.00 £66.39
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Production Planning job vacancy trend in the South East

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Production Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in the South East over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Production Planning in the South East

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Production Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Production Planning

Production 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 Production Planning within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 November 2025. 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
Surrey - 1 £380 -
Production Planning
England

Production 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 1 (33.33%) SAP MM
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Architect
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Supply Chain Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Order Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Control
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Planning
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Ariba
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle