Project Planning Contracts in the South East

Project Planning
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 117 155
Rank change year-on-year -17 +38 -21
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 35 72 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.00% 1.45% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.76% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 36 28
10th Percentile £336 £161 £325
25th Percentile £372 £344 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £459 £578 £503
90th Percentile £488 £684 £576
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £33.78 - -
25th Percentile - - £22.23
Median hourly rate £46.30 £60.00 £24.46
Median % change year-on-year -22.83% +145.30% -12.47%
75th Percentile £56.58 £65.95 £26.69
90th Percentile £67.50 £69.52 -
England median hourly rate £48.64 £30.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +62.14% -38.78% +99.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,141 4,097 5,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.92% 82.78% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,967 2,488 3,395
10th Percentile £250 £255 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +0.21% +3.68%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 325 236
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.38
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.25 £21.18
Median hourly rate £21.43 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.63% +14.70% +108.94%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £71.50 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Project Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the South East

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the South East

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the South East over the 6 months to 7 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the South East

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the South East

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in the South East over the 6 months to 7 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the South East

Project 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 Project Planning within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Thames Valley -14 22 £463 +8.19% 18
Oxfordshire 0 13 - - 3
Hampshire +19 10 £386 -3.53% 11
Berkshire -13 8 £456 +6.73% 7
Surrey +5 2 £313 -10.71% 12
Buckinghamshire +3 1 £543 +20.56% 9
Sussex - 1 - -
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (28.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 10 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (8.57%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.86%) PaaS
3 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) SD-WAN
1 2 (5.71%) WAN
2 1 (2.86%) 5G
2 1 (2.86%) Broadband
2 1 (2.86%) Network Security
2 1 (2.86%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 14 (40.00%) Finance
3 11 (31.43%) Manufacturing
4 10 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
6 5 (14.29%) Telecoms
7 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (5.71%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.86%) Automotive
9 1 (2.86%) Aviation
9 1 (2.86%) Military
9 1 (2.86%) Police
9 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (51.43%) Project Manager
2 7 (20.00%) SAP Manager
3 6 (17.14%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 5 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Junior
5 4 (11.43%) Programme Manager
5 4 (11.43%) SAP Project Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Senior
6 3 (8.57%) Project Planner
6 3 (8.57%) SAP Programme Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Architect
7 2 (5.71%) OSS Project Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Project Officer
7 2 (5.71%) Project Support Officer
7 2 (5.71%) Support Officer
7 2 (5.71%) Telecoms Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Telecoms Project Manager
8 1 (2.86%) ICT Manager
8 1 (2.86%) ICT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Life Science
1 10 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.86%) PMI
4 1 (2.86%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (60.00%) Project Management
2 16 (45.71%) Migration
3 15 (42.86%) PRINCE2
4 13 (37.14%) Risk Management
5 12 (34.29%) Agile
5 12 (34.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (25.71%) Asset Management
7 9 (25.71%) ERP
7 9 (25.71%) Time Management
8 7 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
8 7 (20.00%) Change Management
9 6 (17.14%) Critical Thinking
9 6 (17.14%) ITIL
9 6 (17.14%) Product Requirements
9 6 (17.14%) Programme Management
9 6 (17.14%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (14.29%) Critical Path Analysis
10 5 (14.29%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) Degree
2 6 (17.14%) PMI Certification
2 6 (17.14%) PMP
3 4 (11.43%) DV Cleared
4 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) ACCA
5 1 (2.86%) APMP
5 1 (2.86%) CIMA
5 1 (2.86%) CIPFA
5 1 (2.86%) HNC
5 1 (2.86%) HND
5 1 (2.86%) ISEB
5 1 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.00%) PMBOK
2 4 (11.43%) PMO
2 4 (11.43%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) COBIT
3 1 (2.86%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.86%) NIST
3 1 (2.86%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) SAP
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) Google
4 2 (5.71%) Cramer
4 2 (5.71%) Infoblox
4 2 (5.71%) Remedy
4 2 (5.71%) Workday