Production Planning Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Production Planning
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Production Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 35 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.24% 0.39% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.44% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Wales median daily rate £550 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 318 228 292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 76.81% 89.06% 80.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 161 219
10th Percentile £250 £180 £143
25th Percentile £313 £263 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £625 £667
Wales median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 26 21
10th Percentile £12.21 £16.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.22 £20.12 £15.20
Median hourly rate £21.25 £22.25 £22.68
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% -1.90% +20.54%
75th Percentile £46.85 £38.13 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.50 £45.00 £87.80
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £22.00 £19.17
% change year-on-year -3.41% +14.76% +1.89%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Production Planning job vacancy trend in South Wales

Production Planning
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cardiff -10 1 £550 - 2
Production Planning
Wales

Production Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (100.00%) SAP PP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP PP Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Demand Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) SAP