Planning and Forecasting Contracts in the South West

Planning and Forecasting
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Planning and Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 156 161
Rank change year-on-year +58 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 13 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.77% 0.031% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.038% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile £454 - £450
25th Percentile £600 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £465 £550
Median % change year-on-year +29.14% -15.45% -
75th Percentile £601 - £663
90th Percentile £702 - £730
England median daily rate £500 £551 £575
% change year-on-year -9.26% -4.17% +10.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67.00
Median hourly rate - - £68.00
75th Percentile - - £69.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £67.75
% change year-on-year - - +54.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Planning and Forecasting 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Planning and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Planning and Forecasting in the South West

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in the South West

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Planning and Forecasting in the South West

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in the South West

Planning and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Planning and Forecasting within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Wiltshire - 11 £601 -
Bristol - 1 £363 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £763 - 1
Planning and Forecasting
England

Planning and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 11 (84.62%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
5 1 (7.69%) Electronics
5 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Availability Manager
1 10 (76.92%) Capacity and Availability Manager
1 10 (76.92%) Capacity Manager
2 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
2 1 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Lead
2 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (76.92%) Availability Management
2 10 (76.92%) Capacity Planning
2 10 (76.92%) ITIL
2 10 (76.92%) Mentoring
2 10 (76.92%) Problem Management
2 10 (76.92%) Quality Management
2 10 (76.92%) Service Management
2 10 (76.92%) Statistics
3 9 (69.23%) Capacity Management
3 9 (69.23%) Performance Improvement
3 9 (69.23%) Time Management
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Business Case
5 1 (7.69%) Coaching
5 1 (7.69%) Contingency Planning
5 1 (7.69%) SDLC
5 1 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) ITIL Certification
2 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
3 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) ACCA
4 1 (7.69%) APMP
4 1 (7.69%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) SAP