Production Planning Contract Job Trends in the South West

Production Planning
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Production Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.27% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £440 - -
25th Percentile £590 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £703 - -
75th Percentile £806 - -
90th Percentile £838 - -
England median daily rate £610 £575 £546
% change year-on-year +6.09% +5.31% -0.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,635 1,536 2,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.52% 90.67% 82.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,438 957 1,675
10th Percentile £323 £228 £222
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 158 343
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.18 £13.88
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £29.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £58.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +6.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £45.78 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +57.86% -20.55% +0.29%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Production Planning job vacancy trend in the South West

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in the South West over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Production Planning in the South West

Production Planning
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 Production Planning within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Bristol - 6 £698 -
Devon - 2 £825 -
Wiltshire - 1 £350 - 5
Production Planning
England

Production Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (66.67%) SAP PP
2 2 (22.22%) SAP QM
3 1 (11.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Consultant
1 5 (55.56%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) SAP Manager
2 3 (33.33%) SAP PP Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) SAP QM Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) ERP Manager
4 1 (11.11%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) EDI
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (55.56%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (44.44%) ERP
3 4 (44.44%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
5 1 (11.11%) Data Mapping
5 1 (11.11%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (11.11%) System Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (11.11%) Trend Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) ABAP
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 2 (22.22%) PMP
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
1 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) JD Edwards