Project Planning Contracts in the South West

Project Planning
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 143 147
Rank change year-on-year +47 +4 -38
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 58 26 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.84% 0.73% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 0.82% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 23
10th Percentile £43 £389 £311
25th Percentile £260 £425 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £490 £420
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +16.67% -16.00%
75th Percentile £500 £628 £444
90th Percentile £568 £665 £537
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £53.23 £50.20 -
25th Percentile £53.56 £52.00 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £65.94 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £74.38 £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +12.24% +10.11% -8.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Project Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,626 3,178 3,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.26% 89.57% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,673 2,329 2,324
10th Percentile £216 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £590
90th Percentile £700 £723 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 329 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £15.44 £20.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.08% +12.06%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £69.95
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the South West

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the South West

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the South West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the South West

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the South West

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in the South West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the South West

Project 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 Project Planning within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
Gloucestershire +32 29 £538 -2.27% 2
Bristol +18 17 £425 -10.53% 8
Somerset +6 5 £481 +28.33% 5
Wiltshire +5 3 £388 -39.22% 2
Cornwall - 2 £158 - 1
Devon -4 1 £465 +16.25% 4
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (51.72%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (44.83%) Spreadsheet
3 25 (43.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (41.38%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.72%) AWS
1 1 (1.72%) Azure
1 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
1 1 (1.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.62%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (5.17%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.72%) Firewall
3 1 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.72%) LAN
3 1 (1.72%) Network Security
3 1 (1.72%) VPN
3 1 (1.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 25 (43.10%) JIRA
General
1 37 (63.79%) Social Skills
2 31 (53.45%) Finance
3 28 (48.28%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (44.83%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (12.07%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.45%) Electronics
6 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.45%) Marketing
6 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.72%) Legal
7 1 (1.72%) Local Government
7 1 (1.72%) Military
7 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (43.10%) Lead
2 24 (41.38%) Project Leader
3 13 (22.41%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Project Officer
5 3 (5.17%) Project Planner
5 3 (5.17%) Project Support Officer
5 3 (5.17%) Support Officer
6 2 (3.45%) Contracts Manager
6 2 (3.45%) IT Manager
6 2 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
6 2 (3.45%) Risk Officer
6 2 (3.45%) Senior
6 2 (3.45%) Senior Manager
7 1 (1.72%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (1.72%) EPR Project Manager
7 1 (1.72%) Information Security Architect
7 1 (1.72%) IT Security Project Manager
7 1 (1.72%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.45%) Credit Risk
2 1 (1.72%) Animation
2 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (1.72%) Housing Association
2 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
2 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (86.21%) Project Management
2 37 (63.79%) PRINCE2
3 32 (55.17%) Agile
4 31 (53.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (50.00%) Project Delivery
7 27 (46.55%) Workshop Facilitation
8 25 (43.10%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 24 (41.38%) Commercial Awareness
9 24 (41.38%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 24 (41.38%) Data Management
10 15 (25.86%) Change Management
10 15 (25.86%) Risk Management
11 6 (10.34%) Cost Management
11 6 (10.34%) Earned Value Management
11 6 (10.34%) ERP
11 6 (10.34%) Line Management
11 6 (10.34%) Performance Management
11 6 (10.34%) Performance Measurement
12 4 (6.90%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 45 (77.59%) Security Cleared
2 28 (48.28%) DV Cleared
3 25 (43.10%) APMP
4 14 (24.14%) SC Cleared
5 11 (18.97%) Degree
6 3 (5.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (3.45%) PMI Certification
7 2 (3.45%) PMP
7 2 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.72%) CCNP
8 1 (1.72%) CCSP
8 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.72%) CISSP
8 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (48.28%) PMO
2 3 (5.17%) QA
3 1 (1.72%) GDPR
3 1 (1.72%) GRC
3 1 (1.72%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.72%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.72%) NIST
3 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.72%) RMADS
3 1 (1.72%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 27 (46.55%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.79%) SAP
3 1 (1.72%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.72%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.72%) Google