Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Project Planning
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 13 18
Rank change year-on-year - +5 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 0 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire - 3.23% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 3.77% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.74%
75th Percentile - - £463
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £502 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -2.15% +5.13% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £12.50 -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £28.18 £26.92
% change year-on-year - +4.68% +28.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 81 53 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 81.82% 85.48% 81.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 27 62
10th Percentile £181 £140 £137
25th Percentile £230 £150 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £200 £378
Median % change year-on-year +81.25% -47.02% -24.50%
75th Percentile £505 £488 £488
90th Percentile £807 £553 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 9
10th Percentile - £12.25 £14.29
25th Percentile - £19.00 £15.13
Median hourly rate £13.10 £30.00 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year -56.33% -11.58% +23.38%
75th Percentile £20.93 £31.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £25.62 £37.25 £54.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £23.36 £19.95
% change year-on-year +45.51% +17.09% -20.20%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Project Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Project Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Project Planning