Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Stockport

Planning and Forecasting
Manchester > Stockport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stockport requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stockport 8.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median daily rate £526 £349 -
% change year-on-year +50.72% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10 3 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport 83.33% 100.00% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 12
10th Percentile - - £302
25th Percentile £153 - £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £192 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year -52.13% -17.95% +8.33%
75th Percentile £413 - £558
90th Percentile £626 - £621
Manchester median daily rate £450 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £23.38
25th Percentile - - £42.10
Median hourly rate - - £58.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.24%
75th Percentile - - £65.31
90th Percentile - - £65.88
Manchester median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -8.92% +8.33% -24.05%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Planning and Forecasting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport.

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Stockport

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Stockport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BPC
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Anaplan
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP