Production Planning Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Production Planning
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Production Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 - 124
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.061% - 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% - 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £594 - £580
25th Percentile £622 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 - £613
Median % change year-on-year - - +53.13%
75th Percentile £747 - £625
90th Percentile £771 - -
South East median daily rate £688 - £610
% change year-on-year - - +52.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,647 1,546 1,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.82% 92.30% 84.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,683 919 1,120
10th Percentile £313 £306 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.28% -1.65%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £619
90th Percentile £700 £678 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 111 113
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.12 £22.50
Median hourly rate £77.00 £25.15 £55.08
Median % change year-on-year +206.16% -54.33% +10.15%
75th Percentile £87.96 £53.63 £66.00
90th Percentile £104.00 £80.00 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.67 £57.35
% change year-on-year +153.87% -62.22% +14.70%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Production Planning job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Production Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Production Planning in the Thames Valley

Production Planning
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Berkshire - 2 £688 - 5
Production Planning
South East

Production Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP MM
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP MM Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Supply Chain Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supply Chain Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Infor
2 1 (50.00%) JDA