Project Planning Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 98 121
Rank change year-on-year -16 +23 -24
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 14 22 20
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.68% 1.09% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.23% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 13
10th Percentile £418 £472 £318
25th Percentile £435 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -18.80%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £585
90th Percentile £690 £641 £629
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £569
% change year-on-year +3.90% -12.09% -1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66.83
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £68.67
75th Percentile - - £70.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £50.63 £67.27 £68.67
% change year-on-year -24.74% -2.04% +70.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,816 1,793 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.86% 88.67% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,051 1,470
10th Percentile £268 £298 £213
25th Percentile £400 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 54 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.92 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.35 £29.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.49% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.09 £69.03 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £51.00 £51.96
% change year-on-year -56.86% -1.85% +38.56%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Project Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Project Planning

Project 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 Project Planning within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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 -14 8 £431 -28.13% 1
Oxfordshire -11 4 £445 -11.00% 1
Buckinghamshire +6 2 £663 +32.50% 1
Project Planning
South East

Project 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 3 (21.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 3 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.14%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (7.14%) PaaS
1 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Wireless
2 1 (7.14%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SAP HANA
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Smart Metering Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Business Integration Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Junior
4 1 (7.14%) Junior Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) Project Planner
4 1 (7.14%) Salesforce Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Life Science
1 3 (21.43%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (21.43%) Smart Meter
2 1 (7.14%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Budgeting
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
4 3 (21.43%) Business Case
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) System Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Time Management
5 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 2 (14.29%) PMP
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) MAPM
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) PMBOK
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) BT
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Openreach
2 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.14%) Workday