Project Planning Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 86 115
Rank change year-on-year -6 +29 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 22 40 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.31% 1.74% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 2.05% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 14
10th Percentile £433 £59 £378
25th Percentile £450 £261 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £484 £538 £508
90th Percentile £518 £615 £605
South East median daily rate £400 £400 £450
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £46.30 - -
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £60.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -22.83% +145.30% -12.47%

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 1,546 1,950 2,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.02% 84.64% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 925 1,110 1,700
10th Percentile £300 £263 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -1.30% +3.45%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £623
90th Percentile £683 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £518 £518
% change year-on-year -3.39% -0.09% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 114 83
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £14.45
25th Percentile £15.12 £26.00 £22.88
Median hourly rate £24.00 £56.34 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.40% +12.69% +150.00%
75th Percentile £46.30 £67.38 £66.11
90th Percentile £77.75 £85.65 £75.59
South East median hourly rate £21.50 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.51% +14.70% +100.00%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the Thames Valley

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the Thames Valley

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 15 August 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
Oxfordshire +1 13 - - 3
Berkshire -13 8 £456 +7.35% 8
Buckinghamshire +4 1 £543 +20.56% 8
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (45.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 10 (45.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (13.64%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.55%) PaaS
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) 5G
1 1 (4.55%) Network Security
1 1 (4.55%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SAP HANA
General
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Finance
3 10 (45.45%) Manufacturing
4 7 (31.82%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
6 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
7 1 (4.55%) Police
7 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Project Manager
2 7 (31.82%) SAP Manager
3 6 (27.27%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (18.18%) Programme Manager
4 4 (18.18%) SAP Project Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Project Planner
5 3 (13.64%) SAP Programme Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Architect
6 2 (9.09%) OSS Project Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Technical Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Telecoms Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Telecoms Project Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Finance Business Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) Finance Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Smart Metering Project Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Workday Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) Workday Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Life Science
1 10 (45.45%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Migration
1 12 (54.55%) PRINCE2
2 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (45.45%) Risk Management
3 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (40.91%) Agile
4 9 (40.91%) Asset Management
4 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (36.36%) ERP
5 8 (36.36%) Project Management
6 7 (31.82%) Capacity Planning
6 7 (31.82%) Change Management
6 7 (31.82%) Time Management
7 6 (27.27%) Critical Thinking
7 6 (27.27%) Product Requirements
7 6 (27.27%) Strategic Thinking
8 5 (22.73%) ITIL
9 4 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 4 (18.18%) Programme Management
9 4 (18.18%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) PMI Certification
1 4 (18.18%) PMP
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) ACCA
4 1 (4.55%) APMP
4 1 (4.55%) CIMA
4 1 (4.55%) CIPFA
4 1 (4.55%) ISEB
4 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) PMBOK
2 4 (18.18%) QA
3 3 (13.64%) PMO
4 1 (4.55%) COBIT
4 1 (4.55%) GDPR
4 1 (4.55%) NIST
4 1 (4.55%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.64%) Google
4 2 (9.09%) Cramer
4 2 (9.09%) Infoblox
4 2 (9.09%) Remedy
4 2 (9.09%) Workday