Critical Path Analysis Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Critical Path Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Critical Path Analysis 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 390 336 362
Rank change year-on-year -54 +26 +126
Contract jobs citing Critical Path Analysis 11 14 34
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.060% 0.097% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.070% 0.11% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 20
10th Percentile £448 £286 £468
25th Percentile £513 £329 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £595
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -32.77% +48.75%
75th Percentile £550 £450 £609
90th Percentile £560 £480 £627
UK median daily rate £538 £400 £595
% change year-on-year +34.38% -32.77% +32.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £49.61 £25.78 £42.71
25th Percentile £54.68 £29.23 -
Median hourly rate £63.74 £40.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.34% -18.37% +108.20%
75th Percentile £72.18 - -
90th Percentile £76.87 - £60.00
UK median hourly rate £63.74 £40.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +59.34% -18.37% +108.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Critical Path Analysis 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,665 12,597 17,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.53% 87.51% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,623 7,372 10,985
10th Percentile £220 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,712 721 1,248
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.79 £30.78 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.72% -31.60% +43.91%
75th Percentile £52.52 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

Critical Path Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Critical Path Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Critical Path Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Critical Path Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Critical Path Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Critical Path Analysis

Critical Path Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Path Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Path Analysis in the UK excluding London

Critical Path Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Critical Path Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Critical Path Analysis

Critical Path Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Critical Path Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Critical Path Analysis in the UK excluding London

Critical Path Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Path Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
South East -14 7 £525 +5.00% 1
South West - 2 £510 - 1
East of England -21 1 £600 +126.42%
Midlands -37 1 £400 - 2
West Midlands -37 1 £400 - 2
Critical Path Analysis
UK

Critical Path Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (72.73%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (81.82%) Primavera
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) OCI
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Environmental Health
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Project Planner
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
1 1 (9.09%) NHS
1 1 (9.09%) PMI
1 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Project Planning
2 6 (54.55%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) PRINCE2
2 6 (54.55%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) Risk Analysis
3 5 (45.45%) Earned Value Management
3 5 (45.45%) Monte Carlo Method
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Governance
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
5 1 (9.09%) Data Management
5 1 (9.09%) ERP
5 1 (9.09%) ITSM
5 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
5 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Service Management
5 1 (9.09%) Test Assurance
5 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) MAPM
4 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
4 1 (9.09%) PMP
4 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) PMO
2 1 (9.09%) P3O
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) NEC
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle