Planning and Forecasting Contracts in the UK excluding London

Planning and Forecasting
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Planning and Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 375 429
Rank change year-on-year +86 +54 -23
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 47 24 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 9 22
10th Percentile £348 £235 £400
25th Percentile £356 £363 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £498
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -24.62% -2.45%
75th Percentile £585 £465 £656
90th Percentile £675 £550 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £583
% change year-on-year -4.76% -9.87% +12.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67.00
Median hourly rate - - £68.00
75th Percentile - - £69.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £67.75
% change year-on-year - - +35.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Planning and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Planning and Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Planning and Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Planning and Forecasting in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Planning and Forecasting
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 Planning and Forecasting within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +32 17 £488 -7.14% 4
North West +31 15 £475 -9.52% 3
South West +58 13 £601 +29.14% 3
Midlands +24 7 £400 +66.67% 3
West Midlands +16 7 £400 +66.67% 3
South East +45 6 £494 +31.67% 15
Scotland +12 4 £650 +33.33% 6
Yorkshire +8 2 £700 - 1
Planning and Forecasting
UK

Planning and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Kondor
2 4 (8.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (6.38%) Finacle
4 2 (4.26%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle ASCP
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Essbase
1 4 (8.51%) Metadata
General
1 25 (53.19%) Finance
2 23 (48.94%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (46.81%) Social Skills
4 9 (19.15%) Banking
5 6 (12.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.38%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.13%) Billing
8 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Electronics
8 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.13%) Marketing
8 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Availability Manager
1 11 (23.40%) Capacity and Availability Manager
1 11 (23.40%) Capacity Manager
2 9 (19.15%) Lead
3 7 (14.89%) Architect
3 7 (14.89%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (14.89%) Test Leader
4 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Architect
4 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
5 4 (8.51%) Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Business Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Consultant
5 4 (8.51%) Essbase Consultant
5 4 (8.51%) IT Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Oracle Consultant
6 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Performance Manager
7 2 (4.26%) IT Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) IT Business Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.40%) Management Information System
2 6 (12.77%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.77%) Replication
3 5 (10.64%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.77%) HPUX
1 6 (12.77%) Linux
1 6 (12.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 6 (12.77%) Solaris
1 6 (12.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) Capacity Planning
2 16 (34.04%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (31.91%) Service Management
4 12 (25.53%) ITIL
5 11 (23.40%) Availability Management
5 11 (23.40%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 11 (23.40%) Mentoring
5 11 (23.40%) Quality Management
5 11 (23.40%) Statistics
6 10 (21.28%) Agile
6 10 (21.28%) Budgeting
6 10 (21.28%) Capacity Management
6 10 (21.28%) Problem Management
6 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (19.15%) Performance Improvement
7 9 (19.15%) Time Management
8 7 (14.89%) Test Planning
9 6 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (12.77%) High Availability
10 5 (10.64%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 11 (23.40%) ITIL Certification
2 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
3 9 (19.15%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) ACCA
4 1 (2.13%) APMP
4 1 (2.13%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) PMO
1 1 (2.13%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.89%) Oracle
3 6 (12.77%) IBM
3 6 (12.77%) Sun
4 5 (10.64%) SAP
4 5 (10.64%) Unisys
5 3 (6.38%) FIS
5 3 (6.38%) HP
5 3 (6.38%) Murex
6 2 (4.26%) Ariba