Production Planning Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Production Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Production Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 369 401
Rank change year-on-year +11 +32 +80
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 14 6 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.091% 0.034% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.041% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 11
10th Percentile £294 - £488
25th Percentile £419 £611 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £623 £600
Median % change year-on-year -27.71% +3.75% +4.53%
75th Percentile £575 £634 £605
90th Percentile £580 - £605
UK median daily rate £537 £613 £581
% change year-on-year -12.33% +5.51% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £17.75 - -
25th Percentile £20.88 - £35.25
Median hourly rate £27.17 - £35.50
75th Percentile £33.88 - £35.75
90th Percentile £37.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.17 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - -13.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,777 14,584 19,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.37% 83.32% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,288 8,238 12,556
10th Percentile £226 £239 £260
25th Percentile £364 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £669 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,495 1,114 1,289
10th Percentile £14.10 £14.89 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.21 £18.15 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.32 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.10% +1.18% +81.28%
75th Percentile £40.75 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £74.31 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -1.16% +48.28%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Production Planning in the UK excluding London

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Production Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Production Planning in the UK excluding London

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Production Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Production Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Production Planning in the UK excluding London

Production Planning
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 Production Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
East of England - 5 £550 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £425 -
Midlands - 5 £425 -
North of England -17 3 £450 - 3
South East +22 1 £450 - 2
North West -11 1 £155 - 3
North East - 1 £575 -
Yorkshire - 1 £450 -
Production Planning
UK

Production Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (50.00%) SAP PP
1 7 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (14.29%) SAP LE
2 2 (14.29%) SAP MM
2 2 (14.29%) SAP WM
3 1 (7.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
General
1 8 (57.14%) Manufacturing
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Consultant
1 3 (21.43%) Floorwalker
1 3 (21.43%) SAP Consultant
1 3 (21.43%) SAP PP Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Administrator
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Logistics Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Sales Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) SAP Logistics Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Services Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Logistics Administrator
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Administrator
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Order Management
2 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 4 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
2 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Bill of Materials
3 3 (21.43%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (21.43%) Cost Control
3 3 (21.43%) Logistics
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Contract Management
4 2 (14.29%) Cross-Platform Development
4 2 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 2 (14.29%) ITSM
4 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 2 (14.29%) Service Management
4 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Business Case
5 1 (7.14%) Inventory Management
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) Ariba
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft