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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 352 386
Rank change year-on-year -9 +34 +73
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 26 5 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.030% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.036% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 14
10th Percentile £382 - £479
25th Percentile £388 £611 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £623 £600
Median % change year-on-year -19.68% +3.75% +2.39%
75th Percentile £550 £634 £605
90th Percentile £593 - £617
UK median daily rate £525 £623 £590
% change year-on-year -15.66% +5.46% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £18.54 - -
25th Percentile £22.84 - £35.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £35.50
75th Percentile £34.75 - £35.75
90th Percentile £37.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +162.96%

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 14,911 13,918 18,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 88.32% 84.03% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,038 7,973 12,083
10th Percentile £220 £250 £250
25th Percentile £368 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,684 876 1,305
10th Percentile £14.15 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.12 £18.47 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £33.27 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -32.37% -24.21% +48.26%
75th Percentile £42.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.85 £72.50 £77.30
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.77% +24.64%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Production Planning job vacancy trend 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 9 November 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 9 November 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 9 November 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
Midlands - 10 £463 - 4
West Midlands - 8 £425 - 4
North of England -27 5 £450 - 6
East of England - 4 £550 -
South East +4 3 £450 - 12
North West -9 3 £377 - 6
South West +11 2 - - 2
Scotland - 2 £525 - 4
Yorkshire - 2 £450 -
East Midlands - 2 £500 -
Production Planning
UK

Production Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (46.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (42.31%) SAP PP
3 3 (11.54%) SAP MM
4 2 (7.69%) SAP VC
5 1 (3.85%) SAP ERP
5 1 (3.85%) SAP LE
5 1 (3.85%) SAP QM
5 1 (3.85%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
1 1 (3.85%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 17 (65.38%) Manufacturing
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Consultant
2 6 (23.08%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) SAP PP Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Floorwalker
5 2 (7.69%) Administrator
5 2 (7.69%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Business Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Business Process Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Process Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) SAP Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) SAP Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Service Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Supply Chain Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.85%) IoT
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) ERP
2 7 (26.92%) Order Management
3 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (19.23%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (15.38%) Cost Control
4 4 (15.38%) Data Migration
4 4 (15.38%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (15.38%) Logistics
4 4 (15.38%) Migration
5 3 (11.54%) Bill of Materials
5 3 (11.54%) Data Management
5 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
5 3 (11.54%) Supply Chain Management
6 2 (7.69%) CRM
6 2 (7.69%) DMAIC
6 2 (7.69%) Integration Testing
6 2 (7.69%) Process Improvement
6 2 (7.69%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 3 (11.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
1 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
1 1 (3.85%) PMO
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 22 (84.62%) SAP
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) Ariba
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle