Project Planning Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 240 227
Rank change year-on-year +44 -13 +57
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 216 229 349
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.05% 0.96% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.07% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 149 249
10th Percentile £213 £360 £283
25th Percentile £313 £406 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +3.03%
75th Percentile £538 £598 £500
90th Percentile £609 £703 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 11
10th Percentile £24.14 £28.95 £25.50
25th Percentile £35.00 £36.25 £32.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £49.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% +24.05% -20.20%
75th Percentile £60.63 £52.00 £63.38
90th Percentile £71.32 £80.00 £66.75
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -8.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Project Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,416 21,395 27,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.70% 89.57% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,404 14,844 19,217
10th Percentile £250 £256 £233
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,048 1,307 1,356
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.05
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.56 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the UK excluding London

Project 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 Project Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 West +54 59 £425 -13.27% 23
South East -5 59 £400 -20.00% 71
North of England +35 42 £500 +2.56% 44
Midlands +30 28 £475 - 43
West Midlands +29 21 £475 +9.83% 20
Yorkshire +29 19 £500 +25.00% 9
North West +15 18 £475 -5.00% 30
Scotland +28 13 £475 -9.52% 13
East of England +15 12 £300 -25.56% 25
East Midlands +12 5 £595 +25.26% 23
North East - 5 £325 - 5
Wales +14 4 £325 -45.83% 9
Project Planning
UK

Project 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 5 (2.31%) Confluence
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 44 (20.37%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (18.06%) Microsoft Project
3 33 (15.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (15.28%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.85%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 18 (8.33%) Primavera
2 5 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.85%) SAP PS
4 3 (1.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.46%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.46%) Maximo
6 1 (0.46%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.46%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.56%) Power Platform
2 9 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (3.70%) PowerApps
4 4 (1.85%) Azure
5 3 (1.39%) AWS
5 3 (1.39%) WhatsApp
6 2 (0.93%) SaaS
7 1 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.46%) Boomi
7 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.46%) GCP
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.63%) Structured Cabling
2 9 (4.17%) Network Security
3 7 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.31%) VPN
5 4 (1.85%) LAN
5 4 (1.85%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.85%) WAN
6 3 (1.39%) Firewall
7 1 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.46%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.56%) Power BI
2 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.46%) IDMS
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.46%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (15.28%) JIRA
2 2 (0.93%) TestRail
3 1 (0.46%) LSMW
General
1 103 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 83 (38.43%) Finance
3 51 (23.61%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (17.59%) Presentation Skills
5 28 (12.96%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.94%) Telecoms
7 13 (6.02%) Manufacturing
8 11 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.31%) Military
10 4 (1.85%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.85%) Banking
10 4 (1.85%) Retail
11 3 (1.39%) Automotive
11 3 (1.39%) Back Office
11 3 (1.39%) Electronics
11 3 (1.39%) Legal
11 3 (1.39%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (1.39%) Marketing
12 2 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 73 (33.80%) Project Manager
2 45 (20.83%) Lead
3 27 (12.50%) Project Leader
4 17 (7.87%) Analyst
5 15 (6.94%) IT Manager
6 13 (6.02%) IT Project Manager
7 12 (5.56%) Architect
8 11 (5.09%) Senior
9 10 (4.63%) Project Planner
10 8 (3.70%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 7 (3.24%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.24%) Coordinator
11 7 (3.24%) PMO Analyst
12 6 (2.78%) Consultant
12 6 (2.78%) Project Coordinator
13 5 (2.31%) Project Support Officer
13 5 (2.31%) Security Architect
13 5 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.31%) Technical Manager
13 5 (2.31%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.39%) JSON
1 3 (1.39%) XML
2 2 (0.93%) .NET
2 2 (0.93%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.93%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.93%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.93%) Blazor
2 2 (0.93%) RESTful
2 2 (0.93%) WCF
3 1 (0.46%) ADO
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.46%) REST
3 1 (0.46%) Shiny
3 1 (0.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.24%) PMI
3 4 (1.85%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.39%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.93%) CCTV
5 2 (0.93%) Credit Risk
5 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.93%) IoT
5 2 (0.93%) NHS
5 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.46%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.46%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.46%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.46%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.46%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.46%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.39%) Linux
2 2 (0.93%) Unix
2 2 (0.93%) Windows
3 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (62.04%) Project Management
2 85 (39.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 63 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (28.70%) Agile
5 61 (28.24%) Risk Management
6 56 (25.93%) Project Delivery
7 55 (25.46%) PRINCE2
8 43 (19.91%) Change Management
9 41 (18.98%) Workshop Facilitation
10 27 (12.50%) ERP
11 26 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (11.57%) Data Management
12 25 (11.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 24 (11.11%) Commercial Awareness
13 24 (11.11%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 23 (10.65%) Budget Management
15 19 (8.80%) Resource Allocation
16 15 (6.94%) Business Intelligence
16 15 (6.94%) Resource Management
17 13 (6.02%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.39%) SQL
2 2 (0.93%) C#
2 2 (0.93%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.46%) Java
3 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.46%) Python
3 1 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 64 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 43 (19.91%) Degree
3 35 (16.20%) DV Cleared
4 29 (13.43%) APMP
5 25 (11.57%) SC Cleared
6 21 (9.72%) PMI Certification
7 18 (8.33%) PMP
8 7 (3.24%) Master's Degree
8 7 (3.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (2.78%) ISACA
10 4 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.93%) CCNP
12 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.93%) HNC
12 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (23.15%) PMO
2 34 (15.74%) QA
3 10 (4.63%) GDPR
4 8 (3.70%) NIST
5 7 (3.24%) COBIT
6 4 (1.85%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.46%) GRC
7 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.46%) RMADS
7 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 55 (25.46%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.65%) SAP
3 9 (4.17%) Oracle
4 3 (1.39%) Ariba
4 3 (1.39%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe
5 1 (0.46%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.46%) BT
5 1 (0.46%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.46%) Cisco
5 1 (0.46%) Computacenter
5 1 (0.46%) Google
5 1 (0.46%) IBM
5 1 (0.46%) VMware
5 1 (0.46%) Workday