Assortment Planning Contract Job Trends

Assortment Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Assortment Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 546 597
Rank change year-on-year - +51 +200
Contract jobs citing Assortment Planning 0 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - 0.017% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.020% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £685 £461
25th Percentile - £732 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £777 £606
Median % change year-on-year - +28.08% +24.36%
75th Percentile - £801 £621
90th Percentile - £824 £623
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £607

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Assortment 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,541 30,291 38,815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.45% 88.04% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,482 18,505 25,899
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,089 1,000 1,504
10th Percentile £14.53 £15.61 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.78 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £32.28 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.75% -27.46% +39.06%

Assortment Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Assortment Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Assortment Planning job vacancy trend in the UK

Assortment Planning
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Assortment Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Assortment Planning