Critical Path Analysis Contract Job Trends

Critical Path Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Critical Path Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 525 568
Rank change year-on-year -50 +43 +207
Contract jobs citing Critical Path Analysis 12 14 40
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.041% 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.047% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 26
10th Percentile £454 £286 £429
25th Percentile £513 £329 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £400 £595
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% -32.77% +32.22%
75th Percentile £550 £450 £625
90th Percentile £604 £480 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £400 £595
% change year-on-year +31.25% -32.77% +48.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £49.61 £25.78 £42.71
25th Percentile £54.68 £29.23 -
Median hourly rate £63.74 £40.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.34% -18.37% +108.20%
75th Percentile £72.18 - -
90th Percentile £76.87 - £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.74 £40.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +59.34% -18.37% +108.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Critical Path Analysis 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 32,441 29,813 38,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.26% 88.27% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,403 18,181 25,776
10th Percentile £300 £307 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £743 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,089 968 1,481
10th Percentile £14.53 £15.62 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.90% +25.31%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.02 £73.83 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £30.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.89% -31.39% +44.18%

Critical Path Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Critical Path Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Critical Path Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Critical Path Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Critical Path Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Critical Path Analysis

Critical Path Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Path Analysis over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Path Analysis in the UK

Critical Path Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Critical Path Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Critical Path Analysis

Critical Path Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Critical Path Analysis over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Critical Path Analysis in the UK

Critical Path Analysis
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Path Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 22 December 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
England -28 12 £538 +34.38% 2
UK excluding London -40 11 £525 +31.25% 5
South East -17 7 £525 +5.00%
Work from Home -2 5 £510 - 1
South West - 2 £510 - 1
East of England -22 1 £600 +126.42%
West Midlands -28 1 £400 - 1
Midlands -39 1 £400 - 1
London - 1 £625 -

Critical Path Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (75.00%) Primavera
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (8.33%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) OCI
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (8.33%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) LSMW
General
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Environmental Health
2 1 (8.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Project Planner
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Master Data Manager
3 1 (8.33%) PMO Lead
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Master Data Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
1 1 (8.33%) PMI
1 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Project Management
3 6 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
4 5 (41.67%) Earned Value Management
4 5 (41.67%) Monte Carlo Method
5 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
6 2 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (16.67%) Programme Governance
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (8.33%) Data Management
7 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
7 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
7 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) MAPM
4 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (8.33%) PMP
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) P3O
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) NEC
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle