Cutover Planning Contracts

Cutover Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Cutover Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cutover Planning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 570 695
Rank change year-on-year +63 +125 +139
Contract jobs citing Cutover Planning 13 12 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.028% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.032% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 18
10th Percentile £448 £511 £463
25th Percentile £476 £519 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £581 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.36% +5.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £645 £634 £631
90th Percentile £678 £638 £888
UK excluding London median daily rate £486 £602 £525
% change year-on-year -19.16% +14.57% -11.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cutover 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 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Cutover Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cutover Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cutover Planning in the UK

Cutover Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cutover Planning.

Daily rate trend for Cutover Planning in the UK

Cutover Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cutover Planning over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cutover Planning in the UK

Cutover Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cutover Planning.

Hourly rate trend for Cutover Planning in the UK

Cutover Planning
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cutover Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +60 13 £600 -0.25% 12
London +43 8 £613 +18.93% 3
UK excluding London +60 5 £486 -19.16% 9
South East +48 4 £523 -5.47% 7
Work from Home +39 3 £574 +4.27% 3
North of England +16 1 £450 -27.71% 1
North East - 1 £450 -

Cutover Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (7.69%) Orchard Housing
3 1 (7.69%) SAP MDG
3 1 (7.69%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
2 1 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Hub
1 1 (7.69%) SAP BW
1 1 (7.69%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (7.69%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) LSMW
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Aviation
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Local Government
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Cutover Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Dynamics AX Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) SAP Cutover Manager
2 2 (15.38%) SAP Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Finance Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Office Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Programme Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Housing Association
2 1 (7.69%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Migration
2 9 (69.23%) Data Migration
3 7 (53.85%) ERP
4 6 (46.15%) Project Management
5 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
5 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (30.77%) Data Extraction
6 4 (30.77%) ETL
6 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (30.77%) Validation
7 3 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (23.08%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (15.38%) Agile
8 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (15.38%) End-to-End Testing
8 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
8 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (15.38%) Resource Allocation
9 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (7.69%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
1 2 (15.38%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) SAP
3 3 (23.08%) Workday
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle
4 1 (7.69%) Orchard