Merchandise Planning Contracts

Merchandise Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Merchandise Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Merchandise 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 516 579 711
Rank change year-on-year +63 +132 +135
Contract jobs citing Merchandise Planning 4 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.007% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.015% 0.008% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £685 £606 -
25th Percentile £732 £606 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £777 £613 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.72% - -
75th Percentile £801 £619 -
90th Percentile £824 £619 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £613 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Merchandise 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%

Merchandise Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Merchandise Planning in the UK

Merchandise Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Merchandise Planning in the UK

Merchandise Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Merchandise Planning in the UK

Merchandise Planning
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Merchandise 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 +58 4 £777 +26.72% 2
London +40 4 £777 +26.78% 2

Merchandise 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) SAP Retail
General
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Assortment Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Ariba