Production Planning Contract Job Trends

Production Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Production Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 518 583
Rank change year-on-year +11 +65 +165
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 70 29 43
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.079% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.092% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 7 18
10th Percentile £388 £523 £409
25th Percentile £450 £566 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £623 £590
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.46% +2.65%
75th Percentile £562 £725 £604
90th Percentile £582 £776 £611
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £623 £600
% change year-on-year -23.69% +3.75% +2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £18.54 - -
25th Percentile £22.84 - £35.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £35.50
75th Percentile £34.75 - £35.75
90th Percentile £37.60 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +162.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Production 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 31,506 31,506 41,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.04% 86.11% 88.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,718 18,972 28,134
10th Percentile £294 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,047 1,115 1,606
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.32 £20.06 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.08% +25.12%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £73.68 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £43.83
% change year-on-year -35.71% -20.14% +48.56%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Production Planning job vacancy trend in the UK

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Production Planning over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Production Planning in the UK

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Production Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Production Planning over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Production Planning in the UK

Production Planning
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Production Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 8 November 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 +5 46 £500 -19.03% 35
UK excluding London -11 25 £475 -23.69% 31
Work from Home +19 21 £555 -26.00% 18
London +14 18 £555 +0.91% 16
Midlands - 10 £463 - 4
West Midlands - 8 £425 - 4
North of England -28 4 £303 - 7
East of England - 4 £550 -
South East +3 3 £450 - 12
South West +1 2 - - 2
North West -16 2 £155 - 7
Yorkshire - 2 £450 -
East Midlands - 2 £500 -
Scotland - 2 £525 - 5

Production Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 44 (62.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (42.86%) SAP PP
3 11 (15.71%) SAP VC
4 10 (14.29%) SAP MM
5 7 (10.00%) SAP APO
6 5 (7.14%) SAP MII
7 4 (5.71%) SAP SCM
8 3 (4.29%) SAP QM
9 2 (2.86%) SAP WM
10 1 (1.43%) SAP CS
10 1 (1.43%) SAP ERP
10 1 (1.43%) SAP EWM
10 1 (1.43%) SAP GTS
10 1 (1.43%) SAP IBP
10 1 (1.43%) SAP LE
10 1 (1.43%) SAP PP-PI
10 1 (1.43%) SAP SD
10 1 (1.43%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) Power BI
2 1 (1.43%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.43%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 48 (68.57%) Manufacturing
2 22 (31.43%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.29%) Finance
5 3 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.86%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.86%) Automotive
7 1 (1.43%) Marketing
7 1 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.43%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (64.29%) Consultant
2 41 (58.57%) SAP Consultant
3 21 (30.00%) SAP PP Consultant
4 12 (17.14%) Functional Consultant
4 12 (17.14%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 7 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 5 (7.14%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
7 4 (5.71%) SAP QM Consultant
8 3 (4.29%) Architect
8 3 (4.29%) Floorwalker
8 3 (4.29%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.29%) SAP PP Specialist
9 2 (2.86%) Administrator
9 2 (2.86%) Analyst
9 2 (2.86%) Business Consultant
9 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing Engineer
9 2 (2.86%) Process Consultant
9 2 (2.86%) SAP Engineer
9 2 (2.86%) SAP MM Consultant
9 2 (2.86%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.43%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) Private Cloud
2 5 (7.14%) LIMS
2 5 (7.14%) PACS
3 4 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.86%) IoT
4 2 (2.86%) Life Science
4 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.43%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.00%) Quality Management
2 19 (27.14%) ERP
3 15 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (15.71%) Logistics
4 11 (15.71%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (12.86%) Order Management
6 6 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (8.57%) Change Management
6 6 (8.57%) Cost Control
6 6 (8.57%) Data Modelling
6 6 (8.57%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (7.14%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (7.14%) Coaching
7 5 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.14%) Data Management
7 5 (7.14%) Data Migration
7 5 (7.14%) Migration
7 5 (7.14%) Smart Manufacturing
7 5 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (7.14%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (1.43%) Python
1 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.71%) Degree
4 3 (4.29%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (1.43%) NIST
1 1 (1.43%) NIST 800
1 1 (1.43%) PMO
1 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (1.43%) SLA
Vendors
1 65 (92.86%) SAP
2 7 (10.00%) Ariba
3 4 (5.71%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.86%) Oracle
5 1 (1.43%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow