Project Planner Contracts

Project Planner
UK

The median Project Planner daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 549 681
Rank change year-on-year +58 +132 +129
Contract jobs requiring a Project Planner 29 33 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.076% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.082% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 24
10th Percentile £296 £288 £279
25th Percentile £425 £400 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £388
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% +6.45% -4.02%
75th Percentile £500 £483 £491
90th Percentile £523 £533 £532
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £413 £475
% change year-on-year +3.03% -13.16% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 10
10th Percentile £45.27 £48.40 £31.25
25th Percentile £46.30 £51.25 £43.86
Median hourly rate £57.50 £52.78 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.94% +7.71% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.11 -
90th Percentile - £65.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £52.78 £49.00
% change year-on-year +8.94% +7.71% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Project Planner
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Project Planner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planner.

Daily rate trend for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planner over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planner.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planner over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planner in the UK

Project Planner
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planner 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 +50 26 £488 +18.18% 1
UK excluding London +58 23 £425 +3.03% 1
Work from Home +43 9 £425 -10.53% 1
North of England +20 9 - -
North West +19 8 - -
South West +48 7 - -
South East +40 6 £355 -13.94% 1
London +37 4 £500 -9.09%
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £425 -

Project Planner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Planner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Project Planner in the job title.

1 19 (65.52%) Security Cleared
2 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 15 (51.72%) Project Planning
3 14 (48.28%) Project Management
3 14 (48.28%) SC Cleared
4 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (41.38%) Primavera
5 12 (41.38%) Critical Path Analysis
6 8 (27.59%) SAP
7 7 (24.14%) Finance
7 7 (24.14%) Change Control
7 7 (24.14%) Work Breakdown Structure
8 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
8 6 (20.69%) Performance Management
8 6 (20.69%) Earned Value Management
8 6 (20.69%) Coaching
8 6 (20.69%) Resource Allocation
8 6 (20.69%) Business Performance Management
8 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
9 5 (17.24%) SAP PS
9 5 (17.24%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (17.24%) Performance Measurement
10 4 (13.79%) PMO
10 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (13.79%) DV Cleared
10 4 (13.79%) Degree
10 4 (13.79%) Aerospace
11 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
11 3 (10.34%) Google
11 3 (10.34%) Capacity Planning

Project Planner Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (17.24%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (41.38%) Primavera
2 5 (17.24%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) Aerospace
4 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Automotive
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Police
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Project Planning
2 14 (48.28%) Project Management
3 12 (41.38%) Critical Path Analysis
4 7 (24.14%) Change Control
4 7 (24.14%) Work Breakdown Structure
5 6 (20.69%) Business Performance Management
5 6 (20.69%) Coaching
5 6 (20.69%) Earned Value Management
5 6 (20.69%) Performance Management
5 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
5 6 (20.69%) Resource Allocation
6 5 (17.24%) Performance Measurement
7 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (10.34%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (10.34%) Cost Management
8 3 (10.34%) Gantt Chart
8 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2
9 2 (6.90%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 19 (65.52%) Security Cleared
2 14 (48.28%) SC Cleared
3 4 (13.79%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) HNC
4 1 (3.45%) ISEB
4 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) PMO
2 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) Google
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) NEC