Project Planner Contracts

Project Planner
UK

The median Project Planner daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 July 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
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 573 636
Rank change year-on-year +68 +63 +182
Contract jobs requiring a Project Planner 38 23 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.053% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.057% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 32
10th Percentile £363 £378 £276
25th Percentile £428 £450 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +21.88% -0.53%
75th Percentile - £506 £488
90th Percentile - £605 £525
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £460 £400
% change year-on-year +19.57% +15.00% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 10
10th Percentile - £42.56 £42.60
25th Percentile £46.30 £46.39 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £52.78 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.94% +7.71% +54.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.95 -
90th Percentile - £54.65 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £52.78 £49.00
% change year-on-year +8.94% +7.71% +54.33%

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 29,319 40,234 53,898
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 93.01% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,683 25,888 37,411
10th Percentile £287 £285 £313
25th Percentile £400 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,330 2,797 1,580
10th Percentile £13.75 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.36 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.64% -12.79% +72.00%
75th Percentile £55.25 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £74.00 £76.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -37.13% +1.14% +97.75%

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 7 July 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 7 July 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 7 July 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 +66 35 £550 +16.09% 5
UK excluding London +64 31 £550 +19.57% 3
Work from Home +47 18 £550 +10.00% 2
South West +55 16 £550 +60.00%
North of England +11 10 - - 1
North West +11 9 - - 1
London +31 5 £430 -28.33% 1
South East +42 4 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £425 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 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 29 (76.32%) Security Cleared
2 23 (60.53%) SC Cleared
2 23 (60.53%) Social Skills
3 21 (55.26%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (50.00%) Critical Path Analysis
5 18 (47.37%) Project Planning
6 16 (42.11%) Project Management
7 15 (39.47%) Primavera
8 9 (23.68%) SAP
9 8 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (21.05%) Work Breakdown Structure
9 8 (21.05%) Project Delivery
10 7 (18.42%) Coaching
10 7 (18.42%) Performance Management
10 7 (18.42%) Change Control
10 7 (18.42%) Earned Value Management
10 7 (18.42%) Finance
10 7 (18.42%) Degree
10 7 (18.42%) Business Performance Management
11 6 (15.79%) Agile
11 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
11 6 (15.79%) SAP PS
11 6 (15.79%) Dependency Management
11 6 (15.79%) DV Cleared
11 6 (15.79%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (15.79%) Performance Measurement
12 5 (13.16%) PMO
12 5 (13.16%) Resource Allocation
13 4 (10.53%) Programme Governance
13 4 (10.53%) Scaled Agile Framework

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 21 (55.26%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (15.79%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (39.47%) Primavera
2 6 (15.79%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) Google Workspace
2 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) MS Access
1 1 (2.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 23 (60.53%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Finance
3 4 (10.53%) Aerospace
4 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.89%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.26%) Law
5 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Automotive
6 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.63%) Police
6 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) ActiveX
1 1 (2.63%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Private Cloud
2 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.63%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 18 (47.37%) Project Planning
3 16 (42.11%) Project Management
4 8 (21.05%) Project Delivery
4 8 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (21.05%) Work Breakdown Structure
5 7 (18.42%) Business Performance Management
5 7 (18.42%) Change Control
5 7 (18.42%) Coaching
5 7 (18.42%) Earned Value Management
5 7 (18.42%) Performance Management
6 6 (15.79%) Agile
6 6 (15.79%) Dependency Management
6 6 (15.79%) Performance Measurement
7 5 (13.16%) Resource Allocation
8 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (10.53%) Programme Governance
8 4 (10.53%) Risk Management
8 4 (10.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 3 (7.89%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 29 (76.32%) Security Cleared
2 23 (60.53%) SC Cleared
3 7 (18.42%) Degree
4 6 (15.79%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.63%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) PMO
2 3 (7.89%) P3O
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) SAP
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.89%) Google
4 1 (2.63%) NEC