Project Planning Contracts

Project Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 324 298
Rank change year-on-year +52 -26 +74
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 383 468 821
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 0.78% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.87% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 307 574
10th Percentile £260 £340 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +16.28%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £600
90th Percentile £679 £750 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -2.11% +11.76% +0.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 23 48
10th Percentile £23.96 £24.59 £25.59
25th Percentile £32.98 £36.25 £39.75
Median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -3.78%
75th Percentile £61.25 £63.96 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £78.00 £55.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £49.00 £39.73
% change year-on-year +17.35% +23.34% -16.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +62 336 £500 -1.48% 261
UK excluding London +44 207 £465 -2.11% 199
Work from Home +86 146 £500 - 98
London +49 129 £550 - 75
South East -13 55 £400 -20.00% 56
South West +45 54 £425 -10.53% 26
North of England +42 44 £500 +6.67% 34
Midlands +20 27 £475 - 42
West Midlands +32 21 £475 +7.95% 19
North West +10 20 £494 +1.28% 24
Yorkshire +29 19 £500 +25.00% 8
Scotland +20 12 £475 -13.64% 17
East of England +15 12 £300 -29.41% 23
North East - 5 £325 - 2
Wales +15 4 £325 -45.83% 8
East Midlands +11 4 £608 +27.89% 23

Project 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 13 (3.39%) Confluence
2 7 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 51 (13.32%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (12.01%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 29 (7.57%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.83%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.78%) Trello
8 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.26%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.26%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 19 (4.96%) Primavera
2 17 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.87%) SAP PS
4 5 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.78%) Endur
5 3 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.78%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.78%) SAP MRS
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.52%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.52%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.52%) Temenos Globus
7 1 (0.26%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.26%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 18 (4.70%) Dynamics 365
2 17 (4.44%) Azure
3 12 (3.13%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.87%) AWS
5 8 (2.09%) PowerApps
6 5 (1.31%) GCP
6 5 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.04%) OCI
8 3 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.78%) Google Workspace
8 3 (0.78%) SaaS
8 3 (0.78%) Serverless
8 3 (0.78%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.26%) Asana
10 1 (0.26%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.26%) Boomi
10 1 (0.26%) PaaS
10 1 (0.26%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.22%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (3.66%) Network Security
2 14 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (2.35%) Firewall
3 9 (2.35%) VPN
4 8 (2.09%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.31%) LAN
5 5 (1.31%) WAN
6 4 (1.04%) DHCP
6 4 (1.04%) DNS
6 4 (1.04%) VLAN
7 2 (0.52%) SAN
7 2 (0.52%) VoIP
7 2 (0.52%) Wireless
8 1 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.26%) FTP
8 1 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.13%) Power BI
2 4 (1.04%) Big Data
3 3 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.52%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.52%) Metadata
4 2 (0.52%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.26%) IDMS
5 1 (0.26%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (11.75%) JIRA
2 3 (0.78%) Git
2 3 (0.78%) InstallShield
2 3 (0.78%) MSI
3 2 (0.52%) TestRail
3 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) LSMW
General
1 172 (44.91%) Social Skills
2 130 (33.94%) Finance
3 74 (19.32%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (12.53%) Public Sector
5 41 (10.70%) Presentation Skills
6 28 (7.31%) Telecoms
7 25 (6.53%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (4.18%) Retail
10 11 (2.87%) Marketing
11 10 (2.61%) Banking
11 10 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.35%) Electronics
13 7 (1.83%) Back Office
14 6 (1.57%) Local Government
15 5 (1.31%) Legal
15 5 (1.31%) Military
16 4 (1.04%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.78%) Automotive
17 3 (0.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 131 (34.20%) Project Manager
2 54 (14.10%) Lead
3 38 (9.92%) Analyst
4 24 (6.27%) Consultant
4 24 (6.27%) Project Leader
4 24 (6.27%) Senior
5 18 (4.70%) Business Analyst
5 18 (4.70%) IT Manager
6 16 (4.18%) IT Project Manager
7 14 (3.66%) Architect
8 13 (3.39%) Coordinator
8 13 (3.39%) Project Planner
9 12 (3.13%) Senior Manager
10 11 (2.87%) Project Coordinator
10 11 (2.87%) Technical Manager
11 10 (2.61%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 10 (2.61%) Senior Project Manager
12 9 (2.35%) Security Consultant
13 8 (2.09%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 8 (2.09%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.78%) .NET
1 3 (0.78%) JSON
1 3 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (0.78%) XML
2 2 (0.52%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.52%) ADO
2 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.52%) Blazor
2 2 (0.52%) RESTful
2 2 (0.52%) WCF
3 1 (0.26%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.26%) Rendezvous
3 1 (0.26%) REST
3 1 (0.26%) Shiny
3 1 (0.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.18%) Management Information System
2 9 (2.35%) Data Centre
2 9 (2.35%) PMI
2 9 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (1.83%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.57%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.04%) NHS
7 3 (0.78%) Credit Risk
7 3 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.52%) CCTV
8 2 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.52%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.52%) IoT
8 2 (0.52%) IVR
8 2 (0.52%) PACS
8 2 (0.52%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.52%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.35%) Windows
2 6 (1.57%) Unix
3 3 (0.78%) Linux
4 2 (0.52%) Android
4 2 (0.52%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (54.05%) Project Management
2 139 (36.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 111 (28.98%) Agile
4 104 (27.15%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (24.28%) Project Delivery
6 89 (23.24%) Risk Management
7 79 (20.63%) Change Management
8 69 (18.02%) PRINCE2
9 49 (12.79%) Workshop Facilitation
10 37 (9.66%) ERP
11 36 (9.40%) Decision-Making
12 35 (9.14%) Budget Management
13 31 (8.09%) Resource Allocation
14 28 (7.31%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (6.79%) Data Management
16 25 (6.53%) Programme Management
17 24 (6.27%) Business Analysis
17 24 (6.27%) Cybersecurity
17 24 (6.27%) Waterfall
18 23 (6.01%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.87%) SQL
2 5 (1.31%) Java
2 5 (1.31%) Python
2 5 (1.31%) Shell Script
3 3 (0.78%) ABAP
3 3 (0.78%) C#
3 3 (0.78%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.52%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.52%) VBA
5 1 (0.26%) Bicep
5 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 78 (20.37%) Degree
2 74 (19.32%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.36%) DV Cleared
3 32 (8.36%) SC Cleared
4 28 (7.31%) APMP
4 28 (7.31%) PMP
5 26 (6.79%) PMI Certification
6 16 (4.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 12 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.87%) Master's Degree
9 10 (2.61%) CISSP
10 9 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.09%) CISM
12 7 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 6 (1.57%) ISACA
14 5 (1.31%) CCNA
14 5 (1.31%) CEH
15 3 (0.78%) CCNP
15 3 (0.78%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (17.23%) PMO
2 48 (12.53%) QA
3 13 (3.39%) GDPR
4 10 (2.61%) NIST
5 7 (1.83%) COBIT
6 4 (1.04%) PMBOK
7 3 (0.78%) SLA
8 2 (0.52%) Basel III
8 2 (0.52%) COREP
8 2 (0.52%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.52%) FINREP
9 1 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.26%) EMIR
9 1 (0.26%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.26%) MiFID
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.78%) Docker
3 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.31%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.26%) BladeLogic
3 1 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.26%) Nessus
3 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 82 (21.41%) Microsoft
2 52 (13.58%) SAP
3 19 (4.96%) Oracle
4 7 (1.83%) Google
5 4 (1.04%) Ariba
5 4 (1.04%) Cisco
5 4 (1.04%) Progress
5 4 (1.04%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.78%) Planview
6 3 (0.78%) Teradata
6 3 (0.78%) VMware
7 2 (0.52%) Cadence
7 2 (0.52%) Cerner
7 2 (0.52%) IFS
7 2 (0.52%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.52%) Veeam
8 1 (0.26%) Juniper
8 1 (0.26%) NCR
8 1 (0.26%) Nokia
8 1 (0.26%) Workday