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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 328 299
Rank change year-on-year +72 -29 +82
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 391 457 820
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 0.77% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.86% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 296 574
10th Percentile £260 £363 £313
25th Percentile £372 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £595 £625 £600
90th Percentile £679 £753 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 22 48
10th Percentile £23.96 £23.84 £30.44
25th Percentile £32.98 £33.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -8.25%
75th Percentile £61.25 £59.68 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £79.00 £55.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £49.00 £39.73
% change year-on-year +17.35% +23.34% -19.74%

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 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +54 343 £500 -3.85% 280
UK excluding London +49 216 £450 -10.00% 208
Work from Home +90 146 £500 -1.96% 90
London +50 128 £525 -4.55% 82
South West +53 59 £425 -10.53% 24
South East -8 59 £400 -20.79% 65
North of England +30 42 £500 +2.56% 42
Midlands +32 28 £475 +7.95% 39
West Midlands +31 21 £475 +9.83% 18
Yorkshire +30 19 £500 +25.00% 9
North West +8 18 £475 -5.00% 28
Scotland +27 13 £475 -9.52% 12
East of England +9 12 £300 -25.56% 24
East Midlands +18 5 £595 +25.26% 21
North East - 5 £325 - 5
Wales +14 4 £325 -45.83% 8

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 (3.32%) Confluence
2 7 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 55 (14.07%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
3 43 (11.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 33 (8.44%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.79%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.77%) Trello
8 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.26%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.26%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 21 (5.37%) Primavera
2 16 (4.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.81%) SAP PS
4 5 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.77%) Endur
6 3 (0.77%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.77%) SAP MRS
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.51%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.51%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.51%) Temenos Globus
8 1 (0.26%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.26%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle AGIS
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 18 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
2 17 (4.35%) Azure
3 12 (3.07%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.81%) AWS
5 8 (2.05%) PowerApps
6 5 (1.28%) GCP
6 5 (1.28%) OCI
6 5 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.02%) SaaS
8 3 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.77%) Google Workspace
8 3 (0.77%) Serverless
8 3 (0.77%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.26%) Asana
9 1 (0.26%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.26%) Boomi
9 1 (0.26%) PaaS
9 1 (0.26%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.12%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (3.58%) Network Security
2 14 (3.58%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (2.30%) Firewall
3 9 (2.30%) VPN
4 8 (2.05%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.28%) LAN
5 5 (1.28%) WAN
6 4 (1.02%) DHCP
6 4 (1.02%) DNS
6 4 (1.02%) VLAN
7 2 (0.51%) SAN
7 2 (0.51%) VoIP
7 2 (0.51%) 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 (3.07%) Power BI
2 4 (1.02%) Big Data
3 3 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.51%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.51%) Metadata
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.26%) IDMS
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
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 49 (12.53%) JIRA
2 3 (0.77%) Git
2 3 (0.77%) InstallShield
2 3 (0.77%) MSI
3 2 (0.51%) TestRail
3 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) LSMW
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 176 (45.01%) Social Skills
2 134 (34.27%) Finance
3 81 (20.72%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (12.79%) Public Sector
5 47 (12.02%) Presentation Skills
6 28 (7.16%) Telecoms
7 24 (6.14%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (4.09%) Retail
10 13 (3.32%) Banking
11 11 (2.81%) Marketing
12 10 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.30%) Electronics
14 7 (1.79%) Back Office
15 6 (1.53%) Local Government
16 5 (1.28%) Legal
16 5 (1.28%) Military
17 4 (1.02%) Aerospace
18 3 (0.77%) Automotive
18 3 (0.77%) Law
Job Titles
1 130 (33.25%) Project Manager
2 58 (14.83%) Lead
3 37 (9.46%) Analyst
4 28 (7.16%) Project Leader
5 25 (6.39%) Senior
6 23 (5.88%) Consultant
7 18 (4.60%) Business Analyst
7 18 (4.60%) IT Manager
8 16 (4.09%) Architect
8 16 (4.09%) IT Project Manager
9 13 (3.32%) Coordinator
9 13 (3.32%) Project Planner
10 12 (3.07%) Senior Manager
11 11 (2.81%) Project Coordinator
11 11 (2.81%) Technical Manager
12 10 (2.56%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 10 (2.56%) Senior Project Manager
13 9 (2.30%) Security Consultant
14 8 (2.05%) PMO Analyst
14 8 (2.05%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.77%) .NET
1 3 (0.77%) JSON
1 3 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (0.77%) XML
2 2 (0.51%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.51%) ADO
2 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.51%) Blazor
2 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.51%) RESTful
2 2 (0.51%) WCF
3 1 (0.26%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.26%) Middleware
3 1 (0.26%) REST
3 1 (0.26%) Shiny
3 1 (0.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.84%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.56%) PMI
3 9 (2.30%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.05%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.53%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.02%) NHS
8 3 (0.77%) Credit Risk
8 3 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.51%) CCTV
9 2 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.51%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.51%) IoT
9 2 (0.51%) IVR
9 2 (0.51%) PACS
9 2 (0.51%) Smartcard
9 2 (0.51%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.56%) Windows
2 5 (1.28%) Unix
3 3 (0.77%) Linux
4 2 (0.51%) Android
4 2 (0.51%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.51%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (54.48%) Project Management
2 144 (36.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 117 (29.92%) Agile
4 112 (28.64%) Problem-Solving
5 97 (24.81%) Project Delivery
6 90 (23.02%) Risk Management
7 78 (19.95%) Change Management
8 75 (19.18%) PRINCE2
9 52 (13.30%) Workshop Facilitation
10 37 (9.46%) ERP
11 35 (8.95%) Budget Management
11 35 (8.95%) Decision-Making
12 31 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (7.67%) Data Management
13 30 (7.67%) Resource Allocation
14 26 (6.65%) Commercial Awareness
14 26 (6.65%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 25 (6.39%) Programme Management
16 24 (6.14%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (6.14%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.81%) SQL
2 5 (1.28%) Java
2 5 (1.28%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.28%) Python
2 5 (1.28%) Shell Script
3 3 (0.77%) ABAP
3 3 (0.77%) C#
4 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.51%) VBA
5 1 (0.26%) Bicep
5 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 83 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 79 (20.20%) Degree
3 37 (9.46%) DV Cleared
4 35 (8.95%) SC Cleared
5 33 (8.44%) APMP
6 29 (7.42%) PMP
7 27 (6.91%) PMI Certification
8 16 (4.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 12 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (2.81%) Master's Degree
10 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (2.56%) CISSP
12 8 (2.05%) CISM
13 7 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (1.53%) ISACA
15 5 (1.28%) CCNA
15 5 (1.28%) CEH
16 3 (0.77%) CCNP
16 3 (0.77%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (18.16%) PMO
2 48 (12.28%) QA
3 12 (3.07%) GDPR
4 10 (2.56%) NIST
5 7 (1.79%) COBIT
6 4 (1.02%) PMBOK
7 3 (0.77%) SLA
8 2 (0.51%) Basel III
8 2 (0.51%) COREP
8 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.51%) 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 7 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.77%) Docker
4 2 (0.51%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.77%) SCCM
4 1 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 89 (22.76%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.79%) SAP
3 21 (5.37%) Oracle
4 7 (1.79%) Google
5 5 (1.28%) VMware
6 4 (1.02%) Ariba
6 4 (1.02%) Cisco
6 4 (1.02%) Progress
6 4 (1.02%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.77%) Planview
7 3 (0.77%) Teradata
8 2 (0.51%) Cadence
8 2 (0.51%) Cerner
8 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.51%) Veeam
9 1 (0.26%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.26%) IBM
9 1 (0.26%) Juniper
9 1 (0.26%) NCR
9 1 (0.26%) Nokia