Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Planning and Forecasting
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 100 112
Rank change year-on-year -42 +12 +41
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 2 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.081% 0.33% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% 0.37% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £375 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £240
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +66.67% -68.00%
75th Percentile - £505 £245
90th Percentile - £553 -
England median daily rate £498 £424 £465
% change year-on-year +17.40% -8.87% -19.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Planning and Forecasting 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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,086 1,355 1,598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.97% 88.27% 83.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,352 833 1,046
10th Percentile £288 £213 £263
25th Percentile £404 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £489
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +5.37% -2.25%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 51 107
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.10 £16.51 £17.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.59 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% -6.13% +29.87%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.65 £48.75
90th Percentile £35.24 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +1.43%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Planning and Forecasting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Planning and Forecasting within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
Warwickshire - 2 £600 - 3
Planning and Forecasting
England

Planning and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft