Production Planning Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Production Planning
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Production Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 - 117
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.27% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £423
25th Percentile £388 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £475
75th Percentile £463 - £513
90th Percentile - - £528
England median daily rate £539 £613 £590
% change year-on-year -12.08% +3.77% +4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.67 - -
Median hourly rate £16.34 - -
75th Percentile £17.01 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £27.17 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - -13.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Production Planning 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 1,628 1,552 1,770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 89.25% 82.51% 85.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,041 976 1,187
10th Percentile £250 £231 £263
25th Percentile £400 £387 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% +3.40% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 39 53
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.30 £16.38 £20.85
Median hourly rate £23.00 £24.18 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -12.07% +56.16%
75th Percentile £33.88 £35.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.65 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +50.85%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Production Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Production Planning in the West Midlands

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Production Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Production Planning

Production Planning
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 Production Planning within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
Worcestershire - 1 - -
Production Planning
England

Production Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (60.00%) SAP PP
3 1 (20.00%) SAP QM
General
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Floorwalker
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Bill of Materials
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (60.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (60.00%) Order Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Entry
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Demand Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) DMAIC
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft