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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 8 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.39% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 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 £513 £618 £600
% change year-on-year -17.00% +2.92% +2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £17.10 - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £23.17 - -
75th Percentile £26.75 - -
90th Percentile £28.70 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +162.96%

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 1,829 1,579 1,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 90.19% 83.28% 84.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,163 993 1,107
10th Percentile £263 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £624 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 45 54
10th Percentile £13.19 £14.70 £16.09
25th Percentile £16.26 £17.25 £18.31
Median hourly rate £23.03 £29.00 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.60% +6.42% +53.78%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £49.38
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Production Planning job vacancy trend 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Production Planning in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Production Planning in the West Midlands

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 9 November 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
Warwickshire - 1 - - 2
Worcestershire - 1 - -
Production Planning
England

Production Planning
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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (50.00%) SAP PP
3 1 (12.50%) SAP MM
3 1 (12.50%) SAP QM
General
1 8 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Floorwalker
1 3 (37.50%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) ERP Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ERP
2 3 (37.50%) Bill of Materials
2 3 (37.50%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Data Management
2 3 (37.50%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (37.50%) Order Management
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Business Case
3 2 (25.00%) Cost Control
3 2 (25.00%) DMAIC
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Data Entry
4 1 (12.50%) Logistics
4 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft