Project Planning Contracts in the West Midlands

Project Planning
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 90 120
Rank change year-on-year +23 +30 +27
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 30 21 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.23% 1.08% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 1.28% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 13
10th Percentile £474 £213 £393
25th Percentile - £263 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +7.95% -9.74%
75th Percentile £541 £488 £563
90th Percentile £600 £564 £571
England median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 1
10th Percentile - £22.41 -
25th Percentile £12.25 £26.92 £20.49
Median hourly rate £28.18 £35.00 £20.97
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +66.91% -
75th Percentile - £53.95 £21.46
90th Percentile £47.27 £72.90 -
England median hourly rate £46.30 £56.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -17.69% +14.80% +10.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Project 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 1,188 1,636 2,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.33% 84.03% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 1,083 1,452
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £23.99 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.19 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the West Midlands

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the West Midlands

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the West Midlands

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the West Midlands

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the West Midlands

Project 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 Project Planning within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +7 10 £500 -13.04% 6
Shropshire - 9 £541 - 2
Birmingham +18 6 £600 +26.32% 3
Staffordshire +3 2 - - 3
Solihull - 1 £447 -
Project Planning
England

Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (6.67%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) IaaS
1 1 (3.33%) PaaS
1 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) JIRA
2 3 (10.00%) Git
2 3 (10.00%) Plastic SCM
General
1 10 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Automotive
3 3 (10.00%) Games
4 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Billing
5 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Engagement Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Applications Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Games Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Administrator
5 2 (6.67%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) PMO Planner
5 2 (6.67%) Programme Planner
5 2 (6.67%) Rig Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Communications Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Communications Project Manager
6 1 (3.33%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Oracle Project Manager
6 1 (3.33%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Blockchain
1 4 (13.33%) Data Structures
1 4 (13.33%) IoT
2 2 (6.67%) Infotainment
2 2 (6.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (60.00%) Agile
2 10 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 10 (33.33%) Project Management
2 10 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (23.33%) DevOps
4 6 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 6 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 6 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 5 (16.67%) Migration
5 5 (16.67%) Resource Management
5 5 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 4 (13.33%) Business Case
6 4 (13.33%) Commercial Awareness
6 4 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (13.33%) Line Management
6 4 (13.33%) Machine Learning
6 4 (13.33%) Microservices
6 4 (13.33%) SOA
6 4 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) C#
2 2 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Degree
1 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) PMO
2 3 (10.00%) QA
3 2 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.67%) COSHH
3 2 (6.67%) ISO 14001
4 1 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.33%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.00%) SAP
3 3 (10.00%) Oracle
4 2 (6.67%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.33%) Progress