Project Planning Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Project Planning
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 86 113
Rank change year-on-year -25 +27 +41
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 27 25 9
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.29% 1.33% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.60% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 8
10th Percentile £436 £490 £348
25th Percentile £470 £498 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £613 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.24% +36.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £750 £550
90th Percentile £725 £800 £588
England median daily rate £500 £501 £550
% change year-on-year -0.10% -9.00% -

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 1,875 1,567 1,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 89.71% 83.31% 84.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 984 1,122
10th Percentile £263 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +4.90% -
75th Percentile £588 £620 £600
90th Percentile £675 £721 £712
England median daily rate £507 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 45 52
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £15.54
25th Percentile £16.29 £17.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.00 £29.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +16.00% +41.16%
75th Percentile £30.47 £35.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.48% -16.29% +27.14%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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 17 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the West Midlands

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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 17 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 +2 7 £550 -22.81% 15
Shropshire - 5 £492 - 1
Staffordshire - 5 - - 2
Coventry -12 4 £538 -20.37% 6
Birmingham -11 3 £650 +4.00% 3
Solihull - 3 £600 -
Project Planning
England

Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.70%) iTrent
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (3.70%) Primavera
2 1 (3.70%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.70%) SAP CRM
2 1 (3.70%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.70%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.70%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) AWS
1 5 (18.52%) Azure
1 5 (18.52%) GCP
1 5 (18.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
1 2 (7.41%) QlikView
2 1 (3.70%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JIRA
General
1 13 (48.15%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Project Manager
2 6 (22.22%) Senior
3 5 (18.52%) Engagement Manager
3 5 (18.52%) SAP Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Manager
4 4 (14.81%) SAP Engagement Manager
4 4 (14.81%) Senior Engagement Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Data Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Applications Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Applications Project Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Technical Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Excel Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) PMO Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Records Management Project Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Records Manager
7 1 (3.70%) SAP Architect
7 1 (3.70%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 5 (18.52%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.70%) FMCG
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.70%) SCADA
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Project Management
2 18 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (37.04%) Agile
4 9 (33.33%) Migration
5 7 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (25.93%) Project Delivery
5 7 (25.93%) Waterfall
6 6 (22.22%) Budget Management
6 6 (22.22%) CI/CD
6 6 (22.22%) Coaching
6 6 (22.22%) Conflict Resolution
6 6 (22.22%) Data Management
6 6 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 6 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 6 (22.22%) Performance Management
6 6 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
6 6 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
6 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
1 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) PMP
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) QA
2 2 (7.41%) PMO
3 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) ISO 19650
3 1 (3.70%) P3O
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) ServiceNow
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.93%) SAP
3 5 (18.52%) Salesforce
4 2 (7.41%) Oracle
5 1 (3.70%) Ariba
5 1 (3.70%) NEC