Hybrid/Remote Production Planning Contract Job Trends

Production Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work 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 294 323 401
Rank change year-on-year +29 +78 +166
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 11 11 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.088% 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.10% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £433 £626 £432
25th Percentile £500 £656 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £711 £515
Median % change year-on-year -21.97% +38.11% -4.63%
75th Percentile £558 £766 £563
90th Percentile - £795 £588
UK median daily rate £537 £613 £581
% change year-on-year -12.33% +5.51% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.50 - -
Median hourly rate £38.00 - -
75th Percentile £39.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.17 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - -13.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,874 10,991 17,877
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.39% 88.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,895 6,937 12,591
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 272 423
10th Percentile £13.15 £19.63 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.13 £25.95
Median hourly rate £36.00 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -18.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -1.16% +48.28%

Production Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Production Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Production Planning trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Production Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Production Planning over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Production Planning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Production Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 9 (81.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (36.36%) SAP PP
3 3 (27.27%) SAP APO
4 2 (18.18%) SAP MII
4 2 (18.18%) SAP MM
4 2 (18.18%) SAP SCM
4 2 (18.18%) SAP VC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SAP Data Services
General
1 7 (63.64%) Manufacturing
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Polish Language
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Consultant
1 9 (81.82%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (54.55%) SAP PP Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Data Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Data Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) LIMS
1 2 (18.18%) PACS
1 2 (18.18%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ERP
1 5 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Smart Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Batch Management
3 2 (18.18%) Cost Control
3 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Logistics
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Quality Management
4 1 (9.09%) Business Case
4 1 (9.09%) Data Management
4 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 1 (9.09%) DMAIC
4 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (9.09%) Order Management
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Ariba