Project Planning Contracts in the North of England

Project Planning
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 186 156
Rank change year-on-year +40 -30 +8
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 39 32 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.84% 0.57% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.63% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 19 60
10th Percentile £313 £300 £226
25th Percentile £418 £416 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% +7.94%
75th Percentile £506 £569 £500
90th Percentile £585 £723 £600
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £20.89 - £33.00
25th Percentile £21.85 - £44.25
Median hourly rate £23.45 £80.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.69% +26.98% +53.66%
75th Percentile £41.73 - -
90th Percentile £52.69 - -
England median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -10.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Project Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,960 5,069 6,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.44% 90.47% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,421 3,492 4,629
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £401 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £570
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 365 204 265
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.54 £13.38
Median hourly rate £17.72 £27.84 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.35% +46.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £45.00 £43.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £59.00 £65.00 £62.89
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the North of England

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Yorkshire +27 18 £500 -13.04% 12
North West +11 16 £475 -5.00% 30
North East - 5 £325 - 3
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.56%) Primavera
2 1 (2.56%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (2.56%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.08%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (20.51%) Power Platform
2 8 (20.51%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Internet
1 1 (2.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 23 (58.97%) Social Skills
2 18 (46.15%) Finance
3 11 (28.21%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (25.64%) Manufacturing
5 7 (17.95%) Public Sector
6 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
7 3 (7.69%) Back Office
7 3 (7.69%) Banking
7 3 (7.69%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (5.13%) Billing
8 2 (5.13%) Legal
8 2 (5.13%) Marketing
8 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.56%) Electronics
9 1 (2.56%) General Ledger
9 1 (2.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Project Manager
2 11 (28.21%) Lead
3 7 (17.95%) Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 3 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (7.69%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) PMO Lead
6 2 (5.13%) Senior
7 1 (2.56%) Analytics Manager
7 1 (2.56%) CRM Project Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Data Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 1 (2.56%) Implementation Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Implementation Project Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Project Support Officer
7 1 (2.56%) SAP Business Analyst
7 1 (2.56%) Senior E-Commerce Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Support Officer
7 1 (2.56%) Transition Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) NHS
2 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.56%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (66.67%) Project Management
2 12 (30.77%) Agile
3 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (25.64%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (25.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (25.64%) ERP
5 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (20.51%) Customer Insight
6 8 (20.51%) GAP Analysis
6 8 (20.51%) Supply Chain Management
6 8 (20.51%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (17.95%) Waterfall
8 6 (15.38%) Decarbonisation
8 6 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (12.82%) Budget Management
9 5 (12.82%) Change Management
10 4 (10.26%) Change Control
10 4 (10.26%) CRM
11 3 (7.69%) Business Case
11 3 (7.69%) Migration
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) PMO
2 2 (5.13%) QA
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) SAP
3 3 (7.69%) Oracle
4 1 (2.56%) Ariba
4 1 (2.56%) Computacenter
4 1 (2.56%) Salesforce