Project Planning Contracts in the North West

Project Planning
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 122 133 122
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 16 26 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.60% 0.84% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.94% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 43
10th Percentile £243 £300 £226
25th Percentile £337 £411 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £519
90th Percentile £600 £731 £600
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £27.11 - £33.00
25th Percentile £32.59 - £44.25
Median hourly rate £41.73 £80.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.84% +26.98% +39.23%
75th Percentile £50.86 - -
90th Percentile £56.35 - -
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 West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,294 2,778 3,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.95% 90.22% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,459 1,950 2,598
10th Percentile £311 £313 £244
25th Percentile £406 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £575
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 139 170
10th Percentile £10.96 £16.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.50 £22.47 £14.25
Median hourly rate £24.19 £35.03 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -30.94% +52.12% +27.12%
75th Percentile £46.18 £49.08 £49.50
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £75.00
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the North West

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +5 10 £550 +15.79% 17
Merseyside +15 2 £339 -32.25% 2
Cheshire -5 2 - - 5
Cumbria - 1 £235 - 3
Lancashire - 1 £600 - 2
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Primavera
1 1 (6.25%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Internet
1 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (18.75%) Back Office
3 3 (18.75%) Mandarin Language
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) Electronics
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Project Manager
2 3 (18.75%) IT Manager
2 3 (18.75%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 1 (6.25%) CRM Manager
3 1 (6.25%) CRM Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Data Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (6.25%) E-Commerce Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Project Controller
3 1 (6.25%) Project Implementation Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Implementation Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Transition Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Web Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Web Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 4 (25.00%) Agile
2 4 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 4 (25.00%) Change Control
2 4 (25.00%) CRM
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (18.75%) Business Case
3 3 (18.75%) Performance Management
3 3 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Change Management
4 2 (12.50%) Cost Control
4 2 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (6.25%) Computacenter
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) Salesforce