Project Planner Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Planner
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Planner daily rate in the UK excluding London is £431 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 418 485
Rank change year-on-year +41 +67 -56
Contract jobs requiring a Project Planner 22 20 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.088% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.093% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 21
10th Percentile £306 £292 £308
25th Percentile £384 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -9.21% +26.67% -3.60%
75th Percentile £474 - £460
90th Percentile £502 £660 £488
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £415
% change year-on-year +12.50% -3.61% +18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 0
10th Percentile £51.86 £43.68 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £52.78 £49.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile £55.07 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.78 £49.00 -
% change year-on-year +7.71% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,202 21,479 29,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.24% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,609 14,946 20,475
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,077 1,407
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.02
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.06
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Project Planner
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Project Planner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planner in the UK excluding London

Project Planner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planner in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Project Planner in the UK excluding London

Project Planner
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planner in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planner in the UK excluding London

Project Planner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planner in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planner in the UK excluding London

Project Planner
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planner within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East +22 12 £433 +8.31% 12
North of England +28 4 £475 +58.33% 5
North West +21 4 £475 +58.33% 5
South West +11 3 £344 - 4
East of England +1 2 £488 -37.10% 1
Midlands +20 1 £350 -26.32% 2
West Midlands - 1 £350 - 2
Project Planner
UK

Project Planner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Project Planner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Project Planner in the job title.

1 17 (77.27%) Security Cleared
2 15 (68.18%) Primavera
3 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
4 11 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 9 (40.91%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (36.36%) Project Planning
7 6 (27.27%) Public Sector
8 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
9 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (18.18%) Agile
9 4 (18.18%) Project Management
10 3 (13.64%) Work Breakdown Structure
10 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (13.64%) Critical Path Analysis
10 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
10 3 (13.64%) Finance
10 3 (13.64%) Portfolio Management
10 3 (13.64%) Change Control
10 3 (13.64%) Risk Analysis
11 2 (9.09%) PMO
11 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (9.09%) Environmental Health
11 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (9.09%) Aviation
12 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
12 1 (4.55%) Budgeting
12 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills

Project Planner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (40.91%) Spreadsheet
2 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (68.18%) Primavera
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) MS Access
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.64%) Finance
5 2 (9.09%) Aviation
5 2 (9.09%) Environmental Health
5 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
1 1 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Project Planning
2 4 (18.18%) Agile
2 4 (18.18%) Project Management
3 3 (13.64%) Change Control
3 3 (13.64%) Critical Path Analysis
3 3 (13.64%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.64%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
3 3 (13.64%) Work Breakdown Structure
4 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.55%) Contingency Planning
5 1 (4.55%) Contract Management
5 1 (4.55%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (4.55%) Earned Value Management
5 1 (4.55%) Line Management
5 1 (4.55%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (4.55%) Resource Management
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (4.55%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) Security Cleared
2 11 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.55%) NEC
2 1 (4.55%) SAP