Project Planning Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 242 214
Rank change year-on-year +55 -28 +72
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 217 214 364
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.07% 0.93% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.04% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 131 261
10th Percentile £213 £363 £288
25th Percentile £313 £406 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £445
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +6.74% +7.88%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £500
90th Percentile £622 £700 £594
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 20 13
10th Percentile £23.45 £29.79 -
25th Percentile £28.00 £41.44 £32.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £49.00 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% +30.91% -25.14%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £80.00 £66.15
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -10.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Project Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
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 Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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 -4 60 £425 -10.53% 64
South West +35 59 £425 -19.05% 25
North of England +34 39 £500 - 38
Midlands +36 32 £475 - 43
West Midlands +34 24 £475 +9.83% 26
Yorkshire +25 18 £500 -13.04% 9
North West +7 16 £475 -5.00% 28
East of England +7 12 £300 -25.56% 18
Scotland +29 11 £475 -9.52% 16
Wales +22 5 £325 -45.83% 5
East Midlands +7 5 £595 +22.05% 17
North East - 5 £325 - 2
Project Planning
UK

Project Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.76%) Confluence
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 44 (20.28%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (18.89%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (14.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (14.75%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.84%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 17 (7.83%) Primavera
2 5 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.92%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.46%) DELMIA
5 1 (0.46%) Maximo
5 1 (0.46%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.46%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (4.61%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.69%) PowerApps
4 4 (1.84%) Azure
5 3 (1.38%) AWS
5 3 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.38%) WhatsApp
6 2 (0.92%) SaaS
7 1 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.46%) Boomi
7 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.46%) GCP
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.61%) Structured Cabling
2 9 (4.15%) Network Security
3 7 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.76%) VPN
5 5 (2.30%) LAN
5 5 (2.30%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.30%) WAN
6 3 (1.38%) Firewall
7 2 (0.92%) Internet
8 1 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.46%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.46%) VoLTE
8 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.61%) Power BI
2 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.46%) IDMS
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.46%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 35 (16.13%) JIRA
2 3 (1.38%) TestRail
3 1 (0.46%) LSMW
General
1 105 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 77 (35.48%) Finance
3 50 (23.04%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (17.97%) Presentation Skills
5 31 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.99%) Manufacturing
6 13 (5.99%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.30%) Banking
9 4 (1.84%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.84%) Automotive
9 4 (1.84%) Marketing
9 4 (1.84%) Military
10 3 (1.38%) Back Office
10 3 (1.38%) Electronics
10 3 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Legal
10 3 (1.38%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.38%) Retail
11 2 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 71 (32.72%) Project Manager
2 43 (19.82%) Lead
3 26 (11.98%) Project Leader
4 15 (6.91%) Analyst
5 14 (6.45%) IT Manager
5 14 (6.45%) Senior
6 13 (5.99%) Architect
7 12 (5.53%) IT Project Manager
8 8 (3.69%) Project Planner
8 8 (3.69%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 7 (3.23%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.23%) Coordinator
9 7 (3.23%) PMO Analyst
10 6 (2.76%) Consultant
10 6 (2.76%) Project Coordinator
10 6 (2.76%) Senior Manager
11 5 (2.30%) Programme Manager
11 5 (2.30%) Project Support Officer
11 5 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.30%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.38%) JSON
1 3 (1.38%) XML
2 2 (0.92%) .NET
2 2 (0.92%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.92%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.92%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.92%) Blazor
2 2 (0.92%) RESTful
2 2 (0.92%) WCF
3 1 (0.46%) ADO
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.46%) REST
3 1 (0.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.15%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.23%) PMI
3 4 (1.84%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.38%) NHS
5 2 (0.92%) CCTV
5 2 (0.92%) Credit Risk
5 2 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.92%) IoT
5 2 (0.92%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.92%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.46%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.46%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.46%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.46%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.46%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.46%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.84%) Linux
1 4 (1.84%) Windows
2 3 (1.38%) Unix
2 3 (1.38%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (58.53%) Project Management
2 84 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 65 (29.95%) Agile
4 62 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (26.27%) PRINCE2
5 57 (26.27%) Risk Management
6 56 (25.81%) Project Delivery
7 43 (19.82%) Change Management
8 40 (18.43%) Workshop Facilitation
9 27 (12.44%) ERP
10 26 (11.98%) Commercial Awareness
11 25 (11.52%) Data Management
11 25 (11.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 24 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (11.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 22 (10.14%) Budget Management
14 17 (7.83%) Resource Allocation
15 14 (6.45%) ITIL
16 13 (5.99%) Business Intelligence
16 13 (5.99%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.84%) SQL
2 3 (1.38%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.38%) Shell Script
3 2 (0.92%) C#
3 2 (0.92%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.46%) Java
Qualifications
1 64 (29.49%) Security Cleared
2 41 (18.89%) Degree
3 36 (16.59%) DV Cleared
4 29 (13.36%) APMP
5 24 (11.06%) SC Cleared
6 17 (7.83%) PMI Certification
7 14 (6.45%) PMP
8 8 (3.69%) Master's Degree
9 7 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (2.76%) ISACA
11 5 (2.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.38%) HNC
13 3 (1.38%) ISTQB
13 3 (1.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.92%) CCNP
14 2 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.46%) CCNA
15 1 (0.46%) CISSP
15 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (22.12%) PMO
2 31 (14.29%) QA
3 9 (4.15%) GDPR
4 8 (3.69%) NIST
5 7 (3.23%) COBIT
6 4 (1.84%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.46%) GRC
7 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.46%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.46%) RMADS
7 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.38%) BitLocker
2 3 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.84%) SCCM
Vendors
1 60 (27.65%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.22%) SAP
3 8 (3.69%) Oracle
4 3 (1.38%) Ariba
4 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.38%) VMware
5 2 (0.92%) Cisco
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe
6 1 (0.46%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.46%) BT
6 1 (0.46%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.46%) Computacenter
6 1 (0.46%) Google
6 1 (0.46%) IBM
6 1 (0.46%) Meraki