Merchandise Planning Contracts

Merchandise Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Merchandise Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Merchandise Planning over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 689 836
Rank change year-on-year - +147 -124
Contract jobs citing Merchandise Planning 0 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.012% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.014% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Merchandise 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,644 51,414 79,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 35,622 55,798
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,693 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.99 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -5.27%

Merchandise Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Merchandise Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Merchandise Planning in the UK

Merchandise Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Merchandise Planning.

Daily rate trend for Merchandise Planning in the UK