Project Planning Contracts

Project Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 308 282
Rank change year-on-year +53 -26 +104
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 393 459 849
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 0.82% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.91% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 286 610
10th Percentile £260 £363 £320
25th Percentile £371 £421 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £584 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £775 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +11.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 49
10th Percentile £23.89 £23.90 £31.13
25th Percentile £27.46 £43.38 £39.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% +10.11% -10.10%
75th Percentile £60.63 £55.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £79.00 £54.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £49.00 £49.00 £37.43
% change year-on-year - +30.91% -24.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the UK

Project Planning
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +44 343 £500 -3.85% 272
UK excluding London +40 222 £450 -5.26% 217
Work from Home +70 135 £500 -4.76% 86
London +31 125 £513 -6.82% 77
South East -12 63 £413 -11.76% 51
South West +43 62 £419 -16.25% 43
North of England +28 36 £500 +2.56% 36
Midlands +29 33 £475 - 48
West Midlands +22 25 £475 +7.95% 24
Yorkshire +28 17 £500 - 12
North West +12 15 £485 -0.51% 21
Scotland +26 13 £488 -11.36% 23
East of England -1 11 £300 -29.41% 14
Wales +19 5 £325 -45.83% 5
East Midlands +7 5 £595 +25.26% 24
North East - 4 £325 - 4

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (3.82%) Confluence
2 6 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.25%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 53 (13.49%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (13.23%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (10.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 31 (7.89%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.27%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.51%) Trello
8 1 (0.25%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.25%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.25%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 19 (4.83%) Primavera
2 15 (3.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (2.04%) SAP PS
4 5 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.76%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.76%) SAP MRS
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.51%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.51%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.51%) Temenos Globus
8 1 (0.25%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle AGIS
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 19 (4.83%) Dynamics 365
2 17 (4.33%) Azure
3 10 (2.54%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.04%) PowerApps
5 7 (1.78%) AWS
5 7 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.27%) OCI
6 5 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.02%) GCP
7 4 (1.02%) SaaS
8 3 (0.76%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.51%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.25%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.25%) Asana
10 1 (0.25%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.25%) PaaS
10 1 (0.25%) Serverless
10 1 (0.25%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.09%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (3.56%) Network Security
2 14 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (2.54%) Firewall
3 10 (2.54%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.54%) VPN
4 7 (1.78%) WAN
5 6 (1.53%) LAN
6 4 (1.02%) DHCP
6 4 (1.02%) DNS
6 4 (1.02%) VLAN
7 3 (0.76%) Internet
8 2 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.51%) IOS XR
8 2 (0.51%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.51%) SAN
8 2 (0.51%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.51%) VoIP
8 2 (0.51%) Wireless
9 1 (0.25%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.54%) Power BI
2 3 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (0.76%) Metadata
3 2 (0.51%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.25%) Base SAS
4 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.25%) IDMS
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.25%) SAS Data Integration Studio
4 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 52 (13.23%) JIRA
2 4 (1.02%) TestRail
3 3 (0.76%) Git
3 3 (0.76%) InstallShield
3 3 (0.76%) MSI
4 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.25%) LSMW
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 177 (45.04%) Social Skills
2 127 (32.32%) Finance
3 78 (19.85%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (13.49%) Public Sector
5 47 (11.96%) Presentation Skills
6 25 (6.36%) Telecoms
7 23 (5.85%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.56%) Banking
9 14 (3.56%) Retail
10 13 (3.31%) Marketing
11 8 (2.04%) Electronics
11 8 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.78%) Legal
13 6 (1.53%) Back Office
14 5 (1.27%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.27%) Automotive
14 5 (1.27%) Local Government
14 5 (1.27%) Military
15 4 (1.02%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 123 (31.30%) Project Manager
2 55 (13.99%) Lead
3 34 (8.65%) Analyst
4 27 (6.87%) Project Leader
4 27 (6.87%) Senior
5 23 (5.85%) Consultant
6 18 (4.58%) Architect
7 17 (4.33%) Business Analyst
8 16 (4.07%) IT Manager
9 14 (3.56%) IT Project Manager
10 13 (3.31%) Coordinator
10 13 (3.31%) Senior Manager
11 11 (2.80%) Project Coordinator
11 11 (2.80%) Project Planner
11 11 (2.80%) Senior Project Manager
11 11 (2.80%) Technical Manager
12 9 (2.29%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 9 (2.29%) Security Consultant
12 9 (2.29%) Technical Project Manager
13 8 (2.04%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.76%) .NET
1 3 (0.76%) JSON
1 3 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (0.76%) XML
2 2 (0.51%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.51%) ADO
2 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.51%) Blazor
2 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.51%) RESTful
2 2 (0.51%) WCF
3 1 (0.25%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.25%) Middleware
3 1 (0.25%) REST
3 1 (0.25%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.56%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.54%) Data Centre
2 10 (2.54%) PMI
3 9 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.53%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.53%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.27%) NHS
6 3 (0.76%) Credit Risk
6 3 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.51%) CCTV
7 2 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.51%) IoT
7 2 (0.51%) IVR
7 2 (0.51%) PACS
7 2 (0.51%) Robotics
7 2 (0.51%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.51%) Smartcard
7 2 (0.51%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.31%) Windows
2 7 (1.78%) Unix
3 5 (1.27%) Linux
3 5 (1.27%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.51%) Android
4 2 (0.51%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.25%) pSOS
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (51.40%) Project Management
2 141 (35.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 118 (30.03%) Agile
4 116 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
5 97 (24.68%) Project Delivery
6 88 (22.39%) Risk Management
7 76 (19.34%) PRINCE2
8 75 (19.08%) Change Management
9 52 (13.23%) Workshop Facilitation
10 35 (8.91%) ERP
11 32 (8.14%) Budget Management
12 31 (7.89%) Data Management
12 31 (7.89%) Decision-Making
13 30 (7.63%) Commercial Awareness
14 29 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (7.38%) Resource Allocation
15 27 (6.87%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 24 (6.11%) Creative Problem-Solving
16 24 (6.11%) Scrum
16 24 (6.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.04%) PowerShell
1 8 (2.04%) SQL
2 7 (1.78%) Shell Script
3 4 (1.02%) C#
4 3 (0.76%) ABAP
4 3 (0.76%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.51%) Java
5 2 (0.51%) VBA
6 1 (0.25%) Bicep
6 1 (0.25%) Go
6 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.25%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 85 (21.63%) Security Cleared
2 80 (20.36%) Degree
3 38 (9.67%) DV Cleared
4 34 (8.65%) APMP
4 34 (8.65%) SC Cleared
5 26 (6.62%) PMP
6 23 (5.85%) PMI Certification
7 16 (4.07%) Master's Degree
7 16 (4.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 13 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.54%) CISSP
11 9 (2.29%) CISM
12 8 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.53%) ISACA
13 6 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 5 (1.27%) CCNA
14 5 (1.27%) CEH
14 5 (1.27%) ISTQB
15 4 (1.02%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (17.81%) PMO
2 45 (11.45%) QA
3 12 (3.05%) GDPR
4 10 (2.54%) NIST
5 7 (1.78%) COBIT
6 4 (1.02%) PMBOK
7 3 (0.76%) SLA
8 2 (0.51%) Basel III
8 2 (0.51%) COREP
8 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.51%) FINREP
9 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
9 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.25%) P3O
9 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) RMADS
System Software
1 10 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.27%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.76%) Docker
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.53%) SCCM
2 4 (1.02%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 93 (23.66%) Microsoft
2 45 (11.45%) SAP
3 15 (3.82%) Oracle
4 8 (2.04%) VMware
5 6 (1.53%) Cisco
5 6 (1.53%) Google
6 5 (1.27%) Ariba
7 4 (1.02%) Progress
7 4 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.76%) Teradata
9 2 (0.51%) Cerner
9 2 (0.51%) F5
9 2 (0.51%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.51%) Nokia
9 2 (0.51%) Planview
9 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.51%) Veeam
10 1 (0.25%) Aruba
10 1 (0.25%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.25%) Northgate