Project Planning Contracts in the South West

Project Planning
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 135 138
Rank change year-on-year +41 +3 -28
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 65 24 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.97% 0.71% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 0.80% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 16 25
10th Percentile £43 £383 £312
25th Percentile £260 £416 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £500 £634 £473
90th Percentile £536 £686 £588
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile - £50.13 -
25th Percentile £28.00 £52.19 -
Median hourly rate £29.00 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.27% - -
75th Percentile £59.19 - -
90th Percentile £63.13 £67.50 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.37% +10.11% -11.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Project Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,709 3,015 3,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.12% 88.99% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,689 2,175 2,323
10th Percentile £250 £313 £300
25th Percentile £403 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 312 206
10th Percentile £13.85 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.00 £15.78 £23.81
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +17.95% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.31
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.31 £68.73
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the South West

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the South West

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the South West

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the South West

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Planning in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Planning in the South West

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Gloucestershire +30 34 £525 -4.55% 10
Bristol +9 18 £425 -5.56% 17
Somerset - 5 £481 - 8
Wiltshire -7 3 £388 -39.22% 4
Cornwall - 2 £158 - 2
Devon -4 1 £400 +6.67% 4
Dorset - 1 - - 1
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (43.08%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
3 24 (36.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (36.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.08%) Azure
1 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.54%) AWS
2 1 (1.54%) Azure API Management
2 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.54%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.69%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.54%) Firewall
3 1 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.54%) LAN
3 1 (1.54%) Network Security
3 1 (1.54%) VPN
3 1 (1.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Power BI
2 1 (1.54%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.54%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 26 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 44 (67.69%) Social Skills
2 33 (50.77%) Finance
3 30 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (10.77%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.69%) Marketing
7 3 (4.62%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.08%) Electronics
8 2 (3.08%) Legal
8 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.54%) Banking
9 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.54%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.54%) Local Government
9 1 (1.54%) Military
9 1 (1.54%) Public Speaking
9 1 (1.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (38.46%) Lead
2 24 (36.92%) Project Leader
3 12 (18.46%) Project Manager
4 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 3 (4.62%) Analyst
5 3 (4.62%) Project Officer
5 3 (4.62%) Project Support Officer
5 3 (4.62%) Support Officer
6 2 (3.08%) Administrator
6 2 (3.08%) Architect
6 2 (3.08%) Contracts Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Power BI Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Project Administrator
6 2 (3.08%) Project Planner
6 2 (3.08%) Risk Officer
6 2 (3.08%) Senior
6 2 (3.08%) Senior Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Technical Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.08%) Credit Risk
2 1 (1.54%) Animation
2 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.54%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (1.54%) Housing Association
2 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
2 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (81.54%) Project Management
2 39 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (56.92%) PRINCE2
4 33 (50.77%) Agile
5 32 (49.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (46.15%) Commercial Awareness
7 29 (44.62%) Project Delivery
8 28 (43.08%) Workshop Facilitation
9 25 (38.46%) Data Management
9 25 (38.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 24 (36.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 14 (21.54%) Change Management
11 14 (21.54%) Risk Management
12 12 (18.46%) ERP
13 9 (13.85%) Validation
14 7 (10.77%) GAP Analysis
15 6 (9.23%) Decision-Making
15 6 (9.23%) Logistics
15 6 (9.23%) Performance Management
15 6 (9.23%) Performance Measurement
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.08%) SQL
2 1 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 45 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 28 (43.08%) DV Cleared
3 25 (38.46%) APMP
4 13 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 12 (18.46%) Degree
6 3 (4.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (3.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.54%) CCNP
8 1 (1.54%) CCSP
8 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.54%) CISSP
8 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.54%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (46.15%) PMO
2 2 (3.08%) QA
3 1 (1.54%) GDPR
3 1 (1.54%) GRC
3 1 (1.54%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.54%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.54%) NIST
3 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.54%) RMADS
3 1 (1.54%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 26 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.31%) SAP
3 1 (1.54%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.54%) Google