Project Planning Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 194 232 213
Rank change year-on-year +38 -19 +57
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 225 212 377
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.06% 0.93% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.05% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 121 271
10th Percentile £210 £363 £308
25th Percentile £305 £406 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.15% +16.25%
75th Percentile £541 £575 £521
90th Percentile £606 £675 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 12
10th Percentile £24.84 £29.45 -
25th Percentile £28.00 £45.25 £32.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £49.00 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +30.91% -25.14%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £45.38
90th Percentile £68.24 £80.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.37% +10.11% -11.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 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
South West +41 65 £419 -16.25% 46
South East -7 64 £400 -12.57% 48
Midlands +27 35 £475 - 54
North of England +21 33 £500 +2.56% 33
West Midlands +28 26 £475 +7.95% 26
Yorkshire +25 17 £500 +25.00% 13
North West +5 13 £420 -16.00% 16
Scotland +37 12 £500 -9.09% 20
East of England -1 11 £288 -32.35% 22
Wales +21 5 £325 -45.83% 3
East Midlands +3 5 £595 +25.26% 28
North East - 3 £325 - 4
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 7 (3.11%) Confluence
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.44%) SAS
2 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 43 (19.11%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (16.89%) Microsoft Project
3 30 (13.33%) Spreadsheet
4 29 (12.89%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.89%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 15 (6.67%) Primavera
2 4 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.44%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.44%) Maximo
4 1 (0.44%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.44%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.33%) Dynamics 365
1 12 (5.33%) Power Platform
2 8 (3.56%) PowerApps
3 6 (2.67%) Azure
4 4 (1.78%) AWS
4 4 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.33%) WhatsApp
6 2 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.89%) GCP
6 2 (0.89%) SaaS
7 1 (0.44%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.44%) Boomi
7 1 (0.44%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.44%) Structured Cabling
2 8 (3.56%) Network Security
3 7 (3.11%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.67%) VPN
5 5 (2.22%) LAN
5 5 (2.22%) WAN
6 3 (1.33%) Firewall
7 2 (0.89%) Internet
8 1 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.44%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.44%) SMTP
8 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.33%) Power BI
2 1 (0.44%) Base SAS
2 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.44%) IDMS
2 1 (0.44%) Metadata
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.44%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.44%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.44%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 37 (16.44%) JIRA
2 4 (1.78%) TestRail
3 1 (0.44%) LSMW
General
1 105 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 79 (35.11%) Finance
3 50 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (17.33%) Presentation Skills
5 32 (14.22%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.78%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.89%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.56%) Marketing
10 7 (3.11%) Aerospace
10 7 (3.11%) Banking
11 6 (2.67%) Legal
12 5 (2.22%) Automotive
13 4 (1.78%) Military
14 3 (1.33%) Back Office
14 3 (1.33%) Electronics
14 3 (1.33%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (1.33%) Retail
15 2 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.89%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 71 (31.56%) Project Manager
2 41 (18.22%) Lead
3 25 (11.11%) Project Leader
4 19 (8.44%) Analyst
5 15 (6.67%) Senior
6 14 (6.22%) Architect
7 13 (5.78%) IT Manager
8 11 (4.89%) IT Project Manager
9 8 (3.56%) PMO Analyst
10 7 (3.11%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.11%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.11%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 6 (2.67%) Consultant
11 6 (2.67%) Project Coordinator
11 6 (2.67%) Project Planner
11 6 (2.67%) Senior Manager
11 6 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.67%) Technical Manager
11 6 (2.67%) Technical Project Manager
12 5 (2.22%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.33%) JSON
1 3 (1.33%) XML
2 2 (0.89%) .NET
2 2 (0.89%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.89%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.89%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.89%) Blazor
2 2 (0.89%) RESTful
2 2 (0.89%) WCF
3 1 (0.44%) ADO
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.44%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.11%) PMI
3 5 (2.22%) Robotics
4 4 (1.78%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.78%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.33%) NHS
6 2 (0.89%) CCTV
6 2 (0.89%) Credit Risk
6 2 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.89%) IoT
6 2 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.89%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.44%) Acoustics
7 1 (0.44%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.44%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.44%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.22%) Linux
1 5 (2.22%) Windows
2 4 (1.78%) Unix
2 4 (1.78%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.44%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (57.78%) Project Management
2 80 (35.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 71 (31.56%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (29.78%) Agile
5 58 (25.78%) Risk Management
6 56 (24.89%) PRINCE2
7 54 (24.00%) Project Delivery
8 41 (18.22%) Change Management
8 41 (18.22%) Workshop Facilitation
9 30 (13.33%) Commercial Awareness
9 30 (13.33%) ERP
10 26 (11.56%) Data Management
11 25 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 24 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (10.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 21 (9.33%) Budget Management
14 19 (8.44%) Resource Allocation
15 15 (6.67%) GAP Analysis
15 15 (6.67%) Validation
16 14 (6.22%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.11%) SQL
2 4 (1.78%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.78%) Shell Script
3 2 (0.89%) C#
3 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.44%) Java
4 1 (0.44%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 64 (28.44%) Security Cleared
2 46 (20.44%) Degree
3 35 (15.56%) DV Cleared
4 29 (12.89%) APMP
5 23 (10.22%) SC Cleared
6 16 (7.11%) PMI Certification
7 14 (6.22%) PMP
8 13 (5.78%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.67%) ISACA
9 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.78%) HNC
11 4 (1.78%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.89%) CCNP
12 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.44%) CCNA
13 1 (0.44%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (20.89%) PMO
2 32 (14.22%) QA
3 10 (4.44%) GDPR
4 8 (3.56%) NIST
5 7 (3.11%) COBIT
6 4 (1.78%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.44%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.44%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.44%) RMADS
7 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.78%) BitLocker
2 4 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.22%) SCCM
2 1 (0.44%) Nessus
Vendors
1 58 (25.78%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.00%) SAP
3 6 (2.67%) Oracle
4 4 (1.78%) VMware
5 3 (1.33%) Ariba
5 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.89%) Cisco
6 2 (0.89%) Google
7 1 (0.44%) Adobe
7 1 (0.44%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.44%) BT
7 1 (0.44%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.44%) Facebook
7 1 (0.44%) IBM
7 1 (0.44%) Meraki