Project Planning Contracts in the South East

Project Planning
England > South East

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 125 140
Rank change year-on-year -13 +15 +46
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 63 88 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.12% 1.55% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.74% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 50 87
10th Percentile £129 £363 £350
25th Percentile £344 £406 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £468 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -1.58% +11.76%
75th Percentile £591 £550 £553
90th Percentile £687 £678 £651
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.23 £32.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £24.46 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +145.30% -38.08% +92.68%
75th Percentile - £26.69 £65.25
90th Percentile - - £67.26
England median hourly rate £53.00 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +8.16% +10.11% -10.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,684 5,048 6,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.95% 89.05% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,709 3,470 4,714
10th Percentile £260 £250 £233
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 221 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.50 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in the South East

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in the South East

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in the South East

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in the South East

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +6 32 £430 -14.85% 34
Berkshire +1 29 £388 -27.23% 20
Hampshire -5 17 £400 -3.03% 7
Surrey +20 11 £350 -16.42% 2
Buckinghamshire +10 3 £600 +14.29% 6
West Sussex -2 3 - -
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (9.52%) Confluence
2 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (6.35%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (3.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (17.46%) Primavera
2 2 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.59%) Maximo
3 1 (1.59%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.59%) AWS
2 1 (1.59%) Azure
2 1 (1.59%) PaaS
2 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.11%) Network Security
2 4 (6.35%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.59%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.59%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 6 (9.52%) JIRA
2 4 (6.35%) TestRail
General
1 20 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.46%) Finance
3 9 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (12.70%) Public Sector
5 7 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (7.94%) Automotive
6 5 (7.94%) Telecoms
7 4 (6.35%) Aerospace
8 3 (4.76%) Military
8 3 (4.76%) Retail
9 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.17%) Legal
10 1 (1.59%) Aviation
10 1 (1.59%) Environmental Health
10 1 (1.59%) Law
10 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (26.98%) Project Manager
2 12 (19.05%) Architect
3 5 (7.94%) Consultant
3 5 (7.94%) Project Planner
3 5 (7.94%) Senior
3 5 (7.94%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (6.35%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 4 (6.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 4 (6.35%) Security Architect
4 4 (6.35%) Security Consultant
4 4 (6.35%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (6.35%) Systems Test Engineer
4 4 (6.35%) Test Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Analyst
5 3 (4.76%) IT Manager
5 3 (4.76%) Lead
5 3 (4.76%) Unix Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Unix Systems Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Windows Specialist
6 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) .NET
1 2 (3.17%) .NET Framework
1 2 (3.17%) ASP.NET
1 2 (3.17%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (3.17%) Blazor
1 2 (3.17%) JSON
1 2 (3.17%) RESTful
1 2 (3.17%) WCF
1 2 (3.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 7 (11.11%) PMI
2 3 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.17%) IoT
3 2 (3.17%) Robotics
4 1 (1.59%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.35%) Linux
1 4 (6.35%) Unix
1 4 (6.35%) Windows
1 4 (6.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.92%) Project Management
2 21 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (30.16%) Risk Management
4 14 (22.22%) Agile
5 11 (17.46%) Budget Management
6 10 (15.87%) ITIL
7 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (14.29%) Project Delivery
8 8 (12.70%) Budgeting
8 8 (12.70%) Conflict Resolution
8 8 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (12.70%) PRINCE2
8 8 (12.70%) Resource Allocation
8 8 (12.70%) Roadmaps
9 7 (11.11%) Capacity Management
9 7 (11.11%) Information Security
9 7 (11.11%) Information Security Management
9 7 (11.11%) OWASP
9 7 (11.11%) Security Management
9 7 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) SQL
2 4 (6.35%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.35%) Shell Script
3 2 (3.17%) C#
3 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.59%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 15 (23.81%) Degree
3 8 (12.70%) Master's Degree
3 8 (12.70%) PMI Certification
3 8 (12.70%) SC Cleared
4 7 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 6 (9.52%) ISACA
6 5 (7.94%) PMP
7 4 (6.35%) HNC
7 4 (6.35%) ISTQB
7 4 (6.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (6.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (4.76%) APMP
8 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (25.40%) QA
2 7 (11.11%) COBIT
2 7 (11.11%) GDPR
2 7 (11.11%) NIST
3 4 (6.35%) PMBOK
3 4 (6.35%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (7.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.35%) BitLocker
2 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (25.40%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.35%) SAP
2 4 (6.35%) VMware
3 2 (3.17%) Ariba
3 2 (3.17%) Oracle
3 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.59%) BT
4 1 (1.59%) IBM