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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 319 283
Rank change year-on-year +80 -36 +112
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 395 436 832
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.77% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.85% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 272 593
10th Percentile £260 £363 £319
25th Percentile £378 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £588 £617 £600
90th Percentile £658 £775 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £475 £445
% change year-on-year -2.11% +6.74% +7.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 48
10th Percentile £23.82 £24.59 £30.44
25th Percentile £27.19 £41.38 £39.69
Median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -10.55%
75th Percentile £60.94 £55.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £78.00 £55.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £49.00 £37.43
% change year-on-year +17.35% +30.91% -25.14%

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 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
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 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £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 £49.54
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% -4.99%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +67 346 £500 -3.85% 284
UK excluding London +58 217 £465 -2.11% 220
Work from Home +75 141 £500 - 94
London +50 129 £525 -4.55% 86
South East +14 60 £425 -10.53% 69
South West +41 59 £425 -15.00% 27
North of England +40 39 £500 - 44
Midlands +30 32 £475 - 45
West Midlands +32 24 £475 +9.83% 27
Yorkshire +27 18 £500 -13.04% 12
North West +11 16 £475 -5.00% 30
East of England +1 12 £300 -25.56% 15
Scotland +26 11 £475 -13.64% 18
Wales +19 5 £325 -45.83% 6
East Midlands +9 5 £595 +25.26% 18
North East - 5 £325 - 3

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 14 (3.54%) Confluence
2 7 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.01%) 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
Applications
1 55 (13.92%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (13.16%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (10.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 32 (8.10%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.77%) 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 20 (5.06%) Primavera
2 16 (4.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.28%) SAP PS
4 5 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.76%) Endur
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
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.06%) Dynamics 365
2 19 (4.81%) Azure
3 12 (3.04%) AWS
4 10 (2.53%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.03%) PowerApps
6 6 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.27%) GCP
7 5 (1.27%) OCI
7 5 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.01%) SaaS
9 3 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.76%) Serverless
9 3 (0.76%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.51%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.25%) Asana
11 1 (0.25%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.25%) Boomi
11 1 (0.25%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.25%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.06%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (3.54%) Network Security
2 14 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (2.53%) Firewall
3 10 (2.53%) VPN
4 9 (2.28%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.52%) LAN
5 6 (1.52%) WAN
6 4 (1.01%) DHCP
6 4 (1.01%) DNS
6 4 (1.01%) 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%) VoIP
8 2 (0.51%) Wireless
9 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.53%) Power BI
2 4 (1.01%) Big Data
3 3 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.51%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.51%) Metadata
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.25%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.25%) IDMS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 51 (12.91%) JIRA
2 3 (0.76%) Git
2 3 (0.76%) InstallShield
2 3 (0.76%) MSI
2 3 (0.76%) TestRail
3 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.25%) GitLab
4 1 (0.25%) LSMW
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 179 (45.32%) Social Skills
2 128 (32.41%) Finance
3 80 (20.25%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (13.42%) Public Sector
5 48 (12.15%) Presentation Skills
6 27 (6.84%) Telecoms
7 24 (6.08%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.54%) Banking
9 14 (3.54%) Retail
10 13 (3.29%) Marketing
11 9 (2.28%) Electronics
12 8 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.52%) Back Office
13 6 (1.52%) Local Government
14 5 (1.27%) Legal
14 5 (1.27%) Military
15 4 (1.01%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.01%) Automotive
15 4 (1.01%) Law
Job Titles
1 127 (32.15%) Project Manager
2 57 (14.43%) Lead
3 35 (8.86%) Analyst
4 29 (7.34%) Senior
5 27 (6.84%) Project Leader
6 23 (5.82%) Consultant
7 18 (4.56%) Business Analyst
8 17 (4.30%) Architect
9 16 (4.05%) IT Manager
10 15 (3.80%) Senior Manager
11 14 (3.54%) IT Project Manager
12 13 (3.29%) Coordinator
12 13 (3.29%) Senior Project Manager
13 11 (2.78%) Project Coordinator
13 11 (2.78%) Project Planner
13 11 (2.78%) Technical Manager
14 10 (2.53%) SC Cleared Project Manager
15 9 (2.28%) Security Consultant
16 8 (2.03%) SAP Manager
16 8 (2.03%) Technical Project Manager
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 13 (3.29%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.53%) Data Centre
2 10 (2.53%) PMI
3 9 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.03%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.52%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.27%) NHS
7 3 (0.76%) Credit Risk
7 3 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.51%) CCTV
8 2 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.51%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.51%) IoT
8 2 (0.51%) IVR
8 2 (0.51%) PACS
8 2 (0.51%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.51%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.04%) Windows
2 6 (1.52%) Unix
3 4 (1.01%) Linux
3 4 (1.01%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.51%) Android
4 2 (0.51%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (52.15%) Project Management
2 144 (36.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 119 (30.13%) Agile
4 112 (28.35%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (25.06%) Project Delivery
6 87 (22.03%) Risk Management
7 80 (20.25%) Change Management
8 78 (19.75%) PRINCE2
9 51 (12.91%) Workshop Facilitation
10 36 (9.11%) ERP
11 35 (8.86%) Decision-Making
12 34 (8.61%) Budget Management
13 30 (7.59%) Data Management
14 29 (7.34%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (7.09%) Commercial Awareness
16 27 (6.84%) Resource Allocation
16 27 (6.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 25 (6.33%) Programme Management
17 25 (6.33%) Waterfall
18 24 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.04%) SQL
2 7 (1.77%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.52%) Shell Script
4 5 (1.27%) Java
5 4 (1.01%) Python
6 3 (0.76%) ABAP
6 3 (0.76%) C#
7 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.51%) VBA
8 1 (0.25%) Bicep
8 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (21.52%) Security Cleared
2 78 (19.75%) Degree
3 38 (9.62%) DV Cleared
4 36 (9.11%) SC Cleared
5 34 (8.61%) APMP
6 26 (6.58%) PMP
7 24 (6.08%) PMI Certification
8 17 (4.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 13 (3.29%) Master's Degree
10 12 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (2.53%) CISSP
12 8 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (2.03%) CISM
13 7 (1.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (1.52%) ISACA
15 5 (1.27%) CCNA
15 5 (1.27%) CEH
16 4 (1.01%) CCNP
16 4 (1.01%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (17.47%) PMO
2 45 (11.39%) QA
3 11 (2.78%) GDPR
4 10 (2.53%) NIST
5 7 (1.77%) COBIT
6 4 (1.01%) 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%) GRC
9 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.25%) P3O
9 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) RMADS
9 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (2.28%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.01%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.76%) Docker
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.27%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.27%) SCCM
2 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.25%) Nessus
Vendors
1 93 (23.54%) Microsoft
2 49 (12.41%) SAP
3 19 (4.81%) Oracle
4 7 (1.77%) VMware
5 6 (1.52%) Cisco
5 6 (1.52%) Google
6 5 (1.27%) Ariba
7 4 (1.01%) Progress
7 4 (1.01%) 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%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.25%) Meraki
10 1 (0.25%) NCR