Strategic Planning Contracts in the North West

Strategic Planning
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Strategic Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 165 170
Rank change year-on-year +37 +5 -50
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 6 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.22% 0.061% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.067% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - - £463
25th Percentile £284 £508 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £293 £515 £700
Median % change year-on-year -43.20% -26.43% -3.45%
75th Percentile £301 £523 £738
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £525 £625
% change year-on-year -4.76% -16.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Strategic 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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,380 2,994 3,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.58% 91.09% 87.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,541 2,143 2,590
10th Percentile £306 £313 £229
25th Percentile £405 £406 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £563
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 149 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.73 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.11 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +19.40%
75th Percentile £45.00 £49.52 £43.75
90th Percentile £52.78 £65.80 £60.00
England median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% +56.25% -

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in the North West

Strategic Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Planning in the North West

Strategic Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Planning in the North West

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Planning within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Manchester +26 3 - - 10
Merseyside - 2 - - 1
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Development Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Software Development Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Software Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Build Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Information Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 2 (33.33%) Coaching
1 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum
1 2 (33.33%) Software Architecture
1 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Application Packaging
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix