Strategic Planning Contracts in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 406 451
Rank change year-on-year +73 +45 -70
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 61 45 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.21% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 35 44
10th Percentile £330 £324 £260
25th Percentile £408 £448 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £579
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -10.98% -7.44%
75th Percentile £615 £604 £741
90th Percentile £931 £720 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £44.79 -
25th Percentile £55.94 £48.97 -
Median hourly rate £56.89 £56.89 -
75th Percentile £57.83 £57.83 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £53.44 £56.89 £42.00
% change year-on-year -6.05% +35.44% -0.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,292 20,943 27,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.44% 89.50% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,311 14,478 18,837
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £379 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,056 1,286 1,344
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.39 £14.21
Median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.65 £61.15
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Strategic Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic 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 Strategic Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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
North of England +47 21 £554 +15.42% 41
Midlands +33 14 £450 +63.64% 27
South West +25 12 £467 -36.14% 11
South East +14 11 £475 -5.00% 35
West Midlands +21 10 £450 +63.64% 18
North West +30 9 £405 -21.36% 28
Yorkshire +22 9 £557 +16.04% 12
Scotland +41 6 £600 +1.27% 6
East Midlands - 4 £713 - 9
North East - 3 £897 - 3
Strategic Planning
UK

Strategic 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 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.28%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) AutoCAD
1 4 (6.56%) Revit
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Sage X3
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.92%) Azure
2 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.28%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.64%) GitHub
3 1 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.56%) Network Security
2 3 (4.92%) Firewall
2 3 (4.92%) WAN
2 3 (4.92%) Wireless
3 2 (3.28%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (3.28%) IP Telephony
3 2 (3.28%) SAN
4 1 (1.64%) LAN
4 1 (1.64%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (9.84%) Metadata
2 6 (9.84%) Metadata Repository
3 5 (8.20%) Data Mining
4 3 (4.92%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.28%) MySQL
5 2 (3.28%) Power BI
6 1 (1.64%) MS Access
6 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
1 1 (1.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 25 (40.98%) Social Skills
2 23 (37.70%) Public Sector
3 15 (24.59%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (13.11%) Finance
4 8 (13.11%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Banking
5 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.28%) Marketing
7 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.64%) Automotive
7 1 (1.64%) Back Office
7 1 (1.64%) Games
7 1 (1.64%) Local Government
7 1 (1.64%) Military
7 1 (1.64%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 11 (18.03%) Architect
2 9 (14.75%) Lead
3 7 (11.48%) Senior
4 6 (9.84%) Data Architect
5 5 (8.20%) Data Scientist
5 5 (8.20%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (8.20%) Project Manager
6 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Network Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Business Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Design Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Portfolio Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Product Lead
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Design Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Designer
8 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 2 (3.28%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) .NET
2 2 (3.28%) EDI
3 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.64%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.28%) CCTV
2 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.64%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.64%) NHS
3 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Android
1 2 (3.28%) Linux
1 2 (3.28%) Mac OS
1 2 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (3.28%) Ubuntu
1 2 (3.28%) Windows
1 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.79%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (29.51%) Project Management
3 16 (26.23%) Data Analysis
4 14 (22.95%) Data Modelling
4 14 (22.95%) Roadmaps
5 12 (19.67%) Business Case
5 12 (19.67%) Migration
5 12 (19.67%) Problem Management
6 11 (18.03%) Business Strategy
6 11 (18.03%) Data Governance
6 11 (18.03%) Decision-Making
7 10 (16.39%) Agile
7 10 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (14.75%) Data Migration
9 8 (13.11%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (13.11%) Data Management
9 8 (13.11%) ITIL
9 8 (13.11%) Performance Metrics
10 7 (11.48%) Coaching
10 7 (11.48%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.20%) SQL
2 3 (4.92%) C#
3 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.64%) Python
4 1 (1.64%) R
4 1 (1.64%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (26.23%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.75%) DV Cleared
3 8 (13.11%) Degree
4 6 (9.84%) SC Cleared
5 5 (8.20%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (6.56%) CCIE
6 4 (6.56%) CCNP
7 2 (3.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.64%) CCNA
8 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) PMO
2 3 (4.92%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.28%) WCAG
4 1 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.64%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) MOM
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.28%) PaperCut
2 2 (3.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (9.84%) Remedy
2 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow
3 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.92%) SAP
5 2 (3.28%) Aruba
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco
5 2 (3.28%) HP
5 2 (3.28%) Nimble Storage
5 2 (3.28%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.28%) Sage
5 2 (3.28%) Veeam
5 2 (3.28%) VMware
5 2 (3.28%) WatchGuard