Strategic Planning Contracts

Strategic Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 469 623 645
Rank change year-on-year +154 +22 -124
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 125 93 210
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.16% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.17% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 67 146
10th Percentile £313 £390 £314
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £579
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -9.25% +0.61%
75th Percentile £600 £669 £738
90th Percentile £738 £742 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £498 £577
% change year-on-year +5.53% -13.74% -7.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 9
10th Percentile £30.65 £40.35 £33.12
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.00 £36.75
Median hourly rate £56.89 £50.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.64% +20.24% +1.20%
75th Percentile £57.83 £57.83 £43.00
90th Percentile £60.61 - £47.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.89 £56.89 £35.63
% change year-on-year - +59.68% -19.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Strategic Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 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
England +151 115 £500 -4.76% 163
UK excluding London +85 64 £525 +5.53% 111
London +124 52 £513 -18.00% 58
Work from Home +121 36 £513 -6.82% 79
North of England +46 22 £554 +15.42% 35
South East +17 14 £490 +3.16% 33
Midlands +33 13 £450 +63.64% 10
South West +22 12 £467 -36.14% 14
North West +31 10 £405 -21.36% 20
West Midlands +33 9 £450 +63.64% 4
Yorkshire +26 9 £557 +16.04% 12
Scotland +36 6 £600 +1.27% 9
East Midlands - 4 £713 - 6
North East - 3 £897 - 5

Strategic 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 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.60%) nginx
2 2 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.20%) AutoCAD
3 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (3.20%) Revit
4 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.80%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.80%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.60%) Azure
2 6 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.40%) AWS
4 3 (2.40%) Nutanix
4 3 (2.40%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.80%) Asana
5 1 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.80%) GCP
5 1 (0.80%) GitHub
5 1 (0.80%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.60%) SAN
2 4 (3.20%) Network Security
3 3 (2.40%) Firewall
3 3 (2.40%) WAN
3 3 (2.40%) Wireless
4 2 (1.60%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (1.60%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.80%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (4.80%) Metadata
2 6 (4.80%) Metadata Repository
3 5 (4.00%) Data Mining
3 5 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.40%) Power BI
5 2 (1.60%) DB2
5 2 (1.60%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.60%) MySQL
5 2 (1.60%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.80%) Big Data
6 1 (0.80%) MS Access
6 1 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.80%) Tableau
6 1 (0.80%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Git
1 1 (0.80%) JIRA
1 1 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 47 (37.60%) Social Skills
2 33 (26.40%) Finance
3 30 (24.00%) Public Sector
4 22 (17.60%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.80%) Banking
5 11 (8.80%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.80%) Retail
7 5 (4.00%) Corporate Banking
7 5 (4.00%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.00%) Marketing
7 5 (4.00%) Retail Banking
7 5 (4.00%) Wholesale Banking
8 4 (3.20%) Games
8 4 (3.20%) Legal
9 3 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.40%) Law
9 3 (2.40%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.40%) Military
9 3 (2.40%) Publishing
10 2 (1.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (12.00%) Lead
2 14 (11.20%) Architect
3 11 (8.80%) Analyst
3 11 (8.80%) Project Manager
3 11 (8.80%) Senior
4 7 (5.60%) Data Architect
5 6 (4.80%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (4.00%) Consultant
6 5 (4.00%) Data Scientist
6 5 (4.00%) Network Manager
6 5 (4.00%) Qualitative Analyst
6 5 (4.00%) Quantitative Analyst
7 4 (3.20%) Designer
7 4 (3.20%) Finance Manager
7 4 (3.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (3.20%) IT Manager
7 4 (3.20%) Programme Manager
7 4 (3.20%) Technology Director
8 3 (2.40%) Business Architect
8 3 (2.40%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.40%) .NET
2 2 (1.60%) EDI
3 1 (0.80%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.80%) Django
3 1 (0.80%) Middleware
3 1 (0.80%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.60%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.80%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.00%) Credit Risk
3 5 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.20%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.40%) e-Learning
5 3 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.40%) Learning Management System
5 3 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.60%) CCTV
6 2 (1.60%) CMDB
6 2 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.60%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (1.60%) LPAR
6 2 (1.60%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.60%) PMI
6 2 (1.60%) Social Media
7 1 (0.80%) Blog
7 1 (0.80%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.20%) Windows
2 2 (1.60%) Android
2 2 (1.60%) Linux
2 2 (1.60%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.60%) Ubuntu
2 2 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
2 2 (1.60%) zOS
3 1 (0.80%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.80%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.80%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (28.80%) Project Management
2 25 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (18.40%) Roadmaps
4 22 (17.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (16.00%) Data Analysis
6 18 (14.40%) Agile
6 18 (14.40%) Decision-Making
7 16 (12.80%) Data Modelling
7 16 (12.80%) Migration
8 15 (12.00%) Business Case
8 15 (12.00%) Data Governance
9 14 (11.20%) Project Delivery
10 13 (10.40%) Mentoring
10 13 (10.40%) Risk Management
11 12 (9.60%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (9.60%) ITIL
12 11 (8.80%) Change Management
12 11 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (8.80%) Data Migration
12 11 (8.80%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.20%) SQL
2 3 (2.40%) C#
2 3 (2.40%) Python
3 2 (1.60%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.80%) Java
4 1 (0.80%) R
4 1 (0.80%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (21.60%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.80%) Degree
3 13 (10.40%) SC Cleared
4 10 (8.00%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.20%) CCIE
5 4 (3.20%) CCNP
5 4 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.20%) PMP
6 3 (2.40%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.60%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.80%) ACCA
8 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.80%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.80%) PMO
1 6 (4.80%) QA
2 3 (2.40%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.60%) SLA
3 2 (1.60%) WCAG
4 1 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.80%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.80%) GDPR
4 1 (0.80%) IFRS
4 1 (0.80%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 5 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.40%) Docker
3 3 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.40%) vSphere
4 1 (0.80%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 3 (2.40%) Ansible
1 3 (2.40%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.40%) MOM
1 3 (2.40%) Terraform
1 3 (2.40%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.60%) PaperCut
2 2 (1.60%) SCCM
3 1 (0.80%) Avamar
Vendors
1 18 (14.40%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.60%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.80%) Cisco
3 6 (4.80%) Remedy
3 6 (4.80%) VMware
4 5 (4.00%) IBM
5 4 (3.20%) Oracle
6 3 (2.40%) Aruba
6 3 (2.40%) Dell
6 3 (2.40%) Sage
6 3 (2.40%) SAP
7 2 (1.60%) Citrix
7 2 (1.60%) Google
7 2 (1.60%) HP
7 2 (1.60%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (1.60%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.60%) Veeam
7 2 (1.60%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.80%) EMC
8 1 (0.80%) Fortinet