Strategic Planning Job Trends in Manchester

Strategic Planning
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 121 139
Rank change year-on-year -1 +18 +94
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 9 39 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.33% 1.42% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 1.52% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 7
10th Percentile - £47,700 £52,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,500 £58,697
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £62,500 £62,788
Median % change year-on-year -39.20% -0.46% +29.46%
75th Percentile £38,500 £77,500 £108,178
90th Percentile - £77,900 £134,356
North West median annual salary £45,000 £62,205 £68,394
% change year-on-year -27.66% -9.05% +41.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Strategic Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,246 2,565 2,096
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 81.61% 93.10% 92.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 1,202 1,666
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,200 £86,250 £84,964
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Strategic Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in Manchester

Strategic Planning
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Strategic Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
1 2 (22.22%) Tableau
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (33.33%) Local Government
2 3 (33.33%) Police
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
1 3 (33.33%) Support Team Leader
1 3 (33.33%) Team Leader
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) NHS
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Decision-Making
2 6 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
2 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (33.33%) Availability Management
4 3 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (33.33%) Co-Creation
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Culture Change
4 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
4 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (33.33%) Patch Management
4 3 (33.33%) People Management
4 3 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 3 (33.33%) SIAM
4 3 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft