Strategic Planning Jobs in Manchester

Strategic Planning
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Strategic Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Strategic Planning over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 157 200
Rank change year-on-year +13 +43 +58
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 18 62 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.71% 1.10% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.32% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 18
10th Percentile - £46,125 £54,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £51,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £68,696 £65,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £68,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £53,000 £56,509 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.21% -13.06% +18.18%

All Process and 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 2,329 4,697 3,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 91.87% 83.32% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,334 3,301 2,448
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £33,528
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,158 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in Manchester

Strategic Planning
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning in Manchester.

Salary trend for Strategic Planning in Manchester

Strategic Planning
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in Manchester over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Planning in Manchester

Strategic Planning
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Planning within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 16 July 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Salford +19 1 £42,500 -34.62% 1
Stockport - 1 £75,000 - 1
Strategic Planning
North West

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.56%) Google Docs
3 1 (5.56%) Google Drive
3 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 6 (33.33%) Local Government
3 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 4 (22.22%) Police
5 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Legal
6 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.56%) Marketing
6 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Lead
2 4 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (22.22%) Support Team Leader
2 4 (22.22%) Team Leader
3 3 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Civil Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Development Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Lead Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Messaging Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) .NET Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) Software Packaging
2 3 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (5.56%) EDI
3 1 (5.56%) Middleware
3 1 (5.56%) PySpark
3 1 (5.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) NHS
2 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) AI Agents
3 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Life Science
3 1 (5.56%) Low-Code
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (38.89%) Decision-Making
3 6 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 5 (27.78%) Agile
4 5 (27.78%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 5 (27.78%) Change Management
4 5 (27.78%) ITIL
5 4 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
5 4 (22.22%) Availability Management
5 4 (22.22%) Business Continuity
5 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
5 4 (22.22%) Information Security
5 4 (22.22%) ITSM
5 4 (22.22%) Patch Management
5 4 (22.22%) People Management
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Project Management
5 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 4 (22.22%) SIAM
5 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Postgraduate
3 1 (5.56%) ACCA
3 1 (5.56%) CBAP
3 1 (5.56%) CIMA
3 1 (5.56%) MCP
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Grafana
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow