Strategic Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Strategic Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 462 611 779
Rank change year-on-year +149 +168 -164
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 512 400 489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.39% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.41% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 339 251 226
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £45,237
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £47,646 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.53% -20.59% -14.29%
75th Percentile £74,375 £71,250 £76,875
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £39,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +41.03% -29.09% +1.85%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +172 465 £57,500 +13.86% 179
UK excluding London +16 275 £55,000 +41.03% 123
London +173 199 £60,000 -20.00% 59
Work from Home +104 138 £55,000 -15.38% 74
South East +29 79 £51,663 +66.65% 31
Midlands -17 78 £62,500 +63.40% 28
West Midlands -15 52 £67,500 +77.63% 17
North of England +47 38 £52,757 -33.22% 41
East of England +26 33 £55,000 +7.32% 12
East Midlands +3 26 £55,000 -12.00% 11
South West -24 26 £65,500 +59.76% 10
North West +14 23 £65,000 - 27
Wales +11 11 £56,000 +25.38% 3
Scotland -64 10 £44,436 -12.77% 5
North East - 8 £40,000 - 3
Yorkshire +75 7 £53,750 -36.76% 13
Northern Ireland - 1 £51,000 -

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 7 (1.37%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.98%) Office Communications Server
2 5 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.59%) Apache
3 3 (0.59%) CMS
3 3 (0.59%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.20%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 32 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (3.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.59%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.59%) SAP CRM
2 3 (0.59%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.39%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.20%) Relativity
4 1 (0.20%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 46 (8.98%) Azure
2 26 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (4.88%) AWS
4 20 (3.91%) Power Platform
5 12 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (2.15%) GCP
7 7 (1.37%) SaaS
8 6 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.98%) IaaS
9 5 (0.98%) PaaS
9 5 (0.98%) WhatsApp
10 4 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.78%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.78%) GitHub
10 4 (0.78%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.59%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.39%) Amazon Ads
12 2 (0.39%) Canva
12 2 (0.39%) dbt
12 2 (0.39%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.34%) Wireless
2 11 (2.15%) WAN
3 10 (1.95%) DNS
4 9 (1.76%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.56%) LAN
6 6 (1.17%) Firewall
7 5 (0.98%) MPLS
7 5 (0.98%) SNMP
7 5 (0.98%) VLAN
7 5 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.78%) Internet
8 4 (0.78%) Intranet
8 4 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.59%) DHCP
9 3 (0.59%) Network Security
9 3 (0.59%) VoIP
10 1 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.20%) HSRP
10 1 (0.20%) SSL
10 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.27%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (3.52%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.13%) Power BI
4 13 (2.54%) Tableau
5 9 (1.76%) Big Data
5 9 (1.76%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.37%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.17%) Flink
7 6 (1.17%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.78%) GIS
8 4 (0.78%) Looker
9 3 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.59%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.59%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.39%) QlikView
11 1 (0.20%) OLAP
11 1 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.17%) Git
2 5 (0.98%) JIRA
3 4 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 190 (37.11%) Social Skills
2 150 (29.30%) Analytical Skills
3 128 (25.00%) Finance
4 98 (19.14%) Retail
5 90 (17.58%) Marketing
6 58 (11.33%) German Language
7 56 (10.94%) Advertising
8 49 (9.57%) Public Sector
9 44 (8.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 34 (6.64%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (6.64%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (5.47%) Legal
12 24 (4.69%) Law
13 23 (4.49%) Manufacturing
14 15 (2.93%) Games
15 13 (2.54%) Local Government
16 11 (2.15%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (1.56%) Banking
19 6 (1.17%) French Language
Job Titles
1 61 (11.91%) Senior
2 52 (10.16%) Graduate
3 47 (9.18%) Lead
4 43 (8.40%) Project Manager
5 39 (7.62%) IT Manager
6 35 (6.84%) Analyst
7 27 (5.27%) Senior Manager
8 19 (3.71%) Business Manager
9 18 (3.52%) Development Manager
10 17 (3.32%) Head of IT
11 16 (3.13%) Consultant
12 15 (2.93%) Architect
12 15 (2.93%) Business Development Manager
12 15 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (2.73%) Delivery Manager
13 14 (2.73%) IT Director
13 14 (2.73%) Operations Manager
14 12 (2.34%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 12 (2.34%) 3rd Line Support
14 12 (2.34%) Head of Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.56%) EDI
2 6 (1.17%) .NET
2 6 (1.17%) Apache Beam
3 5 (0.98%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.78%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.78%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (0.78%) Kafka
5 2 (0.39%) HTML
5 2 (0.39%) Laravel
5 2 (0.39%) Middleware
5 2 (0.39%) Next.js
5 2 (0.39%) React
5 2 (0.39%) React Native
5 2 (0.39%) TAPI
6 1 (0.20%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.20%) CSS
6 1 (0.20%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.20%) PySpark
6 1 (0.20%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 66 (12.89%) Social Media
2 55 (10.74%) Analytical Mindset
3 54 (10.55%) Photography
4 49 (9.57%) Management Information System
5 31 (6.05%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.73%) IoT
7 13 (2.54%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.54%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.34%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.76%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.76%) Life Science
9 9 (1.76%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.17%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.17%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.98%) Blog
11 5 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.78%) Blockchain
12 4 (0.78%) Digital Signage
12 4 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.81%) Windows
2 11 (2.15%) Windows 10
3 10 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.76%) Linux
5 6 (1.17%) Android
6 5 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.78%) DC/OS
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.20%) Unix
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (26.17%) Project Management
2 107 (20.90%) Decision-Making
3 103 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 78 (15.23%) Agile
6 63 (12.30%) Analytics
6 63 (12.30%) Project Delivery
7 58 (11.33%) ITIL
8 55 (10.74%) Roadmaps
9 52 (10.16%) Risk Management
10 46 (8.98%) Budget Management
11 44 (8.59%) Process Improvement
12 43 (8.40%) Logistics
13 42 (8.20%) Mentoring
14 41 (8.01%) Business Intelligence
14 41 (8.01%) Cybersecurity
15 40 (7.81%) Data Science
15 40 (7.81%) Resource Management
15 40 (7.81%) Strategic Thinking
16 38 (7.42%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 53 (10.35%) SQL
2 22 (4.30%) Python
3 10 (1.95%) C#
4 7 (1.37%) Java
4 7 (1.37%) Scala
5 5 (0.98%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.78%) Go
6 4 (0.78%) VBA
7 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.20%) Perl
8 1 (0.20%) PHP
8 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 195 (38.09%) Degree
2 63 (12.30%) DBS Check
3 20 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (3.52%) Master's Degree
5 17 (3.32%) Security Cleared
6 15 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (2.73%) CCNP
8 13 (2.54%) MCSE
9 12 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.76%) SC Cleared
11 8 (1.56%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.56%) PMP
12 7 (1.37%) Postgraduate
13 5 (0.98%) CISSP
14 4 (0.78%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.59%) CIMA
15 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.59%) MBA
15 3 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.69%) QA
2 20 (3.91%) GDPR
3 15 (2.93%) SLA
4 9 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.17%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.17%) PMO
7 5 (0.98%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.78%) NCSC
8 4 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.20%) NIST
10 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.15%) Docker
4 9 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (2.34%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.20%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.20%) SCCM
3 1 (0.20%) Terraform
3 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 77 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.88%) SAP
3 19 (3.71%) Cisco
4 16 (3.13%) VMware
5 11 (2.15%) Google
6 10 (1.95%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.76%) Citrix
7 9 (1.76%) Oracle
8 6 (1.17%) Teradata
9 4 (0.78%) Computacenter
10 3 (0.59%) Adobe
10 3 (0.59%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.59%) Aruba
10 3 (0.59%) Workday
11 2 (0.39%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.39%) IBM
11 2 (0.39%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.39%) Veeam
12 1 (0.20%) HP
12 1 (0.20%) Red Hat