Strategic Planning Contracts in Berkshire

Strategic Planning
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Strategic Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Strategic Planning over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 117 105
Rank change year-on-year +28 -12 +19
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 6 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.51% 0.25% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.28% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £467 £424
25th Percentile - £474 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £490 £460
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% +6.52% -1.39%
75th Percentile - £566 -
90th Percentile - £609 -
South East median daily rate £488 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -0.51% +3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.87 £55.94 £55.94
Median hourly rate £63.75 £56.89 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +12.06% - -
75th Percentile £65.62 £57.83 £57.83
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £63.75 £56.89 £56.89
% change year-on-year +12.06% - +59.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,098 1,761 1,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.37% 88.89% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 921 1,045
10th Percentile £313 £213 £340
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £675 £704
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 100 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.05 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.30 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year +0.32% +6.02% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.89 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in Berkshire

Strategic Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Planning in Berkshire

Strategic Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Planning in Berkshire

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +36 1 - - 4
Windsor - 1 £600 - 2
Strategic Planning
South East

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Military
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Administrator
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) DBA
2 3 (50.00%) Senior DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle SQL Server DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Oracle DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Oracle SQL Server DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Senior SQL DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Senior SQL Server DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) SQL DBA
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
1 4 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Database Optimisation
4 1 (16.67%) Database Security
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Facilities Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Management
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle