Strategic Planning Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Strategic Planning
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 44 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.89% 0.68% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £701 - -
25th Percentile £718 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £745 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +49.00% - -
75th Percentile £773 - -
90th Percentile £789 - -
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +9.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 375 266 505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 83.15% 89.86% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 189 373
10th Percentile £217 £210 £279
25th Percentile £356 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% - -
75th Percentile £560 £588 £608
90th Percentile £637 £650 £735
South East median daily rate £500 £504 £513
% change year-on-year -0.79% -1.66% +0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 25
10th Percentile - £15.35 £16.66
25th Percentile £15.91 £22.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +51.58% +41.79%
75th Percentile £29.61 £49.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £35.36 £55.63 £41.25
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £43.94 £52.50
% change year-on-year -46.35% -16.30% +16.67%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Strategic Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in Buckinghamshire

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Strategic Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 20 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -3 3 £690 +38.00% 3
High Wycombe - 1 £800 - 1
Strategic Planning
South East

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Aviation
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) DoDAF
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) MODAF
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) APMP
4 1 (25.00%) ISEB
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) COBIT
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft