Strategic Planning Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Strategic Planning
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 45 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 5 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.77% 1.13% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 1.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £405 -
Median % change year-on-year +54.32% - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £625 £453 £750
% change year-on-year +38.12% -39.67% +22.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 584 455 347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.98% 86.01% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 282 202
10th Percentile £300 £323 £265
25th Percentile £358 £390 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £475 £498
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -4.52% +10.56%
75th Percentile £520 £575 £586
90th Percentile £688 £650 £628
North West median daily rate £454 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.01% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 29
10th Percentile - £16.00 £16.71
25th Percentile £12.82 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £17.75 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -49.29% +14.60% +46.19%
75th Percentile £35.38 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £47.50 £36.60
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% +21.43% +57.30%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in Cheshire

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Chester - 3 £625 - 2
Crewe - 1 £675 - 1
Strategic Planning
North West

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Investment Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Automotive
2 2 (40.00%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Senior PMO
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Functional Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Change Control
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (60.00%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (60.00%) Project Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (60.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) P3O
1 3 (60.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Planview