Strategic Planning Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Strategic Planning
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - 93
Rank change year-on-year - - +40
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.64% - 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £154 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.43%
75th Percentile £161 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £315 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -42.73% -15.38% +52.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 590 690 995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 93.95% 85.08% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 367 636
10th Percentile £306 £223 £213
25th Percentile £413 £363 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £638 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 23 6
10th Percentile - £13.27 £12.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.50 £20.18
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -53.68% +160.49%
75th Percentile £44.35 £24.18 £53.74
90th Percentile £61.13 £48.84 £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.40 £21.59 £18.93
% change year-on-year -5.52% +14.05% -7.32%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in Edinburgh

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Mandarin Language
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (25.00%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Case
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland