Strategic Planning Contracts in England

Strategic Planning
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Strategic Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 589 611
Rank change year-on-year +151 +22 -127
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 110 79 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.16% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.17% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 56 115
10th Percentile £313 £353 £328
25th Percentile £422 £449 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -19.23% +13.04%
75th Percentile £601 £699 £738
90th Percentile £873 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £579
% change year-on-year -1.90% -9.25% +0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile £29.21 £40.35 £35.70
25th Percentile £46.39 £42.00 £37.88
Median hourly rate £56.89 £50.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.64% +20.24% -0.59%
75th Percentile £58.99 £57.83 £44.03
90th Percentile £61.08 - £47.61
UK median hourly rate £56.89 £50.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year +12.64% +20.24% +1.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Strategic Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,205 45,779 64,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.51% 90.27% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,157 32,091 45,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,623 1,778
10th Percentile £12.87 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.62 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.16
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in England

Strategic Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Planning in England

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in England

Strategic Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Planning in England

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Planning in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Planning in England

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +124 51 £513 -12.77% 78
North of England +44 19 £500 +4.17% 40
South East +9 14 £490 +3.16% 41
Midlands +32 13 £450 +63.64% 13
South West +29 12 £467 -36.14% 14
North West +25 11 £405 -21.36% 23
West Midlands +30 9 £450 +63.64% 6
Yorkshire +26 5 £515 +7.29% 14
East Midlands - 4 £713 - 7
North East - 3 £897 - 4
Strategic Planning
UK

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.82%) nginx
2 2 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.64%) AutoCAD
2 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.64%) Revit
3 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.91%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.36%) Azure
2 6 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.73%) AWS
4 3 (2.73%) Nutanix
4 3 (2.73%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.91%) Asana
5 1 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.91%) GCP
5 1 (0.91%) GitHub
5 1 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.55%) SAN
2 4 (3.64%) Network Security
3 3 (2.73%) Firewall
3 3 (2.73%) WAN
3 3 (2.73%) Wireless
4 2 (1.82%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (1.82%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.91%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.36%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (5.45%) Metadata
2 6 (5.45%) Metadata Repository
3 5 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.73%) Power BI
5 2 (1.82%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.82%) MySQL
5 2 (1.82%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.91%) Big Data
6 1 (0.91%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.91%) MS Access
6 1 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.91%) Tableau
6 1 (0.91%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Git
1 1 (0.91%) JIRA
1 1 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 44 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 31 (28.18%) Finance
3 23 (20.91%) Public Sector
4 22 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (9.09%) Banking
7 6 (5.45%) Retail
8 5 (4.55%) Corporate Banking
8 5 (4.55%) Investment Banking
8 5 (4.55%) Retail Banking
8 5 (4.55%) Wholesale Banking
9 4 (3.64%) Games
9 4 (3.64%) Legal
9 4 (3.64%) Marketing
10 3 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.73%) Law
10 3 (2.73%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.73%) Publishing
11 2 (1.82%) Local Government
11 2 (1.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (12.73%) Architect
1 14 (12.73%) Lead
2 11 (10.00%) Analyst
2 11 (10.00%) Senior
3 7 (6.36%) Data Architect
3 7 (6.36%) Project Manager
4 6 (5.45%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (4.55%) Consultant
5 5 (4.55%) Network Manager
5 5 (4.55%) Qualitative Analyst
5 5 (4.55%) Quantitative Analyst
6 4 (3.64%) Finance Manager
6 4 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (3.64%) Technology Director
7 3 (2.73%) Business Architect
7 3 (2.73%) Designer
7 3 (2.73%) Information Officer
7 3 (2.73%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
7 3 (2.73%) Senior Design Engineer
7 3 (2.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.73%) .NET
2 2 (1.82%) EDI
3 1 (0.91%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.91%) Django
3 1 (0.91%) Middleware
3 1 (0.91%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.36%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.45%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.55%) Credit Risk
3 5 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.73%) e-Learning
5 3 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.73%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.82%) CCTV
6 2 (1.82%) CMDB
6 2 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.82%) Social Media
7 1 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.91%) Blog
7 1 (0.91%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.91%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.91%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.64%) Windows
2 2 (1.82%) Android
2 2 (1.82%) Linux
2 2 (1.82%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.82%) Ubuntu
2 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.91%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.91%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.91%) Project Management
2 24 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (19.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 16 (14.55%) Agile
5 16 (14.55%) Data Analysis
5 16 (14.55%) Migration
6 15 (13.64%) Decision-Making
7 12 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (10.91%) Data Modelling
8 11 (10.00%) Change Management
8 11 (10.00%) Data Governance
8 11 (10.00%) Data Migration
9 10 (9.09%) Business Case
9 10 (9.09%) Risk Management
9 10 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
10 9 (8.18%) Data Management
10 9 (8.18%) IT Strategy
11 8 (7.27%) Capacity Planning
11 8 (7.27%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.18%) SQL
2 3 (2.73%) C#
2 3 (2.73%) Python
3 2 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.91%) Java
4 1 (0.91%) R
4 1 (0.91%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.91%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 21 (19.09%) Degree
3 11 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 10 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.64%) CCIE
5 4 (3.64%) CCNP
5 4 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.73%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.91%) ACCA
8 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.91%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.91%) PMP
8 1 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.91%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.45%) PMO
2 5 (4.55%) QA
3 2 (1.82%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.82%) SLA
4 1 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.91%) GDPR
4 1 (0.91%) IFRS
4 1 (0.91%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.91%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.73%) Docker
3 3 (2.73%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.73%) vSphere
4 1 (0.91%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 3 (2.73%) Ansible
1 3 (2.73%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.73%) MOM
1 3 (2.73%) Terraform
1 3 (2.73%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.82%) PaperCut
2 2 (1.82%) SCCM
3 1 (0.91%) Avamar
Vendors
1 19 (17.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.45%) Cisco
2 6 (5.45%) Remedy
2 6 (5.45%) VMware
3 4 (3.64%) Oracle
4 3 (2.73%) Aruba
4 3 (2.73%) Dell
4 3 (2.73%) IBM
4 3 (2.73%) Sage
4 3 (2.73%) SAP
4 3 (2.73%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.82%) Citrix
5 2 (1.82%) Google
5 2 (1.82%) HP
5 2 (1.82%) Nimble Storage
5 2 (1.82%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.82%) Veeam
5 2 (1.82%) WatchGuard
6 1 (0.91%) EMC
6 1 (0.91%) Salesforce