Strategic Planning Contracts in England

Strategic Planning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 373 429 593
Rank change year-on-year +56 +164 +17
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 114 112 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.30% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.35% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 72 56
10th Percentile £318 £313 £353
25th Percentile £407 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -15.49%
75th Percentile £600 £582 £700
90th Percentile £775 £700 £818
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -2.68% -2.14% -9.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 5
10th Percentile £31.45 £25.39 £40.35
25th Percentile £31.64 £36.85 £42.00
Median hourly rate £46.29 £56.89 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.63% +12.64% +20.24%
75th Percentile £54.47 £57.83 £57.83
90th Percentile £65.62 - -
UK median hourly rate £37.54 £53.44 £50.50
% change year-on-year -29.76% +5.83% +20.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

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 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 2025.

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 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
London +61 69 £500 -2.44% 316
Midlands +18 12 £400 -11.11% 70
West Midlands +18 12 £400 -11.11% 37
South East +44 11 £488 -0.51% 127
North of England +8 7 £568 +2.44% 96
Yorkshire +3 5 £568 +1.89% 40
East of England - 5 £800 - 48
South West +35 4 £738 +57.92% 43
North West +6 2 £588 +45.06% 49
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 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.39%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.63%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (5.26%) FLEXCUBE
1 6 (5.26%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (2.63%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.63%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.75%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.75%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.75%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.75%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.88%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.65%) Azure
2 6 (5.26%) AWS
2 6 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.39%) Entra ID
3 5 (4.39%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.39%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (3.51%) Adobe Analytics
4 4 (3.51%) Azure Functions
4 4 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
4 4 (3.51%) Google Analytics
4 4 (3.51%) Mimecast
4 4 (3.51%) OneDrive
4 4 (3.51%) Serverless
5 3 (2.63%) GCP
6 2 (1.75%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (1.75%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.88%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.88%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.51%) Wireless
2 3 (2.63%) Firewall
2 3 (2.63%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.75%) NGFW
3 2 (1.75%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.88%) 5G
4 1 (0.88%) Intranet
4 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.88%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.39%) Power BI
1 5 (4.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.88%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.63%) JIRA
3 1 (0.88%) Git
General
1 56 (49.12%) Social Skills
2 53 (46.49%) Finance
3 36 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (20.18%) Public Sector
5 13 (11.40%) Marketing
5 13 (11.40%) Military
6 12 (10.53%) Banking
7 8 (7.02%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (6.14%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (6.14%) Legal
9 5 (4.39%) Advertising
9 5 (4.39%) Law
9 5 (4.39%) Local Government
10 4 (3.51%) Back Office
10 4 (3.51%) Brand Awareness
10 4 (3.51%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.63%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.63%) Retail Banking
11 3 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (11.40%) Senior
2 10 (8.77%) Analyst
3 9 (7.89%) Architect
4 8 (7.02%) Lead
5 6 (5.26%) Project Manager
6 5 (4.39%) Account Manager
6 5 (4.39%) Digital Account Manager
7 4 (3.51%) Administrator
7 4 (3.51%) Business Analyst
7 4 (3.51%) Campaign Manager
7 4 (3.51%) Client Services Manager
7 4 (3.51%) Data Analyst
7 4 (3.51%) Developer
7 4 (3.51%) Microsoft 365 Architect
7 4 (3.51%) SAP Manager
7 4 (3.51%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 4 (3.51%) Senior Manager
8 3 (2.63%) Business Manager
8 3 (2.63%) Incident Manager
8 3 (2.63%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.75%) Plotly
2 2 (1.75%) React
3 1 (0.88%) Middleware
3 1 (0.88%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.88%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.65%) Digital Media
2 9 (7.89%) Social Media
3 6 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.63%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.75%) PMI
7 1 (0.88%) AS400
7 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) FMCG
7 1 (0.88%) iSeries
7 1 (0.88%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.88%) Robotics
7 1 (0.88%) SCADA
7 1 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.51%) Windows
2 2 (1.75%) Linux
3 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
1 36 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (29.82%) Decision-Making
3 22 (19.30%) Change Management
3 22 (19.30%) Risk Management
3 22 (19.30%) Roadmaps
4 20 (17.54%) Project Management
5 19 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (15.79%) Agile
6 18 (15.79%) Programme Management
7 16 (14.04%) Analytics
8 13 (11.40%) Data Analysis
8 13 (11.40%) Resource Allocation
8 13 (11.40%) Strategic Thinking
9 12 (10.53%) Business Strategy
9 12 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (9.65%) Portfolio Management
11 10 (8.77%) Business Case
11 10 (8.77%) Software Engineering
12 9 (7.89%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.40%) SQL
2 7 (6.14%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.26%) Java
3 6 (5.26%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.75%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.75%) Python
5 1 (0.88%) Bash
5 1 (0.88%) R
5 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (21.05%) Degree
2 19 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 13 (11.40%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.02%) PMP
5 7 (6.14%) PMI Certification
6 6 (5.26%) DV Cleared
6 6 (5.26%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.51%) EnCE
8 3 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.63%) CISM
8 3 (2.63%) CISSP
9 2 (1.75%) ACCA
9 2 (1.75%) CCNA
9 2 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.75%) MBA
10 1 (0.88%) CCNP
10 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.88%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.40%) QA
2 6 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 4 (3.51%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.51%) PMO
3 4 (3.51%) SLA
4 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.75%) NCSC
4 2 (1.75%) NIST
5 1 (0.88%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.88%) GDPR
5 1 (0.88%) IFRS
5 1 (0.88%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.88%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.51%) EnCase
1 4 (3.51%) FTK
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.88%) Ansible
3 1 (0.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.88%) Control-M
3 1 (0.88%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.88%) Kustomize
3 1 (0.88%) Packer
3 1 (0.88%) SCCM
3 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.53%) Google
2 12 (10.53%) Oracle
3 11 (9.65%) SAP
4 10 (8.77%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.39%) Adobe
6 4 (3.51%) Cellebrite
6 4 (3.51%) Cisco
6 4 (3.51%) Nuix
6 4 (3.51%) Proofpoint
7 3 (2.63%) Workday
8 2 (1.75%) Databricks
9 1 (0.88%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.88%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.88%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.88%) BMC
9 1 (0.88%) Infor
9 1 (0.88%) QAD
9 1 (0.88%) Splunk
9 1 (0.88%) Tagetik