Strategic Planning Contracts in London

Strategic Planning
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 340 458
Rank change year-on-year +55 +118 +18
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 68 51 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.54% 0.29% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.32% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 33 21
10th Percentile £318 £413 £400
25th Percentile £434 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -18.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £584 £577 £730
90th Percentile £759 £730 £925
England median daily rate £500 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -1.23% -3.57% -15.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £34.16 - £40.25
25th Percentile £38.90 £17.75 £41.75
Median hourly rate £46.29 £18.50 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.20% -59.34% +8.33%
75th Percentile £50.75 £19.25 £49.25
90th Percentile - - £50.75
England median hourly rate £46.29 £56.89 £50.50
% change year-on-year -18.63% +12.64% +20.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in London

Strategic Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Planning in London

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in London

Strategic Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Planning in London

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Planning in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Planning in London

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +26 24 £550 - 21
West London +12 2 - - 6
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (7.35%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (8.82%) FLEXCUBE
1 6 (8.82%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (4.41%) SAP ERP
3 2 (2.94%) SAP CO
3 2 (2.94%) SAP FI
3 2 (2.94%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.94%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.47%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.47%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.29%) Azure
2 5 (7.35%) Entra ID
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.88%) Azure Functions
3 4 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
3 4 (5.88%) OneDrive
3 4 (5.88%) Serverless
4 3 (4.41%) AWS
4 3 (4.41%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (1.47%) Google Docs
5 1 (1.47%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.47%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.47%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.47%) SaaS
5 1 (1.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.47%) Firewall
1 1 (1.47%) Intranet
1 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) Power BI
1 1 (1.47%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.47%) Git
2 1 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 35 (51.47%) Finance
2 34 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 30 (44.12%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (17.65%) Banking
5 10 (14.71%) Public Sector
6 9 (13.24%) Military
7 7 (10.29%) Marketing
8 5 (7.35%) Advertising
8 5 (7.35%) Law
9 4 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (4.41%) Legal
10 3 (4.41%) Local Government
10 3 (4.41%) Manufacturing
10 3 (4.41%) Retail Banking
11 2 (2.94%) Back Office
11 2 (2.94%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.47%) Billing
12 1 (1.47%) Front Office
12 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (11.76%) Lead
2 6 (8.82%) Architect
2 6 (8.82%) Senior
3 5 (7.35%) Account Manager
3 5 (7.35%) Analyst
3 5 (7.35%) Digital Account Manager
3 5 (7.35%) Project Manager
4 4 (5.88%) Business Analyst
4 4 (5.88%) Client Services Manager
4 4 (5.88%) Developer
4 4 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 4 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 3 (4.41%) Business Manager
5 3 (4.41%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (4.41%) HR Manager
5 3 (4.41%) Incident Manager
5 3 (4.41%) Operations Manager
5 3 (4.41%) SAP Analyst
5 3 (4.41%) SAP Business Analyst
5 3 (4.41%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.47%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.18%) Digital Media
2 5 (7.35%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.35%) Social Media
3 3 (4.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.47%) FMCG
5 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (1.47%) PMI
5 1 (1.47%) Robotics
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.88%) Windows
2 2 (2.94%) Linux
3 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (45.59%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (26.47%) Risk Management
3 17 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 16 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (22.06%) Project Management
6 14 (20.59%) Agile
6 14 (20.59%) Programme Management
6 14 (20.59%) Roadmaps
7 10 (14.71%) Resource Allocation
8 9 (13.24%) Change Management
9 8 (11.76%) CI/CD
9 8 (11.76%) DevOps
9 8 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
10 7 (10.29%) Computer Science
10 7 (10.29%) ERP
11 6 (8.82%) E-Discovery
11 6 (8.82%) PRINCE2
11 6 (8.82%) Quality Management
11 6 (8.82%) Software Engineering
11 6 (8.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.29%) PowerShell
1 7 (10.29%) SQL
2 6 (8.82%) Java
2 6 (8.82%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.94%) Python
4 1 (1.47%) Bash
4 1 (1.47%) R
4 1 (1.47%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (23.53%) Degree
2 8 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 8 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.35%) PMP
4 4 (5.88%) EnCE
4 4 (5.88%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.94%) ACCA
5 2 (2.94%) CISM
5 2 (2.94%) CISSP
5 2 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.47%) CCNP
6 1 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.24%) QA
2 6 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 3 (4.41%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.94%) NCSC
5 1 (1.47%) IFRS
5 1 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (8.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) EnCase
1 4 (5.88%) FTK
2 1 (1.47%) Ansible
2 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.47%) Kustomize
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.47%) Packer
2 1 (1.47%) SCCM
2 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (13.24%) Microsoft
1 9 (13.24%) SAP
2 8 (11.76%) Oracle
3 7 (10.29%) Salesforce
4 6 (8.82%) Google
5 4 (5.88%) Cellebrite
5 4 (5.88%) Nuix
6 1 (1.47%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (1.47%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.47%) Progress
6 1 (1.47%) QAD
6 1 (1.47%) Tagetik
6 1 (1.47%) Workday