Strategic Planning
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 92 | 81 | 99 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | +18 | +33 |
| Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Manchester | 0.41% | 0.095% | 0.26% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.46% | 0.11% | 0.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £420 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £800 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.50% | +60.00% | -2.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £540 | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £588 | £501 | £750 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.38% | -33.27% | +45.63% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,093 | 944 | 1,367 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 89.88% | 89.48% | 88.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 733 | 561 | 983 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £294 | £303 |
| 25th Percentile | £380 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £463 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.70% | -7.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £575 | £593 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £683 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 81 | 36 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.30 | £15.95 | £15.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.45 | £21.25 | £17.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.00 | £32.50 | £32.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.23% | -0.76% | -16.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £34.56 | £60.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.75 | £65.00 | £75.70 |
| North West median hourly rate | £33.00 | £30.95 | £38.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.62% | -20.13% | +46.06% |
Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Strategic Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Strategic Planning.
Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in Manchester over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in Manchester
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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 23 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Salford | - | 1 | £500 | - | 4 |
| Strategic Planning North West |
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Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: