Strategic Planning Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Strategic Planning
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 159 181
Rank change year-on-year -24 +22 +55
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 29 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.61% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 3 4
10th Percentile £358 £470 £523
25th Percentile £370 £481 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £501 £675
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% -25.85% +40.63%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £775
90th Percentile £638 £740 -
England median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £31.86 - -
England median hourly rate £42.00 £62.75 £70.82
% change year-on-year -33.07% -11.39% +34.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,201 3,066 4,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.29% 87.05% 88.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,795 1,747 2,706
10th Percentile £220 £263 £292
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £648 £667 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 146 197
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.11 £15.09
25th Percentile £19.75 £17.08 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.80 £27.26 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% -9.15% +33.33%
75th Percentile £55.00 £45.76 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.25 £67.84 £61.55
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Strategic Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in the North of England

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Strategic Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the North of England

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Strategic Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 31 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
Yorkshire -29 18 £400 - 9
North West -13 9 £588 +17.38% 7
North East - 2 - - 4
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Power Platform
2 5 (17.24%) Smartsheet
3 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) Figma
3 2 (6.90%) Miro
3 2 (6.90%) SaaS
3 2 (6.90%) Slack
4 1 (3.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (37.93%) Power Query
2 10 (34.48%) Power BI
3 7 (24.14%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) JIRA
General
1 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
2 16 (55.17%) Finance
3 14 (48.28%) Banking
4 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (20.69%) Public Sector
6 3 (10.34%) Investment Banking
7 2 (6.90%) Law
7 2 (6.90%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (3.45%) Legal
8 1 (3.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Strategy Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Data Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Data Modeller
4 3 (10.34%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Senior PMO
5 2 (6.90%) Operations Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Delivery Director
6 1 (3.45%) Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Finance Modeller
6 1 (3.45%) IT Director
6 1 (3.45%) Lead
6 1 (3.45%) Performance Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Planning Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Service Delivery Director
6 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Services Director
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
1 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (10.34%) PMI
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (41.38%) Strategic Thinking
3 11 (37.93%) Analytics
3 11 (37.93%) Decision-Making
4 10 (34.48%) Actionable Insight
4 10 (34.48%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (34.48%) Data Extraction
4 10 (34.48%) Data Governance
4 10 (34.48%) Data Modelling
4 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (34.48%) Risk Analysis
4 10 (34.48%) Risk Analytics
5 8 (27.59%) Agile
5 8 (27.59%) Data Analysis
5 8 (27.59%) Project Management
6 7 (24.14%) Dashboard Development
6 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
8 5 (17.24%) Programme Management
8 5 (17.24%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) Python
1 10 (34.48%) SQL
1 10 (34.48%) VBA
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
1 3 (10.34%) PMI Certification
1 3 (10.34%) PMP
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) PMO
2 3 (10.34%) P3O
3 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Planview
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Avaya
4 1 (3.45%) Genesys
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce