Strategic Planning Contracts in the North of England

Strategic Planning
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 156 201
Rank change year-on-year +3 +45 +37
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 29 22 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.76% 0.49% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.58% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 6
10th Percentile £355 £405 £528
25th Percentile £405 £428 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £554 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% -11.36% +13.64%
75th Percentile £641 £768 £750
90th Percentile £689 £955 £833
England median daily rate £500 £530 £575
% change year-on-year -5.66% -7.83% +4.17%

All Process and 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 3,383 3,769 4,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.63% 83.98% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,162 2,277 3,265
10th Percentile £268 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £562 £580 £600
90th Percentile £650 £665 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 308 199
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.35 £15.72
25th Percentile £17.47 £13.19 £17.74
Median hourly rate £22.63 £22.69 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -16.59% +35.12%
75th Percentile £44.78 £46.18 £43.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.88 £53.06
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +63.46%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in the North of England

Strategic Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Planning in the North of England

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 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the North of England

Strategic Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Planning in the North of England

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 21 July 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 +19 22 £495 -11.13% 36
North West -4 6 £588 +45.06% 59
North East -1 1 - - 9
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 (10.34%) IIS
1 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.45%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) Power Query
2 3 (10.34%) Power BI
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Rational DOORS
General
1 20 (68.97%) Finance
2 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
3 9 (31.03%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (24.14%) Banking
5 4 (13.79%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Automotive
6 2 (6.90%) German Language
6 2 (6.90%) Marketing
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
2 4 (13.79%) Data Modeller
2 4 (13.79%) Lead
3 3 (10.34%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Engineering Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Planning Manager
3 3 (10.34%) PMO Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Software Engineering Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Software Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Chief Operating Officer
4 2 (6.90%) Data Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Functional Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Performance Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Strategy Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Business Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Environment Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Portfolio Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) .NET
1 3 (10.34%) .NET Framework
1 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET
1 3 (10.34%) MSMQ
2 1 (3.45%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (10.34%) N-Tier
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) Life Science
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (44.83%) Roadmaps
4 12 (41.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (41.38%) Portfolio Management
5 11 (37.93%) Business Case
6 9 (31.03%) Architecture Roadmap
6 9 (31.03%) Decision-Making
7 8 (27.59%) Validation
8 7 (24.14%) Critical Thinking
8 7 (24.14%) Strategic Thinking
8 7 (24.14%) Time Management
9 6 (20.69%) Business Strategy
9 6 (20.69%) Change Management
9 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (17.24%) Analytics
10 5 (17.24%) Budgeting
10 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
10 5 (17.24%) Project Management
11 4 (13.79%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) Python
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
1 3 (10.34%) VB.NET
1 3 (10.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) PMP
2 2 (6.90%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) CISM
3 1 (3.45%) CISSP
3 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) PMO
2 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) GxP
2 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Adobe
2 1 (3.45%) AppDynamics
2 1 (3.45%) Ariba
2 1 (3.45%) BMC
2 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.45%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) Splunk