Strategic Planning Contracts in the North West

Strategic Planning
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 123 129 164
Rank change year-on-year +6 +35 -1
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 2 10 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.10% 0.36% 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.42% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £481 £320 -
25th Percentile £509 £375 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £405 £515
Median % change year-on-year +45.06% -21.36% -26.43%
75th Percentile £684 £429 £523
90th Percentile £724 £472 -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -15.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,774 2,370 2,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.14% 86.37% 90.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 1,513 2,045
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 246 142
10th Percentile £16.03 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.72 £13.36 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £21.56 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.46% -38.41% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.66 £48.56
90th Percentile £84.51 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in the North West

Strategic Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Planning in the North West

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the North West

Strategic Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Planning in the North West

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Lancashire +3 1 £700 +40.00% 18
Cheshire -1 1 £475 +17.28%
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Engagement Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Market Research
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility