Strategic Planning Contract Job Trends in the North West

Strategic Planning
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 119 131
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 +44
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 9 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.36% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.21% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £450 £470 £545
25th Percentile £513 £481 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £501 £750
Median % change year-on-year +17.38% -33.27% +45.63%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £775
90th Percentile - £740 -
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +0.24%

All Process & 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 2,207 1,867 2,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.21% 86.84% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,434 1,057 1,608
10th Percentile £213 £263 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £571 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 98 159
10th Percentile £16.58 £16.00 £15.95
25th Percentile £21.19 £21.05 £18.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.20 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.17% -19.47% +45.29%
75th Percentile £56.69 £49.80 £46.89
90th Percentile £69.94 £70.89 £64.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in the North West

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the North West

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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 29 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
Manchester -7 5 £500 -37.50% 15
Cheshire -16 4 £625 +31.58% 9
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (22.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Smartsheet
2 2 (22.22%) Figma
2 2 (22.22%) Miro
2 2 (22.22%) Slack
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Investment Banking
4 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Senior
1 3 (33.33%) Senior PMO
2 2 (22.22%) Operations Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modeller
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) PMI
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Programme Management
3 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Change Control
4 3 (33.33%) Performance Management
4 3 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (33.33%) Project Governance
4 3 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 2 (22.22%) Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) DesignOps
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) Objectives and Key Results
5 2 (22.22%) User Experience
6 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) CRM
6 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 3 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) P3O
1 3 (33.33%) PMO
2 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (11.11%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Planview
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Avaya
3 1 (11.11%) Genesys
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow