Strategic Planning Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Strategic Planning
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 103 139
Rank change year-on-year -1 +36 +25
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 9 13 5
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.59% 0.77% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.86% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 3
10th Percentile £256 £500 £590
25th Percentile £401 £525 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +17.27% -15.38% +20.93%
75th Percentile £762 £600 £669
90th Percentile £763 - £680
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% +2.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,342 1,511 2,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.48% 89.67% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 772 894 1,334
10th Percentile £238 £230 £250
25th Percentile £398 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 44 55
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.90 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £54.38 £32.66 £69.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in Scotland

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Strategic Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in Scotland

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Strategic Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Glasgow +4 5 £647 +36.11%
Edinburgh +5 4 £459 -
Strategic Planning
UK

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Lead
1 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Business Transformation Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Data Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) Data Transformation
4 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Project Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft