Strategic Planning Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Strategic Planning
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 51 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 12 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 1.77% 1.28% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 1.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £327 £555 -
25th Percentile £353 £557 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £560 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% - -
75th Percentile £495 £570 -
90th Percentile £523 £576 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -11.61% -6.67% +60.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 651 419 406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 95.88% 89.34% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 216 256
10th Percentile £307 £228 £375
25th Percentile £389 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £520 £585
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.04% +16.91%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £651
90th Percentile £638 £650 £745
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 5
10th Percentile £14.66 - £18.35
25th Percentile £15.00 £12.55 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £12.83 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.08% -37.41% +22.39%
75th Percentile £20.44 £16.68 £31.25
90th Percentile £25.15 £21.05 £42.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.00 £19.00 £21.31
% change year-on-year +31.58% -10.84% +12.16%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in South Yorkshire

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Sheffield -16 12 £422 -24.64% 2
Strategic Planning
Yorkshire

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Power Query
2 2 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (58.33%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (50.00%) Banking
5 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Data Modeller
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Strategy Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Chief Operating Officer
4 1 (8.33%) Finance Modeller
4 1 (8.33%) Planning Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Planning Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (66.67%) Business Case
2 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (58.33%) Portfolio Management
4 6 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
4 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 6 (50.00%) Validation
5 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
6 4 (33.33%) Data Protection
7 3 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
7 3 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
7 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
7 3 (25.00%) Emotional Intelligence
7 3 (25.00%) Fintech
7 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
7 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
1 2 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft