Strategic Planning Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Strategic Planning
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 119 133
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 +50
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 14 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.81% 0.32% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.37% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 1
10th Percentile £405 £420 -
25th Percentile £420 £456 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +2.74%
75th Percentile £753 - -
90th Percentile £789 £520 -
South East median daily rate £550 £500 £613
% change year-on-year +10.00% -18.37% -5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £52.57
25th Percentile - - £53.13
Median hourly rate - - £55.64
75th Percentile - - £57.52
90th Percentile - - £57.70
South East median hourly rate - - £55.64
% change year-on-year - - +416.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,567 1,875 2,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.37% 86.69% 90.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 976 1,071 1,618
10th Percentile £268 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 71 98
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £53.24
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +8.00% +176.58%
75th Percentile £42.67 £62.85 £67.63
90th Percentile £74.70 £74.87 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £53.50
% change year-on-year -64.48% +8.97% +50.87%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Strategic Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the Thames Valley

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Strategic Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 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
Berkshire +23 9 £600 +20.00% 27
Buckinghamshire +6 5 £550 +10.00% 7
Strategic Planning
South East

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) Google Workspace
3 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) DTS
1 1 (7.14%) Metadata
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.14%) Aviation
2 1 (7.14%) Law
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Forensic Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Actuary
3 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Financial Controller
3 1 (7.14%) Information Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Requirements Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.14%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) CMDB
2 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
3 2 (14.29%) IoT
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
4 1 (7.14%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
1 2 (14.29%) Unix
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Change Management
1 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 4 (28.57%) Service Design
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Business Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
3 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
3 3 (21.43%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Forensics
4 2 (14.29%) Document Management
4 2 (14.29%) DoDAF
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) MODAF
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 2 (14.29%) UML
4 2 (14.29%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (14.29%) CCSP
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (14.29%) CISM
2 2 (14.29%) CISSP
2 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) GCFA
2 2 (14.29%) GCFE
2 2 (14.29%) GCIH
2 2 (14.29%) GREM
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PgMP
3 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) COBIT
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) EnCase
1 2 (14.29%) FTK
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 2 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (14.29%) Darktrace