Strategic Planning Contracts in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 325 405
Rank change year-on-year +39 +80 +49
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 50 63 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.31% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.36% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 41 35
10th Percentile £305 £334 £324
25th Percentile £400 £410 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -10.98%
75th Percentile £700 £625 £604
90th Percentile £775 £925 £720
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -2.68% -2.14% -10.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £15.60 - £44.79
25th Percentile £19.61 £55.94 £48.97
Median hourly rate £31.64 £56.89 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year -44.38% - -
75th Percentile £57.12 £57.83 £57.83
90th Percentile £65.62 - -
UK median hourly rate £43.08 £53.44 £53.69
% change year-on-year -19.40% -0.47% +27.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,414 21,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.70% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,403 14,840
10th Percentile £238 £250 £256
25th Percentile £376 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.30 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £15.22 £15.56
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Strategic Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Midlands +18 12 £400 -11.11% 42
West Midlands +18 12 £400 -11.11% 19
South East +34 11 £488 -0.51% 84
Scotland +11 8 £530 -11.75% 9
North of England +4 8 £535 -3.43% 57
Yorkshire +15 5 £568 +1.89% 24
East of England - 5 £800 - 20
South West +28 4 £738 +57.92% 19
North West +5 3 £500 +23.46% 28
Wales - 2 £306 - 9
Strategic Planning
UK

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (2.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 4 (8.00%) Google Analytics
2 4 (8.00%) Mimecast
3 2 (4.00%) AWS
3 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.00%) Azure
4 1 (2.00%) GCP
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.00%) OCI
4 1 (2.00%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.00%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (4.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (4.00%) Firewall
2 2 (4.00%) NGFW
2 2 (4.00%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (4.00%) Wireless
3 1 (2.00%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 21 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (34.00%) Finance
3 11 (22.00%) Public Sector
4 9 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (12.00%) Marketing
6 5 (10.00%) Telecoms
7 4 (8.00%) Brand Awareness
7 4 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (8.00%) Legal
7 4 (8.00%) Military
8 3 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (4.00%) Back Office
9 2 (4.00%) Banking
9 2 (4.00%) Local Government
9 2 (4.00%) Multimedia
9 2 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (2.00%) Automotive
10 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
10 1 (2.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (12.00%) Administrator
1 6 (12.00%) Senior
2 5 (10.00%) Lead
3 4 (8.00%) Campaign Manager
4 3 (6.00%) Analyst
4 3 (6.00%) DBA
4 3 (6.00%) Senior DBA
4 3 (6.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
5 2 (4.00%) Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Consultant
5 2 (4.00%) Data Administrator
5 2 (4.00%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (4.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Network Engineer
5 2 (4.00%) Project Engineer
5 2 (4.00%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Workday Manager
6 1 (2.00%) Veeva Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Social Media
2 2 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.00%) AS400
3 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (2.00%) iSeries
3 1 (2.00%) Life Science
3 1 (2.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.00%) PMI
3 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.00%) SCADA
3 1 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (30.00%) Decision-Making
3 13 (26.00%) Change Management
4 12 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (20.00%) Analytics
5 10 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 10 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (14.00%) Process Improvement
6 7 (14.00%) User Experience
7 6 (12.00%) B2B
7 6 (12.00%) Data Analysis
7 6 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (12.00%) Performance Measurement
7 6 (12.00%) Performance Monitoring
7 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (12.00%) Risk Management
7 6 (12.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 6 (12.00%) Task Automation
8 5 (10.00%) Business Case
8 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (18.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.00%) Degree
2 6 (12.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) CCNA
4 2 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.00%) MBA
5 1 (2.00%) CISM
5 1 (2.00%) CISSP
5 1 (2.00%) CRISC
5 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.00%) PMP
5 1 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) QA
2 4 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.00%) SLA
4 2 (4.00%) Accessibility
4 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.00%) NIST
4 2 (4.00%) PMO
5 1 (2.00%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (2.00%) GDPR
5 1 (2.00%) GxP
5 1 (2.00%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.00%) ISO 26262
5 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (2.00%) Control-M
1 1 (2.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) Cisco
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.00%) Adobe
3 4 (8.00%) Google
3 4 (8.00%) Oracle
3 4 (8.00%) Proofpoint
4 2 (4.00%) Nokia
4 2 (4.00%) Workday
5 1 (2.00%) AppDynamics
5 1 (2.00%) BMC
5 1 (2.00%) Infor
5 1 (2.00%) Pega
5 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.00%) SAP
5 1 (2.00%) Splunk