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 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 323 371
Rank change year-on-year +42 +48 +101
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 93 53 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.60% 0.29% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.35% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 34 37
10th Percentile £306 £331 £338
25th Percentile £400 £444 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% -13.12% +10.09%
75th Percentile £638 £678 £675
90th Percentile £711 £946 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile - £22.60 £46.18
25th Percentile £15.60 £28.15 £52.46
Median hourly rate £23.62 £37.89 £73.16
Median % change year-on-year -37.66% -48.21% +579.63%
75th Percentile £31.64 £48.09 £89.58
90th Percentile - £53.93 £89.83
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.62 £73.16
% change year-on-year -6.95% -48.59% +96.41%

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 13,799 15,124 19,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.31% 83.07% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,279 9,091 12,946
10th Percentile £240 £250 £260
25th Percentile £368 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,370 1,541 1,187
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.65 £17.36
Median hourly rate £22.92 £42.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.07% +13.33% +70.45%
75th Percentile £44.95 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £76.04
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £41.50
% change year-on-year -38.57% -1.35% +56.60%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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
North of England -1 35 £518 -7.59% 61
Yorkshire +3 22 £495 -11.61% 22
South East +27 14 £450 -11.33% 70
West Midlands +7 14 £490 +3.16% 15
Midlands -2 14 £490 -6.67% 31
Scotland -1 12 £320 - 18
North West -7 10 £625 +54.32% 36
South West +17 7 £650 +4.00% 17
Wales +9 6 £306 +35.07% 5
East of England - 4 £500 - 25
North East -3 3 - - 3
Channel Islands - 1 - -
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 3 (3.23%) IIS
1 3 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.15%) Confluence
3 1 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 11 (11.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.08%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.45%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.38%) Adobe Analytics
2 5 (5.38%) AWS
3 4 (4.30%) Google Analytics
3 4 (4.30%) Smartsheet
4 3 (3.23%) Azure
4 3 (3.23%) SaaS
5 2 (2.15%) GCP
6 1 (1.08%) Alation
6 1 (1.08%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (1.08%) Collibra
6 1 (1.08%) dbt
6 1 (1.08%) Figma
6 1 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.08%) Miro
6 1 (1.08%) OCI
6 1 (1.08%) Slack
6 1 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.08%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.15%) Ethernet
1 2 (2.15%) FlexRay
1 2 (2.15%) SSH
2 1 (1.08%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.08%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.45%) Power BI
2 5 (5.38%) Power Query
3 4 (4.30%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.15%) Metadata
5 1 (1.08%) DTS
5 1 (1.08%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.45%) JIRA
2 2 (2.15%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.08%) GitLab
3 1 (1.08%) MLflow
General
1 48 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 45 (48.39%) Finance
3 13 (13.98%) Banking
3 13 (13.98%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.45%) Marketing
6 5 (5.38%) Legal
7 4 (4.30%) Brand Awareness
7 4 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.23%) Automotive
8 3 (3.23%) Investment Banking
8 3 (3.23%) Mandarin Language
8 3 (3.23%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.15%) German Language
9 2 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.08%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 13 (13.98%) Analyst
2 8 (8.60%) Data Analyst
3 7 (7.53%) Lead
4 6 (6.45%) Architect
4 6 (6.45%) Senior
5 5 (5.38%) Consultant
5 5 (5.38%) IT Manager
5 5 (5.38%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.30%) Campaign Manager
6 4 (4.30%) Data Modeller
6 4 (4.30%) Senior PMO
7 3 (3.23%) Administrator
7 3 (3.23%) Engineering Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (3.23%) Planning Manager
7 3 (3.23%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (3.23%) Software Engineering Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Software Manager
8 2 (2.15%) Management Consultant
8 2 (2.15%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.23%) .NET
1 3 (3.23%) .NET Framework
1 3 (3.23%) ASP.NET
1 3 (3.23%) MSMQ
2 2 (2.15%) LDAP
3 1 (1.08%) OAuth
3 1 (1.08%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.08%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.60%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (4.30%) CMDB
2 4 (4.30%) PMI
2 4 (4.30%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.30%) Social Media
3 3 (3.23%) N-Tier
3 3 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.15%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.15%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.08%) AS400
5 1 (1.08%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.08%) Life Science
5 1 (1.08%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.08%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.45%) Windows
2 2 (2.15%) AIX
2 2 (2.15%) Linux
2 2 (2.15%) Solaris
3 1 (1.08%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.08%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (41.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 29 (31.18%) Roadmaps
3 28 (30.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (24.73%) Decision-Making
4 23 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (23.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (22.58%) Agile
7 20 (21.51%) Portfolio Management
8 17 (18.28%) Business Case
9 16 (17.20%) Change Management
9 16 (17.20%) Project Management
10 15 (16.13%) Strategic Thinking
11 14 (15.05%) Analytics
11 14 (15.05%) Business Strategy
12 13 (13.98%) Project Delivery
13 12 (12.90%) Architecture Roadmap
14 11 (11.83%) Risk Management
14 11 (11.83%) Validation
15 10 (10.75%) Data Modelling
15 10 (10.75%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.38%) SQL
2 4 (4.30%) Python
3 3 (3.23%) VB.NET
3 3 (3.23%) VBA
4 2 (2.15%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (9.68%) PMP
2 7 (7.53%) Degree
2 7 (7.53%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.38%) PMI Certification
3 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.08%) CISM
6 1 (1.08%) CISSP
6 1 (1.08%) CRISC
6 1 (1.08%) HND
6 1 (1.08%) PgMP
6 1 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.75%) PMO
2 4 (4.30%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.30%) QA
3 3 (3.23%) P3O
4 2 (2.15%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.15%) GDPR
4 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.15%) NIST
4 2 (2.15%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.08%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.08%) COBIT
5 1 (1.08%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.08%) GxP
5 1 (1.08%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.08%) ISO 26262
5 1 (1.08%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.08%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.08%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.08%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (1.08%) Control-M
1 1 (1.08%) Kubeflow
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.08%) SCCM
1 1 (1.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.38%) Adobe
3 4 (4.30%) Google
3 4 (4.30%) Planview
3 4 (4.30%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.15%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (2.15%) Cisco
4 2 (2.15%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.15%) Nokia
4 2 (2.15%) SAP
4 2 (2.15%) Spotify
5 1 (1.08%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.08%) Ariba
5 1 (1.08%) BMC
5 1 (1.08%) Citrix
5 1 (1.08%) Databricks
5 1 (1.08%) Informatica
5 1 (1.08%) NEC
5 1 (1.08%) Oracle
5 1 (1.08%) Salesforce