Strategic Planning Contracts

Strategic Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Strategic Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 598 650
Rank change year-on-year +124 +52 -110
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 114 97 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.19% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 73 134
10th Percentile £310 £340 £337
25th Percentile £413 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £592 £698 £738
90th Percentile £700 £739 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £525 £577
% change year-on-year -5.71% -8.97% -5.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 6
10th Percentile £18.21 £44.79 £35.43
25th Percentile £18.89 £48.97 £38.94
Median hourly rate £50.00 £56.89 £44.56
Median % change year-on-year -12.10% +27.67% +5.46%
75th Percentile £57.83 £57.83 £48.35
90th Percentile - - £51.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.89 £56.89 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Strategic Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,749 50,370 79,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 89.70% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 34,859 55,702
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £486
% change year-on-year - +2.87% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,511 1,675 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +44.08% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Strategic Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. 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
England +121 105 £500 -4.76% 205
UK excluding London +68 59 £495 -5.71% 133
London +91 45 £525 -8.70% 72
Work from Home +103 27 £515 -9.85% 82
North of England +45 21 £554 +15.42% 31
Midlands +25 13 £450 +24.14% 31
South West +16 13 £600 -17.95% 9
South East -1 11 £443 -11.50% 41
Yorkshire +17 9 £557 +16.04% 10
West Midlands +17 9 £450 +63.64% 22
North West - 9 £405 - 19
East Midlands +14 4 £713 +14.00% 9
Scotland +31 3 £525 -12.86% 8
North East - 3 £897 - 4
Wales - 1 - - 4

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.88%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.51%) AutoCAD
3 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (3.51%) Revit
4 3 (2.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.14%) AWS
2 5 (4.39%) Azure
3 4 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.63%) GCP
4 3 (2.63%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.75%) GitHub
5 2 (1.75%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.88%) Asana
6 1 (0.88%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.88%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.88%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.51%) Network Security
2 3 (2.63%) Firewall
2 3 (2.63%) SAN
2 3 (2.63%) Wireless
3 2 (1.75%) IP Telephony
3 2 (1.75%) LAN
3 2 (1.75%) WAN
4 1 (0.88%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.88%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.88%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (0.88%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (0.88%) NGFW
4 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.88%) VPN
4 1 (0.88%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (6.14%) Metadata
2 7 (6.14%) Metadata Repository
3 5 (4.39%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.63%) DynamoDB
4 3 (2.63%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.63%) Power BI
4 3 (2.63%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.88%) Big Data
6 1 (0.88%) DB2
6 1 (0.88%) Flink
6 1 (0.88%) MS Access
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.88%) Tableau
6 1 (0.88%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Git
1 1 (0.88%) JIRA
1 1 (0.88%) Terragrunt
1 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 45 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 30 (26.32%) Finance
2 30 (26.32%) Public Sector
3 18 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.77%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (7.89%) Banking
6 6 (5.26%) Retail
7 5 (4.39%) Corporate Banking
7 5 (4.39%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.39%) Marketing
7 5 (4.39%) Retail Banking
7 5 (4.39%) Wholesale Banking
8 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Local Government
8 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.63%) Publishing
9 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.75%) Military
10 1 (0.88%) Advertising
10 1 (0.88%) Games
Job Titles
1 16 (14.04%) Architect
2 13 (11.40%) Analyst
2 13 (11.40%) Lead
3 11 (9.65%) Senior
4 9 (7.89%) Project Manager
5 8 (7.02%) Data Architect
6 6 (5.26%) Consultant
7 5 (4.39%) Data Scientist
7 5 (4.39%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (4.39%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.39%) Qualitative Analyst
7 5 (4.39%) Quantitative Analyst
8 4 (3.51%) Data Analyst
8 4 (3.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.51%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.51%) Network Manager
9 3 (2.63%) Developer
9 3 (2.63%) Operations Manager
9 3 (2.63%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (2.63%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.63%) .NET
2 1 (0.88%) Apache Beam
2 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.88%) Django
2 1 (0.88%) Google JAX
2 1 (0.88%) Kafka
2 1 (0.88%) Middleware
2 1 (0.88%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.88%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.88%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.26%) Data Centre
1 6 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.39%) Credit Risk
3 4 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.51%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.75%) PMI
5 2 (1.75%) Social Media
6 1 (0.88%) Blog
6 1 (0.88%) EPoS
6 1 (0.88%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.88%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.88%) Life Science
6 1 (0.88%) LPAR
6 1 (0.88%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.88%) NHS
6 1 (0.88%) Podcast
6 1 (0.88%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.88%) Windows
1 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.88%) Windows XP
1 1 (0.88%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.95%) Project Management
2 23 (20.18%) Data Analysis
2 23 (20.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (18.42%) Agile
5 19 (16.67%) Migration
6 18 (15.79%) Data Governance
6 18 (15.79%) Data Modelling
7 16 (14.04%) Decision-Making
8 15 (13.16%) Roadmaps
9 13 (11.40%) Business Case
9 13 (11.40%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (11.40%) Problem Management
9 13 (11.40%) Risk Management
10 11 (9.65%) Data Migration
10 11 (9.65%) Service Management
11 10 (8.77%) Change Management
12 9 (7.89%) ITIL
12 9 (7.89%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.02%) SQL
2 4 (3.51%) Python
3 3 (2.63%) C#
4 2 (1.75%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.88%) Java
5 1 (0.88%) Julia
5 1 (0.88%) R
5 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (25.44%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.28%) Degree
3 13 (11.40%) DV Cleared
4 12 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.51%) CCIE
6 4 (3.51%) CCNP
7 3 (2.63%) PMP
7 3 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.75%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.88%) ACCA
9 1 (0.88%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.14%) QA
2 6 (5.26%) PMO
3 3 (2.63%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.75%) WCAG
5 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.88%) GDPR
5 1 (0.88%) IFRS
5 1 (0.88%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.75%) Docker
2 2 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.75%) vSphere
3 1 (0.88%) vCloud
3 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.63%) MOM
1 3 (2.63%) Terraform
2 2 (1.75%) Ansible
2 2 (1.75%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.88%) Avamar
3 1 (0.88%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 14 (12.28%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.14%) Remedy
3 5 (4.39%) Cisco
3 5 (4.39%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.51%) VMware
5 3 (2.63%) IBM
6 2 (1.75%) Dell
6 2 (1.75%) Google
6 2 (1.75%) SAP
7 1 (0.88%) Aruba
7 1 (0.88%) Citrix
7 1 (0.88%) EMC
7 1 (0.88%) F5
7 1 (0.88%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.88%) Juniper
7 1 (0.88%) Meraki
7 1 (0.88%) Oracle
7 1 (0.88%) Sage
7 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.88%) Twitter