Strategic Planning Contract Job Trends in Wales

Strategic Planning
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 44 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 8 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.86% 0.27% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 0.31% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £240 - -
25th Percentile £264 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 - -
75th Percentile £691 - -
90th Percentile £838 - -
UK median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.46% - -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 345 320 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 80.05% 86.02% 85.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 197 263
10th Percentile £187 £165 £173
25th Percentile £290 £220 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% -13.16%
75th Percentile £511 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 36 22
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.67 £13.80
25th Percentile £16.09 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £18.18 £22.25 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -25.42% +49.84%
75th Percentile £23.31 £29.06 £53.44
90th Percentile £34.20 £41.25 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £31.69 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.64% -21.75% +15.71%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in Wales

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in Wales over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Planning in Wales

Strategic Planning
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
South Wales +8 8 £415 - 4
Strategic Planning
UK

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Strategy Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Strategy Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Commercial Director
2 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Transformation Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management