Hybrid/Remote Strategic Planning Contract Job Trends

Strategic Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 286 320
Rank change year-on-year +24 +34 +196
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 46 39 53
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.45% 0.33% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.37% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 25 42
10th Percentile £321 £390 £389
25th Percentile £420 £500 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +6.02% -9.19%
75th Percentile £614 £600 £619
90th Percentile £781 £753 £685
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £43.68 - -
25th Percentile £51.81 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £67.25 - £27.50
75th Percentile £83.31 - £28.75
90th Percentile £91.83 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £61.76 £70.82
% change year-on-year -31.99% -12.80% +55.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,254 10,475 15,370
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.04% 88.94% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,117 6,583 10,495
10th Percentile £330 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 216 369
10th Percentile £15.18 £17.50 £19.25
25th Percentile £20.43 £22.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.14 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.43% -29.92% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.07
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.70
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Strategic Planning and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Strategic Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Strategic Planning daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Strategic Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Strategic Planning hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (2.17%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Endur
1 1 (2.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.70%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) Azure
3 3 (6.52%) SaaS
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) DNS
1 2 (4.35%) SD-WAN
1 2 (4.35%) WAN
2 1 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) Power BI
2 4 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (6.52%) Metadata
4 2 (4.35%) Metadata Repository
4 2 (4.35%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.17%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.17%) Power Query
5 1 (2.17%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.17%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.17%) Tableau
General
1 22 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Finance
3 8 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Mandarin Language
4 3 (6.52%) Marketing
4 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.35%) Back Office
5 2 (4.35%) Banking
5 2 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.17%) Front Office
6 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.17%) Legal
6 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (13.04%) Analyst
1 6 (13.04%) Consultant
2 4 (8.70%) Architect
2 4 (8.70%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (8.70%) Lead
3 3 (6.52%) Data Analyst
3 3 (6.52%) Data Manager
3 3 (6.52%) Developer
3 3 (6.52%) Project Manager
3 3 (6.52%) Senior
4 2 (4.35%) Business Analyst
4 2 (4.35%) Business IT Analyst
4 2 (4.35%) Data Architect
4 2 (4.35%) Data Consultant
4 2 (4.35%) IT Business Analyst
4 2 (4.35%) Marketing Manager
4 2 (4.35%) Migration Consultant
4 2 (4.35%) Senior Manager
4 2 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (4.35%) Transformation Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) .NET
1 1 (2.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (8.70%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.52%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.35%) CMDB
3 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Private Cloud
3 2 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.17%) Blog
4 1 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.17%) Replication
4 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.17%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) Project Management
2 12 (26.09%) Migration
2 12 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (19.57%) Agile
4 8 (17.39%) Decision-Making
4 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (15.22%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (15.22%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (13.04%) Analytics
6 6 (13.04%) Business Strategy
6 6 (13.04%) Data Governance
6 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (10.87%) Data Analysis
7 5 (10.87%) Risk Management
7 5 (10.87%) Roadmaps
8 4 (8.70%) Data Extraction
8 4 (8.70%) Data Protection
8 4 (8.70%) ITSM
8 4 (8.70%) Service Management
8 4 (8.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.70%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.17%) C#
3 1 (2.17%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.35%) PMP
3 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.17%) Degree
3 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.17%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
1 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow
2 2 (4.35%) Oracle
2 2 (4.35%) Remedy
2 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.35%) VMware
3 1 (2.17%) Anaplan
3 1 (2.17%) Google
3 1 (2.17%) Informatica
3 1 (2.17%) JD Edwards
3 1 (2.17%) Marketo
3 1 (2.17%) SAP