Strategic Planning Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Strategic Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 313 434
Rank change year-on-year +47 +121 +89
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 35 35 42
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.36% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.26% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 26 32
10th Percentile £358 £300 £400
25th Percentile £400 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% -7.95% -4.93%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £659
90th Percentile £600 £631 £739
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -2.68% -2.14% -10.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.54 - -
Median hourly rate £43.08 £50.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £44.61 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £37.54 £53.44 £53.69
% change year-on-year -29.76% -0.47% +27.84%

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 8,943 13,319 22,924
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.20% 87.90% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,147 8,917 16,193
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 575 527
10th Percentile £13.92 £15.17 £18.67
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.04 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £67.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.15 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Strategic Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Strategic Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Strategic Planning trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Strategic Planning.

Strategic Planning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Strategic Planning over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Strategic Planning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Strategic Planning.

Strategic Planning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.57%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.86%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) SAP CO
1 2 (5.71%) SAP FI
1 2 (5.71%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (5.71%) SAP SD
2 1 (2.86%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Mimecast
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.86%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) Unified Communications
2 2 (5.71%) Firewall
2 2 (5.71%) NGFW
2 2 (5.71%) Wireless
3 1 (2.86%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 16 (45.71%) Finance
2 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
3 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (14.29%) Banking
5 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.57%) Legal
6 3 (8.57%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.57%) Marketing
6 3 (8.57%) Multimedia
6 3 (8.57%) Retail Banking
7 2 (5.71%) Back Office
7 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.86%) Advertising
8 1 (2.86%) Automotive
8 1 (2.86%) French Language
8 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.86%) Local Government
8 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (14.29%) Analyst
2 4 (11.43%) Business Analyst
3 3 (8.57%) Incident Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Lead
3 3 (8.57%) Project Manager
3 3 (8.57%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (8.57%) SAP Business Analyst
3 3 (8.57%) Senior
3 3 (8.57%) Unified Communications Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Finance Business Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Network Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) SAP CO Business Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) SAP FI Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) SAP FI Business Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) SAP Financial Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) SAP Financial Business Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Senior Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) PMI
2 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.86%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) Robotics
2 1 (2.86%) SCADA
2 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
1 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
1 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Change Management
2 11 (31.43%) Decision-Making
3 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (28.57%) Project Management
3 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 7 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 6 (17.14%) Agile
6 6 (17.14%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (17.14%) Customer Experience
7 5 (14.29%) Budget Management
7 5 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (14.29%) PLM
7 5 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
7 5 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 5 (14.29%) User Experience
8 4 (11.43%) Information Security
8 4 (11.43%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) PMI Certification
1 4 (11.43%) PMP
2 3 (8.57%) Degree
3 2 (5.71%) ACCA
3 2 (5.71%) CCNA
3 2 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.86%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) ISO 26262
2 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.86%) NIST
2 1 (2.86%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) CSIRT
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Cisco
2 4 (11.43%) Proofpoint
3 3 (8.57%) SAP
4 2 (5.71%) Oracle
4 2 (5.71%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.86%) Blue Prism
5 1 (2.86%) Google
5 1 (2.86%) Pega
5 1 (2.86%) QAD