Strategic Planning Job Trends in Edinburgh

Strategic Planning
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 81 105
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 +49
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 8 15 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.75% 1.36% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.41% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 £86,250 £123,887
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £87,500 £129,121
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -32.23% +14.77%
75th Percentile £61,250 £88,750 £134,356
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £63,750 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -17.74% -8.82% +22.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Strategic Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 910 1,065 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.45% 96.21% 91.80%
Number of salaries quoted 390 405 777
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Strategic Planning
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Strategic Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Smart View
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (25.00%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Hyperion Planning
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Assets
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Financials
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Advertising
4 2 (25.00%) Marketing
4 2 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Senior
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Oracle Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Account Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Associate Director
2 2 (25.00%) IT Director
2 2 (25.00%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (75.00%) Budgeting
2 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (75.00%) Data Management
2 6 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Asset Management
3 4 (50.00%) Coaching
3 4 (50.00%) Data Integration
3 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Data Management
3 4 (50.00%) ERP
3 4 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
3 4 (50.00%) Migration
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Management
3 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Groovy
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (25.00%) CISM
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
1 2 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Hyperion
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft