Strategic Planning Job Trends in the North of England

Strategic Planning
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 209 240
Rank change year-on-year -8 +31 +130
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 44 77 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.42% 0.81% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.91% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 24 29 24
10th Percentile £37,700 £45,850 £50,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,000 £59,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £64,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% -28.89% +71.43%
75th Percentile £61,250 £77,500 £129,214
90th Percentile £62,500 £77,600 £134,356
England median annual salary £65,000 £76,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -14.47% +1.33% +30.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,617 8,495 6,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.05% 89.86% 90.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 3,856 5,290
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,726
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -1.04%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in the North of England

Strategic Planning
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Strategic Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Strategic Planning in the North of England

Strategic Planning
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Planning within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +4 29 £45,000 -27.66% 7
Yorkshire -16 12 £68,750 -1.79% 14
North East +10 3 £57,500 -4.17% 5
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 15 (34.09%) Azure
2 12 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) BGP
1 3 (6.82%) DHCP
1 3 (6.82%) DNS
1 3 (6.82%) Firewall
1 3 (6.82%) LAN
1 3 (6.82%) Network Security
1 3 (6.82%) OSPF
1 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
1 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
1 3 (6.82%) VLAN
1 3 (6.82%) VPN
1 3 (6.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Power BI
1 2 (4.55%) Tableau
2 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (61.36%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (27.27%) Finance
4 5 (11.36%) Advertising
4 5 (11.36%) Marketing
5 4 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.82%) Local Government
6 3 (6.82%) Police
6 3 (6.82%) Retail
7 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Legal
8 1 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (43.18%) Lead
2 14 (31.82%) Team Leader
3 13 (29.55%) Support Team Leader
4 10 (22.73%) IT Support
5 5 (11.36%) IT Manager
6 3 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (6.82%) Network Manager
6 3 (6.82%) PPC Executive
7 2 (4.55%) Account Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Data Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Digital Director
7 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Report Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Web Manager
8 1 (2.27%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 1 (2.27%) Performance Manager
8 1 (2.27%) Senior Manager
8 1 (2.27%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Social Media
2 3 (6.82%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.82%) NHS
3 2 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.55%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.27%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (47.73%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (29.55%) Agile
2 13 (29.55%) Decision-Making
3 12 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (20.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (18.18%) Digital Strategy
6 8 (18.18%) Mentoring
7 7 (15.91%) Resource Allocation
8 6 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (11.36%) Data Analysis
9 5 (11.36%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (11.36%) IT Strategy
9 5 (11.36%) Process Improvement
9 5 (11.36%) TOGAF
10 4 (9.09%) AI
10 4 (9.09%) Business Continuity
10 4 (9.09%) Change Management
10 4 (9.09%) ERP
10 4 (9.09%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (22.73%) DBS Check
2 7 (15.91%) Degree
3 3 (6.82%) CCIE
3 3 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.82%) CISSP
3 3 (6.82%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.27%) GDPR
2 1 (2.27%) IASME
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) Google
2 3 (6.82%) SAP
3 1 (2.27%) Cisco