Strategic Planning Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Strategic Planning
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 74 62
Rank change year-on-year +29 -12 +54
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 11 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 1.59% 0.37% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 0.43% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile £42,750 £55,850 £42,450
25th Percentile £52,250 £61,625 £43,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,980 £72,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% +45.00% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,625 £64,375
90th Percentile £93,750 £76,750 £70,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £76,000 £52,525
% change year-on-year -17.76% +44.69% -19.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 505 699 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 72.77% 86.51% 91.79%
Number of salaries quoted 354 342 502
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,550 £35,100
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +5.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £79,875 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +8.49% -3.64%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Strategic Planning
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Strategic Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Strategic Planning in Oxfordshire

Strategic Planning
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Planning within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Oxford - 5 £54,500 -
Witney - 2 £70,000 -
Abingdon - 2 £70,000 -
Strategic Planning
South East

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 2 (18.18%) CMS
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
1 2 (18.18%) WordPress
2 1 (9.09%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) dbt
3 1 (9.09%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
1 2 (18.18%) Ethernet
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) SSL
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 2 (18.18%) VLAN
1 2 (18.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Head of IT
1 3 (27.27%) IT Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Data Scientist
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Web Services
2 1 (9.09%) GeoPandas
2 1 (9.09%) MapLibre
2 1 (9.09%) NetworkX
2 1 (9.09%) PostGIS
2 1 (9.09%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (18.18%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Android
1 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Mac OS
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) Budget Management
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Experience
3 3 (27.27%) Data Engineering
3 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Coaching
4 2 (18.18%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (18.18%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (18.18%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Data Development
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Server Management
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 2 (18.18%) T-SQL
3 1 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Argo
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Concur
1 2 (18.18%) Databricks
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Salesforce
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
1 2 (18.18%) VMware
2 1 (9.09%) Mapbox