Strategic Planning Job Trends in the South West

Strategic Planning
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Strategic Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 168 199
Rank change year-on-year +17 +31 +24
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 32 31 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.64% 0.71% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.85% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 19 12 15
10th Percentile - £39,125 £46,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £71,000 £59,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £88,750 £92,778
Median % change year-on-year -43.66% -4.34% +85.56%
75th Percentile £91,750 £93,750 £96,539
90th Percentile £92,500 - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £76,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -14.47% +1.33% +29.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,642 3,658 4,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.49% 84.13% 91.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,469 1,880 3,049
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,236 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,351
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.09% +6.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
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 South West

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

Strategic Planning job vacancy trend in the South West

Strategic Planning
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Strategic Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in the South West over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Planning in the South West

Strategic Planning
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Planning within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. 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
Somerset -6 9 £45,000 +20.00% 4
Gloucestershire - 8 £50,000 - 7
Devon - 6 - - 7
Wiltshire +6 5 £90,000 -2.70% 5
Bristol +1 3 £60,000 -21.05% 10
Dorset +2 1 - - 5
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) DNS
1 2 (6.25%) HTTP
1 2 (6.25%) ICMP
1 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.13%) 2G
2 1 (3.13%) 4G
2 1 (3.13%) 5G
2 1 (3.13%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Looker
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
1 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) IDA Disassembler
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Billing
3 4 (12.50%) Legal
4 2 (6.25%) Marketing
4 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (15.63%) Account Manager
1 5 (15.63%) Finance Manager
1 5 (15.63%) Technical Account Manager
1 5 (15.63%) Technical Manager
2 4 (12.50%) Analyst
2 4 (12.50%) Financial Controller
2 4 (12.50%) Senior
2 4 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 3 (9.38%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) ERP Manager
4 2 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Product Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Analytics Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Digital Innovation Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Information Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Technology Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) NumPy
1 1 (3.13%) Pandas
1 1 (3.13%) PyTorch
1 1 (3.13%) scikit-learn
1 1 (3.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Arduino
1 2 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
1 2 (6.25%) Raspberry Pi
1 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.13%) AI Agents
2 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Process Improvement
2 12 (37.50%) Business Strategy
3 10 (31.25%) Budgeting
4 9 (28.13%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 7 (21.88%) ERP
6 6 (18.75%) Business Development
6 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (15.63%) Business Case
7 5 (15.63%) Cost Control
7 5 (15.63%) Due Diligence
7 5 (15.63%) Financial Analysis
7 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (12.50%) Accounts Payable
8 4 (12.50%) Accounts Receivable
8 4 (12.50%) Agile
8 4 (12.50%) Cash Management
8 4 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
8 4 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
8 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 4 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) C
2 2 (6.25%) C++
2 2 (6.25%) SQL
3 1 (3.13%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) ACCA
2 10 (31.25%) Degree
3 5 (15.63%) CIMA
4 4 (12.50%) AAT
4 4 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.25%) DBS Check
5 2 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 2 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) GAAP
1 4 (12.50%) IFRS
2 2 (6.25%) QA
3 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 4 (12.50%) Sage
1 4 (12.50%) Xero