Strategic Planning Jobs in the Thames Valley

Strategic Planning
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Strategic Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Strategic Planning over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 230 252
Rank change year-on-year +119 +22 -7
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 67 23 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.98% 0.34% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 0.40% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30 23 4
10th Percentile £65,384 £46,250 -
25th Percentile £72,500 £51,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £52,500 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year +44.76% +47.89% -34.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £100,625 £38,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £112,500 -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £51,663 £27,000
% change year-on-year +35.49% +91.34% -50.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,181 5,682 5,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.97% 84.81% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,233 3,901 3,099
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% -

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Strategic Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in the Thames Valley

Strategic Planning
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Strategic Planning in the Thames Valley

Strategic Planning
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Planning in the Thames Valley

Strategic Planning
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Planning within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Buckinghamshire +67 38 £76,000 +44.76% 7
Berkshire +41 22 £85,000 +61.90% 11
Oxfordshire +33 7 £75,000 +3.45% 10
Strategic Planning
South East

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (8.96%) CMS
2 3 (4.48%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (46.27%) Power Platform
2 7 (10.45%) Azure
3 6 (8.96%) Google Analytics
4 4 (5.97%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.97%) LAN
1 4 (5.97%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (41.79%) Geospatial Data
1 28 (41.79%) GIS
1 28 (41.79%) Power BI
1 28 (41.79%) Power Query
2 3 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.99%) DTS
General
1 22 (32.84%) Marketing
2 18 (26.87%) Finance
3 16 (23.88%) Law
4 8 (11.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (8.96%) Publishing
6 4 (5.97%) Social Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 16 (23.88%) Data Analytics Director
2 9 (13.43%) Lead
3 6 (8.96%) Product Owner
4 3 (4.48%) Digital Transformation
4 3 (4.48%) Head of Digital
4 3 (4.48%) Head of Digital Transformation
5 2 (2.99%) Head of Technology
6 1 (1.49%) Analyst
6 1 (1.49%) Architect
6 1 (1.49%) Business Architect
6 1 (1.49%) CIO
6 1 (1.49%) Head of IT
6 1 (1.49%) Lead Architect
6 1 (1.49%) Workday Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) CSS
1 6 (8.96%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (41.79%) Algorithms
2 16 (23.88%) FMCG
3 6 (8.96%) Marketing Technology
3 6 (8.96%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.48%) AS400
5 3 (4.48%) iSeries
5 3 (4.48%) Mainframe
6 2 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.49%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (49.25%) Service Delivery
2 29 (43.28%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (41.79%) Actionable Insight
3 28 (41.79%) Asset Management
3 28 (41.79%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (41.79%) Data Management
4 22 (32.84%) Analytics
5 21 (31.34%) Business Strategy
6 19 (28.36%) Decision-Making
7 18 (26.87%) Data Governance
8 16 (23.88%) Artificial Intelligence
8 16 (23.88%) Data Strategy
8 16 (23.88%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 16 (23.88%) Machine Learning
9 14 (20.90%) Data Analytics
9 14 (20.90%) Roadmaps
10 10 (14.93%) Strategic Roadmap
11 8 (11.94%) Business Analysis
11 8 (11.94%) SDLC
12 7 (10.45%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 28 (41.79%) SQL
2 4 (5.97%) Python
3 3 (4.48%) RPG
Qualifications
1 25 (37.31%) Degree
2 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (23.88%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.99%) GDPR
2 2 (2.99%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (5.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.97%) Ansible
1 4 (5.97%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) Cisco
2 6 (8.96%) Google
3 4 (5.97%) Aruba
3 4 (5.97%) Fortinet
3 4 (5.97%) Mellanox
3 4 (5.97%) NVIDIA
3 4 (5.97%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.49%) Workday