Strategic Planning Jobs in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 477 522
Rank change year-on-year +95 +45 +56
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 206 305 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.41% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.50% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 120 197 151
10th Percentile £44,625 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,938 £42,999 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +41.03% -29.09%
75th Percentile £83,738 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,425 £97,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £55,322 £47,646
% change year-on-year +26.53% +16.11% -20.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Strategic Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Planning in the UK excluding London

Strategic Planning
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East +77 78 £70,000 +33.33% 76
North of England +43 58 £63,750 +20.84% 83
Yorkshire +81 32 £78,750 +46.51% 21
North West -15 21 £51,945 -9.66% 53
Midlands -11 19 £72,500 +11.54% 42
West Midlands +13 16 £72,500 +7.41% 26
Scotland +126 14 £83,738 +88.45% 28
South West +100 14 £83,738 +27.84% 20
Wales +39 9 £67,500 +20.54% 11
East of England +27 8 £83,738 +52.25% 18
Northern Ireland +47 6 - - 6
North East +47 5 - - 9
East Midlands +10 3 £55,000 - 15
Strategic Planning
UK

Strategic Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.91%) CMS
2 3 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.97%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.97%) IIS
3 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.46%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.97%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.97%) Primavera
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.19%) Azure
2 18 (8.74%) Power Platform
3 13 (6.31%) AWS
4 8 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.91%) Google Analytics
6 5 (2.43%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.46%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.46%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.46%) SaaS
8 2 (0.97%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.97%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (0.97%) Amazon EMR
8 2 (0.97%) Amazon MSK
8 2 (0.97%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.97%) GCP
8 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.97%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.97%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.31%) LAN
1 13 (6.31%) WAN
2 6 (2.91%) VLAN
2 6 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.97%) Firewall
3 2 (0.97%) Internet
3 2 (0.97%) NAS
3 2 (0.97%) Network Security
3 2 (0.97%) SAN
3 2 (0.97%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.97%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.31%) Power BI
1 13 (6.31%) Tableau
2 5 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.43%) Electronic Patient Records
2 5 (2.43%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.46%) Power Query
4 2 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.97%) DTS
4 2 (0.97%) Metadata
4 2 (0.97%) Metadata Repository
4 2 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.97%) Spark SQL
5 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.91%) JIRA
2 4 (1.94%) Git
2 4 (1.94%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.94%) Maven
3 2 (0.97%) Subversion
4 1 (0.49%) ERwin
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (35.92%) Social Skills
2 66 (32.04%) Finance
3 38 (18.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (14.56%) Influencing Skills
5 29 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (14.08%) Marketing
6 23 (11.17%) Public Sector
7 22 (10.68%) Law
8 14 (6.80%) Local Government
9 11 (5.34%) Legal
10 10 (4.85%) Manufacturing
11 7 (3.40%) Retail
12 6 (2.91%) Publishing
13 5 (2.43%) Banking
14 4 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.46%) Automotive
15 3 (1.46%) Avionics
15 3 (1.46%) Electronics
15 3 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.97%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 47 (22.82%) Lead
2 22 (10.68%) Project Manager
3 16 (7.77%) Data Analytics Director
4 12 (5.83%) Civil Engineer
4 12 (5.83%) Development Engineer
4 12 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (5.34%) Senior
6 10 (4.85%) Analyst
6 10 (4.85%) Architect
6 10 (4.85%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (4.37%) Delivery Manager
8 8 (3.88%) IT Manager
8 8 (3.88%) Network Manager
8 8 (3.88%) Technical Director
9 7 (3.40%) Service Manager
10 6 (2.91%) Developer
10 6 (2.91%) Head of IT
10 6 (2.91%) Product Manager
10 6 (2.91%) Service Delivery Manager
10 6 (2.91%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.88%) HTML
2 6 (2.91%) .NET
2 6 (2.91%) CSS
3 4 (1.94%) PySpark
3 4 (1.94%) Spring
3 4 (1.94%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.46%) React
5 2 (0.97%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.97%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.97%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.97%) Hibernate
5 2 (0.97%) jQuery
5 2 (0.97%) Kafka
5 2 (0.97%) MSMQ
6 1 (0.49%) EDI
6 1 (0.49%) Middleware
6 1 (0.49%) OAuth
6 1 (0.49%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.71%) FMCG
2 17 (8.25%) NHS
3 14 (6.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (5.83%) Management Information System
5 11 (5.34%) Product Ownership
6 10 (4.85%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (3.88%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.88%) SCADA
8 7 (3.40%) Animation
8 7 (3.40%) Photography
8 7 (3.40%) Podcast
9 6 (2.91%) Fibre Optics
9 6 (2.91%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.46%) AS400
11 3 (1.46%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.46%) iSeries
11 3 (1.46%) Mainframe
11 3 (1.46%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.94%) Windows
2 1 (0.49%) Android
2 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.49%) Linux
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.10%) Project Management
2 56 (27.18%) Decision-Making
3 52 (25.24%) Business Strategy
4 49 (23.79%) Analytics
4 49 (23.79%) Roadmaps
5 35 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (16.99%) Mentoring
6 34 (16.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (14.56%) Project Delivery
9 27 (13.11%) Artificial Intelligence
9 27 (13.11%) Resource Allocation
10 26 (12.62%) Agile
10 26 (12.62%) Strategic Roadmap
11 24 (11.65%) Data Strategy
11 24 (11.65%) Machine Learning
11 24 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (11.17%) Business Development
13 20 (9.71%) Data Governance
13 20 (9.71%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.71%) Python
2 14 (6.80%) SQL
3 8 (3.88%) Java
4 4 (1.94%) C#
5 3 (1.46%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.46%) RPG
6 2 (0.97%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 75 (36.41%) Degree
2 24 (11.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.91%) PMP
4 6 (2.91%) Postgraduate
5 5 (2.43%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.97%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.97%) CISA
6 2 (0.97%) CISSP
6 2 (0.97%) HND
6 2 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.97%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.97%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.97%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.49%) CISM
7 1 (0.49%) CRISC
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.49%) PgMP
7 1 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.59%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.88%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (1.94%) GDPR
3 4 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.94%) QA
4 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.46%) NIST
5 2 (0.97%) SLA
6 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (2.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.97%) Docker
2 2 (0.97%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.49%) KVM
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (6.31%) Ansible
1 13 (6.31%) Terraform
2 6 (2.91%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.97%) Grafana
Vendors
1 34 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.25%) Cisco
3 14 (6.80%) Fortinet
4 13 (6.31%) Aruba
4 13 (6.31%) Mellanox
4 13 (6.31%) NVIDIA
4 13 (6.31%) Palo Alto
5 11 (5.34%) YouTube
6 8 (3.88%) Facebook
6 8 (3.88%) Google
6 8 (3.88%) Oracle
7 6 (2.91%) BMC
7 6 (2.91%) Remedy
8 4 (1.94%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.46%) VMware
10 2 (0.97%) Adobe
10 2 (0.97%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.97%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.97%) SAP
11 1 (0.49%) PeopleSoft