Strategic Planning Jobs

Strategic Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 378 452 620
Rank change year-on-year +74 +168 +146
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 361 540 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.52% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.62% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 218 334 223
10th Percentile £48,324 £33,750 £31,277
25th Percentile £61,250 £45,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,322 £47,646
Median % change year-on-year +26.53% +16.11% -20.59%
75th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £73,697
90th Percentile £126,625 £97,500 £99,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% +41.03% -29.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Strategic Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Strategic Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Strategic Planning in the UK

Strategic Planning
Top 17 Job Locations

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 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
England +33 321 £70,000 +25.03% 594
UK excluding London +95 206 £70,000 +27.27% 285
London +50 139 £78,750 +31.25% 349
Work from Home +104 124 £82,500 +50.00% 329
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
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (5.54%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.05%) CMS
3 6 (1.66%) Moodle
4 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.55%) IIS
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) CICS
5 1 (0.28%) Confluence
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.83%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.39%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.55%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.55%) Primavera
3 2 (0.55%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 56 (15.51%) Azure
2 43 (11.91%) Power Platform
3 35 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (6.65%) AWS
5 20 (5.54%) Entra ID
6 17 (4.71%) SaaS
7 12 (3.32%) Google Analytics
8 11 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (1.66%) GitHub
10 6 (1.66%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.66%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.11%) GCP
12 3 (0.83%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.55%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.55%) Amazon MSK
13 2 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.55%) Nutanix
13 2 (0.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.99%) WAN
2 16 (4.43%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (3.88%) LAN
4 12 (3.32%) Firewall
5 11 (3.05%) VLAN
6 8 (2.22%) Internet
7 4 (1.11%) DNS
7 4 (1.11%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.83%) Network Security
9 2 (0.55%) NAS
9 2 (0.55%) SAN
9 2 (0.55%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.55%) VoIP
10 1 (0.28%) Intranet
10 1 (0.28%) PPP
10 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.25%) Power BI
2 16 (4.43%) Tableau
3 12 (3.32%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
5 6 (1.66%) GIS
6 5 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.11%) Metadata
8 3 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
8 3 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.83%) Power Query
8 3 (0.83%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.55%) DTS
10 1 (0.28%) DB2
10 1 (0.28%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.28%) KDB
10 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (4.71%) JIRA
2 6 (1.66%) Git
3 5 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.11%) GitLab
4 4 (1.11%) Maven
5 2 (0.55%) Subversion
6 1 (0.28%) ERwin
6 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 171 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 141 (39.06%) Finance
3 85 (23.55%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (18.84%) Marketing
5 53 (14.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 44 (12.19%) Public Sector
7 32 (8.86%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (7.20%) Manufacturing
9 22 (6.09%) Law
10 18 (4.99%) Electronics
11 16 (4.43%) Banking
11 16 (4.43%) Local Government
11 16 (4.43%) Telecoms
12 15 (4.16%) Legal
13 12 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (2.77%) Retail
15 7 (1.94%) Humanities
15 7 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.66%) Publishing
17 3 (0.83%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 68 (18.84%) Lead
2 43 (11.91%) IT Manager
3 27 (7.48%) Senior
4 25 (6.93%) Analyst
5 24 (6.65%) Project Manager
6 22 (6.09%) Architect
7 19 (5.26%) Operations Manager
8 18 (4.99%) IT Operations Manager
9 16 (4.43%) Data Analytics Director
9 16 (4.43%) Delivery Manager
9 16 (4.43%) Head of IT
9 16 (4.43%) IT Support
9 16 (4.43%) Support Manager
10 15 (4.16%) IT Support Manager
11 14 (3.88%) Service Manager
12 13 (3.60%) Civil Engineer
12 13 (3.60%) Development Engineer
12 13 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.60%) Network Manager
12 13 (3.60%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.60%) HTML
2 11 (3.05%) CSS
3 9 (2.49%) Middleware
3 9 (2.49%) SOAP
4 8 (2.22%) .NET
4 8 (2.22%) ADO
4 8 (2.22%) MERN Stack
4 8 (2.22%) REST
4 8 (2.22%) WebSockets
5 7 (1.94%) React
6 5 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (1.39%) PySpark
6 5 (1.39%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.11%) Spring
7 4 (1.11%) YAML
8 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.55%) Hibernate
8 2 (0.55%) jQuery
8 2 (0.55%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.82%) Management Information System
2 20 (5.54%) FMCG
2 20 (5.54%) NHS
3 18 (4.99%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.99%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (3.05%) Fibre Optics
5 11 (3.05%) Renewable Energy
6 9 (2.49%) SCADA
7 8 (2.22%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.94%) Animation
8 7 (1.94%) Photography
8 7 (1.94%) Podcast
9 6 (1.66%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.66%) Market Risk
9 6 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
9 6 (1.66%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.39%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.05%) Windows
2 7 (1.94%) Android
2 7 (1.94%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.83%) Linux
4 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (34.90%) Project Management
2 95 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (23.27%) Decision-Making
4 78 (21.61%) Analytics
4 78 (21.61%) Roadmaps
5 75 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 70 (19.39%) ITIL
7 67 (18.56%) Business Strategy
8 55 (15.24%) Project Delivery
9 54 (14.96%) Business Intelligence
10 52 (14.40%) Agile
11 50 (13.85%) Mentoring
12 46 (12.74%) Service Delivery
13 45 (12.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 43 (11.91%) Stakeholder Management
15 41 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
16 40 (11.08%) Business Development
17 37 (10.25%) Service Management
18 36 (9.97%) Artificial Intelligence
19 35 (9.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.76%) SQL
2 26 (7.20%) Python
3 15 (4.16%) Java
4 8 (2.22%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.39%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.39%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.11%) C#
7 3 (0.83%) RPG
8 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.55%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.28%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.28%) COBOL
9 1 (0.28%) REXX
9 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (33.80%) Degree
2 47 (13.02%) PMI Certification
2 47 (13.02%) PMP
3 29 (8.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (7.76%) CISSP
5 24 (6.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (3.88%) Postgraduate
7 10 (2.77%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.49%) CFA
8 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.94%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.66%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.39%) SC Cleared
11 5 (1.39%) Security Cleared
12 4 (1.11%) ACCA
12 4 (1.11%) CIMA
12 4 (1.11%) MBA
13 3 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.97%) Accessibility
2 30 (8.31%) GDPR
3 20 (5.54%) QA
4 18 (4.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (4.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.94%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.66%) WCAG
9 4 (1.11%) PMO
10 3 (0.83%) NIST
11 2 (0.55%) Good Clinical Practice
11 2 (0.55%) SLA
12 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 9 (2.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.55%) Docker
3 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.28%) KVM
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (4.99%) Terraform
2 16 (4.43%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.16%) Ansible
4 3 (0.83%) Grafana
Vendors
1 79 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.93%) Salesforce
3 20 (5.54%) Cisco
4 18 (4.99%) SAP
5 16 (4.43%) Google
6 14 (3.88%) Aruba
6 14 (3.88%) Fortinet
7 13 (3.60%) Mellanox
7 13 (3.60%) NVIDIA
7 13 (3.60%) Palo Alto
8 12 (3.32%) YouTube
9 11 (3.05%) BMC
9 11 (3.05%) Remedy
10 9 (2.49%) Facebook
10 9 (2.49%) Murex
11 8 (2.22%) Databricks
11 8 (2.22%) Oracle
12 6 (1.66%) HubSpot
13 5 (1.39%) Adaptive Insights
13 5 (1.39%) Workday