Business Strategy Contracts in Cheshire

Business Strategy
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Business Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Strategy over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 59 52
Rank change year-on-year +21 -7 -7
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 20 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.94% 0.57% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% 0.62% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 1 3
10th Percentile £463 - £552
25th Percentile £560 £675 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £700 £560
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +25.00% +25.84%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £599
90th Percentile - - £622
North West median daily rate £596 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +19.29% -4.76% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Business Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 428 484 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.42% 91.49% 86.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 328 263
10th Percentile £276 £275 £214
25th Percentile £400 £397 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.68% +5.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £632 £660 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 23 26
10th Percentile £13.70 £19.06 £10.28
25th Percentile £16.61 £23.15 £15.55
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +29.96% -22.79%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.62
90th Percentile £44.13 £39.20 £60.88
North West median hourly rate £21.56 £35.00 £20.49
% change year-on-year -38.41% +70.82% +10.76%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Cheshire

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in Cheshire

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Cheshire

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford - 12 £570 -
Chester +12 8 £725 - 4
Business Strategy
North West

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Firewall
1 3 (15.00%) LAN
1 3 (15.00%) Network Security
1 3 (15.00%) VPN
1 3 (15.00%) WAN
General
1 7 (35.00%) Banking
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Architect
2 8 (40.00%) Analyst
2 8 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 8 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
2 8 (40.00%) Test Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Security Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Network Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Commercial Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Payments Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Payments Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Project Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) IT Strategy
2 9 (45.00%) Data Protection
3 8 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 8 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 8 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 8 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 8 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 8 (40.00%) Use Case
3 8 (40.00%) Validation
4 6 (30.00%) Architectural Design
4 6 (30.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 3 (15.00%) Security Architecture
5 3 (15.00%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
6 2 (10.00%) Agile
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) SDLC
6 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft