Business Strategy Contracts in the City of London

Business Strategy
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 134 139
Rank change year-on-year +42 +5 -41
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 34 43 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.54% 1.18% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.28% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 26 42
10th Percentile £560 £469 £477
25th Percentile £593 £550 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £663 £606
Median % change year-on-year +9.43% +9.28% +10.23%
75th Percentile £831 £775 £756
90th Percentile £950 £950 £860
Central London median daily rate £655 £650 £600
% change year-on-year +0.77% +8.33% +7.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36.25
Median hourly rate - - £37.50
75th Percentile - - £38.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £37.50
% change year-on-year - - +108.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,993 3,347 3,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.51% 91.82% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,405 2,259 2,945
10th Percentile £359 £355 £385
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 24 41
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.33 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.03 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +125.31%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the City of London

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the City of London

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (8.82%) WhatsApp
3 2 (5.88%) AWS
3 2 (5.88%) IaaS
3 2 (5.88%) PaaS
3 2 (5.88%) SaaS
4 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.94%) Serverless
4 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) LAN
1 1 (2.94%) Network Security
1 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.94%) Metadata
1 1 (2.94%) OLAP
1 1 (2.94%) OLTP
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
1 1 (2.94%) Tableau
General
1 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Finance
3 6 (17.65%) Banking
4 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.82%) Law
5 3 (8.82%) Local Government
6 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Front Office
6 2 (5.88%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Retail
7 1 (2.94%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (55.88%) Architect
2 6 (17.65%) Security Architect
3 4 (11.76%) Lead
3 4 (11.76%) Project Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Technical Architect
4 3 (8.82%) Digital Architect
4 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Business Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Senior
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Compliance Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Data Compliance Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Head of IT Security
6 1 (2.94%) Salesforce Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Service Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) AngularJS
1 2 (5.88%) Middleware
1 2 (5.88%) Node.js
1 2 (5.88%) React
1 2 (5.88%) REST
2 1 (2.94%) DAO
2 1 (2.94%) Dojo
2 1 (2.94%) OpenID
2 1 (2.94%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.94%) SAML
2 1 (2.94%) Spring
2 1 (2.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Credit Risk
1 3 (8.82%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.94%) CMDB
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) IoT
3 1 (2.94%) PKI
3 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) IT Strategy
1 10 (29.41%) Roadmaps
2 9 (26.47%) Agile
3 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (17.65%) Analytics
5 5 (14.71%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (14.71%) Information Security
5 5 (14.71%) Microservices
5 5 (14.71%) Project Management
6 4 (11.76%) Business Case
6 4 (11.76%) Business Continuity
6 4 (11.76%) Business Impact Analysis
6 4 (11.76%) DevOps
6 4 (11.76%) Impact Analysis
6 4 (11.76%) ITIL
6 4 (11.76%) ITSM
6 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.76%) Security Architecture
6 4 (11.76%) TOGAF
6 4 (11.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) JavaScript
1 2 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) Java
2 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 3 (8.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (8.82%) CCSK
2 3 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (8.82%) CISSP
3 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) NIST
2 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.82%) NCSC
3 2 (5.88%) ISO 22301
3 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (5.88%) PMO
4 1 (2.94%) COBIT
4 1 (2.94%) GDPR
4 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) SAP
3 1 (2.94%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.94%) ForgeRock
3 1 (2.94%) Ping Identity
3 1 (2.94%) Salesforce