Data Strategist Contracts

Data Strategist
UK

The median Data Strategist daily rate in the UK is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 694 850
Rank change year-on-year +124 +156 -181
Contract jobs requiring a Data Strategist 9 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.010% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.011% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 5
10th Percentile £649 £315 £408
25th Percentile £723 £375 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -26.09% -18.58%
75th Percentile £800 £688 £625
90th Percentile - £815 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £725

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Data Strategist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Strategist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategist in the UK

Data Strategist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Strategist.

Daily rate trend for Data Strategist in the UK

Data Strategist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Strategist over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Strategist in the UK

Data Strategist
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Strategist within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
England +117 9 £750 +76.47% 1
London +115 9 £750 +76.47% 1
Work from Home +121 4 - - 1

Data Strategist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Data Strategist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Strategist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Data Strategy
2 7 (77.78%) Roadmaps
3 6 (66.67%) Analytics
4 5 (55.56%) Storytelling
4 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
5 4 (44.44%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (44.44%) Personalization
5 4 (44.44%) Adobe Analytics
5 4 (44.44%) CRM
5 4 (44.44%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 4 (44.44%) Adobe
5 4 (44.44%) Marketing
6 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (33.33%) Data Management
6 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (33.33%) GDPR
6 3 (33.33%) Data Privacy
6 3 (33.33%) Data Collection
6 3 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
7 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
7 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (22.22%) Product Strategy
7 2 (22.22%) Objectives and Key Results

Data Strategist Skill Set
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 2 (22.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
1 2 (22.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Marketing
2 4 (44.44%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Automotive
3 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (11.11%) Life Science
2 1 (11.11%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Data Strategy
2 7 (77.78%) Roadmaps
3 6 (66.67%) Analytics
4 5 (55.56%) Storytelling
5 4 (44.44%) CRM
5 4 (44.44%) Personalization
6 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (33.33%) Data Collection
6 3 (33.33%) Data Management
6 3 (33.33%) Data Privacy
6 3 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
7 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
7 2 (22.22%) Objectives and Key Results
7 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (22.22%) Product Strategy
7 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (22.22%) Use Case
7 2 (22.22%) Web Analytics
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Adobe
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Marketo