The first table below looks at the demand for the Strategy Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Strategy Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Strategy Manager
Rank 525 548 573
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Strategy Manager 16 22 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.033% 0.038% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.041% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 22
Average daily rate £620 £600 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% +23.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £464 £380 £403
10% offered a daily rate of more than £644 £850 £595
UK excluding London average daily rate - £550 £438
% change year-on-year
- +25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44347 53663 57608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.47% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 25564 29628 31510
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2099 2560 2964
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.19 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%

Strategy Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Strategy Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Strategy Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Strategy Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Strategy Manager within the UK.

Strategy Manager Daily Rate Trend

Strategy Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Strategy Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Strategy Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Strategy Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Strategy Manager within the UK.

Strategy Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Strategy Manager
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Strategy Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +8 16 £620 +3.33% 8
South East +27 8 - - 1
Berkshire +18 7 - - 1
London +20 5 £620 -17.33% 5
West Midlands - 2 - - 1
Reading +7 1 - - 1
City of London 0 1 - - 1
Birmingham - 1 - - 1
Manchester - - - -
Nottingham - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Nottinghamshire - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - - 1
Yorkshire - - - - 1
East Midlands - - - -
North West - - - -
Canary Wharf - - - -

Strategy Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Strategy Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Strategy Manager in their job title.

1 13 (54.17%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Legal
2 6 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (25.00%) Marketing
3 5 (20.83%) Economics
4 4 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Insight
5 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 2 (8.333%) Banking
6 2 (8.333%) Retail
6 2 (8.333%) Asset Management
6 2 (8.333%) 3G
6 2 (8.333%) ITIL
6 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (8.333%) Investment Management
6 2 (8.333%) Service Management
6 2 (8.333%) Data Analysis
6 2 (8.333%) Investment Banking
6 2 (8.333%) Degree
7 1 (4.167%) Project Planning
7 1 (4.167%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (4.167%) Operations Management
7 1 (4.167%) Logistics
7 1 (4.167%) Supplier Management
7 1 (4.167%) Competitor Analysis
7 1 (4.167%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (4.167%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (4.167%) Operations Research
7 1 (4.167%) Market Research

Strategy Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Strategy Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Strategy Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) Lync
1 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) 3G
2 1 (4.167%) Internet
General
1 13 (54.17%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Legal
2 6 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (8.333%) Banking
3 2 (8.333%) Retail
3 2 (8.333%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Economics
2 1 (4.167%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.167%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.167%) Windows 7
1 1 (4.167%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
2 3 (12.50%) Customer Insight
2 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 2 (8.333%) Asset Management
3 2 (8.333%) ITIL
3 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (8.333%) Investment Management
3 2 (8.333%) Service Management
3 2 (8.333%) Data Analysis
4 1 (4.167%) Project Planning
4 1 (4.167%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (4.167%) Operations Management
4 1 (4.167%) Logistics
4 1 (4.167%) Supplier Management
4 1 (4.167%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (4.167%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (4.167%) Operations Research
4 1 (4.167%) Market Research
4 1 (4.167%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (4.167%) ITIL V3
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) Degree
2 1 (4.167%) Postgraduate
2 1 (4.167%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (4.167%) Microsoft
City, London
Own and drives the project planning framework, ensuring that plans are developed and tracked to appropriate standards, are integrated effectively across all work-streams, are unambiguous and achievable,...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £530.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
The IT Consultant will come from a technical background and must be up to date with the latest Infrastructure technologies as some of the key projects going forward...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
My client is looking for a Service Strategy / Vendor / SLA Manager to analyse and review Service Tiering and make recommendations on how the services can be tiered and...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 14 June 2013
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