Business Strategy Contracts in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 121 103
Rank change year-on-year +44 -18 -12
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 32 18 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.66% 0.76% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 0.85% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 8 50
10th Percentile £358 £380 £438
25th Percentile £518 £406 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £556 £591
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -5.88% -1.58%
75th Percentile £919 £675 £650
90th Percentile £948 £855 £739
England median daily rate £636 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +6.04% - +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,617 2,107 3,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.00% 88.53% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,446 2,363
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +17.47%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 71
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.81
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £51.25 £22.25
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
Birmingham +20 15 £725 +81.25% 11
Coventry - 7 £573 - 5
Warwickshire +1 5 £800 +6.67% 10
Worcestershire +9 1 £225 -62.50% 5
Shropshire - 1 £350 - 1
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) SaaS
2 2 (6.25%) Serverless
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.13%) IaaS
3 1 (3.13%) OCI
3 1 (3.13%) PaaS
3 1 (3.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) LAN
1 2 (6.25%) WAN
2 1 (3.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.25%) Metadata
1 2 (6.25%) OLAP
1 2 (6.25%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
2 2 (6.25%) kappa
General
1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.25%) Banking
5 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Local Government
6 1 (3.13%) Back Office
6 1 (3.13%) Law
6 1 (3.13%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Architect
2 8 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 5 (15.63%) Project Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Azure Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Commercial Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Data Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Data Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Finance Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Finance Project Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Head of Applications
6 2 (6.25%) Head of IT
6 2 (6.25%) Integration Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Payments Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Payments Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Head of IT Services
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Middleware
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (3.13%) CSS
2 1 (3.13%) HTML
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
1 2 (6.25%) Public Cloud
1 2 (6.25%) Taxonomies
2 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.13%) Smart Meter
2 1 (3.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Linux
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Agile
1 14 (43.75%) IT Strategy
2 12 (37.50%) Technology Strategy
3 11 (34.38%) Project Management
3 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (21.88%) Roadmaps
5 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.63%) Business Case
6 5 (15.63%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (15.63%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (12.50%) Analytics
7 4 (12.50%) Coaching
7 4 (12.50%) Data Management
7 4 (12.50%) Data Modelling
7 4 (12.50%) Data Strategy
7 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Identification
8 3 (9.38%) Master Data Management
8 3 (9.38%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) C#
1 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
1 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
1 1 (3.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.13%) PMP
2 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) IFRS
2 1 (3.13%) IFRS 17
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) SAP
2 2 (6.25%) Databricks
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle