Digital Strategy Contracts in the West Midlands

Digital Strategy
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Digital Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital 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 94 137 158
Rank change year-on-year +43 +21 -54
Contract jobs citing Digital Strategy 15 3 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.78% 0.13% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.14% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 12
10th Percentile £516 £144 £370
25th Percentile £525 £173 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £220 £425
Median % change year-on-year +172.73% -48.24% -2.86%
75th Percentile £650 £410 £536
90th Percentile £831 £524 £588
England median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Digital 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 2,114 3,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.00% 88.67% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,452 2,361
10th Percentile £275 £263 £270
25th Percentile £375 £401 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +5.03% +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 69
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
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 £22.05
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Digital Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Strategy in the West Midlands

Digital Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Strategy in the West Midlands

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Strategy in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Strategy in the West Midlands

Digital 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 Digital Strategy within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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 +13 8 £550 +34.15% 3
Coventry - 5 £625 - 1
Digital Strategy
England

Digital 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 2 (13.33%) CMS
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Automotive
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Product Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Web Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Director
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Product Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Strategy Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) IT Director
4 1 (6.67%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) NHS Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Strategy Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) NHS
1 2 (13.33%) Social Media
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 5 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (26.67%) Product Management
3 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (13.33%) Content Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (13.33%) Marketing Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (13.33%) Personalization
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Resource Management
5 2 (13.33%) SEO
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (13.33%) Thought Leadership
5 2 (13.33%) Web Analytics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
1 1 (6.67%) SLA