Business Strategy Contracts with Work from Home Options

Business Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 214 233
Rank change year-on-year +76 +19 +47
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 232 282 507
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.54% 1.12% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.25% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 177 349
10th Percentile £358 £475 £438
25th Percentile £441 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £738 £720 £725
90th Percentile £915 £875 £825
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £595
% change year-on-year +4.17% +0.84% +5.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 3 3
10th Percentile £22.02 £62.05 £44.38
25th Percentile - £62.13 £50.59
Median hourly rate £38.12 £64.50 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year -40.90% +5.88% +1.53%
75th Percentile - £67.13 £60.93
90th Percentile - £67.35 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £47.75 £50.25
% change year-on-year -20.17% -4.98% +11.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Business Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Strategy trend for jobs with a WFH option

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Strategy.

Business Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Strategy over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Business Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Strategy.

Business Strategy hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Strategy over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Business Strategy hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (1.29%) SAS
2 2 (0.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.43%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Adobe Campaign
1 3 (1.29%) FastStats
1 3 (1.29%) Unica
2 1 (0.43%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.43%) SAP GTS
2 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.76%) Azure
2 14 (6.03%) SaaS
3 7 (3.02%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.59%) AWS
5 5 (2.16%) GCP
5 5 (2.16%) IaaS
5 5 (2.16%) PaaS
6 3 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.29%) Azure Key Vault
6 3 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.29%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.86%) Asana
7 2 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.43%) Figma
8 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.45%) VPN
2 5 (2.16%) LAN
2 5 (2.16%) WAN
3 4 (1.72%) Network Security
4 1 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.43%) Firewall
4 1 (0.43%) Internet
4 1 (0.43%) Intranet
4 1 (0.43%) OSPF
4 1 (0.43%) Spanning Tree
4 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.59%) Power BI
2 3 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.29%) Hadoop
2 3 (1.29%) Impala
3 2 (0.86%) Big Data
3 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.86%) Metadata
3 2 (0.86%) OLAP
3 2 (0.86%) OLTP
4 1 (0.43%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.43%) Power Query
4 1 (0.43%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.59%) JIRA
2 3 (1.29%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.43%) kappa
General
1 102 (43.97%) Finance
2 100 (43.10%) Social Skills
3 57 (24.57%) Influencing Skills
4 53 (22.84%) Organisational Skills
5 36 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (9.48%) Public Sector
7 16 (6.90%) Banking
8 13 (5.60%) Telecoms
9 12 (5.17%) Legal
9 12 (5.17%) Marketing
10 8 (3.45%) Front Office
11 7 (3.02%) Law
12 6 (2.59%) German Language
12 6 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.59%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.59%) Police
13 5 (2.16%) Electronics
13 5 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.72%) Retail
15 3 (1.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (22.41%) Architect
2 30 (12.93%) Analyst
3 17 (7.33%) Lead
4 16 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (5.60%) Business Analyst
6 11 (4.74%) Security Architect
7 9 (3.88%) Consultant
7 9 (3.88%) Senior
7 9 (3.88%) Technical Architect
8 8 (3.45%) Development Manager
9 7 (3.02%) Azure Architect
9 7 (3.02%) Business Architect
9 7 (3.02%) Strategy Consultant
10 6 (2.59%) Business Consultant
10 6 (2.59%) Cloud Architect
10 6 (2.59%) Data Analyst
10 6 (2.59%) Enterprise Architect
10 6 (2.59%) Project Manager
10 6 (2.59%) Security Manager
10 6 (2.59%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.59%) Middleware
2 3 (1.29%) Node.js
2 3 (1.29%) React
3 2 (0.86%) OAuth
3 2 (0.86%) Spring
3 2 (0.86%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.43%) .NET
4 1 (0.43%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (0.43%) DAO
4 1 (0.43%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.43%) OpenID
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.43%) PySpark
4 1 (0.43%) REST
4 1 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.03%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.74%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.59%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (2.59%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.16%) Credit Risk
4 5 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.72%) PMI
6 3 (1.29%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.29%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.86%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.86%) NHS
7 2 (0.86%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.43%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.43%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.43%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.76%) Windows
2 7 (3.02%) Windows 7
3 6 (2.59%) Linux
4 3 (1.29%) Solaris
4 3 (1.29%) Unix
4 3 (1.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (28.02%) Project Management
2 51 (21.98%) Agile
3 49 (21.12%) Business Development
4 44 (18.97%) Roadmaps
5 29 (12.50%) IT Strategy
6 24 (10.34%) Information Security
6 24 (10.34%) Technology Strategy
7 23 (9.91%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (9.48%) Analytics
9 21 (9.05%) Decision-Making
10 20 (8.62%) Enterprise Architecture
10 20 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (7.76%) Coaching
11 18 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (7.76%) Migration
12 17 (7.33%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (6.47%) Project Delivery
14 14 (6.03%) Business Case
14 14 (6.03%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.31%) SQL
2 9 (3.88%) Python
3 7 (3.02%) Java
4 6 (2.59%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.29%) R
5 3 (1.29%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.86%) VBA
7 1 (0.43%) C#
7 1 (0.43%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 28 (12.07%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.05%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.90%) Degree
4 7 (3.02%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.16%) CIPD
5 5 (2.16%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.29%) PMP
7 2 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.86%) CISSP
7 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.86%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.86%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.86%) MBA
7 2 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.43%) CFA
8 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.43%) CISM
8 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.31%) GDPR
2 10 (4.31%) NIST
3 9 (3.88%) QA
4 7 (3.02%) SLA
5 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.86%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.86%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.43%) IASME
6 1 (0.43%) NCSC
Vendors
1 27 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.88%) SAP
3 8 (3.45%) Oracle
4 7 (3.02%) Google
5 6 (2.59%) Databricks
5 6 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.16%) Computacenter
7 3 (1.29%) Adobe
7 3 (1.29%) Facebook
7 3 (1.29%) Snapchat
7 3 (1.29%) Workday
8 1 (0.43%) Cisco
8 1 (0.43%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.43%) F5
8 1 (0.43%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.43%) Marketo
8 1 (0.43%) Okta
8 1 (0.43%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.43%) Sparx