Business Strategy Contracts in Berkshire

Business Strategy
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Business Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 70 61
Rank change year-on-year -9 -9 +37
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Business Strategy 16 40 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.36% 2.36% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 2.74% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 35
10th Percentile - £503 £503
25th Percentile £350 £525 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £586 £625
Median % change year-on-year -27.85% -6.20% -
75th Percentile £538 £678 £717
90th Percentile £673 £697 £721
South East median daily rate £525 £573 £575
% change year-on-year -8.30% -0.43% +3.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £57.12
25th Percentile - £55.94 £58.89
Median hourly rate - £56.89 £62.32
Median % change year-on-year - -8.72% -
75th Percentile - £57.83 £65.27
90th Percentile - - £66.76
South East median hourly rate - £41.81 £71.38
% change year-on-year - -41.43% +9.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Business Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,085 1,460 1,575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.95% 86.29% 89.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 773 1,002
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £420 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 77 60
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.00 £17.43
25th Percentile £17.30 £41.25 £39.27
Median hourly rate £32.05 £60.60 £59.38
Median % change year-on-year -47.11% +2.06% +128.37%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.39 £72.40
90th Percentile £87.50 £87.46 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -59.02% +14.70% +96.08%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Berkshire

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Berkshire

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +2 10 £423 -29.50% 15
Windsor - 2 £675 - 6
Bracknell +3 1 - - 2
Slough - 1 £438 - 37
Business Strategy
South East

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (6.25%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (6.25%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) DTS
General
1 6 (37.50%) Billing
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
3 2 (12.50%) Marketing
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Back Office
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Front Office
4 1 (6.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Designer
1 5 (31.25%) Solutions Designer
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Lead
2 2 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Operations Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Product Owner
2 2 (12.50%) Senior
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Operations Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Change Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Data Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Security Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) JSON
1 5 (31.25%) REST
1 5 (31.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Frameworx
1 5 (31.25%) TM Forum
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) CRM
2 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (37.50%) Customer Experience
3 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 6 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 5 (31.25%) Microservices
4 5 (31.25%) Service Delivery
4 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (31.25%) UML
5 3 (18.75%) Benchmarking
5 3 (18.75%) Data Mapping
5 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 3 (18.75%) Process Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Capacity Management
6 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 2 (12.50%) User Stories
6 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
6 2 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) BC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.25%) PgMP
1 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
1 1 (6.25%) PMP
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Salesforce
2 5 (31.25%) ServiceNow
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.25%) HubSpot
4 1 (6.25%) VMware