Data Strategy Contracts in Birmingham

Data Strategy
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Data Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 60 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 7 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.34% 0.91% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile £520 £438 -
25th Percentile £550 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile - £669 -
90th Percentile - £750 -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £570 -
% change year-on-year -7.89% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Data 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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 452 644 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.59% 83.31% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 423 537
10th Percentile £163 £240 £263
25th Percentile £375 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -9.76% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 27
10th Percentile - £13.20 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.62 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.38 £27.25 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.57% +81.67% -14.19%
75th Percentile £27.69 £48.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £30.68 £56.25 £71.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Data Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategy in Birmingham

Data Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Strategy in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Data Strategy in Birmingham

Data Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (14.29%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Engagement Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Engagement Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Digital Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Infographics
2 3 (42.86%) Storytelling
2 3 (42.86%) Web Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Workflow
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Databricks
2 1 (14.29%) SAP