Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Business Strategy
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 46 51
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 +49
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 3 6 14
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.82% 1.51% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.81% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £425 - £836
25th Percentile £463 £575 £912
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £1,025
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -41.46% +86.36%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £1,150
90th Percentile £625 - -
South East median daily rate £537 £574 £575
% change year-on-year -6.41% -0.22% -2.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 327 331 584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 88.86% 83.17% 92.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 235 439
10th Percentile £227 £241 £275
25th Percentile £350 £403 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% -7.77% +3.00%
75th Percentile £548 £552 £613
90th Percentile £640 £645 £701
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.06% -1.83% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 9 17
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.58 £13.17
25th Percentile £15.13 £18.70 £16.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +46.34% +49.09%
75th Percentile £25.15 £36.75 £24.00
90th Percentile £29.61 £41.15 £26.40
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.48% +11.05% +40.00%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Buckinghamshire

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes +2 3 £525 -12.50% 4
Business Strategy
South East

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon SageMaker
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Change Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Change Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Data Scientist
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) DoDAF
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) MODAF
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) APMG
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT