Business Strategy Contracts in Cheshire

Business Strategy
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 38 59
Rank change year-on-year +1 +21 -7
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 19 20 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 4.26% 3.94% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 4.67% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 19 1
10th Percentile £356 £463 -
25th Percentile £358 £560 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 £700
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% -18.57% +25.00%
75th Percentile £518 £738 £725
90th Percentile £620 - -
North West median daily rate £505 £596 £500
% change year-on-year -15.33% +19.29% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 433 428 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.09% 84.42% 91.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 288 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £497 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% +4.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £632 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £29.30 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £42.25 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +58.48% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.81 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £21.56 £35.00
% change year-on-year +48.46% -38.41% +70.82%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Cheshire

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in Cheshire

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Cheshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Cheshire

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Knutsford -4 9 £375 -34.30% 6
Chester -10 2 £700 -3.45% 4
Macclesfield - 2 - - 1
Warrington - 1 £475 - 4
Business Strategy
North West

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (31.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Serverless
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Banking
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Change Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Business Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Operational Change Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Payments Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Payments Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Applications Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Engagement Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (47.37%) Decision-Making
3 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (31.58%) Acceptance Criteria
4 6 (31.58%) Matrix Management
4 6 (31.58%) Matrix Organization
4 6 (31.58%) Programme Management
4 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 5 (26.32%) Change Management
5 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (26.32%) Risk Management
6 4 (21.05%) Business Case
6 4 (21.05%) Feasibility Study
6 4 (21.05%) Traceability Matrix
7 3 (15.79%) Customer Experience
7 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
8 2 (10.53%) Resource Allocation
8 2 (10.53%) Resource Management
8 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft