Business Strategy Contracts in Cumbria

Business Strategy
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 35 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 4 10 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 2.05% 3.91% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 4.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 0
10th Percentile - £661 -
25th Percentile £613 £666 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £669 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% - -
75th Percentile £638 £670 -
90th Percentile - £689 -
North West median daily rate £505 £596 £500
% change year-on-year -15.33% +19.29% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 167 245 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.64% 95.70% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 143 32
10th Percentile £368 £427 £354
25th Percentile £425 £493 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £463
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% +12.22% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £491
90th Percentile £638 £725 £693
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 65 8
10th Percentile £22.72 - £22.61
25th Percentile £25.26 £10.95 £44.81
Median hourly rate £31.76 £13.00 £55.38
Median % change year-on-year +144.31% -76.52% +11.80%
75th Percentile £59.24 £44.74 £66.16
90th Percentile £81.15 £52.43 £83.40
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 Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Cumbria

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in Cumbria

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in Cumbria.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in Cumbria

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria 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
Barrow-in-Furness -8 4 £625 -6.58% 1
Business Strategy
North West

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Domain Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared