Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Business Strategy
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - -17
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 7 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 6.73% - 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.97% - 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £573 - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.19%
75th Percentile £644 - -
90th Percentile £648 - -
North West median daily rate £494 £663 £540
% change year-on-year -25.51% +22.69% -6.09%

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 78 177 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 75.00% 83.10% 83.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 79 118
10th Percentile £403 £363 £288
25th Percentile £447 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +19.63%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £627
90th Percentile £600 £651 £670
North West median daily rate £450 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -5.86% -4.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 21 8
10th Percentile £25.20 £45.22 £34.37
25th Percentile £27.14 £48.60 £48.69
Median hourly rate £41.71 £62.32 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -33.07% +15.93% +8.83%
75th Percentile £58.27 £70.90 £58.14
90th Percentile £63.40 £80.59 £70.52
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -40.83% +25.00% +45.92%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

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 7 October 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 - 7 £625 - 1
Business Strategy
North West

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

General
1 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Domain Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Senior
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) DBS Check