Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Derby

Business Strategy
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 2.74% 1.33% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 1.72% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £545 - -
25th Percentile £641 £173 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £175 -
Median % change year-on-year +357.14% - -
75th Percentile - £178 -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £800 £175 £262
% change year-on-year +357.14% -33.29% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 113 58 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 77.40% 77.33% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 29 67
10th Percentile £413 £172 £164
25th Percentile £413 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £250 £269
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -7.06% -41.84%
75th Percentile £681 £488 £444
90th Percentile £735 £550 £588
Derbyshire median daily rate £494 £300 £255
% change year-on-year +64.58% +17.65% -43.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 5 9
10th Percentile - £21.38 -
25th Percentile £16.35 £23.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% +38.17% +3.98%
75th Percentile £18.59 - £18.75
90th Percentile £24.29 £24.47 £19.20
Derbyshire median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.50
% change year-on-year -24.25% +34.80% +3.98%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Derby

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Derby over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Derby

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Power Query
1 1 (25.00%) PowerPivot
General
1 3 (75.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Chief Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Chief Enterprise Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) ArchiMate
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (75.00%) BPMN
2 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (75.00%) UML
2 3 (75.00%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO 9001
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow