Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Business Strategy
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire 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 23 18 28
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 2.23% 1.12% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 1.45% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £545 - -
25th Percentile £641 £173 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £175 £262
Median % change year-on-year +357.14% -33.29% -
75th Percentile - £178 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £436 £356 £425
% change year-on-year +22.47% -16.24% -31.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 139 69 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 77.65% 77.53% 68.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 36 79
10th Percentile £252 £168 £156
25th Percentile £413 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £300 £255
Median % change year-on-year +64.58% +17.65% -43.33%
75th Percentile £631 £488 £419
90th Percentile £700 £550 £578
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £425 £410
% change year-on-year +5.18% +3.66% -8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 19
10th Percentile - £17.46 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.97 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +34.80% +3.98%
75th Percentile £18.59 £24.18 £23.07
90th Percentile £24.29 £24.42 £26.15
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.19 £22.05 £17.71
% change year-on-year -12.97% +24.46% +5.24%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Derbyshire

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 20 March 2026. 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
Derby -1 4 £800 +357.14% 1
Business Strategy
East Midlands

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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