Business Strategy Contracts in England

Business Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 150 224
Rank change year-on-year -54 +74 -18
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 328 571 576
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.34% 1.57% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.81% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 363 369
10th Percentile £356 £363 £443
25th Percentile £437 £510 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £688 £750 £701
90th Percentile £763 £925 £825
UK median daily rate £575 £627 £600
% change year-on-year -8.29% +4.50% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 64 23
10th Percentile £43.23 £30.15 £29.30
25th Percentile £48.25 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £38.12 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.28% -19.75% -5.47%
75th Percentile £72.50 - £57.83
90th Percentile £79.25 £58.70 £66.60
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £38.12 £47.50
% change year-on-year +37.72% -19.75% -5.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,329 31,491 43,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.21% 86.40% 90.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,605 20,622 30,435
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 949 2,249 1,535
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £15.95 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% +0.69% +45.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £35.65
% change year-on-year -22.32% +1.11% +38.82%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in England

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in England

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in England

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in England

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Strategy in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Strategy in England

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London -11 183 £606 -0.61% 877
North of England -1 42 £505 -17.55% 309
North West -7 39 £505 -15.83% 200
Midlands -9 28 £447 -18.73% 175
South East 0 26 £550 -12.00% 352
South West +18 24 £650 - 113
East of England -17 17 £675 +3.05% 136
East Midlands +4 15 £442 +1.55% 72
West Midlands -13 13 £575 -20.76% 96
North East -6 2 £440 -50.95% 25
Yorkshire +14 1 £625 +4.17% 85
Business Strategy
UK

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.44%) Confluence
2 6 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.61%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
5 1 (0.30%) Smallworld
Applications
1 16 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.05%) Oracle Smart View
5 6 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.22%) Chatbot
6 4 (1.22%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.61%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.61%) InDesign
8 2 (0.61%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.30%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.22%) Endur
3 3 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.61%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.61%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.30%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.30%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.30%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 47 (14.33%) Azure
2 32 (9.76%) AWS
3 28 (8.54%) Power Platform
4 15 (4.57%) SaaS
5 14 (4.27%) GCP
6 11 (3.35%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.74%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.74%) OCI
8 8 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.44%) GitHub
9 6 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.83%) Figma
10 5 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.52%) Serverless
11 4 (1.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.91%) dbt
12 3 (0.91%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.57%) LAN
1 15 (4.57%) WAN
2 12 (3.66%) Firewall
3 10 (3.05%) VPN
4 9 (2.74%) DNS
4 9 (2.74%) Network Security
5 7 (2.13%) DHCP
6 6 (1.83%) 4G
6 6 (1.83%) Wireless
7 5 (1.52%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.22%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (1.22%) PSTN
8 4 (1.22%) VoIP
9 3 (0.91%) Internet
9 3 (0.91%) IPsec
9 3 (0.91%) MPLS
9 3 (0.91%) NGFW
10 2 (0.61%) 5G
10 2 (0.61%) 5G NR
10 2 (0.61%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.93%) Power BI
2 15 (4.57%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.35%) Tableau
4 10 (3.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 10 (3.05%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (2.74%) Oracle ODI
6 7 (2.13%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.83%) Qlik Sense
8 5 (1.52%) Big Data
8 5 (1.52%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.52%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.22%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.91%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.91%) GIS
11 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.61%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.30%) Data Hub
12 1 (0.30%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 16 (4.88%) JIRA
2 6 (1.83%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.91%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.61%) ERwin
4 2 (0.61%) GitLab
4 2 (0.61%) MagicDraw
5 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.30%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.30%) Git
5 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.30%) Maven
5 1 (0.30%) Postman
5 1 (0.30%) Spock
General
1 137 (41.77%) Finance
2 118 (35.98%) Social Skills
3 61 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.84%) Banking
5 21 (6.40%) Influencing Skills
5 21 (6.40%) Legal
6 20 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (6.10%) Retail
7 19 (5.79%) Public Sector
8 18 (5.49%) Marketing
9 9 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.44%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.44%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.83%) Billing
12 6 (1.83%) Law
12 6 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.83%) Military
13 5 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.22%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (25.00%) Architect
2 45 (13.72%) Analyst
3 39 (11.89%) Lead
4 34 (10.37%) Business Analyst
4 34 (10.37%) Solutions Architect
5 29 (8.84%) Senior
6 21 (6.40%) Project Manager
7 18 (5.49%) Designer
8 16 (4.88%) Enterprise Architect
9 14 (4.27%) Technical Architect
10 12 (3.66%) Consultant
11 9 (2.74%) Domain Architect
11 9 (2.74%) Network Architect
11 9 (2.74%) Programme Manager
11 9 (2.74%) Report Writer
11 9 (2.74%) ServiceNow Architect
11 9 (2.74%) Solutions Designer
12 8 (2.44%) Change Manager
12 8 (2.44%) Cloud Architect
12 8 (2.44%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.27%) REST
2 13 (3.96%) Middleware
3 12 (3.66%) Kafka
3 12 (3.66%) Web Services
4 10 (3.05%) HTML
4 10 (3.05%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (1.83%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.83%) CSS
5 6 (1.83%) JSON
6 4 (1.22%) PySpark
6 4 (1.22%) SOAP
7 3 (0.91%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.61%) .NET
8 2 (0.61%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.61%) LDAP
8 2 (0.61%) OAuth
8 2 (0.61%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.61%) Spring
8 2 (0.61%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.10%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.96%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.05%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.74%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.13%) CMDB
6 7 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.52%) Frameworx
7 5 (1.52%) TM Forum
8 4 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.22%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.22%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (0.91%) FMCG
9 3 (0.91%) IVR
9 3 (0.91%) Market Risk
9 3 (0.91%) NHS
9 3 (0.91%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.10%) Windows
2 9 (2.74%) Linux
3 3 (0.91%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.30%) Android
5 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (29.27%) Agile
2 91 (27.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 60 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (17.68%) Decision-Making
5 53 (16.16%) Analytics
6 49 (14.94%) Roadmaps
7 43 (13.11%) Enterprise Architecture
7 43 (13.11%) Risk Management
8 35 (10.67%) Business Intelligence
8 35 (10.67%) Data Modelling
9 33 (10.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (10.06%) Mentoring
10 32 (9.76%) IT Strategy
11 30 (9.15%) Business Case
11 30 (9.15%) Change Management
12 29 (8.84%) Strategic Thinking
13 28 (8.54%) Data Analysis
14 27 (8.23%) Technical Leadership
15 26 (7.93%) Collaborative Working
15 26 (7.93%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 38 (11.59%) SQL
2 21 (6.40%) Python
3 11 (3.35%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.44%) Java
5 6 (1.83%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.91%) R
6 3 (0.91%) VBA
7 2 (0.61%) Bicep
7 2 (0.61%) C#
7 2 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.30%) C++
8 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.30%) Groovy
8 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.30%) Magik
8 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 58 (17.68%) Security Cleared
2 52 (15.85%) Degree
2 52 (15.85%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (3.35%) PMI Certification
4 9 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.74%) PMP
5 6 (1.83%) AWS Certification
5 6 (1.83%) CCNP
5 6 (1.83%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (1.83%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.52%) CCNA
6 5 (1.52%) CISM
6 5 (1.52%) CISSP
7 4 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.91%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.71%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.88%) QA
3 13 (3.96%) PMO
4 10 (3.05%) NIST
5 9 (2.74%) GDPR
5 9 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.91%) GRC
8 3 (0.91%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.61%) COBIT
9 2 (0.61%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.61%) ISO 31000
9 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.30%) MiFID
10 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.91%) Docker
3 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (2.44%) Terraform
2 5 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.22%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.22%) SCCM
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.61%) OPNET
5 1 (0.30%) Puppet
5 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (10.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.71%) Oracle
3 19 (5.79%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.27%) SAP
5 12 (3.66%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.05%) MuleSoft
7 8 (2.44%) Databricks
7 8 (2.44%) Google
8 6 (1.83%) Adobe
9 5 (1.52%) Cisco
10 3 (0.91%) F5
10 3 (0.91%) Genesys
10 3 (0.91%) Juniper
10 3 (0.91%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.91%) SnapLogic
11 2 (0.61%) Aruba
11 2 (0.61%) Informatica
11 2 (0.61%) Jitterbit
11 2 (0.61%) Workday
11 2 (0.61%) Zscaler