Strategic Management Contracts in England

Strategic Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Strategic Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Strategic Management over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 534 654
Rank change year-on-year +62 +120 +123
Contract jobs citing Strategic Management 6 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.019% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.022% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile - £474 £361
25th Percentile £523 £491 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £508
Median % change year-on-year +3.76% +3.50% -15.42%
75th Percentile £596 £581 £518
90th Percentile £646 £593 £522
UK median daily rate £545 £525 £508
% change year-on-year +3.76% +3.50% -15.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £63.69 £60.50 -
25th Percentile £66.40 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £71.87 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -
75th Percentile £76.40 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £78.56 £64.50 -
UK median hourly rate £71.87 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Strategic Management 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 22,249 31,929 45,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.59% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,571 20,948 31,615
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 935 2,243 1,590
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.99
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.80 £36.33 £36.40
Median % change year-on-year -17.97% -0.18% +49.47%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Strategic Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Strategic Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Management in England

Strategic Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Management in England

Strategic Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Management in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Management in England

Strategic Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Management in England

Strategic Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Management in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Management in England

Strategic Management
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 Strategic Management within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +37 4 £545 +11.74% 4
South West +35 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 £680 -
North West - 1 £680 -
Strategic Management
UK

Strategic Management
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 3 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Administrator
4 1 (16.67%) DBA
4 1 (16.67%) Head of Performance Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Senior DBA
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Budget Management
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Database Security
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle