Strategic Management Contract Job Trends in England

Strategic Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Strategic Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 472 541
Rank change year-on-year -108 +69 +108
Contract jobs citing Strategic Management 7 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.017% 0.025% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.027% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £348 - £474
25th Percentile £381 £523 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -26.61% +3.76% +3.50%
75th Percentile £425 £596 £581
90th Percentile £650 £646 £593
UK median daily rate £400 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -26.61% +3.76% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £63.69 £60.50
25th Percentile £97.75 £66.40 £61.25
Median hourly rate £101.50 £71.87 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.22% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £105.25 £76.40 £63.75
90th Percentile - £78.56 £64.50
UK median hourly rate £101.50 £71.87 £62.50
% change year-on-year +41.22% +15.00% -

All Process & 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 34,525 22,234 32,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.79% 91.21% 86.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,016 14,552 21,077
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,153 931 2,253
10th Percentile £15.35 £14.66 £12.94
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -17.43% -2.19%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.96
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.35% -0.11%

Strategic Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Strategic Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Strategic Management job vacancy trend in England

Strategic Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Strategic Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Strategic Management

Strategic Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Management in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Management in England

Strategic Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Strategic Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Strategic Management

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 7 May 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
South West -30 2 - -
South East -46 2 £369 -32.34% 7
London - 2 £613 - 3
Midlands - 1 £400 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £400 - 3
Strategic Management
UK

Strategic Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) GIS
1 1 (14.29%) MS Access
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Business Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) Programme Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Service Transition Leader
1 2 (28.57%) Transformation Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Transformation Programme Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Facilities Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Operations Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Business Case
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Line Management
3 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Release Management
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Design
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (14.29%) SOC 1
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft