Strategy Manager Contracts in England

Strategy Manager
UK > England

The median Strategy Manager daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 523 615
Rank change year-on-year +61 +92 +124
Contract jobs requiring a Strategy Manager 23 19 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.051% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.055% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 29
10th Percentile £297 £558 £400
25th Percentile £435 £594 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £488 £800 £538
90th Percentile £656 £985 £660
UK median daily rate £450 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -30.77% +30.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £33.39 - -
25th Percentile £37.46 - £37.50
Median hourly rate £46.50 £34.21 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.93% -31.58% -
75th Percentile £52.34 £46.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £54.49 £47.74 -
UK median hourly rate £46.50 £34.21 £50.00
% change year-on-year +35.93% -31.58% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Strategy Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Strategy Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Strategy Manager in England

Strategy Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Strategy Manager in England

Strategy Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategy Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategy Manager in England

Strategy Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategy Manager in England

Strategy Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategy Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategy Manager in England

Strategy Manager
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 Strategy Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 West +52 7 - - 2
London +31 7 £455 -30.00% 66
South East - 6 £328 - 10
North of England +18 2 £769 - 3
North West +16 2 £769 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 1
Strategy Manager
UK

Strategy Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Strategy Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Strategy Manager in the job title.

1 12 (52.17%) Finance
2 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
3 9 (39.13%) Marketing
4 8 (34.78%) Banking
4 8 (34.78%) Visualisation
4 8 (34.78%) SQL
4 8 (34.78%) Analytics
5 7 (30.43%) Relational Database
5 7 (30.43%) Business Transformation
5 7 (30.43%) Critical Thinking
5 7 (30.43%) Digital Banking
5 7 (30.43%) Storytelling
5 7 (30.43%) Digital Strategy
5 7 (30.43%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (30.43%) ETL
5 7 (30.43%) SAS
5 7 (30.43%) Adobe
5 7 (30.43%) Teradata
5 7 (30.43%) Migration
5 7 (30.43%) R
5 7 (30.43%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (30.43%) Adobe Analytics
5 7 (30.43%) Data Extraction
5 7 (30.43%) Web Analytics
6 6 (26.09%) Azure
6 6 (26.09%) Test Strategy
6 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (21.74%) DevOps
7 5 (21.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 5 (21.74%) Azure DevOps

Strategy Manager Skill Set
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 7 (30.43%) SAS
2 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Adobe Analytics
2 6 (26.09%) Azure
3 5 (21.74%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (8.70%) Google Sheets
5 1 (4.35%) Google Workspace
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (30.43%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (30.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Appium
1 4 (17.39%) JUnit
1 4 (17.39%) Selenium
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 12 (52.17%) Finance
2 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
3 9 (39.13%) Marketing
4 8 (34.78%) Banking
5 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Automotive
6 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Legal
6 1 (4.35%) Local Government
6 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.35%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Analytics
1 8 (34.78%) Visualisation
2 7 (30.43%) Business Transformation
2 7 (30.43%) Critical Thinking
2 7 (30.43%) Data Extraction
2 7 (30.43%) Data Visualisation
2 7 (30.43%) Digital Banking
2 7 (30.43%) Digital Strategy
2 7 (30.43%) ETL
2 7 (30.43%) Migration
2 7 (30.43%) Storytelling
2 7 (30.43%) Web Analytics
3 6 (26.09%) Test Strategy
4 5 (21.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 5 (21.74%) DevOps
4 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (21.74%) Test Scripting
5 4 (17.39%) Manual Testing
5 4 (17.39%) Product Management
5 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) SQL
2 7 (30.43%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Adobe
1 7 (30.43%) Teradata
2 2 (8.70%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft