Strategy Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Strategy Manager
UK > England

The median Strategy Manager daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 482 551
Rank change year-on-year -46 +69 +178
Contract jobs requiring a Strategy Manager 7 35 30
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.023% 0.11% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.12% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 19 20
10th Percentile £450 £390 £363
25th Percentile £506 £463 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -18.37% +4.70%
75th Percentile - £568 £750
90th Percentile - £575 £783
UK median daily rate £600 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -14.53%

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 27,406 28,955 37,488
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 93.02% 93.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,580 17,706 25,955
10th Percentile £281 £300 £294
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,653 1,088 1,444
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.22 £19.46
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.30
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +58.28%

Strategy Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Strategy Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Strategy Manager job vacancy trend in England

Strategy Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Strategy Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Strategy Manager job vacancies in England

Strategy Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategy Manager in England over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategy Manager in England

Strategy Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Strategy Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Strategy Manager job vacancies 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 16 November 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 -30 5 £425 -15.00% 12
South East - 2 £600 - 5
Strategy Manager
UK

Strategy Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, Strategy Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Strategy Manager in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
2 2 (28.57%) Conflict Management
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven
2 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (28.57%) JWT
2 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (28.57%) Microservices
2 2 (28.57%) OAuth
2 2 (28.57%) OWASP
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Resilience Testing
2 2 (28.57%) SAML
2 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (28.57%) SDLC
2 2 (28.57%) Secure Coding
2 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Waterfall

Strategy Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) JWT
1 2 (28.57%) OAuth
1 2 (28.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven
2 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (28.57%) Microservices
2 2 (28.57%) OWASP
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Resilience Testing
2 2 (28.57%) SDLC
2 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP