Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Kent

Business Strategy
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.43% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
South East median daily rate £550 £531 £573
% change year-on-year +3.58% -7.25% -0.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 152 104 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 65.80% 83.20% 65.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 81 66
10th Percentile £181 £160 £154
25th Percentile £193 £250 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £625 £500 £540
90th Percentile £649 £623 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 4 15
10th Percentile £14.20 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.36 £15.00
Median hourly rate £37.63 £18.38 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +104.75% -23.42% -64.04%
75th Percentile £42.00 £20.66 £54.18
90th Percentile £53.90 £21.12 £62.96
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.74 £57.35
% change year-on-year +153.02% -62.10% +14.70%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Kent

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Business Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Business Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Dartford - 1 £550 -
Business Strategy
South East

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft