Business Strategy Contracts in Knutsford

Business Strategy
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford requiring Business Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 13 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 9 12 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 6.16% 11.11% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.29% 12.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 0
10th Percentile £344 £463 -
25th Percentile £356 £472 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £570 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.30% - -
75th Percentile £515 £580 -
90th Percentile £568 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £570 £700
% change year-on-year -12.28% -18.57% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 98 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 97.95% 90.74% 91.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 90 115
10th Percentile £341 £362 £342
25th Percentile £358 £401 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% -7.95% +19.05%
75th Percentile £492 £598 £621
90th Percentile £537 £627 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Knutsford

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in Knutsford.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in Knutsford

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Knutsford

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Serverless
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Change Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Change Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Business Case
1 4 (44.44%) Change Management
1 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
1 4 (44.44%) Feasibility Study
1 4 (44.44%) Traceability Matrix
2 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (33.33%) Matrix Management
2 3 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
4 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
4 1 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft