Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Business Strategy
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 11 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 4.03% 0.77% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.07% 0.93% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £528 - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median daily rate £600 £523 -
% change year-on-year +14.83% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 217 108 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 79.49% 83.08% 80.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 66 68
10th Percentile £133 £143 £143
25th Percentile £153 £163 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £458 £388
Median % change year-on-year -27.87% +18.06% -18.42%
75th Percentile £502 £616 £503
90th Percentile £598 £656 £658
Merseyside median daily rate £315 £438 £400
% change year-on-year -28.11% +9.38% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 25
10th Percentile £15.18 £13.28 £12.80
25th Percentile £19.25 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.44 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year +45.53% -3.70% +3.49%
75th Percentile £51.02 £20.00 £34.21
90th Percentile - £25.22 £36.81
Merseyside median hourly rate £25.38 £17.44 £18.50
% change year-on-year +45.53% -5.73% +2.78%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) DMZ
1 4 (36.36%) DNS
1 4 (36.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 4 (36.36%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 4 (36.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 4 (36.36%) Banking
1 4 (36.36%) Investment Banking
2 3 (27.27%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Back Office
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Lead
2 5 (45.45%) Lead Architect
3 4 (36.36%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Healthcare Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Healthcare Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Managed Services Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Service Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Design Patterns
2 4 (36.36%) Load Balancing
2 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
3 3 (27.27%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (9.09%) Data Security
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) Event-Driven
4 1 (9.09%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) Project Governance
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Supplier Management
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) DBS Check
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) F5
1 4 (36.36%) VMware