Strategy Manager Contracts in London

Strategy Manager
England > London

The median Strategy Manager daily rate in London is £455, 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 346 377 464
Rank change year-on-year +31 +87 +100
Contract jobs requiring a Strategy Manager 7 14 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.079% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.084% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 21
10th Percentile £438 £580 £400
25th Percentile £442 £625 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £650 £501
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +29.87% +0.10%
75th Percentile £474 £675 £538
90th Percentile £482 £915 £650
England median daily rate £450 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -30.77% +30.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £32.03 £42.21 -
25th Percentile £34.07 £43.27 £37.50
Median hourly rate £38.92 £46.28 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.90% -7.44% -
75th Percentile £44.57 £48.05 £62.50
90th Percentile £47.08 £48.35 -
England median hourly rate £46.50 £34.21 £50.00
% change year-on-year +35.93% -31.58% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Strategy Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategy Manager in London

Strategy Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Strategy Manager in London

Strategy Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategy Manager in London

Strategy Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Strategy Manager in London

Strategy Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +4 1 - - 1
Strategy Manager
England

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

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 London region featuring Strategy Manager in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Google
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Google Sheets
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Cost Management
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Management
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft

Strategy Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Google Sheets
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Google Workspace
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Coaching
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Management
3 1 (14.29%) Cost Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft