Business Strategy Contracts in the Midlands

Business Strategy
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Business Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Strategy over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 144 112
Rank change year-on-year +53 -32 -2
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 47 22 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.71% 0.64% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 0.72% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 9 62
10th Percentile £351 £383 £438
25th Percentile £425 £413 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £591
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.98% +4.65%
75th Percentile £850 £650 £650
90th Percentile £945 £820 £738
England median daily rate £635 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +5.83% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile £14.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £38.12 £46.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year -18.46% -6.50% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Business Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,263 3,046 4,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.26% 88.47% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,509 2,126 3,289
10th Percentile £235 £250 £249
25th Percentile £356 £370 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 119 151
10th Percentile £11.07 £11.96 £10.00
25th Percentile £13.81 £15.05 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.37% +9.25%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.81 £22.05
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the Midlands

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the Midlands

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the Midlands

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the Midlands

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +42 32 £713 +28.21% 42
East Midlands +33 15 £450 -18.18% 27
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.38%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Azure
2 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.26%) SaaS
2 2 (4.26%) Serverless
3 1 (2.13%) AWS
3 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.13%) IaaS
3 1 (2.13%) OCI
3 1 (2.13%) PaaS
3 1 (2.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) LAN
1 4 (8.51%) VPN
1 4 (8.51%) WAN
2 1 (2.13%) Internet
2 1 (2.13%) NAS
2 1 (2.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.26%) Metadata
1 2 (4.26%) OLAP
1 2 (4.26%) OLTP
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) JIRA
2 2 (4.26%) kappa
General
1 20 (42.55%) Finance
2 19 (40.43%) Social Skills
3 13 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.89%) Public Sector
5 6 (12.77%) Manufacturing
6 5 (10.64%) Marketing
6 5 (10.64%) Telecoms
7 4 (8.51%) Banking
7 4 (8.51%) Electronics
8 3 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (4.26%) Local Government
10 1 (2.13%) Automotive
10 1 (2.13%) Back Office
10 1 (2.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (29.79%) Architect
2 9 (19.15%) Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Enterprise Architect
4 6 (12.77%) Project Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Change Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Lead
5 4 (8.51%) Project Change Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Finance Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Commercial Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Data Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Data Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Finance Project Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Head of IT
7 2 (4.26%) Integration Architect
7 2 (4.26%) IT Director
7 2 (4.26%) Payments Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Payments Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) Middleware
2 1 (2.13%) .NET
2 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (2.13%) CSS
2 1 (2.13%) HTML
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.26%) Public Cloud
2 2 (4.26%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (2.13%) NHS
3 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.13%) Smart Meter
3 1 (2.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.89%) Windows
2 4 (8.51%) Windows 7
3 3 (6.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (38.30%) Agile
2 15 (31.91%) IT Strategy
2 15 (31.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (27.66%) Project Management
4 12 (25.53%) Technology Strategy
5 9 (19.15%) Decision-Making
5 9 (19.15%) Programme Management
5 9 (19.15%) Roadmaps
6 8 (17.02%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (14.89%) Business Case
7 7 (14.89%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (12.77%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (10.64%) Analytics
9 5 (10.64%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (10.64%) Data Modelling
9 5 (10.64%) Data Strategy
9 5 (10.64%) Information Security
9 5 (10.64%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) SQL
2 1 (2.13%) C#
2 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
2 1 (2.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) Degree
1 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
1 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.13%) CBAP
2 1 (2.13%) ISEB
2 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) SLA
2 3 (6.38%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.13%) IFRS
3 1 (2.13%) IFRS 17
3 1 (2.13%) PMO
3 1 (2.13%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.02%) SAP
3 4 (8.51%) Computacenter
4 2 (4.26%) Databricks
4 2 (4.26%) Oracle
5 1 (2.13%) Hyperion