Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Business Strategy
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 41 46
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +43
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 3 6 12
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.05% 1.97% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 2.30% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £425 - £812
25th Percentile £463 £575 £885
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £943
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -36.34% +71.36%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £1,106
90th Percentile £625 - £1,150
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £600 £1,025
% change year-on-year -12.50% -41.46% +86.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 254 261 529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 89.12% 85.86% 92.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 188 409
10th Percentile £229 £249 £275
25th Percentile £350 £398 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -7.77% +6.19%
75th Percentile £541 £550 £600
90th Percentile £638 £638 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £441 £475 £515
% change year-on-year -7.11% -7.77% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 13
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.25 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.83 £13.57
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.25 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% +28.05% +60.78%
75th Percentile - £36.19 £24.00
90th Percentile - £37.12 £28.80
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +46.34% +49.09%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Milton Keynes

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (33.33%) Amazon SageMaker
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Change Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Change Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Data Scientist
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) DoDAF
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) MODAF
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) APMG
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT