Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Business Strategy
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.16% - 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% - 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £360 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 - £750
75th Percentile £379 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £435 - £750

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 311 177 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 89.88% 92.67% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 87 99
10th Percentile £172 £303 £245
25th Percentile £363 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.06% -11.82%
75th Percentile £520 £589 £600
90th Percentile £575 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 4
10th Percentile £15.85 £13.75 £24.73
25th Percentile £17.88 £14.69 £38.56
Median hourly rate £48.00 £16.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -70.91% +144.44%
75th Percentile £54.38 £17.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £58.00 £19.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £48.00 £16.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +200.00% -8.57% -22.22%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Business Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 2 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Service Designer
1 1 (25.00%) UX Designer
1 1 (25.00%) UX Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Ethnographic Research
2 1 (25.00%) Ethnography
2 1 (25.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (25.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) User Journey Map
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
2 1 (25.00%) UX Research