Business Strategy Contracts in the North of England

Business Strategy
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 142 173
Rank change year-on-year +22 +31 -43
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 67 75 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.42% 1.29% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.43% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 43 43
10th Percentile £383 £463 £390
25th Percentile £500 £480 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -5.62%
75th Percentile £689 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
England median daily rate £638 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 1
10th Percentile - £29.30 -
25th Percentile - £38.26 £28.50
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year - +46.55% -56.55%
75th Percentile - £48.38 £29.50
90th Percentile - £49.52 -
England median hourly rate £38.12 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -19.75% -5.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,052 5,254 6,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.81% 90.62% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,482 3,656 4,652
10th Percentile £300 £303 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 205 259
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £16.19 £12.86
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.00 £18.69
Median % change year-on-year -38.90% +55.20% +3.15%
75th Percentile £44.74 £47.00 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £50.91
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.77 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.19% +51.01% +1.46%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the North of England

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the North of England

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the North of England

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the North of England

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
North West +41 59 £596 +19.29% 66
Yorkshire -10 5 £525 -4.55% 33
North East +17 3 £897 - 15
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.48%) Azure
2 1 (1.49%) AWS
2 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.90%) Network Security
2 3 (4.48%) Firewall
2 3 (4.48%) Intranet
2 3 (4.48%) LAN
2 3 (4.48%) VPN
2 3 (4.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Power BI
1 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 11 (16.42%) Finance
2 10 (14.93%) Banking
2 10 (14.93%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.45%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Marketing
5 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.99%) Billing
7 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.49%) Games
8 1 (1.49%) Legal
8 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (50.75%) Architect
2 18 (26.87%) Analyst
3 16 (23.88%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (20.90%) Security Architect
5 11 (16.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (11.94%) Test Analyst
7 7 (10.45%) Business Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) Lead
8 5 (7.46%) Telephony Architect
9 4 (5.97%) Developer
9 4 (5.97%) Salesforce Developer
10 3 (4.48%) Business Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Commercial Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Enterprise Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Network Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Network Security Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Payments Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Payments Solutions Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Security Analyst
10 3 (4.48%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.99%) NHS
3 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.49%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.76%) IT Strategy
2 23 (34.33%) Technology Strategy
3 18 (26.87%) Enterprise Architecture
3 18 (26.87%) Risk Management
3 18 (26.87%) Roadmaps
4 13 (19.40%) Information Security
4 13 (19.40%) Security Architecture
5 12 (17.91%) Business Continuity
5 12 (17.91%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (17.91%) Data Protection
5 12 (17.91%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (17.91%) Project Delivery
6 11 (16.42%) Service Delivery
7 10 (14.93%) Cryptography
7 10 (14.93%) Penetration Testing
7 10 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (14.93%) Project Management
7 10 (14.93%) Strategic Roadmap
8 9 (13.43%) Architectural Design
8 9 (13.43%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.48%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) SC Cleared
1 7 (10.45%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.46%) Degree
3 2 (2.99%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (26.87%) NIST
2 14 (20.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.46%) Accessibility
4 3 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (4.48%) IASME
5 2 (2.99%) PMO
6 1 (1.49%) GDPR
6 1 (1.49%) ISO 22301
Vendors
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft
1 4 (5.97%) Salesforce
2 2 (2.99%) Mitel
2 2 (2.99%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (1.49%) Cisco
3 1 (1.49%) Databricks
3 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto