Business Strategy Contracts in the North West

Business Strategy
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Business Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 79 120
Rank change year-on-year -5 +41 +19
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 39 59 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.98% 2.17% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 2.52% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 50 17
10th Percentile £357 £373 £462
25th Percentile £375 £500 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £596 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.33% +19.29% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £684 £675
90th Percentile £639 £738 £725
England median daily rate £575 £638 £600
% change year-on-year -9.80% +6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile £33.28 - £29.30
25th Percentile £35.91 - £38.26
Median hourly rate £42.01 - £42.50
75th Percentile £49.82 - £48.38
90th Percentile £53.48 - £49.52
England median hourly rate £55.00 £38.12 £47.50
% change year-on-year +44.28% -19.75% -5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,345 2,862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.15% 86.28% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,495 2,036
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £662 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 245 141
10th Percentile £16.03 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.72 £13.31 £22.41
Median hourly rate £32.50 £22.11 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.99% -38.58% +71.43%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.88 £49.52
90th Percentile £84.33 £57.50 £65.75
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.33 £36.77
% change year-on-year -19.99% -1.19% +51.01%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Strategy in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Cheshire -1 19 £500 -12.28% 12
Manchester 0 8 £438 -12.50% 72
Lancashire +1 5 £700 +18.07% 46
Cumbria -3 4 £625 -6.58% 1
Merseyside +1 2 £523 - 6
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (2.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (15.38%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (7.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.56%) Elite 3E
2 1 (2.56%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) Figma
2 1 (2.56%) Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (2.56%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.56%) SaaS
2 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Big Data
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
1 1 (2.56%) Tableau
General
1 17 (43.59%) Finance
2 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.82%) Banking
4 5 (12.82%) Legal
5 3 (7.69%) Marketing
6 2 (5.13%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Law
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.56%) Military
7 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Architect
2 7 (17.95%) Change Manager
3 6 (15.38%) Senior
4 5 (12.82%) Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Business Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Domain Architect
4 5 (12.82%) Network Architect
4 5 (12.82%) Senior Architect
4 5 (12.82%) Senior Network Architect
4 5 (12.82%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (10.26%) Designer
5 4 (10.26%) Operational Change Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Content Designer
6 3 (7.69%) Payments Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Payments Solutions Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Service Manager
6 3 (7.69%) UX Designer
7 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Network Manager
7 2 (5.13%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.56%) Matplotlib
2 1 (2.56%) Middleware
2 1 (2.56%) Pandas
2 1 (2.56%) scikit-learn
2 1 (2.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 3 (7.69%) Mobile App
1 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 3 (7.69%) Social Media
2 2 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.56%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (61.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (30.77%) Decision-Making
3 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (23.08%) Agile
5 8 (20.51%) Programme Management
6 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 6 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
7 6 (15.38%) Change Management
7 6 (15.38%) Matrix Management
7 6 (15.38%) Matrix Organization
7 6 (15.38%) Risk Management
7 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
7 6 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
8 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (12.82%) Waterfall
9 4 (10.26%) Business Case
9 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (10.26%) Feasibility Study
9 4 (10.26%) Software Engineering
9 4 (10.26%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) Python
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 8 (20.51%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.82%) DBS Check
4 2 (5.13%) Degree
4 2 (5.13%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) PMO
2 3 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.56%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.56%) ISO 31000
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) MuleSoft
2 2 (5.13%) SAP
2 2 (5.13%) TOWER Software
3 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow