Business Strategy Contracts in Northern Ireland

Business Strategy
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.60% - 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% - 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £596 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.64% +4.17% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.50 - -
Median hourly rate £29.00 - -
75th Percentile £29.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £38.12 £47.50
% change year-on-year +37.72% -19.75% -5.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 103 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 91.62% 74.64% 76.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 49 76
10th Percentile £155 £212 £163
25th Percentile £308 £356 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +20.59% -1.73%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £520
90th Percentile £625 £675 £630
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.19% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 14
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.40
25th Percentile £18.63 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £24.18 £14.19 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +70.46% -6.98% -3.11%
75th Percentile £44.65 £23.54 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.40
% change year-on-year -21.64% +0.29% +41.73%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Northern Ireland

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in Northern Ireland

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in Northern Ireland

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 12 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
County Antrim - 1 - - 15
Business Strategy
UK

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Transparency
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree