Business Strategy Contracts in Oxfordshire

Business Strategy
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 21 30
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +10
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Business Strategy 7 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 4.49% 1.09% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.96% 1.46% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £280 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% - -
75th Percentile £700 - -
90th Percentile £850 - -
South East median daily rate £525 £573 £575
% change year-on-year -8.30% -0.43% +3.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 141 137 207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 90.38% 74.86% 86.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 96 134
10th Percentile £182 £180 £193
25th Percentile £250 £263 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.55%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £625
90th Percentile £688 £619 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 19
10th Percentile £17.71 £11.50 £25.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £11.66 £25.95
Median hourly rate £25.30 £25.00 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -22.60% +61.50%
75th Percentile £61.90 £30.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £65.00 £50.75
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -59.02% +14.70% +96.08%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Oxfordshire

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Oxfordshire

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxford -2 5 £400 +42.86% 3
Business Strategy
South East

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (42.86%) MS Visio
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Lucidchart
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
2 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Process Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Chief Security Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Process Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Process Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Life Science
1 4 (57.14%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Lean Six Sigma
3 3 (42.86%) Operations Management
3 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Six Sigma
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Workflow
4 2 (28.57%) Business Process Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Business Process Mapping
4 2 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft