Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Reading

Business Strategy
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 70 63
Rank change year-on-year 0 -7 +9
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 8 21 27
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.10% 2.06% 2.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 2.26% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 14
10th Percentile £423 £476 £460
25th Percentile £444 £500 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £546 £534
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% +2.39% -11.08%
75th Percentile £538 £587 £583
90th Percentile £613 £689 £596
Berkshire median daily rate £519 £561 £546
% change year-on-year -7.57% +2.79% -4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £60.97
25th Percentile - - £61.04
Median hourly rate - - £63.29
75th Percentile - - £63.78
90th Percentile - - £66.00
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £63.29
% change year-on-year - - -16.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 654 931 950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 89.71% 91.27% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 527 620
10th Percentile £350 £317 £213
25th Percentile £433 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £615 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £698 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 7 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £27.90 £41.24
25th Percentile £24.81 £35.75 £59.89
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -9.15% -2.63%
75th Percentile £94.06 £63.24 £65.25
90th Percentile £99.25 £68.78 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Reading

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Reading over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Reading

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) 5G
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Metadata
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Billing
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Operations Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Product Owner
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (12.50%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) CMDB
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (37.50%) Benchmarking
4 2 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Product Backlog
4 2 (25.00%) Scrum
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
4 2 (25.00%) Sprint Review
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) GRC
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) HubSpot
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow