Business Strategy Contracts in the South East

Business Strategy
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 118 124
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +21
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 24 73 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.80% 1.32% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.56% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 35 80
10th Percentile £329 £304 £437
25th Percentile £350 £485 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £694 £738 £715
90th Percentile £716 £780 £726
England median daily rate £575 £635 £600
% change year-on-year -9.45% +5.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 3
10th Percentile - £19.75 £34.79
25th Percentile - £52.90 £42.72
Median hourly rate - £56.89 £56.89
75th Percentile - £63.29 £57.83
90th Percentile - £81.56 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £38.12 £47.75
% change year-on-year +44.28% -20.17% -4.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,741 4,675 5,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.49% 84.68% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,750 2,738 3,584
10th Percentile £256 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -1.91% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 434 223
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £17.10
25th Percentile £15.25 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -3.06% +123.23%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.96
England median hourly rate £29.80 £36.33 £36.40
% change year-on-year -17.97% -0.18% +49.47%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the South East

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the South East

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the South East

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the South East

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Thames Valley -4 14 £350 -40.43% 49
Berkshire -2 11 £350 -42.86% 32
Hampshire +27 6 £688 -6.78% 19
West Sussex +15 3 £375 +188.46% 13
Buckinghamshire +10 2 £725 +31.82% 10
Surrey +6 1 £700 +100.00% 21
Oxfordshire +3 1 £400 +42.86% 18
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.17%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.17%) Smallworld
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
2 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) LAN
1 4 (16.67%) WAN
2 2 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (4.17%) Firewall
3 1 (4.17%) GPON
3 1 (4.17%) NGFW
3 1 (4.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (20.83%) Billing
3 5 (20.83%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
6 1 (4.17%) Back Office
6 1 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Designer
2 6 (25.00%) Solutions Designer
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Head of Digital
5 2 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Data Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Head of Delivery
5 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Senior
6 1 (4.17%) Category Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Product Manager
6 1 (4.17%) SAP Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Category Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) JSON
1 5 (20.83%) REST
1 5 (20.83%) Web Services
2 4 (16.67%) Middleware
3 1 (4.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Frameworx
1 5 (20.83%) TM Forum
2 4 (16.67%) Public Cloud
3 3 (12.50%) NHS
4 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.17%) IoT
5 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Agile
2 6 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 6 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (25.00%) UML
3 5 (20.83%) CRM
3 5 (20.83%) Customer Experience
3 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
3 5 (20.83%) IT Strategy
3 5 (20.83%) Microservices
3 5 (20.83%) Migration
3 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
3 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (20.83%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.50%) API Management
5 3 (12.50%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) Java
2 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.17%) Magik
2 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (4.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 5 (20.83%) Salesforce
3 3 (12.50%) MuleSoft
4 1 (4.17%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (4.17%) Databricks
4 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.17%) SAP
4 1 (4.17%) Sparx
4 1 (4.17%) Splunk
4 1 (4.17%) VMware
4 1 (4.17%) Zscaler