Business Strategy Contracts in the South West

Business Strategy
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Business Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Strategy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 141 129
Rank change year-on-year +34 -12 -17
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 45 33 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.42% 0.91% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.01% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 25 23
10th Percentile - £518 £413
25th Percentile £625 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £605 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% +0.83% +26.38%
75th Percentile £716 £675 £675
90th Percentile £782 £743 £788
England median daily rate £636 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +6.04% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £40.76
25th Percentile - - £48.32
Median hourly rate - - £60.92
75th Percentile - - £60.93
90th Percentile - - £60.93
England median hourly rate £38.12 £46.75 £50.25
% change year-on-year -18.46% -6.97% +25.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Business Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,623 3,261 3,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.82% 89.56% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,685 2,401 2,333
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 341 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £70.54
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Wiltshire +22 33 £650 - 2
Bristol +13 4 £900 +56.52% 19
Dorset +9 4 £763 +22.00% 4
Gloucestershire +2 4 £725 +26.09% 4
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 (2.22%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 28 (62.22%) PaaS
2 27 (60.00%) Cloud Computing
2 27 (60.00%) IaaS
2 27 (60.00%) SaaS
3 7 (15.56%) Azure
4 3 (6.67%) AWS
4 3 (6.67%) GCP
4 3 (6.67%) OpenShift
5 2 (4.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 31 (68.89%) LAN
1 31 (68.89%) WAN
2 3 (6.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Bitbucket
2 2 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 28 (62.22%) Public Sector
2 5 (11.11%) Finance
3 4 (8.89%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Advertising
4 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.22%) Marketing
4 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (75.56%) Architect
2 27 (60.00%) Network Architect
3 4 (8.89%) Development Manager
3 4 (8.89%) Technical Architect
4 2 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.22%) Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) Automation Architect
5 1 (2.22%) Business Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) Consultant
5 1 (2.22%) Digital Marketing Manager
5 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (2.22%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (2.22%) Office Automation Architect
5 1 (2.22%) Planning Manager
5 1 (2.22%) Product Owner
5 1 (2.22%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (2.22%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) Middleware
2 3 (6.67%) ModSecurity
3 1 (2.22%) .NET
3 1 (2.22%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 27 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (15.56%) Public Cloud
3 4 (8.89%) FMCG
4 3 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 3 (6.67%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.22%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Linux
2 4 (8.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (60.00%) Network Management
1 27 (60.00%) Open Source
1 27 (60.00%) Zero Trust
2 10 (22.22%) IT Strategy
3 9 (20.00%) Agile
3 9 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 8 (17.78%) Technology Strategy
5 7 (15.56%) Architectural Patterns
6 5 (11.11%) Waterfall
7 4 (8.89%) Coaching
7 4 (8.89%) ITIL
7 4 (8.89%) Translating Business Requirements
8 3 (6.67%) ArchiMate
8 3 (6.67%) CI/CD
8 3 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.67%) NsoIT
8 3 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (4.44%) Containerisation
9 2 (4.44%) Decision-Making
9 2 (4.44%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 3 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 32 (71.11%) DV Cleared
3 5 (11.11%) Degree
4 4 (8.89%) HND
4 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) QA
2 2 (4.44%) COBIT
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Docker
1 3 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (6.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (6.67%) Ansible
1 3 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 3 (6.67%) OPNET
2 1 (2.22%) PowerCLI
2 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (6.67%) Atlassian
1 3 (6.67%) Google
1 3 (6.67%) VMware
2 1 (2.22%) Cisco
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) SAP