Business Strategy Contracts in the South West

Business Strategy
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 104 135
Rank change year-on-year +20 +31 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 25 45 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.48% 1.41% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.70% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 40 25
10th Percentile £454 - £518
25th Percentile £575 £625 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £605
Median % change year-on-year - +7.44% +0.83%
75th Percentile £675 £716 £675
90th Percentile £728 £782 £743
England median daily rate £575 £638 £600
% change year-on-year -9.80% +6.25% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,524 2,653 3,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.34% 83.09% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 968 1,693 2,396
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 336 334
10th Percentile £18.48 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.27 £29.19 £16.32
Median hourly rate £62.75 £55.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.09% -10.57% +26.52%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.37
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.33 £36.77
% change year-on-year -19.99% -1.19% +51.01%

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 4 May 2025.

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 4 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
Somerset - 14 £650 - 6
Bristol +24 4 £475 -47.22% 29
Wiltshire +1 3 £625 -3.85% 8
Gloucestershire +11 2 £463 -36.21% 16
Dorset +1 1 £700 -8.20% 10
Devon - 1 £325 - 7
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 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (8.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (4.00%) Confluence
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) iPaaS
2 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.00%) SaaS
2 1 (4.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) DHCP
1 2 (8.00%) DNS
1 2 (8.00%) Skype
1 2 (8.00%) VPN
2 1 (4.00%) LAN
2 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 19 (76.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.00%) Legal
5 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.00%) Military
6 1 (4.00%) Automotive
6 1 (4.00%) Electronics
6 1 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Lead
2 5 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (4.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) PMO Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Service Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (52.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.00%) PKI
2 2 (8.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.00%) FMCG
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 13 (52.00%) Collaborative Working
2 13 (52.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 13 (52.00%) Systems Engineering
2 13 (52.00%) Target Operating Model
3 5 (20.00%) Business Case
3 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.00%) Agile
4 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (12.00%) IT Strategy
5 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.00%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (64.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) Degree
4 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (12.00%) Master's Degree
5 2 (8.00%) MBA
5 2 (8.00%) MCSA
5 2 (8.00%) MCSE
5 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
5 2 (8.00%) PMP
6 1 (4.00%) APMG
6 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.00%) PMBOK
2 1 (4.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) OPNET
1 2 (8.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Databricks
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle
2 1 (4.00%) SAP