Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Business Strategy
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 19 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.70% 1.52% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.41% 2.04% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £444 £579 -
25th Percentile £463 £584 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £613 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% - -
75th Percentile £488 £634 -
90th Percentile - £636 -
Hampshire median daily rate £510 £600 £638
% change year-on-year -15.00% -5.88% +14.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 136 98 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 83.95% 74.24% 79.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 59 101
10th Percentile £170 £223 £263
25th Percentile £236 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -15.09% +3.41%
75th Percentile £549 £572 £636
90th Percentile £655 £638 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 2
10th Percentile £22.50 - £31.48
25th Percentile £24.38 - £31.81
Median hourly rate £44.25 - £33.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.05%
75th Percentile £73.42 - £34.31
90th Percentile £74.97 - £34.43
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.70
% change year-on-year -40.83% -37.16% +23.78%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Southampton

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Programme Planner
2 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
2 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Market Research
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
2 1 (16.67%) Product Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) PMO