Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Stockport

Business Strategy
Manchester > Stockport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stockport requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Stockport 7.69% - 15.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% - 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £475
25th Percentile £713 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £600
75th Percentile £738 - £625
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £456 £400 £600
% change year-on-year +13.88% -33.33% +22.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11 10 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport 84.62% 90.91% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 14
10th Percentile - £381 £287
25th Percentile £153 - £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £192 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year -52.13% -17.95% +25.81%
75th Percentile £525 £438 £569
90th Percentile £648 £500 £613
Manchester median daily rate £450 £460 £500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £11.62
25th Percentile - - £12.71
Median hourly rate - - £34.16
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.63%
75th Percentile - - £59.69
90th Percentile - - £63.63
Manchester median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +69.23% +25.00% -33.33%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Stockport

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Stockport

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

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

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Business Change
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA