Business Strategy Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 207 186
Rank change year-on-year +67 -21 +52
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 325 283 430
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.57% 1.18% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.31% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 194 260
10th Percentile £361 £450 £399
25th Percentile £513 £507 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% +6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £738 £688 £650
90th Percentile £804 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £586
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.39% +4.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 15 10
10th Percentile £32.43 £29.30 £35.00
25th Percentile - £35.38 £40.36
Median hourly rate £38.12 £42.50 £46.98
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% -9.53% -18.30%
75th Percentile - £49.52 £59.57
90th Percentile £62.88 £54.50 £62.88
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £46.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year -18.46% -6.50% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,514 21,548 27,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.76% 89.51% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,486 14,951 19,202
10th Percentile £248 £255 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,030 1,307 1,367
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.18 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Strategy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Strategy in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
South East +2 76 £638 +6.25% 92
North of England +22 66 £600 +9.09% 100
East of England +48 62 £655 +0.77% 37
North West +47 58 £596 +19.29% 61
Midlands +51 47 £600 +9.09% 69
South West +27 45 £650 +7.44% 42
West Midlands +45 32 £713 +28.21% 43
Scotland +32 30 £588 +2.17% 19
East Midlands +30 15 £450 -18.18% 26
Yorkshire -9 5 £525 -4.55% 33
North East +20 3 £897 - 9
Wales +13 3 £513 +2.50% 10
Business Strategy
UK

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (1.23%) Confluence
2 3 (0.92%) SAS
3 2 (0.62%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Adobe Campaign
1 3 (0.92%) FastStats
1 3 (0.92%) Unica
2 2 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.62%) SAP PLM
2 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.31%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 34 (10.46%) Cloud Computing
2 29 (8.92%) Azure
2 29 (8.92%) PaaS
2 29 (8.92%) SaaS
3 28 (8.62%) IaaS
4 10 (3.08%) GCP
5 7 (2.15%) AWS
6 6 (1.85%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.23%) Serverless
8 3 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.92%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.62%) Amazon Neptune
9 2 (0.62%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.62%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (0.62%) GitHub
9 2 (0.62%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.31%) OCI
10 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 43 (13.23%) WAN
2 41 (12.62%) LAN
3 15 (4.62%) Network Security
4 13 (4.00%) VPN
5 4 (1.23%) Firewall
6 3 (0.92%) Intranet
7 1 (0.31%) BGP
7 1 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.31%) Internet
7 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.31%) IOS XR
7 1 (0.31%) MPLS
7 1 (0.31%) NAS
7 1 (0.31%) SAN
7 1 (0.31%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (0.92%) Power BI
3 2 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.62%) Big Data
3 2 (0.62%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 2 (0.62%) Cloudera CDH
3 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.62%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.62%) Lumira
3 2 (0.62%) Metadata
3 2 (0.62%) OLAP
3 2 (0.62%) OLTP
3 2 (0.62%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.31%) Power Query
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (2.46%) JIRA
2 4 (1.23%) kappa
3 3 (0.92%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.31%) Git
General
1 122 (37.54%) Social Skills
2 117 (36.00%) Finance
3 66 (20.31%) Influencing Skills
4 60 (18.46%) Public Sector
5 54 (16.62%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (6.15%) Banking
8 14 (4.31%) Telecoms
9 13 (4.00%) Marketing
10 12 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (3.38%) Legal
11 11 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (3.08%) Retail
13 8 (2.46%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.85%) Billing
15 5 (1.54%) Electronics
16 3 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.92%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.92%) Local Government
17 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 102 (31.38%) Architect
2 37 (11.38%) Analyst
3 31 (9.54%) Network Architect
4 29 (8.92%) Solutions Architect
5 23 (7.08%) Consultant
6 21 (6.46%) Lead
6 21 (6.46%) Project Manager
7 18 (5.54%) Senior
8 16 (4.92%) Enterprise Architect
9 15 (4.62%) SAP Consultant
9 15 (4.62%) Security Architect
10 13 (4.00%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.69%) Technical Architect
12 11 (3.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 9 (2.77%) Finance Manager
13 9 (2.77%) Product Owner
14 8 (2.46%) Change Manager
14 8 (2.46%) Senior Manager
14 8 (2.46%) Test Analyst
15 7 (2.15%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.31%) Middleware
2 3 (0.92%) .NET
2 3 (0.92%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (0.31%) CSS
4 1 (0.31%) HTML
4 1 (0.31%) JSON
4 1 (0.31%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.31%) React
4 1 (0.31%) XML
4 1 (0.31%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.62%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.38%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.85%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.69%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.23%) FMCG
8 3 (0.92%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.92%) NHS
8 3 (0.92%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.92%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.92%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.62%) iPad
9 2 (0.62%) PMI
9 2 (0.62%) Robotics
9 2 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.62%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.31%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.31%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.46%) Windows
2 13 (4.00%) Linux
3 7 (2.15%) Windows 7
4 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (25.85%) Project Management
2 71 (21.85%) Roadmaps
3 68 (20.92%) Agile
4 66 (20.31%) IT Strategy
5 50 (15.38%) Technology Strategy
6 49 (15.08%) Business Development
7 41 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 35 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (9.85%) Enterprise Architecture
10 30 (9.23%) Business Case
11 27 (8.31%) Network Management
11 27 (8.31%) Open Source
11 27 (8.31%) Project Delivery
11 27 (8.31%) Risk Management
11 27 (8.31%) Zero Trust
12 26 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (7.69%) Information Security
13 25 (7.69%) TOGAF
14 21 (6.46%) Coaching
14 21 (6.46%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.08%) Python
1 10 (3.08%) SQL
2 7 (2.15%) Java
3 3 (0.92%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.31%) C#
4 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (22.77%) Security Cleared
2 44 (13.54%) DV Cleared
3 43 (13.23%) SC Cleared
4 30 (9.23%) Degree
5 8 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.23%) CIPD
6 4 (1.23%) HND
6 4 (1.23%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.62%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.62%) PgMP
7 2 (0.62%) PMP
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.31%) CBAP
8 1 (0.31%) CCNP
8 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.31%) ISEB
8 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.85%) NIST
2 15 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.38%) QA
4 8 (2.46%) SLA
5 7 (2.15%) PMO
6 5 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.54%) GDPR
7 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.92%) IASME
8 2 (0.62%) COBIT
8 2 (0.62%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.62%) GRC
9 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.31%) IFRS
9 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.92%) Docker
1 3 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (0.92%) VMware NSX
2 2 (0.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.23%) Ansible
2 3 (0.92%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.92%) OPNET
3 1 (0.31%) PowerCLI
3 1 (0.31%) SCCM
3 1 (0.31%) SCOM
3 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (8.62%) SAP
2 26 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.00%) Google
4 7 (2.15%) Databricks
5 5 (1.54%) Computacenter
6 4 (1.23%) Cisco
6 4 (1.23%) Oracle
6 4 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.92%) Adobe
7 3 (0.92%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.92%) Facebook
7 3 (0.92%) Snapchat
7 3 (0.92%) VMware
8 2 (0.62%) Citrix
8 2 (0.62%) Mitel
8 2 (0.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.62%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.31%) BT
9 1 (0.31%) Hyperion
9 1 (0.31%) Nokia