Strategic Management Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Strategic Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Strategic Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 329 384
Rank change year-on-year -104 +55 +61
Contract jobs citing Strategic Management 5 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.047% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.052% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £336 - £470
25th Percentile £353 £523 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £545 £501
Median % change year-on-year -28.90% +8.89% +43.00%
75th Percentile £397 £596 £538
90th Percentile £399 £646 £560
UK median daily rate £400 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -26.61% +3.76% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £63.69 £60.50
25th Percentile £97.75 £66.40 £61.25
Median hourly rate £101.50 £71.87 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.22% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £105.25 £76.40 £63.75
90th Percentile - £78.56 £64.50
UK median hourly rate £101.50 £71.87 £62.50
% change year-on-year +41.22% +15.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Strategic Management 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,713 11,581 17,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.23% 90.50% 84.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,893 7,262 10,444
10th Percentile £293 £235 £250
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £677 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,080 833 2,056
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.22 £12.32
25th Percentile £18.89 £17.44 £15.25
Median hourly rate £43.69 £27.94 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.37% -25.49% +7.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £64.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.96
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.35% -0.11%

Strategic Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Strategic Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Strategic Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Strategic Management
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Strategic Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Strategic Management

Strategic Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Strategic Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Strategic Management

Strategic Management
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 Strategic Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2026. 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 West -30 2 - -
South East -46 2 £369 -32.34% 7
Midlands - 1 £400 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £400 - 3
Strategic Management
UK

Strategic Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Programme Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Service Transition Leader
1 2 (40.00%) Transformation Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Transformation Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Case
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Coaching
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Release Management
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Service Design
3 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
3 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP