Strategic Management Contracts

Strategic Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Strategic Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Strategic Management over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 578 691
Rank change year-on-year +71 +113 +148
Contract jobs citing Strategic Management 6 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.019% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.022% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile - £229 £361
25th Percentile £523 £463 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £501 £508
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -1.38% -15.42%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £518
90th Percentile £648 £590 £522
UK excluding London median daily rate £545 £488 £350
% change year-on-year +11.74% +39.36% -41.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £61.00 -
25th Percentile £61.87 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% - -
75th Percentile £65.62 £72.50 -
90th Percentile - £77.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -1.93% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,416 37,097 52,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.93% 86.26% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,973 23,888 36,212
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.40% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,082 2,438 1,719
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.15 £16.00 £16.23
Median hourly rate £28.30 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.48% +1.39% +40.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.23 £38.06 £35.00
% change year-on-year -33.72% +8.74% +75.00%

Strategic Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Strategic Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Management in the UK

Strategic Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Management.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Management in the UK

Strategic Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Management over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Management in the UK

Strategic Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Management.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Management in the UK

Strategic Management
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 13 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
UK excluding London +42 6 £545 +11.74% 16
England +64 5 £545 +8.89% 28
South East +49 4 £545 +11.74% 5
Work from Home +47 1 £680 +43.16% 13
North West - 1 £680 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £600 - 1
North of England - 1 £680 - 2

Strategic Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) DBA
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Performance Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Director
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior DBA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Budget Management
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Collection
4 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics
4 1 (16.67%) Storage Management
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle