Strategy Manager Contracts

Strategy Manager
UK

The median Strategy Manager daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 674 805
Rank change year-on-year +99 +131 -142
Contract jobs requiring a Strategy Manager 23 38 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.064% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.067% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 29 34
10th Percentile £546 £400 £385
25th Percentile £578 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £690 £538 £678
90th Percentile £940 £660 £718
UK excluding London median daily rate £665 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +33.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £37.50 -
Median hourly rate £34.21 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% - -
75th Percentile £46.50 £62.50 -
90th Percentile £47.74 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.21 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,362 56,304 84,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,261 39,350 59,476
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,668 1,565 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.40 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.88
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £42.43 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.91% +117.60% +2.63%

Strategy Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Strategy Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Strategy Manager in the UK

Strategy Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategy Manager.

Daily rate trend for Strategy Manager in the UK

Strategy Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategy Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategy Manager in the UK

Strategy Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategy Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Strategy Manager in the UK

Strategy Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategy Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategy Manager in the UK

Strategy Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Strategy Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +113 19 £650 +30.00% 39
London +85 14 £650 +29.87% 26
UK excluding London +48 9 £665 +33.00% 10
Work from Home +122 6 £575 +25.20% 20
Scotland +40 4 £665 +44.80%
North of England +32 3 - - 1
North West +29 3 - - 1
Midlands +28 1 £900 -10.00% 1
South West - 1 £575 -
East Midlands - 1 £900 -

Strategy Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Strategy Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Strategy Manager in the job title.

1 14 (60.87%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Project Management
3 5 (21.74%) Marketing
3 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 5 (21.74%) Roadmaps
4 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
4 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 4 (17.39%) Campaign Management
4 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
4 4 (17.39%) Agile
4 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) Salesforce
5 3 (13.04%) Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Change Management
5 3 (13.04%) HNC
5 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
5 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
5 3 (13.04%) Driving Licence
5 3 (13.04%) Marketo
5 3 (13.04%) Copywriting
5 3 (13.04%) Police
5 3 (13.04%) GDPR
5 3 (13.04%) NVQ Level 4
5 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Product Strategy
6 2 (8.70%) Global Marketing
6 2 (8.70%) Multichannel Marketing

Strategy Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
General
1 14 (60.87%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Marketing
2 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Banking
4 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Police
5 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.35%) Advertising
6 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Legal
6 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Driving Licence
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Project Management
2 5 (21.74%) Roadmaps
3 4 (17.39%) Agile
3 4 (17.39%) Campaign Management
3 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
3 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (17.39%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (13.04%) Change Management
4 3 (13.04%) Copywriting
4 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
5 2 (8.70%) Business Case
5 2 (8.70%) Customer Acquisition
5 2 (8.70%) Global Marketing
5 2 (8.70%) Multichannel Marketing
5 2 (8.70%) Product Strategy
5 2 (8.70%) Programme Management
5 2 (8.70%) Value Proposition
6 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
6 1 (4.35%) Conflict Resolution
6 1 (4.35%) Continuous Deployment
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
1 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) HNC
2 3 (13.04%) NVQ Level 4
3 2 (8.70%) Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.70%) MBA
4 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Marketo
1 3 (13.04%) Salesforce