Business Strategy Contracts with Work from Home Options

Business Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 223 234
Rank change year-on-year +86 +11 +54
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 241 289 514
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.57% 1.12% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.24% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 177 350
10th Percentile £356 £475 £431
25th Percentile £443 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £738 £721 £725
90th Percentile £902 £875 £823
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £586
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.39% +3.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 4 3
10th Percentile £22.02 £39.95 £44.38
25th Percentile - £54.13 £50.59
Median hourly rate £38.12 £64.25 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year -40.67% +5.47% +1.53%
75th Percentile - £66.94 £60.93
90th Percentile - £67.28 £60.93
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,483 23,229 40,650
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.87% 89.84% 91.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,996 16,418 29,502
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 579 532 548
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.23 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -

Business Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Strategy trend for jobs with a WFH option

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Strategy.

Business Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Strategy over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Business Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Strategy.

Business Strategy hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Strategy over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Business Strategy hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (1.24%) Confluence
1 3 (1.24%) SAS
2 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Adobe Campaign
1 3 (1.24%) FastStats
1 3 (1.24%) Unica
2 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.41%) SAP GTS
2 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 23 (9.54%) Azure
2 14 (5.81%) SaaS
3 9 (3.73%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.49%) AWS
5 5 (2.07%) GCP
5 5 (2.07%) IaaS
5 5 (2.07%) PaaS
6 4 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.24%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.24%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.83%) Asana
8 2 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.83%) Azure Pipelines
8 2 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.41%) Figma
9 1 (0.41%) Serverless
9 1 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.73%) VPN
2 7 (2.90%) LAN
2 7 (2.90%) WAN
3 4 (1.66%) Network Security
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.41%) Firewall
4 1 (0.41%) Internet
4 1 (0.41%) Intranet
4 1 (0.41%) OSPF
4 1 (0.41%) Spanning Tree
4 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.41%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.32%) Power BI
2 3 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.83%) Big Data
3 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.83%) Metadata
3 2 (0.83%) OLAP
3 2 (0.83%) OLTP
4 1 (0.41%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.41%) Power Query
4 1 (0.41%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.90%) JIRA
2 3 (1.24%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.41%) kappa
General
1 104 (43.15%) Finance
1 104 (43.15%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.48%) Influencing Skills
3 54 (22.41%) Organisational Skills
4 36 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.54%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.22%) Banking
7 14 (5.81%) Legal
8 12 (4.98%) Marketing
8 12 (4.98%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.32%) Front Office
10 7 (2.90%) Law
11 6 (2.49%) German Language
11 6 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.49%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.49%) Police
12 5 (2.07%) Electronics
12 5 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.66%) Retail
14 3 (1.24%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 54 (22.41%) Architect
2 30 (12.45%) Analyst
3 17 (7.05%) Lead
4 16 (6.64%) Solutions Architect
5 14 (5.81%) Business Analyst
6 12 (4.98%) Senior
7 11 (4.56%) Security Architect
7 11 (4.56%) Technical Architect
8 10 (4.15%) Consultant
9 9 (3.73%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.32%) Cloud Architect
11 7 (2.90%) Azure Architect
11 7 (2.90%) Business Architect
11 7 (2.90%) Business Consultant
11 7 (2.90%) Development Manager
11 7 (2.90%) Product Owner
11 7 (2.90%) Strategy Consultant
12 6 (2.49%) Change Manager
12 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Architect
12 6 (2.49%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.32%) Middleware
2 3 (1.24%) Node.js
2 3 (1.24%) React
3 2 (0.83%) OAuth
3 2 (0.83%) Spring
3 2 (0.83%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.41%) .NET
4 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (0.41%) DAO
4 1 (0.41%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.41%) OpenID
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.41%) PySpark
4 1 (0.41%) REST
4 1 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.22%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.81%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.32%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.49%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.07%) Credit Risk
5 5 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.66%) PMI
7 3 (1.24%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.24%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.83%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.83%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.83%) NHS
8 2 (0.83%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.41%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.41%) Life Science
9 1 (0.41%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.41%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.41%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.71%) Windows
2 8 (3.32%) Linux
2 8 (3.32%) Windows 7
3 3 (1.24%) Solaris
3 3 (1.24%) Unix
3 3 (1.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (28.63%) Project Management
2 58 (24.07%) Agile
3 48 (19.92%) Business Development
4 45 (18.67%) Roadmaps
5 31 (12.86%) IT Strategy
6 26 (10.79%) Technology Strategy
7 24 (9.96%) Information Security
8 23 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (9.13%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (8.71%) Analytics
11 20 (8.30%) Decision-Making
11 20 (8.30%) Enterprise Architecture
12 18 (7.47%) Coaching
12 18 (7.47%) Migration
12 18 (7.47%) Project Delivery
13 17 (7.05%) Business Case
13 17 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (6.64%) Business Intelligence
15 14 (5.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.73%) SQL
2 7 (2.90%) Java
3 6 (2.49%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.49%) Python
4 3 (1.24%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.83%) VBA
6 1 (0.41%) C#
6 1 (0.41%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (12.86%) Security Cleared
2 24 (9.96%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.47%) Degree
4 7 (2.90%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.07%) CTC Cleared
6 4 (1.66%) CIPD
7 3 (1.24%) PMP
8 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.83%) CISSP
8 2 (0.83%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.83%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.83%) MBA
8 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.41%) CCSK
9 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.56%) QA
3 10 (4.15%) GDPR
3 10 (4.15%) NIST
4 8 (3.32%) SLA
5 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.83%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.83%) PMO
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.41%) IASME
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.41%) NCSC
Vendors
1 32 (13.28%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.73%) SAP
3 8 (3.32%) Oracle
4 7 (2.90%) Google
5 6 (2.49%) Computacenter
5 6 (2.49%) Databricks
5 6 (2.49%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.24%) Adobe
6 3 (1.24%) Facebook
6 3 (1.24%) Snapchat
6 3 (1.24%) Workday
7 1 (0.41%) Citrix
7 1 (0.41%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.41%) F5
7 1 (0.41%) Marketo
7 1 (0.41%) Okta
7 1 (0.41%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.41%) Qualys
7 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.41%) Sparx