Business Strategy Contracts in the South East

Business Strategy
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 121 158
Rank change year-on-year -8 +37 +7
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 69 95 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.26% 1.70% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.91% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 77 60
10th Percentile £304 £436 £407
25th Percentile £550 £525 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +14.29% -0.94%
75th Percentile £742 £713 £625
90th Percentile £785 £730 £651
England median daily rate £650 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 6
10th Percentile £18.00 £34.79 £40.48
25th Percentile £26.73 £42.72 £41.52
Median hourly rate £55.80 £56.89 £46.98
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +21.10% -18.30%
75th Percentile £58.70 £57.83 £54.75
90th Percentile £84.45 - £67.95
England median hourly rate £38.12 £46.75 £50.25
% change year-on-year -18.46% -6.97% +11.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,602 4,986 6,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.21% 89.12% 89.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,674 3,454 4,733
10th Percentile £250 £248 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +1.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £599
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 218 278
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.77 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +47.08% +8.70%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the South East

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the South East

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the South East

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the South East

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Strategy in the South East

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Thames Valley -16 45 £600 -4.00% 35
Berkshire -29 39 £625 -7.41% 17
Surrey +19 11 £513 -10.09% 6
Hampshire -7 8 £738 +22.87% 8
Buckinghamshire +19 4 £550 +17.02% 10
Oxfordshire +9 2 £280 - 8
Kent +8 2 - - 3
East Sussex +1 1 £775 - 4
West Sussex - 1 £130 - 2
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.35%) SAS
2 2 (2.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.45%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Adobe Campaign
1 3 (4.35%) FastStats
1 3 (4.35%) Unica
2 1 (1.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.25%) Azure
2 2 (2.90%) Amazon Neptune
2 2 (2.90%) Amazon S3
2 2 (2.90%) AWS
2 2 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (2.90%) AWS Step Functions
2 2 (2.90%) Serverless
2 2 (2.90%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) VPN
1 3 (4.35%) WAN
2 2 (2.90%) LAN
3 1 (1.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (2.90%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (2.90%) Big Data
1 2 (2.90%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) Cloudera CDH
1 2 (2.90%) Data Lake
1 2 (2.90%) Data Mining
1 2 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.90%) Lumira
1 2 (2.90%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.45%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) JIRA
1 2 (2.90%) kappa
General
1 28 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.74%) Finance
3 13 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.49%) Telecoms
5 8 (11.59%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (7.25%) Legal
7 5 (7.25%) Retail
8 4 (5.80%) Billing
8 4 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
9 3 (4.35%) Marketing
10 2 (2.90%) Military
11 1 (1.45%) Automotive
11 1 (1.45%) Electronics
11 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.45%) Local Government
11 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (17.39%) Consultant
2 10 (14.49%) Senior
3 9 (13.04%) SAP Consultant
4 8 (11.59%) Lead
5 7 (10.14%) Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Business Manager
7 5 (7.25%) Architect
7 5 (7.25%) Product Owner
7 5 (7.25%) Test Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Business Change Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Change Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Portfolio Analyst
8 4 (5.80%) Project Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Senior Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Test Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (4.35%) Senior Project Manager
9 3 (4.35%) Telecoms Analyst
10 2 (2.90%) Data Architect
10 2 (2.90%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 9 (13.04%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.90%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.90%) iPad
4 2 (2.90%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.90%) PMI
4 2 (2.90%) Robotics
5 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Smart Energy
5 1 (1.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.14%) Windows
2 3 (4.35%) Windows 7
3 2 (2.90%) Linux
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (24.64%) Roadmaps
2 15 (21.74%) Agile
3 12 (17.39%) Matrix Organization
4 11 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (14.49%) Regulatory Compliance
5 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (13.04%) Analytics
6 9 (13.04%) Coaching
6 9 (13.04%) PLM
6 9 (13.04%) Risk Management
6 9 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (11.59%) End-to-End Testing
7 8 (11.59%) Information Security
8 7 (10.14%) Contingency Planning
8 7 (10.14%) Product Roadmap
8 7 (10.14%) Project Delivery
9 6 (8.70%) Decision-Making
9 6 (8.70%) People Management
9 6 (8.70%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.70%) Python
2 5 (7.25%) SQL
3 1 (1.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (30.43%) SC Cleared
1 21 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.14%) CIPD
2 7 (10.14%) Degree
3 5 (7.25%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.90%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.90%) PgMP
4 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) GDPR
1 4 (5.80%) PMO
2 3 (4.35%) SLA
3 2 (2.90%) Def Stans
3 2 (2.90%) GRC
4 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.45%) NIST
4 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (17.39%) SAP
2 6 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.35%) Adobe
3 3 (4.35%) Databricks
3 3 (4.35%) Facebook
3 3 (4.35%) Google
3 3 (4.35%) Snapchat
4 1 (1.45%) BT
4 1 (1.45%) Citrix
4 1 (1.45%) Computacenter
4 1 (1.45%) Sparx