Business Strategy Contracts in the North West

Business Strategy
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Business Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 108 138
Rank change year-on-year +35 +30 -23
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 63 42 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.26% 1.39% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 1.55% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 23 34
10th Percentile £428 £456 £387
25th Percentile £554 £469 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £500 £583
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -14.22% +30.98%
75th Percentile £689 £706 £744
90th Percentile £738 £725 £800
England median daily rate £650 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 1
10th Percentile - £29.30 -
25th Percentile - £41.25 £28.50
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year - +46.55% -59.14%
75th Percentile - £48.00 £29.50
90th Percentile - £49.52 -
England median hourly rate £38.12 £42.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year -10.31% -17.87% +54.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Business Strategy 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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,341 2,704 3,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.85% 89.77% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,900 2,591
10th Percentile £310 £313 £241
25th Percentile £401 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £660
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 142 155
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.02 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.13 £20.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.54 £23.70
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +28.86% +30.83%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.75 £52.63
90th Percentile £66.61 £59.08 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Manchester +19 26 £600 +9.09% 28
Cheshire +13 20 £570 +6.05% 7
Cumbria - 10 £669 - 2
Lancashire -7 3 £593 - 2
Merseyside +11 2 - - 10
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.94%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.22%) Network Security
2 4 (6.35%) LAN
3 3 (4.76%) Firewall
3 3 (4.76%) Intranet
3 3 (4.76%) VPN
3 3 (4.76%) WAN
4 1 (1.59%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 10 (15.87%) Banking
1 10 (15.87%) Finance
2 6 (9.52%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.76%) Investment Banking
3 3 (4.76%) Marketing
3 3 (4.76%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.17%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.17%) Billing
4 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.59%) Aviation
5 1 (1.59%) Games
5 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (55.56%) Architect
2 21 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 15 (23.81%) Analyst
4 14 (22.22%) Security Architect
5 11 (17.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (12.70%) Test Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Integration Architect
7 5 (7.94%) Telephony Architect
8 4 (6.35%) Business Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Developer
8 4 (6.35%) Project Manager
8 4 (6.35%) Salesforce Developer
9 3 (4.76%) Commercial Architect
9 3 (4.76%) Lead
9 3 (4.76%) Network Architect
9 3 (4.76%) Network Security Architect
9 3 (4.76%) Payments Architect
9 3 (4.76%) Payments Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.76%) Security Analyst
9 3 (4.76%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.94%) RAML
1 5 (7.94%) REST
1 5 (7.94%) SOAP
2 2 (3.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.59%) CCTV
2 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (42.86%) IT Strategy
2 20 (31.75%) Enterprise Architecture
3 19 (30.16%) Technology Strategy
4 16 (25.40%) Roadmaps
5 15 (23.81%) Strategic Roadmap
6 13 (20.63%) Information Security
6 13 (20.63%) Risk Management
6 13 (20.63%) Security Architecture
7 12 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (19.05%) Data Protection
7 12 (19.05%) Project Delivery
8 11 (17.46%) Business Continuity
8 11 (17.46%) Data Privacy
8 11 (17.46%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (17.46%) Service Delivery
9 10 (15.87%) Cryptography
9 10 (15.87%) Migration
9 10 (15.87%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (14.29%) Agile
11 8 (12.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared
1 6 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.35%) Degree
3 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (28.57%) NIST
2 13 (20.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (15.87%) Accessibility
4 3 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (4.76%) IASME
5 2 (3.17%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft
1 4 (6.35%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.17%) Mitel
2 2 (3.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (1.59%) Cisco
3 1 (1.59%) Palo Alto