Data Strategist Contracts

Data Strategist
UK

The median Data Strategist daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 679 832
Rank change year-on-year +105 +153 -107
Contract jobs requiring a Data Strategist 5 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.009% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.009% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £620 £305 £408
25th Percentile £650 £350 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £413 £575
Median % change year-on-year +69.70% -28.26% -21.37%
75th Percentile £750 £500 £625
90th Percentile £780 £613 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £725

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 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Data Strategist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategist in the UK

Data Strategist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Strategist.

Daily rate trend for Data Strategist in the UK

Data Strategist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Strategist over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Strategist in the UK

Data Strategist
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Strategist within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
London +101 5 £700 +69.70% 2
England +97 5 £700 +69.70% 2
Work from Home +110 3 - -

Data Strategist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Data Strategist 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 Data Strategist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Data Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Storytelling
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Adobe
4 2 (40.00%) Automotive
4 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 2 (40.00%) Data Management
4 2 (40.00%) Adobe Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Product Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Objectives and Key Results
5 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Information Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) GDPR
5 1 (20.00%) Personalization
5 1 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (20.00%) Business Case
5 1 (20.00%) Economics
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint

Data Strategist 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe Analytics
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Automotive
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Storytelling
4 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 2 (40.00%) Data Management
4 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (40.00%) Objectives and Key Results
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Product Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Business Case
5 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
5 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Information Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) Personalization
5 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft