Business Strategy Contracts in the South West

Business Strategy
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 130 118
Rank change year-on-year +17 -12 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 45 31 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.37% 0.92% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 1.03% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 24 27
10th Percentile - £521 £412
25th Percentile £625 £563 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +15.66%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £700
90th Percentile £765 £759 £788
England median daily rate £650 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £40.76
25th Percentile - £24.75 £48.32
Median hourly rate - £26.50 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year - -56.50% -
75th Percentile - £28.25 £60.93
90th Percentile - - £60.93
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
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,703 3,014 3,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.03% 89.09% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,694 2,171 2,322
10th Percentile £244 £313 £300
25th Percentile £403 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 317 204
10th Percentile £13.83 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.44 £15.40 £23.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +18.29% +8.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £63.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.31 £68.90
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the South West over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Wiltshire +24 34 £650 - 2
Dorset +6 5 £763 +7.02% 4
Gloucestershire -4 4 £725 +18.37% 11
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.89%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 31 (68.89%) PaaS
2 27 (60.00%) Cloud Computing
2 27 (60.00%) IaaS
2 27 (60.00%) SaaS
3 11 (24.44%) Azure
4 6 (13.33%) AWS
4 6 (13.33%) GCP
4 6 (13.33%) OpenShift
5 2 (4.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 32 (71.11%) LAN
1 32 (71.11%) WAN
2 6 (13.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Bitbucket
2 4 (8.89%) JIRA
3 2 (4.44%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.33%) Finance
2 6 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Advertising
4 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.22%) Marketing
4 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (88.89%) Architect
2 27 (60.00%) Network Architect
3 5 (11.11%) Technical Architect
4 4 (8.89%) Automation Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Office Automation Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.22%) Analyst
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Architect
6 1 (2.22%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (2.22%) Digital Marketing Manager
6 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
6 1 (2.22%) Marketing Manager
6 1 (2.22%) Planning Manager
6 1 (2.22%) Salesforce Architect
6 1 (2.22%) Salesforce Solution Architect
6 1 (2.22%) Service Architect
6 1 (2.22%) Software Architect
6 1 (2.22%) Software Design Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) ModSecurity
2 5 (11.11%) Middleware
3 4 (8.89%) .NET
3 4 (8.89%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 27 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 11 (24.44%) Public Cloud
3 6 (13.33%) Security Posture
4 5 (11.11%) Product Ownership
5 4 (8.89%) PKI
6 1 (2.22%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.00%) Linux
2 5 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (60.00%) Network Management
1 27 (60.00%) Open Source
1 27 (60.00%) Zero Trust
2 14 (31.11%) IT Strategy
3 13 (28.89%) Agile
4 12 (26.67%) TOGAF
5 11 (24.44%) Architectural Patterns
5 11 (24.44%) Technology Strategy
6 9 (20.00%) Waterfall
7 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (13.33%) ArchiMate
8 6 (13.33%) CI/CD
8 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (13.33%) ITIL
8 6 (13.33%) NsoIT
9 5 (11.11%) Machine Learning
9 5 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (8.89%) DevSecOps
10 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (8.89%) Office Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) PowerShell
1 6 (13.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (82.22%) Security Cleared
2 30 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 8 (17.78%) Degree
4 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.89%) HND
5 4 (8.89%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) QA
2 2 (4.44%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Docker
1 6 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (13.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (13.33%) Ansible
1 6 (13.33%) Kubernetes
1 6 (13.33%) OPNET
2 4 (8.89%) PowerCLI
2 4 (8.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (13.33%) Atlassian
1 6 (13.33%) Google
1 6 (13.33%) VMware
2 4 (8.89%) Cisco
2 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.22%) Databricks
3 1 (2.22%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.22%) Salesforce