IT Strategy Contracts in the City of London

IT/Technology Strategy
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for IT Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IT Strategy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 153 158
Rank change year-on-year +57 +5 -20
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 29 19 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.32% 0.52% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 0.57% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 29
10th Percentile £410 £565 £503
25th Percentile £445 £600 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% - +13.29%
75th Percentile £813 £780 £725
90th Percentile £950 £865 £822
Central London median daily rate £575 £650 £647
% change year-on-year -11.54% +0.54% +8.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

IT 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 City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,993 3,339 3,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.51% 91.81% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,406 2,252 2,942
10th Percentile £359 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 23 41
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the City of London

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in the City of London

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in the City of London

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in the City of London

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.45%) Primavera
2 1 (3.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (48.28%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
4 4 (13.79%) IaaS
4 4 (13.79%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.45%) Azure API Management
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (3.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) DNS
1 5 (17.24%) Firewall
2 4 (13.79%) MPLS
3 3 (10.34%) WAN
4 2 (6.90%) LAN
4 2 (6.90%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.45%) SAN
5 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.45%) Metadata
1 1 (3.45%) OLAP
1 1 (3.45%) OLTP
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) GitLab
2 1 (3.45%) Katalon Studio
General
1 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) French Language
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.45%) Front Office
5 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Local Government
5 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Architect
2 6 (20.69%) Senior
3 5 (17.24%) Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Senior Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Senior Microsoft Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Lead
7 1 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Digital Architect
7 1 (3.45%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Risk Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Senior User Researcher
7 1 (3.45%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.45%) DAO
1 1 (3.45%) Middleware
1 1 (3.45%) Node.js
1 1 (3.45%) React
1 1 (3.45%) REST
1 1 (3.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.45%) Blog
2 1 (3.45%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.90%) Linux
4 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Roadmaps
2 12 (41.38%) Agile
3 10 (34.48%) Business Strategy
4 9 (31.03%) Technology Strategy
5 8 (27.59%) Strategic Roadmap
6 6 (20.69%) CRM
6 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (17.24%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (17.24%) Business Transformation
7 5 (17.24%) Case Management
7 5 (17.24%) Data Ingestion
7 5 (17.24%) Data Loss Prevention
7 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
8 4 (13.79%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (13.79%) Identity Management
8 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (13.79%) Project Management
8 4 (13.79%) Time Management
9 3 (10.34%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
1 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) CCSK
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.45%) CISSP
2 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.45%) PMP
2 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) NIST
2 2 (6.90%) QA
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
1 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (13.79%) SCCM
2 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Citrix
2 5 (17.24%) VMware
3 4 (13.79%) Okta
4 1 (3.45%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.45%) Oracle