IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT/Technology Strategy
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands citing IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 66 50
Rank change year-on-year -18 -16 +11
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 5 9 17
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.36% 1.06% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 1.23% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 11
10th Percentile £673 £438 £425
25th Percentile £688 £453 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £492 £455
Median % change year-on-year +47.36% +8.13% -36.14%
75th Percentile £763 £540 £644
90th Percentile £778 £571 £863
England median daily rate £600 £625 £638
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.96% -1.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

IT 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 citing process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 1,050 734 637
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 75.05% 86.66% 84.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 515 392
10th Percentile £225 £215 £267
25th Percentile £378 £350 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £415 £445
Median % change year-on-year +13.61% -6.74% -7.29%
75th Percentile £575 £523 £550
90th Percentile £675 £638 £613
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 65 28
10th Percentile £12.76 £16.17 £14.90
25th Percentile £13.46 £17.87 £17.00
Median hourly rate £17.35 £18.87 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% -18.84% +4.38%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £50.00
90th Percentile £32.45 - £51.50
England median hourly rate £37.24 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +48.07% -37.63% -9.38%

IT Strategy Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IT Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

IT Strategy Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing IT Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing IT Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 October 2026. 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 3 - - 1
Leicestershire - 1 £775 - 3
Nottinghamshire - 1 £675 - 14
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.