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 requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 60 55
Rank change year-on-year -15 -5 +9
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 7 9 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.60% 1.19% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.39% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 9
10th Percentile - £431 £441
25th Percentile £764 £452 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £828 £487 £455
Median % change year-on-year +70.05% +6.95% -25.71%
75th Percentile £891 £529 £500
90th Percentile - £544 £865
England median daily rate £563 £613 £650
% change year-on-year -8.16% -5.77% +2.97%

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 882 649 628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 75.84% 85.96% 78.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 450 425
10th Percentile £213 £225 £250
25th Percentile £400 £336 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £410 £449
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -8.69% -5.47%
75th Percentile £572 £500 £567
90th Percentile £650 £600 £622
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 57 46
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.30 £12.28
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.87 £12.94
Median hourly rate £18.31 £20.50 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.68% +15.49% -60.34%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £47.50 £25.69 £50.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%

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 26 July 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire 0 6 - - 1
Leicestershire - 1 £828 - 1
IT Strategy
England

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Architect
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (14.29%) Technology Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) IoT
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP