IT Strategy Contracts in the South East

IT/Technology Strategy
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 183 198
Rank change year-on-year +14 +15 -28
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 32 38 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.58% 0.65% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.73% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 28 43
10th Percentile £313 £442 £397
25th Percentile £400 £509 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £628 £517
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +21.37% +6.05%
75th Percentile £611 £728 £638
90th Percentile £683 £816 £708
England median daily rate £589 £645 £625
% change year-on-year -8.63% +3.20% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,683 5,187 6,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.85% 89.29% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,599 4,696
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £404 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 219 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £15.72
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.71
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £62.70
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the South East

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in the South East

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in the South East

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in the South East

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Thames Valley +9 20 £525 - 9
Berkshire +6 13 £400 -34.69% 6
Buckinghamshire +19 5 £643 +28.61% 3
Surrey +6 5 £325 -55.93% 6
Hampshire +5 3 £589 +20.51% 3
Oxfordshire - 2 £525 -
East Sussex +4 1 £775 +10.71% 1
West Sussex - 1 £550 - 3
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.25%) nginx
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (6.25%) Sage X3
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) AWS
3 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) GCP
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (6.25%) Firewall
1 2 (6.25%) SAN
1 2 (6.25%) WAN
1 2 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) MySQL
1 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 10 (31.25%) Finance
2 5 (15.63%) Retail
2 5 (15.63%) Telecoms
3 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Banking
5 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (56.25%) Architect
2 13 (40.63%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (21.88%) Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Senior
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Architect
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 4 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Business Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Lead Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Chief Technology Officer
6 2 (6.25%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Digital Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Digital Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Senior VMware Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) EDI
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) RESTful
2 1 (3.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.38%) Public Cloud
3 2 (6.25%) CCTV
3 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.25%) Robotics
3 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) EPoS
4 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Android
2 2 (6.25%) Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Mac OS
2 2 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Ubuntu
2 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (62.50%) Roadmaps
2 12 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (31.25%) Technology Strategy
4 8 (25.00%) Coaching
4 8 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 7 (21.88%) Service Delivery
6 6 (18.75%) Data Management
6 6 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (18.75%) Project Management
6 6 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (15.63%) Agile
8 4 (12.50%) Data Migration
8 4 (12.50%) ITIL
8 4 (12.50%) Migration
8 4 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (12.50%) TOGAF
9 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (9.38%) Product Roadmap
9 3 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) C#
2 1 (3.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) ACCA
3 4 (12.50%) CIMA
3 4 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) CCNP
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (9.38%) MCSE
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) QA
2 3 (9.38%) NCSC
2 3 (9.38%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (6.25%) PaperCut
1 2 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) VMware
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Sun
3 2 (6.25%) Aruba
3 2 (6.25%) Cisco
3 2 (6.25%) HP
3 2 (6.25%) Nimble Storage
3 2 (6.25%) Red Hat
3 2 (6.25%) Sage
3 2 (6.25%) Veeam
3 2 (6.25%) WatchGuard
4 1 (3.13%) BT
4 1 (3.13%) Oracle