IT Strategy Contracts in the Thames Valley

IT/Technology Strategy
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 133 140
Rank change year-on-year +19 +7 -12
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 20 17 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.75% 0.59% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.64% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 19
10th Percentile - £425 £453
25th Percentile £400 £473 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £566
Median % change year-on-year - -7.24% +16.10%
75th Percentile £643 £604 £628
90th Percentile £694 £700 £690
South East median daily rate £525 £664 £517
% change year-on-year -20.90% +28.38% +6.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,314 2,662 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.03% 91.76% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,857 2,108
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 63 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the Thames Valley

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in the Thames Valley

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in the Thames Valley

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in the Thames Valley

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Berkshire +8 13 £400 -34.69% 7
Buckinghamshire +20 5 £643 +28.61% 4
Oxfordshire - 2 £525 - 1
IT Strategy
South East

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (10.00%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Sage X3
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) PaaS
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (10.00%) Firewall
1 2 (10.00%) SAN
1 2 (10.00%) WAN
1 2 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) MySQL
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Retail
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Architect
2 10 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Lead
3 3 (15.00%) Lead Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Chief Technology Officer
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Digital Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Senior VMware Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.00%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) EDI
2 1 (5.00%) RESTful
2 1 (5.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.00%) Public Cloud
3 2 (10.00%) CCTV
3 2 (10.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (10.00%) Robotics
3 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Android
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Ubuntu
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (35.00%) Coaching
2 7 (35.00%) Mentoring
2 7 (35.00%) Service Delivery
3 6 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 6 (30.00%) Technology Strategy
4 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (20.00%) ITIL
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (20.00%) TOGAF
6 3 (15.00%) Agile
6 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) DevOps
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.00%) Product Roadmap
7 2 (10.00%) Architecture Governance
7 2 (10.00%) Business Strategy
7 2 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
7 2 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) CCNP
4 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (15.00%) MCSE
4 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) QA
2 3 (15.00%) NCSC
2 3 (15.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (10.00%) PaperCut
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) VMware
2 2 (10.00%) Aruba
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco
2 2 (10.00%) HP
2 2 (10.00%) Nimble Storage
2 2 (10.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (10.00%) Sage
2 2 (10.00%) Veeam
2 2 (10.00%) WatchGuard
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle