IT Strategy Contracts in the West Midlands

IT/Technology Strategy
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 86 130 156
Rank change year-on-year +44 +26 -41
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 23 10 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.19% 0.42% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 0.47% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 13
10th Percentile £561 £313 £420
25th Percentile £638 £350 £593
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £538 £675
Median % change year-on-year +39.34% -20.26% +22.73%
75th Percentile £906 £700 £775
90th Percentile £930 £768 £798
England median daily rate £589 £645 £625
% change year-on-year -8.63% +3.20% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
England median hourly rate £30.12 £24.92 £17.50
% change year-on-year +20.88% +42.39% +27.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,617 2,114 3,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.00% 88.67% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,452 2,361
10th Percentile £275 £263 £270
25th Percentile £375 £401 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +5.03% +17.47%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 69
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £51.25 £22.05
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 West Midlands

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +13 12 £775 +64.89% 7
Coventry +16 5 £573 -36.39% 1
Warwickshire +5 4 £875 +71.07%
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) SaaS
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.70%) Serverless
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.35%) IaaS
4 1 (4.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) LAN
1 2 (8.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 2 (8.70%) Metadata
1 2 (8.70%) OLAP
1 2 (8.70%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) kappa
General
1 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Local Government
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Architect
2 13 (56.52%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Data Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Data Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Integration Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Director
5 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Integration Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Head of Architecture
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Lead Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Security Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (8.70%) Middleware
2 1 (4.35%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Product Ownership
2 3 (13.04%) Operational Technology
3 2 (8.70%) IoT
3 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.70%) Public Cloud
3 2 (8.70%) Taxonomies
4 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Technology Strategy
2 14 (60.87%) Business Strategy
3 12 (52.17%) Agile
4 11 (47.83%) Roadmaps
5 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (26.09%) Data Management
5 6 (26.09%) Data Modelling
6 5 (21.74%) Analytics
6 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (21.74%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (21.74%) Project Management
6 5 (21.74%) SDLC
6 5 (21.74%) TOGAF
7 4 (17.39%) Data Strategy
7 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
8 3 (13.04%) Architecture Roadmap
8 3 (13.04%) Master Data Management
8 3 (13.04%) Portfolio Management
8 3 (13.04%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) C#
1 1 (4.35%) PHP
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.35%) PMP
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (8.70%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Databricks
2 2 (8.70%) SAP