Technology Strategy Contracts in the West Midlands

Technology Strategy
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Technology Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 134 164
Rank change year-on-year +42 +30 -39
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 17 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.88% 0.21% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.24% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 11
10th Percentile £593 - £603
25th Percentile £650 £663 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £688 £700
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% -1.79% +27.27%
75th Percentile £925 £756 £750
90th Percentile £970 £858 £775
England median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Technology 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 2,107 3,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.00% 88.53% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,446 2,363
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +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 71
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.81
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 £22.25
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in the West Midlands

Technology Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Technology Strategy in the West Midlands

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Strategy in the West Midlands

Technology 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 Technology Strategy within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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 +17 9 £850 +21.43% 3
Warwickshire +5 3 £750 +11.11%
Coventry +15 2 £450 -50.00% 2
Technology Strategy
England

Technology 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 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) SaaS
3 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.88%) IaaS
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) LAN
1 2 (11.76%) WAN
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Lead
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Integration Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Digital Director
5 1 (5.88%) Head of Architecture
5 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
5 1 (5.88%) IT Director
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Presales Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (11.76%) Middleware
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
1 2 (11.76%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Grid Computing
2 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) IT Strategy
2 12 (70.59%) Business Strategy
3 10 (58.82%) Agile
4 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
5 5 (29.41%) Project Management
6 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (17.65%) Analytics
7 3 (17.65%) Architecture Roadmap
7 3 (17.65%) Machine Learning
7 3 (17.65%) Matrix Organization
7 3 (17.65%) SDLC
8 2 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
8 2 (11.76%) Community of Practice
8 2 (11.76%) Contract Management
8 2 (11.76%) Data Strategy
8 2 (11.76%) Operational Acceptance Testing
8 2 (11.76%) Platform Engineering
8 2 (11.76%) Product Roadmap
8 2 (11.76%) Strategic Roadmap
8 2 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) PHP
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Databricks
2 2 (11.76%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) VMware