Technology Strategy Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Technology Strategy
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Technology Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 116 129
Rank change year-on-year +16 +13 +50
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 19 7 16
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.12% 0.33% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.36% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 13
10th Percentile £459 - £405
25th Percentile £518 £675 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - -2.81%
75th Percentile £726 £744 £775
90th Percentile £751 £778 £895
Central London median daily rate £675 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.57% - -2.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Technology 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 City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,601 1,928 2,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.29% 91.63% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,184 1,769
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £763 £786 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 18
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +36.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £51.06
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £70.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -36.22%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technology Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Technology Strategy job vacancy trend in the City of London

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Technology Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy in the City of London over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Strategy in the City of London

Technology Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Technology Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) AWS
2 5 (26.32%) Azure
3 3 (15.79%) GCP
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.26%) SaaS
4 1 (5.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) LAN
1 1 (5.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) DynamoDB
1 1 (5.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) CircleCI
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Legal
3 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Back Office
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Military
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.26%) AWS Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Data Governance Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Governance Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Information Governance Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Information Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
1 1 (5.26%) Node.js
1 1 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
1 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
1 2 (10.53%) Public Cloud
1 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
1 2 (10.53%) Taxonomies
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.26%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (5.26%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) IT Strategy
2 7 (36.84%) Roadmaps
3 3 (15.79%) Agile
3 3 (15.79%) Analytics
3 3 (15.79%) Business Strategy
3 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning
3 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.53%) AI
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (10.53%) Data Security
4 2 (10.53%) DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (10.53%) ERP
4 2 (10.53%) Information Governance
4 2 (10.53%) Microservices
4 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
4 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) TypeScript
2 1 (5.26%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) EU AI Act
1 2 (10.53%) GDPR
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Terraform
2 1 (5.26%) Grafana
2 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Databricks
2 1 (5.26%) Google