IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in East London

IT/Technology Strategy
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 20 32
Rank change year-on-year -2 +12 -
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 1 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.90% 2.61% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 2.68% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £628
25th Percentile £513 - £629
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £630
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £538 - £773
90th Percentile - - £858
London median daily rate £625 £650 £581
% change year-on-year -3.85% +11.83% -13.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East London

IT 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 94 112 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 84.68% 97.39% 93.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 91 166
10th Percentile £312 £285 £300
25th Percentile £412 £415 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £540 £539
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% +0.23% +0.89%
75th Percentile £678 £586 £625
90th Percentile £775 £630 £758
London median daily rate £536 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.64% - -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 13
10th Percentile £20.25 £18.00 -
25th Percentile £21.85 £26.63 £11.95
Median hourly rate £24.43 £32.00 £23.32
Median % change year-on-year -23.67% +37.22% +3.71%
75th Percentile £26.44 £38.50 £25.66
90th Percentile £28.00 £49.00 £37.92
London median hourly rate £37.50 £32.89 £30.00
% change year-on-year +14.02% +9.63% -25.93%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in East London

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing IT Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in East London

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 East London region over the 6 months to 30 June 2026. 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
Greenwich - 1 £525 -
IT Strategy
London

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) BYOD
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft