IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in the East of England

IT/Technology Strategy
England > East of England

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 84 96
Rank change year-on-year -21 +12 -1
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 11 13 7
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.50% 1.03% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.17% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 3
10th Percentile - £628 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% +44.44% -
75th Percentile £544 - £519
90th Percentile £575 £673 £560
England median daily rate £575 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,717 1,114 1,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.76% 88.41% 83.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 837 520 517
10th Percentile £190 £200 £200
25th Percentile £383 £364 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £589 £575 £551
90th Percentile £680 £650 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 264 501
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £16.45 £17.98 £15.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.94 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £81.88 £70.00
England median hourly rate £44.23 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +75.86% -40.82% -

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in the East of England

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IT Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IT Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 6 August 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
Hertfordshire -9 8 £510 -24.44% 8
Suffolk - 2 £563 -
Cambridgeshire +3 1 £550 -15.38% 3
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Business Applications
1 7 (63.64%) SAP CO
1 7 (63.64%) SAP FI
1 7 (63.64%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) PMO Manager
1 7 (63.64%) PMO Project Manager
1 7 (63.64%) Project Manager
2 6 (54.55%) SAP Manager
2 6 (54.55%) SAP PMO Manager
2 6 (54.55%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Head of IT
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 2 (18.18%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
3 2 (18.18%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
3 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
3 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) ISACA
2 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) PMO
2 2 (18.18%) ITGC
3 1 (9.09%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Zscaler