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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 81 102
Rank change year-on-year -16 +21 +3
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 12 6 9
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.54% 0.61% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.67% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £663 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £675 £513
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +31.71% +7.89%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £588
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £560 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% -7.69%

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 1,750 893 1,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.83% 90.20% 83.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 892 458 672
10th Percentile £198 £225 £205
25th Percentile £381 £383 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £681 £675 £667
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 178 614
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.93 £15.53
Median hourly rate £27.74 £37.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.52% -5.63% +81.82%
75th Percentile £68.75 £72.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.30 £75.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.60 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.08% -23.73% +3.81%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the East of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in the East of England

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 7 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
Hertfordshire -12 8 £510 -24.44% 8
Bedfordshire -10 4 £650 -
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 (58.33%) SAP CO
1 7 (58.33%) SAP FI
1 7 (58.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) PMO Manager
1 7 (58.33%) PMO Project Manager
1 7 (58.33%) Project Manager
2 6 (50.00%) SAP Manager
2 6 (50.00%) SAP PMO Manager
2 6 (50.00%) SAP Project Manager
3 4 (33.33%) Architect
3 4 (33.33%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Procurement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 4 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) PDA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (41.67%) Technology Strategy
3 4 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 4 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) PMO
2 4 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (33.33%) Def Stans
2 4 (33.33%) NIST
3 2 (16.67%) ITGC
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) SAP
2 4 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft