Technology Strategy Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Technology Strategy
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Technology Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 79 103
Rank change year-on-year -17 +24 +10
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 7 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.44% 0.26% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.31% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £525 - £443
25th Percentile £547 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.71%
75th Percentile £669 - £644
90th Percentile £766 - £648
England median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,349 956 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.42% 84.15% 88.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 409 791
10th Percentile £194 £240 £226
25th Percentile £363 £338 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 183 349
10th Percentile £14.25 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.45 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.75 £30.00 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year -30.83% +39.79% -2.45%
75th Percentile £61.18 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.20 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Technology Strategy job vacancy trend in the East of England

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Strategy in the East of England

Technology Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Technology 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 Technology Strategy within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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 -19 4 £550 - 5
Bedfordshire - 2 £638 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £650 - 1
Technology Strategy
England

Technology 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Procurement Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) PDA
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) IT Strategy
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) AI
3 3 (42.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (42.86%) Generative AI
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
4 2 (28.57%) Natural Language Processing
4 2 (28.57%) Predictive Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 2 (28.57%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 2 (28.57%) Use Case
4 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (14.29%) Def Stans
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Workday