IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in England

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 313 260
Rank change year-on-year -46 -53 +103
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 235 176 319
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.72% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.79% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 101 223
10th Percentile £413 £413 £400
25th Percentile £463 £525 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £589
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +10.30% -8.63%
75th Percentile £734 £750 £738
90th Percentile £950 £800 £848
UK median daily rate £560 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £26.52 - -
25th Percentile £37.39 - -
Median hourly rate £74.75 £100.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -25.25% +232.01% +20.88%
75th Percentile £84.50 - -
90th Percentile £94.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £74.75 £100.00 £30.12
% change year-on-year -25.25% +232.01% -19.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 34,120 22,289 31,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 91.13% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,809 14,625 20,976
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,143 919 2,227
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.74 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 £30.45 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.50% -13.00% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £29.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.08% -16.71% -6.27%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in England

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Strategy in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London -43 117 £606 -8.49% 96
North of England -55 44 £485 -19.17% 55
South East -55 32 £640 -1.54% 52
North West -27 24 £496 -9.82% 42
Midlands -53 21 £542 -11.51% 28
Yorkshire -46 19 £481 +35.26% 10
East Midlands -26 11 £536 - 7
West Midlands -55 10 £542 -11.51% 21
East of England -31 9 £600 -4.00% 18
South West -40 5 £713 +14.00% 15
North East -20 1 - - 4
IT Strategy
UK

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.98%) Confluence
2 5 (2.13%) SAS
2 5 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.28%) CMS
4 2 (0.85%) Apache
4 2 (0.85%) Camunda
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.85%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
1 2 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) SAP CO
1 4 (1.70%) SAP FI
1 4 (1.70%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 72 (30.64%) Azure
2 54 (22.98%) AWS
3 28 (11.91%) SaaS
4 22 (9.36%) GCP
5 20 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (5.11%) IaaS
7 10 (4.26%) PaaS
8 7 (2.98%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.55%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.28%) Google Gemini
11 3 (1.28%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.85%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.85%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.85%) Serverless
12 2 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
13 1 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.96%) Firewall
2 9 (3.83%) LAN
3 8 (3.40%) Network Security
4 6 (2.55%) WAN
4 6 (2.55%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (2.13%) VSAN
6 4 (1.70%) DHCP
6 4 (1.70%) DNS
7 3 (1.28%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.85%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.85%) SAN
8 2 (0.85%) VPN
9 1 (0.43%) BGP
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.43%) HTTP
9 1 (0.43%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.43%) OSPF
9 1 (0.43%) SMS
9 1 (0.43%) SSL
9 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.13%) Power BI
3 3 (1.28%) Metadata
4 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.85%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.43%) Looker
5 1 (0.43%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (0.43%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) Stardog
5 1 (0.43%) Tableau
5 1 (0.43%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 9 (3.83%) JIRA
2 8 (3.40%) Jaeger
3 2 (0.85%) Postman
General
1 79 (33.62%) Finance
2 69 (29.36%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (12.34%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.09%) Banking
6 16 (6.81%) Financial Institution
7 13 (5.53%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (5.53%) Legal
8 7 (2.98%) Retail
8 7 (2.98%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.55%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.13%) Corporate Banking
10 5 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.28%) Marketing
13 2 (0.85%) Aviation
13 2 (0.85%) Back Office
13 2 (0.85%) Local Government
13 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (40.00%) Architect
2 27 (11.49%) Senior
3 26 (11.06%) Solutions Architect
4 24 (10.21%) Technical Architect
5 17 (7.23%) Analyst
5 17 (7.23%) Lead
6 11 (4.68%) Enterprise Architect
7 9 (3.83%) Network Architect
7 9 (3.83%) Product Owner
8 8 (3.40%) Business Analyst
8 8 (3.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 8 (3.40%) Project Manager
9 7 (2.98%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 7 (2.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.55%) Consultant
10 6 (2.55%) Head of IT
10 6 (2.55%) IT Manager
10 6 (2.55%) SAP Manager
10 6 (2.55%) Senior Architect
10 6 (2.55%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.66%) Middleware
2 9 (3.83%) Kafka
3 8 (3.40%) OpenTelemetry
3 8 (3.40%) REST
3 8 (3.40%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.70%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.70%) OAuth
4 4 (1.70%) SOAP
5 3 (1.28%) .NET
5 3 (1.28%) LangGraph
5 3 (1.28%) React
5 3 (1.28%) SAML
6 2 (0.85%) CrewAI
6 2 (0.85%) JSON
6 2 (0.85%) Model Context Protocol
6 2 (0.85%) RESTful
6 2 (0.85%) Vue
7 1 (0.43%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.43%) WebGL
7 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.79%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.81%) Public Cloud
3 15 (6.38%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.96%) Management Information System
5 13 (5.53%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (4.26%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.40%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.40%) PKI
8 7 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.98%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (2.13%) Credit Risk
10 5 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (2.13%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.70%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.70%) SCADA
12 3 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.28%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.21%) Linux
2 19 (8.09%) Windows
3 5 (2.13%) Mac OS
3 5 (2.13%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.85%) Solaris
5 2 (0.85%) Unix
5 2 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (69.36%) Technology Strategy
2 82 (34.89%) Roadmaps
3 61 (25.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 60 (25.53%) Enterprise Architecture
5 54 (22.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (22.55%) Agile
7 48 (20.43%) Business Strategy
8 44 (18.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (16.60%) Cybersecurity
9 39 (16.60%) DevOps
10 37 (15.74%) Decision-Making
11 34 (14.47%) AI
11 34 (14.47%) Analytics
12 32 (13.62%) Microservices
13 31 (13.19%) CI/CD
13 31 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (12.77%) Migration
15 27 (11.49%) TOGAF
16 26 (11.06%) Data Modelling
16 26 (11.06%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.66%) Python
2 16 (6.81%) SQL
3 14 (5.96%) Java
4 11 (4.68%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.83%) Bash
6 8 (3.40%) Rust
7 5 (2.13%) R
8 4 (1.70%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) C#
9 1 (0.43%) C++
9 1 (0.43%) Perl
9 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (22.13%) Security Cleared
2 38 (16.17%) SC Cleared
3 27 (11.49%) Degree
4 12 (5.11%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.40%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.70%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.70%) CCNP
9 4 (1.70%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.70%) MCSE
9 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.85%) CISSP
12 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.43%) PMP
12 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.81%) GDPR
2 14 (5.96%) NIST
3 12 (5.11%) NCSC
4 10 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.70%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.70%) QA
7 3 (1.28%) PMO
7 3 (1.28%) SLA
8 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.85%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.85%) ITGC
8 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.43%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.43%) PSD2
9 1 (0.43%) RMADS
9 1 (0.43%) TARGET2
System Software
1 18 (7.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (5.96%) Docker
3 11 (4.68%) Active Directory
4 7 (2.98%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.55%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 16 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.83%) Grafana
3 8 (3.40%) Kiali
3 8 (3.40%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.98%) Ansible
5 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.55%) SCCM
5 6 (2.55%) Terraform
6 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.43%) Kibana
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.43%) SCOM
6 1 (0.43%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 41 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.77%) VMware
3 13 (5.53%) SAP
4 12 (5.11%) Cisco
5 11 (4.68%) Google
6 10 (4.26%) Oracle
7 8 (3.40%) Splunk
8 7 (2.98%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.55%) F5
9 6 (2.55%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.13%) Citrix
10 5 (2.13%) MuleSoft
10 5 (2.13%) Pega
11 4 (1.70%) Juniper
11 4 (1.70%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.28%) Ariba
12 3 (1.28%) HP
12 3 (1.28%) OpenAI
12 3 (1.28%) Workday
13 2 (0.85%) Pure Storage