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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 308 274
Rank change year-on-year -61 -34 +24
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 284 210 265
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.75% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.82% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 128 157
10th Percentile £478 £452 £450
25th Percentile £525 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £647 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -0.41% -
75th Percentile £750 £740 £775
90th Percentile £875 £825 £843
UK median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile £83.86 - £18.33
25th Percentile £95.37 - £21.44
Median hourly rate £98.82 £17.79 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +455.48% -33.50% -28.36%
75th Percentile £100.00 - £31.94
90th Percentile - - £34.98
UK median hourly rate £98.82 £16.56 £26.75
% change year-on-year +496.74% -38.09% -28.36%

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 39,257 25,497 27,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.90% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,690 16,157 17,059
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,996 1,590 1,150
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.54 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £78.88 £67.28 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.16
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.38% -8.38%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -56 144 £650 -2.99% 622
North of England -66 42 £600 +11.33% 186
South East -54 35 £665 +11.76% 125
South West -5 28 £638 +24.39% 57
Yorkshire -14 23 £599 -17.09% 60
North West -57 19 £600 +11.73% 111
Midlands -42 17 £613 +24.49% 68
West Midlands -39 13 £600 +23.08% 35
East of England -35 11 £510 -21.54% 78
East Midlands -19 4 £675 +37.20% 33
North East - 1 £625 - 15
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 5 (1.76%) Confluence
2 3 (1.06%) CMS
2 3 (1.06%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.06%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.35%) Apache
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.35%) Appian
3 1 (0.35%) IIS
3 1 (0.35%) Mendix
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) MQSeries
Applications
1 5 (1.76%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.11%) SAP CO
1 6 (2.11%) SAP FI
1 6 (2.11%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.06%) Remedy AR System
3 3 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.06%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.70%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.70%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.35%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 86 (30.28%) Azure
2 46 (16.20%) AWS
3 27 (9.51%) GCP
4 23 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (7.39%) SaaS
6 17 (5.99%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.93%) Entra ID
8 13 (4.58%) PaaS
9 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (3.17%) IaaS
11 8 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.46%) Serverless
12 7 (2.46%) SuccessFactors
13 6 (2.11%) GitHub
13 6 (2.11%) Snowflake
14 4 (1.41%) Datadog
14 4 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (1.06%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.69%) Firewall
2 11 (3.87%) DHCP
2 11 (3.87%) DNS
3 7 (2.46%) LAN
3 7 (2.46%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.46%) VLAN
3 7 (2.46%) WAN
4 6 (2.11%) VPN
4 6 (2.11%) VSAN
4 6 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.41%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (1.41%) SAN
6 3 (1.06%) BGP
6 3 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.06%) Network Security
6 3 (1.06%) OSPF
7 2 (0.70%) 4G
7 2 (0.70%) MPLS
7 2 (0.70%) SSL
7 2 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.52%) Metadata
2 8 (2.82%) NoSQL
3 7 (2.46%) Data Lake
3 7 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.46%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.11%) Power BI
5 4 (1.41%) GIS
6 2 (0.70%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.70%) EDRMS
6 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.35%) Ataccama
7 1 (0.35%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.35%) MySQL
7 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.35%) Stardog
Development Applications
1 7 (2.46%) JIRA
2 4 (1.41%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.35%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.35%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.35%) JMeter
4 1 (0.35%) JUnit
4 1 (0.35%) Maven
4 1 (0.35%) Postman
4 1 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.35%) Selenium
4 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.35%) TestNG
4 1 (0.35%) TestRail
General
1 103 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 80 (28.17%) Finance
3 47 (16.55%) Public Sector
4 39 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (11.97%) Banking
6 31 (10.92%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (5.28%) Marketing
8 13 (4.58%) Military
9 12 (4.23%) Legal
10 11 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (3.87%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.11%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.11%) Financial Institution
12 6 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.11%) Retail
13 5 (1.76%) Local Government
14 4 (1.41%) Retail Banking
15 3 (1.06%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (1.06%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 131 (46.13%) Architect
2 46 (16.20%) Solutions Architect
3 42 (14.79%) Lead
4 41 (14.44%) Enterprise Architect
5 31 (10.92%) Senior
6 20 (7.04%) Technical Architect
7 17 (5.99%) Senior Architect
8 11 (3.87%) Consultant
8 11 (3.87%) Data Architect
8 11 (3.87%) Principal Engineer
9 9 (3.17%) IT Manager
9 9 (3.17%) Senior Enterprise Architect
10 8 (2.82%) Analyst
10 8 (2.82%) Lead Architect
10 8 (2.82%) Project Manager
11 7 (2.46%) Azure Architect
11 7 (2.46%) Business Analyst
11 7 (2.46%) IT Director
11 7 (2.46%) Network Manager
12 6 (2.11%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.34%) Terraform
2 12 (4.23%) REST
3 9 (3.17%) .NET
3 9 (3.17%) Middleware
3 9 (3.17%) SOAP
4 7 (2.46%) Kafka
5 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Graph
5 5 (1.76%) Node.js
6 4 (1.41%) Next.js
7 3 (1.06%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.06%) OAuth
8 2 (0.70%) AWS CDK
8 2 (0.70%) CSS
8 2 (0.70%) EDI
8 2 (0.70%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.70%) HTML
8 2 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.70%) React
8 2 (0.70%) RESTful
8 2 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.86%) Cloud Native
2 27 (9.51%) Product Ownership
3 15 (5.28%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.87%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.52%) AI Agents
5 10 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.82%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.82%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.46%) CMDB
8 7 (2.46%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.46%) PKI
9 6 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.11%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.76%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.76%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.76%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.87%) Windows
2 9 (3.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (81.34%) Technology Strategy
2 143 (50.35%) Roadmaps
3 103 (36.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 91 (32.04%) Enterprise Architecture
5 70 (24.65%) AI
6 69 (24.30%) Cybersecurity
7 63 (22.18%) Agile
8 57 (20.07%) Technical Leadership
9 51 (17.96%) Decision-Making
10 49 (17.25%) Architecture Governance
10 49 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 49 (17.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 46 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (15.49%) TOGAF
13 43 (15.14%) DevOps
13 43 (15.14%) Risk Management
14 41 (14.44%) Business Strategy
15 39 (13.73%) Architectural Patterns
16 37 (13.03%) CI/CD
16 37 (13.03%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.39%) Python
2 14 (4.93%) SQL
3 12 (4.23%) Java
4 9 (3.17%) Bash
4 9 (3.17%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.46%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.11%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.76%) C#
7 5 (1.76%) Go
8 2 (0.70%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.70%) Korn
9 1 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 59 (20.77%) Security Cleared
2 42 (14.79%) SC Cleared
3 35 (12.32%) Degree
4 21 (7.39%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 18 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (5.28%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.11%) CISSP
8 6 (2.11%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.11%) PMP
9 5 (1.76%) CISM
10 4 (1.41%) VCAP
11 3 (1.06%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.06%) ISACA
11 3 (1.06%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.70%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.23%) PMO
2 8 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.11%) GDPR
4 6 (2.11%) NCSC
4 6 (2.11%) SLA
5 5 (1.76%) QA
6 4 (1.41%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.70%) COBIT
8 2 (0.70%) GRC
8 2 (0.70%) NIST
8 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.35%) HL7
9 1 (0.35%) ITGC
9 1 (0.35%) PSD2
9 1 (0.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 15 (5.28%) Active Directory
1 15 (5.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (4.58%) Docker
3 7 (2.46%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.46%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.76%) vSphere
5 2 (0.70%) Firmware
5 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (6.34%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.17%) Ansible
4 4 (1.41%) SCCM
4 4 (1.41%) VxRail
5 1 (0.35%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.75%) SAP
3 18 (6.34%) VMware
4 17 (5.99%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.58%) Google
6 10 (3.52%) Databricks
7 9 (3.17%) Oracle
7 9 (3.17%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.82%) BiZZdesign
9 6 (2.11%) Workday
10 4 (1.41%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.41%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.41%) Murex
10 4 (1.41%) Sitecore
10 4 (1.41%) Tenable
11 3 (1.06%) BMC
11 3 (1.06%) F5
11 3 (1.06%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.06%) NetApp
11 3 (1.06%) Temenos