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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 276 297
Rank change year-on-year -59 +21 +53
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 219 266 295
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.87% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.99% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 154 211
10th Percentile £457 £488 £414
25th Percentile £500 £538 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +4.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile £732 £770 £750
90th Percentile £850 £825 £888
UK median daily rate £618 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £71.20 £18.33 £27.25
25th Percentile £73.00 £21.44 £36.25
Median hourly rate £79.50 £26.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +197.20% -49.05% +210.01%
75th Percentile £84.50 £31.94 £58.13
90th Percentile £85.40 £34.98 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £26.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year +180.37% -49.05% +210.01%

All Process and 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 27,869 26,864 33,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.46% 87.86% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,747 16,503 22,915
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 957 1,425
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.90%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.35 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £43.63
% change year-on-year -23.21% -24.93% +24.64%

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 4 December 2025.

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
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 4 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
London +20 121 £662 -6.92% 43
North of England -51 31 £526 -13.87% 36
North West -29 22 £531 -7.70% 23
Midlands -46 21 £513 -17.67% 18
South East -49 19 £539 -12.44% 47
East of England -6 12 £650 +20.37% 14
West Midlands -43 11 £513 -17.67% 10
East Midlands -15 10 £509 -20.24% 8
Yorkshire -29 9 £475 -23.63% 10
South West -25 7 £625 -14.68% 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 7 (3.20%) SAS
2 6 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.28%) Jupyter
3 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.37%) CMS
4 3 (1.37%) Confluence
5 2 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.46%) JBoss
6 1 (0.46%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.20%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (2.28%) Endur
3 2 (0.91%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.91%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.91%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.46%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.46%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.46%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.46%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 76 (34.70%) Azure
2 62 (28.31%) AWS
3 31 (14.16%) GCP
4 22 (10.05%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (8.22%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.57%) SaaS
7 7 (3.20%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (1.83%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.83%) PaaS
10 3 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.37%) Azure Pipelines
10 3 (1.37%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.37%) Serverless
10 3 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.91%) GitHub
11 2 (0.91%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.57%) Firewall
2 7 (3.20%) DHCP
2 7 (3.20%) DNS
3 5 (2.28%) Network Security
3 5 (2.28%) VPN
3 5 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.83%) LAN
4 4 (1.83%) WAN
5 3 (1.37%) BGP
5 3 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (1.37%) EIGRP
5 3 (1.37%) IPv4
5 3 (1.37%) IPv6
5 3 (1.37%) MPLS
5 3 (1.37%) OSPF
5 3 (1.37%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.37%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.37%) VLAN
5 3 (1.37%) Wireless
5 3 (1.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.28%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.28%) Power BI
2 5 (2.28%) Relational Database
2 5 (2.28%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.83%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.37%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.91%) Big Data
5 2 (0.91%) Metadata
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.46%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.74%) Git
2 4 (1.83%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.37%) JIRA
4 2 (0.91%) GoCD
4 2 (0.91%) Hudson
4 2 (0.91%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.91%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.46%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.46%) GitLab
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
General
1 77 (35.16%) Finance
2 61 (27.85%) Social Skills
3 32 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.96%) Public Sector
5 20 (9.13%) Banking
6 14 (6.39%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (5.94%) Legal
8 10 (4.57%) Financial Institution
9 9 (4.11%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.65%) Back Office
11 7 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (3.20%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.28%) Retail
13 4 (1.83%) Automotive
14 3 (1.37%) Law
14 3 (1.37%) Local Government
14 3 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.91%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.91%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 108 (49.32%) Architect
2 34 (15.53%) Solutions Architect
3 25 (11.42%) Senior
4 22 (10.05%) Enterprise Architect
5 19 (8.68%) Security Architect
6 18 (8.22%) Lead
7 12 (5.48%) Analyst
7 12 (5.48%) Technical Architect
8 11 (5.02%) Consultant
9 10 (4.57%) Developer
10 9 (4.11%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 9 (4.11%) Lead Architect
10 9 (4.11%) Product Owner
10 9 (4.11%) Senior Architect
11 7 (3.20%) Project Manager
12 5 (2.28%) IT Manager
12 5 (2.28%) Network Analyst
12 5 (2.28%) Network Support
12 5 (2.28%) Network Support Analyst
12 5 (2.28%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.57%) REST
2 6 (2.74%) .NET
2 6 (2.74%) React
3 5 (2.28%) Middleware
3 5 (2.28%) NumPy
3 5 (2.28%) Pandas
3 5 (2.28%) Plotly
3 5 (2.28%) Web Services
4 4 (1.83%) JSON
4 4 (1.83%) Kafka
4 4 (1.83%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.83%) Swagger
5 3 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.37%) scikit-learn
5 3 (1.37%) SciPy
5 3 (1.37%) Statsmodels
6 2 (0.91%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.91%) OAuth
6 2 (0.91%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.79%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.02%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.57%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.57%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.20%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.20%) Credit Risk
5 7 (3.20%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.28%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.28%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.28%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.28%) Taxonomies
6 5 (2.28%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.83%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.83%) Grid Computing
7 4 (1.83%) PKI
8 3 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.76%) Windows
2 11 (5.02%) Mac OS
3 7 (3.20%) Linux
3 7 (3.20%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.91%) Android
5 2 (0.91%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Solaris
6 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (58.45%) Technology Strategy
2 79 (36.07%) Roadmaps
3 62 (28.31%) Business Strategy
4 51 (23.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 47 (21.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (20.55%) Agile
7 37 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (15.98%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (15.07%) Decision-Making
10 32 (14.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (12.33%) Analytics
11 27 (12.33%) Strategic Roadmap
12 24 (10.96%) CI/CD
12 24 (10.96%) DevOps
12 24 (10.96%) ITIL
12 24 (10.96%) Microservices
13 23 (10.50%) TOGAF
14 22 (10.05%) AI
14 22 (10.05%) Regulatory Compliance
14 22 (10.05%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.87%) Python
2 16 (7.31%) PowerShell
3 14 (6.39%) Bash
4 13 (5.94%) SQL
5 11 (5.02%) R
6 10 (4.57%) Java
7 9 (4.11%) C#
8 5 (2.28%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.83%) Bicep
10 2 (0.91%) Go
10 2 (0.91%) Rust
11 1 (0.46%) C
11 1 (0.46%) C++
11 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.46%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.46%) Perl
11 1 (0.46%) Swift
11 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (11.87%) Security Cleared
2 25 (11.42%) Degree
3 17 (7.76%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.94%) AWS Certification
4 13 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.57%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.74%) CISSP
8 5 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.28%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.83%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.37%) CCIE
10 3 (1.37%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.37%) CCNP
10 3 (1.37%) CCSP
10 3 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.13%) GDPR
2 15 (6.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.28%) EU AI Act
3 5 (2.28%) NIST
4 4 (1.83%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.83%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.37%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.37%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.37%) SLA
6 2 (0.91%) COBIT
6 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.91%) PMO
6 2 (0.91%) QA
7 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.46%) GAMP
7 1 (0.46%) HL7
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.46%) MiFID
7 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (9.13%) Active Directory
2 16 (7.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.48%) Docker
4 7 (3.20%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.37%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (9.59%) Terraform
2 15 (6.85%) Ansible
2 15 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (6.39%) Kubernetes
4 10 (4.57%) SCCM
5 4 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.91%) rkt
7 1 (0.46%) Grafana
7 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.46%) SCOM
7 1 (0.46%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 52 (23.74%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.59%) VMware
3 10 (4.57%) Oracle
4 9 (4.11%) Citrix
4 9 (4.11%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.65%) CyberArk
5 8 (3.65%) Darktrace
5 8 (3.65%) Splunk
6 7 (3.20%) Pega
6 7 (3.20%) SAP
7 6 (2.74%) Workday
8 5 (2.28%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.83%) Apple
9 4 (1.83%) Cisco
9 4 (1.83%) Databricks
9 4 (1.83%) Dataiku
9 4 (1.83%) Meraki
9 4 (1.83%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.83%) Temenos
10 3 (1.37%) Hitachi